This course is designed to prepare students for CSEP-CPT Certification, the Canadian standard for the field of personal training. Students will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge in exercise prescription and counseling techniques. Students prepare for the CPT core competencies in counseling, motivation, and fitness, including exercise demonstration and technique, equipment selection, exercise prescription and modification, program design and planning. Upon completion, students will fulfill both the written and practical exams of the CSEP Health and Fitness Program, Personal Trainer Certification.

Students will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge in fitness assessment and counseling techniques.

Introductory study of human anatomy. Students learn structural and functional components of selected systems of the human body.

The course examines strategic entrepreneurial management in the Canadian workplace. Topics include leadership, personalities, motivation, conflict, and decision-making models. The course will also investigate an introduction into entrepreneurialism and different methods of organizational strategy and social responsibility. Various topics are discussed in this course and divided into separate units: strategy, entrepreneurship, and management.

This pathophysiology course delves into the abnormal physiological processes that underlie diseases, with a particular emphasis on prevalent disorders affecting different body systems. Various disorders associated with different body systems will be explored, covering their manifestations, causes, and potential complications.

Exploration of evidence-informed practice, scope of practice for practical nurses, and critical thinking. Focus is on incorporating the nursing process and nursing values into care for an individual with chronic illness.

Introduction to the principles of growth and development and factors that influence growth and development. Focus is on nursing implications associated with the application of growth and development principles to client care.

The course provides opportunities for participants to integrate, consolidate, and expand concepts from previous learning to advance their professional nursing practice. Participants have the opportunity to consolidate learning and advance their clinical decision-making in a variety of acute care settings.

The course covers theories, ethics and evidence-informed approaches to community health nursing including primary health care, population health, health maintenance and promotion, and disease and injury prevention. It includes exploration of concepts of community-based assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation with community-as-client. The practicum portion of the course includes a variety of community settings. Nursing practice will include health assessment and interventions for clients throughout the lifespan and care continuum.

This acute care practicum builds on the concepts and intentional clinical learning from NS2210 and NS2250. The focus is on integrating prior learning to move towards providing comprehensive patient and family centered care and socialization to the role of the nurse in an acute care setting.