Nursing is a practice-based profession where students need to meet clinical standards and be accountable for their practice.

The Brock University Bachelor of Science, Nursing (BScN) and Concurrent Bachelor of Nursing/Master of Nursing (BN/MN) programs include clinical practicums in real-life settings.

Nursing clinical placements and labs provide the essential link to the theoretical learning from the classroom to real life. Practicums and labs enable students to apply the knowledge in the clinical setting to further psychomotor skill development, clinical reasoning and problem solving, as well as communication and leadership skills. These are foundational to both the art and science of nursing.

At Brock University, our nursing students are exposed to the reality of patient care through a variety of practicum experiences. As students are introduced to these settings, they begin to bridge the foundational theoretical knowledge and skills learned in the classroom and laboratory with real people in the care setting.

The BScN and BN/MN programs have a team of faculty/staff dedicated to clinical placements. The Clinical Team arranges all nursing student clinical placements.  In most courses with a clinical placement the student is in a student group with a clinical nursing instructor overseeing and guiding them.  Later courses in the program include mentored/preceptor experiences where the student works closely with an employee in that clinical setting.