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College Diploma Practical Nursing

2 Years On Campus Diploma Program

Algonquin College Ottawa

Program Overview

This two-year Ontario College Diploma program prepares students with the knowledge and skills to work as a practical nurse in the healthcare system and to write the Canadian Practical Nurse Registration Examination in Ontario. Students learn the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation tools required to provide caring and therapeutic nursing care to individuals of all age groups and social settings.

Program Key Stats

$19200 (Annual cost)



88 %

Eligibility Criteria


80
560
6.5
80

Additional Information & Requirements

Official transcripts, Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent or Academic and Career Entrance (ACE) certificate or General Educational Development (GED) certificate, IELTS-6.0, TOEFL-IBT: 80 (with the minimum of 20 in each component: Reading 20; Listening: 20; Speaking: 20; Writing: 20)

Career Options

  • Registered Practical Nurses work closely with health-care teams in a variety of community clinics
  • private homes
  • nursing homes
  • homes for the aged and geriatric
  • rehabilitative
  • medical
  • surgical and obstetrical units

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