The Bachelor of Nursing Program at the University of Calgary

Abstract

The School of Nursing at the University of Calgary was established in 1969 and admitted its first class of students in the fall of 1970. Although these events predate the work of the Department of National Health and Welfare Committee on Nurse Practitioners chaired by Thomas J. Boudreau, the philosophy of the School is remarkably consistent with the views expressed in that Committee's report. This is probably not surprising given the increasing interest shown by the nursing profession in the changing role of the nurse in society. The purpose of the School is to prepare nurses who are qualified to assume first-level positions in professional nursing. To this end the program is designed to provide students with the opportunity to gain knowledge and skills about, and a sensitivity to and understanding of, basic personal, social and professional problems and situations with which the nurse-citizen will have to cope.