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<strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nursing</strong> & <strong>Midwifery</strong>, <strong>Trinity</strong> College Dublin: 8 th Annual Interdisciplinary Research <strong>Conference</strong><br />

Transforming Healthcare Through Research, Education & Technology: 7 th – 9 th November 2007<br />

<strong>Conference</strong> <strong>Proceedings</strong><br />

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Daring to be different: creating curriculum for a 21 st century<br />

undergraduate psychiatric nursing degree<br />

Melodie Hull, RPN, MSc, BA, TESL, PID, MEd. (candidate)<br />

<strong>Nursing</strong> Faculty<br />

College <strong>of</strong> the Rockies<br />

2928 Edgewood Drive,<br />

Cranbrook, BC<br />

Canada V1C 6C9<br />

telephone: 1-205-489-3779<br />

e-mail #1: melodiepr<strong>of</strong>@telus.net<br />

e-mail #2: mhull@cotr.bc.ca<br />

College <strong>of</strong> the Rockies website: www.cotr.bc.ca<br />

Abstract:<br />

Registered Psychiatric <strong>Nursing</strong> is a proud career in Canada,<br />

existing as a unique pr<strong>of</strong>ession for more than 75 years. Even so, it<br />

struggles to maintain it’s identify and its uniqueness as a pr<strong>of</strong>ession<br />

in the realm <strong>of</strong> nursing. In recent years, undergraduate and<br />

graduate degrees in Psychiatric <strong>Nursing</strong> have been realized. This<br />

paper will discuss the development <strong>of</strong> the Bachelor <strong>of</strong> Psychiatric<br />

<strong>Nursing</strong> (2006) degree at Kwantlen University College in the<br />

Province <strong>of</strong> British Columbia, Canada. It will focus on the<br />

challenges faced by the BPN development team as they broke free<br />

<strong>of</strong> the constraints <strong>of</strong> traditional design for undergraduate psychiatric<br />

nursing and general nursing. It will describe the philosophy,<br />

concepts and approach to creating something new: a curriculum<br />

with vision for the 21 st century psychiatric nurse.<br />

Key words: Psychiatric <strong>Nursing</strong>, nursing education, degree<br />

development, RPNs<br />

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