Program Description Nurses play an important role in our health care system, and their services are in demand across the country. The Bachelor of Nursing program is offered at Medicine Hat College in partnership with the University of Calgary, meaning you can study the entire program at the MHC campus and graduate with a University of Calgary degree.
As a student in this program, you will have a variety of experiences such as learning through practice settings, home visits, faculty guided seminars and practice, low and high fidelity simulation, and student directed practice learning. The curriculum emphasizes the full scope of Registered Nurse practice, critical practice, evidence-based practice and interprofessional practice.
This collaborative program will prepare you to write the required licensure exam to work as a registered nurse. The program has been accredited by the nationally based Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (2007-2012) and has been approved by the provincially based Nursing Education Program Approval Board (2007-2012).
You apply to Medicine Hat College and are a Medicine Hat College student for the 1st and 2nd years. Upon successful completion of your first two years of the program, you apply to the U of C as a 3rd year student and are guaranteed acceptance if you have met all the requirements. You take the remainder of the program as a U of C student, but remain on the MHC campus. Nursing is a competitive program so the most academically qualified applicants are accepted first.
