加拿大開始護(hù)理學(xué)專業(yè)的大學(xué):卑詩省University of British ColumbiaUniversity of the Fraser ValleyKwantlen Polytechnic UniversityUniversity of Northern British ColumbiaThompson Rivers UniversityTrinity Western UniversityVancouver Island UniversityUniversity of Victoria阿爾伯達(dá)省University of AlbertaAthabasca UniversityUniversity of CalgaryUniversity of LethbridgeMount Royal University沙士克其萬省University of Saskatchewan緬尼拓拔省Brandon UniversityUniversity of Manitoba安大略省Brock UniversityLakehead UniversityLaurentian University of SudburyMcMaster UniversityNipissing UniversityUniversity of Ontario Institute of TechnologyUniversity of OttawaQueen's UniversityRyerson UniversityUniversity of TorontoTrent UniversityUniversity of Western OntarioUniversity of WindsorYork University魁北克省McGill University紐賓士域省University of New Brunswick新斯高細(xì)亞省Cape Breton UniversityDalhousie UniversitySt. Francis Xavier University愛德華王子島省University of Prince Edward Island紐芬蘭省Memorial University of Newfoundland護(hù)理學(xué)是以自然科學(xué)和社會科學(xué)理論為基礎(chǔ)的研究維護(hù)、促進(jìn)、恢復(fù)人類健康的護(hù)理理論、知識、技能及其發(fā)展規(guī)律的綜合性應(yīng)用科學(xué)。
護(hù)理學(xué)包含了自然科學(xué),如生物學(xué)、物理學(xué)、化學(xué)、解剖學(xué)、生理學(xué)等知識。