Practical Nursing

Program Details

Credential Received

Diploma in Practical Nursing

Overview

Program Summary

The Provincial Practical Nursing Program is designed to provide learners with the knowledge, skills, judgments and attitudes to perform to the full range of competencies as identified by the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM). The curriculum provides a learning experience that is integrated, professional, collaborative and culturally sensitive with an aim to prepare graduates to care for individuals (and by extension, families of individuals) at multiple life stages and in a variety of practice settings. 

Program Outcomes

Upon completion of the Practical Nursing Program (PNP), graduates will:

• Apply the Entry-level Competencies for Licensed Practical Nurses (2021) to provide safe, competent, culturally safe, and ethical care.
• Practice within relevant legislation, scope of practice, standards of practice, and ethical standards as set out by the Nurses (Licensed Practical) Regulation (2015), and the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM).
• Value and engage in continuous learning to maintain and enhance competence.
• Practice in collaboration with other members of the health care team to meet the collective needs of their clients.
• Participate in interprofessional problem solving and decision making.
• Advocate for and facilitate change reflecting evidence‐informed practice.
• Make practice decisions that are client specific and consider client acuity, complexity, variability, and available resources.
• Use critical thinking, clinical judgment, and knowledge of assessment to plan, implement and evaluate the agreed-upon plan of care.
• Develop a collaborative relationship with clients by connecting, sharing, and exploring with them in a caring environment.
• Provide culturally safe, person‐centred care across the lifespan that recognizes and respects the uniqueness of each individual and is sensitive to cultural safety, cultural humility, and diversity.
• Provide leadership, direction, assignment, and supervision of unregulated care providers as appropriate.
• Identify one’s own values, biases and assumptions and the influence of these on interactions with clients and other members of the health care team.

Program Admission Requirements

Academic Requirements

Additional Requirements

Before an application is considered complete, the following must be received by the Admissions office:

a) Selkirk College Application Form

b) PNP application form

c) Requisite Skills and Abilities declaration form  

d) English language declaration form

e) Official transcripts of high school or upgrading program grades (an interim statement of grades is acceptable if applicant is still attending school)

f) Official transcripts for all post-secondary education studies in which the applicant has enrolled

g) BC Ministry of Justice Criminal Record Check

h) College Readiness Tool (CRT) Assessment

2. The Admissions Office will acknowledge receipt of application forms. Program seats will be offered on a first qualified, first served basis.

3. Fully qualified applicants will be admitted based on the application date. A non-refundable seat deposit is required by the offer-acceptance deadline otherwise the offer will be considered declined.

4. Once the seats have been filled, a waitlist will be created for the current intake. Applicants on the waitlist will be offered seats which remain or become vacant after the offer-acceptance deadline.

5. Applicants who are not admitted or do not take a seat are required to reapply to be considered in a subsequent year; waitlists are not carried over.

Graduation and Promotion

1. Successful completion of Anatomy and Physiology for Practical Nurses, Professional Practice I and Professional Communication I, or provincially transferable equivalent, is required prior to continued studies in the program.

2. To progress from one semester to the next, the following requirements must be met:

a) Satisfactory completion of all theory courses with a minimum of 70% except for the following courses:

a)  Pharmacology I-II 80%

b)  Integrated Nursing Practice I-IV 70% on written assignments and credit granted (CRG) on psycho-motor skills testing

c)  Consolidated Practice Experience (CPE) I-IV and Preceptorship - CRG

b) A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 per semester.