Practice information

• Practica Coordinators place requests on HSPnet (Health Science Placement Network) four to eight months in advance and negotiate placements with each agency. All schools submit requests at the same time.
• During your orientation in January we'll give you information on the placement process and upcoming placements.
• PLEASE do not look for your own placements OR your own preceptor.
• You cannot have a placement on the same floor while working as an ESN/LPN. You also cannot have a placement on the same ward where a family member works.
• You can be on the same unit more than once except for N370/470 and again for N475/491. For example, if you were on 3R while at Camosun College, you could return there while at UVic.
• We'll assess your previous placements and determine if there are populations of interest that you have not yet experienced.
• You are being prepared for generalist practice and for the CRNBC New Grad Competencies.
• Please check your UVic email regularly because we will only communicate with you through this email address.

• We'll give you this form in December to be completed in January. It will help Practica Coordinators in arrange your placements.
• We take into consideration previous placements, learning needs, areas of interest, and long-term goals. We're interested in the population of focus you would like to work with, i.e.: child and family, acute, community, mental health, older adult, etc. and not the specific unit.
• You cannot choose your placement location.

May - August semester

• The placement includes 192 hours for NURS 370 plus an additional 192 hours for NURS 470 in a CLU (Collaborative Learning Unit) setting or with a preceptor (where you'll follow the RN's schedule), or other models of practice
• Your placement starts after the required CPE N370 workshop, labs, and/or other orientations. Your start date is based on legal coverage by hospitals and agencies.
• Your shifts will include days, evenings, weekends, and nights. Shifts may be 8 or 12 hours, depending on the rotation of the unit.
• We look at the past placements and we determine where you still need to practice to graduate as a generalist nurse.

See the preceptor handbook for student, preceptor, and instructor roles and responsibilities. It is your responsibility to review this document thoroughly before entering practice.

January – April semester

• Typically, you'll do two six week placements in the same location, although it's possible there may be two locations over the 12 weeks.
• The placement includes 192 hours for N475 and another 192 hours for N491.
• Your practicum starts after the required CPE N475 workshop, labs, and/or other orientations. Your start date is based on legal coverage by hospitals and agencies. There will be a mandatory CPE N491 workshop before starting the practice course.
• Your shifts may include days, evenings, weekends, and nights. Shifts may be 8 or 12 hours, depending on the rotation of the unit.
• We look at the past placements to determine where you still need to practice to graduate as a generalist nurse.

See the preceptor handbook for student, preceptor, and instructor roles and responsibilities. It is your responsibility to review this document thoroughly prior to entering practice

• Off-sites are placements outside of the Victoria (Island Health) area for NURS 491 or NURS 475 and NURS 491 combined. At this time, individual off-sites are for national placements only.
• A detailed application is required. Details are emailed to students when the application is released.

If  you need accomodation, please contact Paul Meier (pmeier@uvic.ca), student advisor, sooner rather than later.

• Requests for accommodation regarding practice courses and placements will only be considered for health, disability, or other exceptional circumstances. Some accommodations require a formal request to the Progression Committee.
• Accommodation can not be granted for childcare issues.
• We recommended you contact the Single Parent Resource Centre of Victoria and the University of Victoria Family Centre to look into day and overnight care for your child or children.