Become a Health Care Hero

Nursing is one of the most challenging and rewarding careers. It’s also one of the most in-demand. The pandemic has highlighted the importance of our heathcare workers. They’re heroes!

Study Nursing at Western and join the most compassionate leaders in healthcare who are passionate about health promotion, health equity and social justice. Learn impeccable bedside manner from your award-winning professors who want to share their experiences with you.

There’s space for you to learn and make mistakes in the clinical skills lab and simulation suites on campus before treating real patients during practice placements. When you graduate, you’ll be ready to write the RN-licensing exam and begin your career.

Modules

Admission

From operating rooms to mental health centres to long-term care facilities, Canada needs nurses like you.

Study Nursing at Western to become a Registered Nurse (RN) through our four-year collaborative program with Fanshawe College, or take advantage of our 19-month fast-track program for students with previous university experience.

In the classroom, you learn to think like a nurse – theory, research methodologies, ethical and legal aspects, public policy, health equity and more. In our state-of-the-art clinical labs and simulation suites, you practice the act of nursing, with hands-on training in an immersive learning environment.

Two learning paths. Two locations. Unlimited possibilities. If you have a heart for helping, get ready to make an impact in one of the most rewarding careers available.

Western's Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing offers three ways to earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN) degree:

Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN: Four-year program that qualifies graduates to apply for registration as a professional nurse, in partnership with Fanshawe College.

Compressed Time Frame BScN: 19-month course of study designed for students who already hold a university degree or have completed at least two years of university study.

RPN to BScN Pathway (Compressed Time Frame): 19-month course to prepare graduates for careers as Registered Nurses (RN).

Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN

Apply to the School of Nursing:

• First-year class size = 150-165
• OUAC Code = ENW (for Western site), ENF (for Fanshawe site)
• Required Courses:
  • Minimum 70% in each of:
    • English, ENG4U
    • Biology, SBI4U
    • Chemistry, SCH4U
    • Functions and Applications, MCF3M
    • Functions, MCR3U
    • NOTE: Grade 11 3U and/or 3M level courses may be required as prerequisites (however, they will not be used in the calculation of the admission average)
    • Averages reflect Ontario high school students
    • Remember, these are guidelines only
    • Admission to Western is competitive – achieving an average in the suggested range does not guarantee admission
    • The last Casper test date is March 4, 2025
    • You don't need the 'Snapshot' portion (an extension of the Casper test)

    Compressed Time Frame BScN

    Apply to the School of Nursing:

    • First-year class size = 265
    • OUAC Code = ENS
    • Required University-Level Courses:
      • 60% in each of:
        • 1.0 credit in human physiology or equivalent
        • 0.5 credit in anatomy
        • 0.5 credit in introductory statistics
        • Admission to Western is competitive – achieving the minimum average does not guarantee admission
        • If courses are repeated within the last 10.0 credits you completed, we'll use both attempts in your admission average

        RPN to BScN Pathway (Compressed Time Frame)

        Apply to the School of Nursing:

        • First-year class size = 265
        • OUAC Code = ENS
        • You must have RPN registration and be in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario
        • You must have completed a Practical Nursing program from an accredited College of Applied Arts and Technology in Ontario
          • Admission may be opened to graduates of other Practical Nursing programs in future years
          • Admission to Western is competitive – achieving the minimum average does not guarantee admission

          High-Tech Learning

          You’ll start your training in our Clinical Skills Lab and move on to hands-on practice in our Simulated Education Suite.

          Practice Placements

          You'll have learning opportunities across a variety of urban, community and rural settings in southwestern Ontario.

          Sample courses:

          • Nursing 1330 - Human Anatomy for Nursing Students
          • Nursing 2240 - Introduction to Health Informatics Within Nursing
          • Nursing 3310 - Health in Global Context
          • Nursing 4410 - Professional Practice: Clients with Complex Health Challenges

          Nursing

          From operating rooms to mental health centres to long-term care facilities, Canada needs nurses like you.

          Study Nursing at Western to become a Registered Nurse (RN) through our four-year collaborative program with Fanshawe College, or take advantage of our 19-month fast-track program for students with previous university experience.

          In the classroom, you learn to think like a nurse – theory, research methodologies, ethical and legal aspects, public policy, health equity and more. In our state-of-the-art clinical labs and simulation suites, you practice the act of nursing, with hands-on training in an immersive learning environment.

          Two learning paths. Two locations. Unlimited possibilities. If you have a heart for helping, get ready to make an impact in one of the most rewarding careers available.

          Modules

          Western's Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing offers three ways to earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN) degree:

          Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN: Four-year program that qualifies graduates to apply for registration as a professional nurse, in partnership with Fanshawe College.

          Compressed Time Frame BScN: 19-month course of study designed for students who already hold a university degree or have completed at least two years of university study.

          RPN to BScN Pathway (Compressed Time Frame): 19-month course to prepare graduates for careers as Registered Nurses (RN).

          Admission

          Western-Fanshawe Collaborative BScN

          Apply to the School of Nursing:

          • First-year class size = 150-165
          • OUAC Code = ENW (for Western site), ENF (for Fanshawe site)
          • Required Courses:
            • Minimum 70% in each of:
              • English, ENG4U
              • Biology, SBI4U
              • Chemistry, SCH4U
              • Functions and Applications, MCF3M
              • Functions, MCR3U
              • NOTE: Grade 11 3U and/or 3M level courses may be required as prerequisites (however, they will not be used in the calculation of the admission average)
              • Averages reflect Ontario high school students
              • Remember, these are guidelines only
              • Admission to Western is competitive – achieving an average in the suggested range does not guarantee admission
              • The last Casper test date is March 4, 2025
              • You don't need the 'Snapshot' portion (an extension of the Casper test)

              Compressed Time Frame BScN

              Apply to the School of Nursing:

              • First-year class size = 265
              • OUAC Code = ENS
              • Required University-Level Courses:
                • 60% in each of:
                  • 1.0 credit in human physiology or equivalent
                  • 0.5 credit in anatomy
                  • 0.5 credit in introductory statistics
                  • Admission to Western is competitive – achieving the minimum average does not guarantee admission
                  • If courses are repeated within the last 10.0 credits you completed, we'll use both attempts in your admission average

                  RPN to BScN Pathway (Compressed Time Frame)

                  Apply to the School of Nursing:

                  • First-year class size = 265
                  • OUAC Code = ENS
                  • You must have RPN registration and be in good standing with the College of Nurses of Ontario
                  • You must have completed a Practical Nursing program from an accredited College of Applied Arts and Technology in Ontario
                    • Admission may be opened to graduates of other Practical Nursing programs in future years
                    • Admission to Western is competitive – achieving the minimum average does not guarantee admission

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                    High-Tech Learning

                    You’ll start your training in our Clinical Skills Lab and move on to hands-on practice in our Simulated Education Suite.

                    Practice Placements

                    You'll have learning opportunities across a variety of urban, community and rural settings in southwestern Ontario.

                    Sample courses:

                    • Nursing 1330 - Human Anatomy for Nursing Students
                    • Nursing 2240 - Introduction to Health Informatics Within Nursing
                    • Nursing 3310 - Health in Global Context
                    • Nursing 4410 - Professional Practice: Clients with Complex Health Challenges