Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2016

• 51. - Health professions and related programs
• 51.38 - Registered nursing, nursing administration, nursing research and clinical nursing

51.3821 - Geriatric nurse/nursing

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares registered nurses to provide health care to aging and elderly patients. These programs include courses in geriatric primary care, geriatric diagnosis, mental health and aging, primary care management, geriatric acute and chronic illness, advanced nursing practices for geriatric patients, evidence-based nursing practice, advanced physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, and pharmacotherapeutics.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • geriatric nurse
  • geriatric nurse practitioner
  • geriatric nursing
  • gerontological nurse
  • gerontological nurse practitioner
  • gerontological nursing

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • geriatric medicine - residency(60.0520)