1st yr UBC~HELP PLZ~

Pediatric Critical Care Columnist · Nov 19, 2007

I see there are two programs available in UBC:
- Basic Baccalaureate Program
- Post-Basic Baccalaureate Program (Post RN-BSN)
What's the difference between the two?
Do I apply after I finish my 2nd year in university?
Do I graduate from NURSING the 4th year in university?
What kind of duties do RN has? What are the specialities of RN?

The post-basic Baccalaureate program is for those people who originally trained as nurses in hospital or community college programs that granted diplomas and not degrees. You would need to take the Basic Baccalaureate program, which would be four years of university courses. You should be able to transfer from the Faculty of Science to the Faculty of Nursing without having to add a lot of extra courses to your load. You need to contact the faculty and find out how UBC does things.

RNs have a very wide list of duties that depend on their place of employment. The duties that I have working in a pediatric intensive care unit overlap with many of the duties of other nurses, but many are different from those of a nurse on a general pediatric floor, which are different from those of a nurse on adult medicine-surgery, which are different from clinic nurses, which are different from ... well, you get the drift. For some insight into specialties, take a look at the specialty forums, which you can access by clicking on the "specialty" tab at the top of the page. If you read some of the psots, you'll get a feel for what they do and how they do it. Before you decide to go into nursing, you need to do your homework and reading the posts here is a good place to start.

windazz · Dec 10, 2007

Thanks Janfrn!~

tigerlily74 · Dec 11, 2007

hey windazz,

I am a 3rd BSN student at UBC Okanagan and I transfered in from BSc. When you transfer in basically the only classes you are able to forgo are any core courses that you had to complete in your science program. For example 1st year English. The other courses in my program that needed to be done in the nursing program that you could have possibly done in BSc are: Anatomy & physiology (done in 1st year nursing), pathophysiology (done in 2nd year nursing), and Bio-medical ethics (4th year philosophy class done in 3rd year nursing) And of course we had to complete one elective (which I did not have to do because of my years of school prior to entering the nursing program). Other than those, all the rest of the courses were nursing courses that you can take only if you are in the nursing program. Im not sure what the program is like at UBC Vancouver, but I have heard the 1st 2 years is mainly academic without a lot of hands on applications/practice.

You can check out the UBCO program @ http://web.ubc.ca/okanagan/nursing/welcome.html

HTH

windazz · Dec 12, 2007

Hey trigerlyl74~

Thx for ur reply =D

um..I'm wondering that how was the Pathophysiology course like? Intense?

I'm thinking about taking Path next year (2nd yr).

And also, how was Anatomy&Physiology? I think in UBC it's called Bio153~

Did u take these two courses in UBC?

tigerlily74 · Dec 12, 2007

yup took both through UBC. A&P was called 131 & 133 at the Okanagan campus. and Patho was called 231 & 235.

A&P is really straight forward especially if you have a 1st year bio under yer belt already. A LOT of it is review. (all about cell structure, metabolism, human body systems, etc) Patho is all about disease disorders, immune system stuff & pharmacology. Your really just adding onto to previous knowledge. And of course with any bio class, lots of memorization. Patho however didn't have a lab component to it which was nice. Im not sure if it does there or not!

Good luck.