University of Manitoba

Course Description

• The Nurse Practitioner program is a Master of Nursing program that prepares nurses with the advanced knowledge and skills to function as first-line providers of healthcare and health promotion in primary care
• The Nurse Practitioner program, taught by an interdisciplinary faculty, provides a strong basis in physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, advanced health assessment, community health, evidence-informed practice, and role development
• Five clinical courses are designed to address the common health needs of individuals and families, including health promotion and wellness strategies, and management of episodic and stable chronic illnesses
• This degree is achieved through an innovative, course-based, non-thesis program of study, made up of 45 credit hours and more than 700 clinical hours at the advanced practice level
• Of the clinical hours, 400 hours (10 weeks) are in the final clinical consolidation