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This course provides students with the information, academics, and proficiency to impart Intermediate-Level Essential Skills for NLC’s Health Care programs that require a Grade 10 ability. With a focus on health sciences, this course will also develop effective cooperative communication, critical thinking skills, and personal and professional development.

This clinical experience provides learners with the opportunity to integrate theory from the Access level into practice. Learners will practice with ageing clients and/or those with chronic illness in residential care settings. Medication administration, nursing care, organization, comprehensive health assessment, wound care and introduction to leadership are emphasized in this course. This is a hands-on…

This course emphasizes the art and science of nursing, focusing on the development of nursing care and assessment. Learners will apply nursing knowledge through the practice of clinical decision making, nursing assessments, and nursing interventions aimed at the promotion of health, independence, and comfort. Classroom, laboratory, simulation, and other practice experiences will assist learners to…

This introductory course examines the principles of pharmacology required to administer medications in a safe and professional manner. Medication administration requires the application of the nursing process for clinical decision making. The routes of medication administration introduced include medications used to treat constipation, eye and ear disorders and the Integumentary system. Complementary, Indigenous, and alternative…

This course provides the learner with the foundations of disease and illness across the lifespan. Learners will gain an understanding of pathophysiological alterations of body systems. Nursing management of disease and illness across the lifespan with an emphasis on interventions and treatment is also discussed. The learner’s understanding of pathophysiology as it relates to the…

This introductory course will increase the learner’s understanding of health promotion within the Canadian context. This includes health enhancement, health protection, disease prevention, health restoration/recovery, care, and support. Knowledge of growth and development, health inequities and determinants of health will support the Practical Nurse to provide culturally appropriate and holistic care.

This theory course provides an introduction to the profession of practical nursing.  Legislation that informs PN practice within British Columbia will be introduced. The History of nursing and specifically the evolution of Practical Nursing within the Canadian Health care system will be discussed. The philosophy and foundational concepts of the Provincial Practical Nursing Program are…

This course provides learners with the foundational knowledge for caring and professional communication in nursing. It uses an experiential and self-reflective approach to develop self-awareness and interpersonal communication skills in the context of safe, competent, and collaborative nursing practice. Topics,  including communication theory, the nurse-client relationship, therapeutic communication, cross-cultural communication, effective teamwork, learning and teaching…

The course introduces students to a harmonized advanced theoretical and practical instruction to interpret blueprints, install valves and fittings, join pipe sections, secure them in position and test pipe systems for leaks according to project specifications. Students graduating from this program will receive technical training credit for Plumbing Level 2.

Students will perform all phases of kitchen activities including the preparation and presentation of: vegetables, soups, sauces, meat, fish and poultry, cold kitchen items, desserts, baking, and pastries. They will learn basic menu planning and costing, kitchen safety, sanitation and food storage, and develop human and customer relations skills. Students work in a supervised commercial…