Stress can play a huge factor in people's professional lives. Learning how to deal with stress is vital to long-term health. While stress alone doesn’t cause disease, it triggers molecular changes throughout the body that make people more susceptible to many illnesses. In this course, students will gain an understanding of the importance of how to deal with both positive and negative stress in their lives. By using wellness perspectives, each student will gain more insight into how they can control both internal and external stressors.
Learn MoreThe student will become familiar with the scientific knowledge of the human body necessary to recognize, accept and use the important principles in all phases of study in the Health Sciences.
Learn MoreIn this course, students develop their knowledge of ethical guidelines and practice in addictions and mental health within an inter-professional context. Students reflect on their individual scope of practice and build on their understanding and practice of effective and professional teamwork. Inter-professional and ethical challenges and dilemmas are analyzed in case scenarios, and ethical approaches are discussed. Students review certification options after graduation and develop personal plans and professional portfolios.
Learn MoreExplore the Relationship between the individual and the family and the meaning of family within a socially diverse context. Examine the dynamics, changes and challenges within families, and enhance self-awareness regarding personal experiences, beliefs and values.
Learn MoreThis course focuses on a multi-disciplinary examination of how mental health and addiction are viewed by society and how these perceptions influence society’s response to the practical and socio-political aspects of mental illness. Examine personal attitudes, societal myths, and stereotypes related to mental illness and addiction. Students will be challenged to critically reflect upon how their personal orientations and resulting behaviours about mental illness, addiction, and wellness impact their cultural, societal, and political beliefs. Critically examine mental illness and addiction as a social construct and contrast and compare assumptions of agency, normalcy, treatment, and recovery. Learn firsthand from those with mental illness, evaluate the effects of mental illness in special populations, including Indigenous people and the elderly, and apply their learning through health simulation activities.
Learn MoreBuilding the capacity in individuals, families and the community in early identification and intervention in addictions and mental health is essential in providing integrated service and supports. This course examines theory and practice of knowledge exchange (KE) and capacity building, including current research, networks and effective and efficient processes to bring theory to practice. Students design and develop a product that may be used in education and capacity building.
Learn More"Behaviour and Mental Health Challenges" will focus on the role of the Educational Assistant in managing behaviour and supporting those with behaviour and mental health challenges. Through the identification and awareness of symptoms, strategies and interventions, students will become familiar with available resources and supports in both the school and community. The development of a continuum of strategies in response to escalating behaviours and evaluating implementation through concrete data collection will prepare students to effectively manage behaviour and support mental health challenges.
Learn MoreIssues relating to addictions and mental health are highly prevalent in Canadian society. One in five Canadians will experience a mental illness in their lifetimes. The remaining four will have a friend, family member or colleague who will experience mental illness or addiction. One in ten Canadians aged fifteen years and older report symptoms consistent with alcohol or illicit drug dependence. About 20% of people with a mental disorder have a co-occurring substance use problem. As first responders, it is critical to possess knowledge, understanding and empathy about these topics. This course will address issues relating to the development of addictions, effects, signs and symptoms and response, as well as seeking to provide a greater understanding to the differences between mental health, mental illness and mental disorders. Finally, the course will familiarize students with concurrent disorders, a term used when a person has both a substance related disorder and a mental health disorder.
Learn MoreFor this capstone project, students will use skills and competencies obtained through their academic studies to translate addiction and mental health knowledge into practice. They will develop an addiction and mental health resource or practical tool based on a determined need that may be used for prevention or screening purposes, direct client education, clinic use, etc. Students will have the opportunity to determine their own special topic for this project; it will be based on need, current research and best practice. Students will work independently to complete this project, with support from the instructor. This capstone project will promote collaboration, community partnerships, prevention and health promotion in addiction and mental health.
Learn MoreThis course is only for Internationally Educated Nurses. In this course, nursing students will be provided with opportunities to develop and demonstrate the College of Nurses of Ontario RN Entry-to Practice competencies as it relates to information communication technologies (ICTs). The students will be provided opportunities to explore the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for information and health literacies to strengthen their competence in nursing informatics. Students examine applications of ICTs in professional nursing practice at points of care, nursing administration, nursing education, research and within an interdisciplinary setting. Students develop an understanding of the professional judgment and accountability required by nurses to maintain public trust when using social media and ICTs. Students analyze the implications of technology on the quality and safety of client care. Through active learning, students determine the appropriate knowledge sources for evidence-informed nursing practice and the establishment of professional boundaries. https://www.confederationcollege.ca/program/ien-competency-upgrade-pathway
Learn MoreThis course is only for Internationally Education Nurses. In this course, you will examine concepts related to evidence informed practice. You will explore scientific inquiry within nursing praxis, relevance and use of various research paradigms, and methodologies and ethics in practice and human research scenarios. You will engage in critical appraisal of research evidence and apply principles and concepts of knowledge translation and effective knowledge transfer at individual and systems levels. https://www.confederationcollege.ca/program/ien-competency-upgrade-pathway
Learn MoreThis course is only for Internationally Educated Nurses. In this course, you will explore and gain knowledge and skills related to professional nursing practice in Ontario and Canada. Specifically, you will explore the regulatory processes, organizational infrastructures of nursing in Ontario, the ethical foundations of nursing and professional accountabilities through the lens of the College of Nurses of Ontario entry to practice competencies. Registered Nurse (RN) roles/responsibilities, current issues/trends in health care, and health care delivery in Ontario and Canada is a key focus of this course. The roles and influences of RNs related to health care policy, political process, leadership, Truth and Reconciliation with Indigenous peoples across Canada, and creating/sustaining change in order to foster client and societal health are addressed. https://www.confederationcollege.ca/program/ien-competency-upgrade-pathway
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