This course provides a consolidated clinical experience in which students can integrate theory and practice on a daily basis. Clinical experiences prepare students for the final year of study. Placements are arranged in a variety of settings with clients across the life span. This course is graded Pass/Fail.
Administering Blood & Blood Products:
Canadian Vascular Access Association (2025). Blood components and blood product administration, pp. 93-95. In Canadian Vascular Access & Infusion Therapy Guidelines 2024, v 2. April 2025
Corbet S., (2024). Blood therapy, Chapter 30, pp. 860-877. In Cobbett, S. (Ed.), Perry and Potter's Canadian clinical nursing skills + techniques, 2nd edition, Toronto, ON: Elsevier.
Gupta, A. (2023). Blood Components, Chapter 2. In Canadian Blood Services Professional Education/Transfusion: Clinical Guide. Retrieved from https://professionaleducation.blood.ca/en/transfusion/clinical-guide-transfusion
Hussein & Osuji (2020). Management of patients with immune deficiency disorders: Primary immune deficiencies, pp. 1533-1537. In Canadian Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, 4th edition. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health.
O’Reilly, C. (2020). Blood Administration, Chapter 9. In Canadian Blood Services Professional Education/Transfusion: Clinical Guide. Retrieved from https://professionaleducation.blood.ca/en/transfusion/clinical-guide-transfusion
Assessment & Monitoring of a Patient Receiving Procedural Sedation or Moderate Sedation/Analgesia:
Graham, L. (2024). Diagnostic Procedures. *Skill 10.1 Intravenous moderate sedation. In Cobbett, S. (Ed.), Perry and Potter's Canadian clinical nursing skills + techniques, 2nd edition, (pp. 275e1-275e8). Toronto, ON: Elsevier
Patrick, R. (2020). Capnography: Beyond the Operating Room and into Airway Management. RT: The Journal for Respiratory Care Practitioners, 33(1), 28-29.