加拿大开始护理学专业的大学:卑诗省University of British ColumbiaUniversity of the Fraser ValleyKwantlen Polytechnic UniversityUniversity of Northern British ColumbiaThompson Rivers UniversityTrinity Western UniversityVancouver Island UniversityUniversity of Victoria阿尔伯达省University of AlbertaAthabasca UniversityUniversity of CalgaryUniversity of LethbridgeMount Royal University沙士克其万省University of Saskatchewan缅尼拓拔省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纽宾士域省University of New Brunswick新斯高细亚省Cape Breton UniversityDalhousie UniversitySt. Francis Xavier University爱德华王子岛省University of Prince Edward Island纽芬兰省Memorial University of Newfoundland护理学是以自然科学和社会科学理论为基础的研究维护、促进、恢复人类健康的护理理论、知识、技能及其发展规律的综合性应用科学。
护理学包含了自然科学,如生物学、物理学、化学、解剖学、生理学等知识。