Practical Nurse to Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing Bridge

PN2BSN Semester 3

The focus of this semester is on your transition from LPN to RN. Your coursework will review foundational nursing assessments while employing the use of evolving case studies to explore pathophysiology, pharmacology and clinical decision-making across the lifespan. In addition to two nursing courses (one in-person and one online), you will take an English course to enrich your developing RN practice.  

PN2BSN Semester 4

The focus shifts to the role of the RN caring for patients in perioperative and acute medical situations. You will continue to integrate pathophysiology, interprofessional communication, evidence-informed practice, and clinical-decision-making into increasingly complex patient care scenarios. In addition to your nursing courses, you will take philosophy and Indigenous studies to enrich your developing RN practice. In the classroom setting you will practice advanced nursing skills such as administration of medications via Peripheral and Central Vascular Access Devices, nasogastric tube insertion and maintenance, and complex wound management across the lifespan. During the end of semester four, you will focus on your upcoming transition to the mainstream BSN program and prepare for that transition.

What to expect

The courses are designed to provide you with a transformational education while recognizing and honouring the education, skills, and nursing experience that LPNs bring to the program. The PN2BSN courses offer a flexible design and include specific pedagogical approaches that prepare you for professional RN practice.

Your focus will be on clinical decision-making, care planning, relational ethics, and the importance of evidence-informed care in the context of acute and chronic health challenges and co-morbidities. You will continue to enhance your communication and documentation skills with patients and families through the lens and scope of an RN. PN2BSN students will merge, after two semesters of bridging, into the Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing (BSN) program. You will join the BSN cohort to complete consolidated practice experience two (CPE2/N290) at the end of their second year. Following CPE2, you will continue to semester 5 (third year) of the BSN program and transition to the University of Victoria for your final year and a half of schooling.

Effective from September 1, 2024, to August 31, 2025.

Estimated tuition

Tuition estimates are for the entire program.

Practical Nursing Bridge, Baccalaureate of Science

$6,030 (domestic)

Domestic tuition fees vary depending on the individual course fees for the classes you select.

Student fees

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