Length: 2 years
This program prepares students to acquire the knowledge and skills to provide nursing care to a varied clientele. During the two years of training, theory courses, lab exercises and clinical practicums allow students to learn the care techniques used in institutions. This program prepares students to write the Canadian Practical Nurse Registration Examination.
Licensing
Organization: Association of New Brunswick Licensed Practical Nurses (ANBLPN); this accreditation is recognized by the P.E.I. Licensed Practical Nurses Registration Board.
Information: The Practical Nursing program is accredited by the ANBLPN. Is it considered an equivalent to CCNB's Practical Nurse program. The program accreditation requires students to pass all courses with a mark of 75% in order to be eligible to write the national registration exam. Passing the exam authorizes them to be licensed to practice the profession. The fees for the national exam are the responsibility of the student.
A partnership agreement between CCNB and Collège de l'Île leads to the issue of dual diploma.
CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION
- High school diploma or the equivalent:
- Adult high school diploma
- General Educational Development Test (GED)
- Passed one of the following: Biology 11 or 12, Chemistry 11 or 12, Physics 11 or 12
- Passed Academix Math 11 or 12
- Submit a clean police record check
- Submit evidence of a medical exam and immunization before the start of training
- Valid driver's license
TUITION AND FEES
Year 1
- Tuition $4,035
- Laboratory and special certification fees $900
- TLR
- Colonne en forme
- First Aid
- Non-Violent Crisis Internvention
- WHIMIS
- Paliative Care
- ASIST
- Insights
- Student fees $50
- Health and dental plan $410
- Total: $5,395
Other fees:
- Textbooks $1,000 approx.
- Immunizations and uniforms Students are responsible for the cost of immunizations and the purchase of uniforms
- Additional fees for international students: $3,250
Year 2
- Tuition $4,567
- Student fees $50
- Graduation fees $50
- Health and dental plan $410
- Total: $5,077
Other fees:
- Textbooks $1,000 approx.
- Additional fees for international students: $3,250
This initiative is funded by Health Canada under the Roadmap for Canada's Official Languages 2013-2018: Education, Immigration, Communities.
COURSES LIST
- Essentials of written French - FRA111 (Length: 45 hours)
- Human relations I – RELA1051 (Length: 45 hours)
- Fundamentals of nursing – NCSI1040 (Length: 80 hours)
- Professional ethics in practical nursing – ETH1048 (Length: 30 hours
- Human anatomy and physiology I – ANAT1021 (Length: 45 hours)
- Elementary nursing skills – NCSI1041 (Length: 45 hours)
- Elementary nursing skills - lab – NCSI1057 (Length: 45 hours)
- Introduction to nutrition – NUTR1007 (Length: 45 hours)
- Child and adolescent development – PSYC1050 (Length: 37 hours)
- Human anatomy and physiology II – ANAT1022 (Length: 45 hours)
- Adult development – PSYC1051 (Length: 35 hours)
- Writing nursing clinical notes – NCSI1093 (Length: 45 hours)
- Skills in client physical assessment – NCSI1042 (Length: 45 hours)
- Adult client physical assessment - lab – NCSI1058 (Length: 45 hours)
- Pharmacotherapy I – PHMC1020 (Length: 60 hours)
- Introduction to gerontology and geriatrics – HCSS1037 (Length: 45 hours)
- Physiopathology and nursing – group I systems – NCSI1044 (Length: 75 hours)
- Community nursing – NCSI1039 (Length: 30 hours)
- Long term care clinical – STG181-13 (Length: 120 hours)
- Physiopathology and nursing care – group II systems – NCSI1046 (Length: 75 hours)
- Pharmacotherapy II – PHMC1021 (Length: 60 hours)
- Nursing skills in mental health – NCSI1045 (Length: 40 hours)
- Advanced nursing skills – NCSI1094 (Length: 60 hours)
- Advanced nursing skills - lab – NCSI1095 (Length: 80 hours)
- Nursing skills in perinatal care – NCSI1047 (Length: 40 hours)
- Nursing skills in pediatrics – NCSI1048 (Length: 45 hours)
- Community nursing care clinical – STG282-13 (Length: 32 hours)
- Nursing care of childbearing families: clinical (Length: 64 hours)
- Leadership in nursing – RELA1084 (Length: 45 hours)
- Medication administration clinical – STG283-13 (Length: 32 hours)
- Acute care medical: clinical – STG285-13 (Length: 112 hours)
- Acute care surgery: clinical – STG286-13 (Length: 112 hours)
- Rehabilitative care: clinical – STG287-13 (Length: 112 hours)
- Mental health: clinical – STG288-13 (Length: 112 hours)
- Practicum: practical nursing (preceptorship) – STG289-13 (Length: 160 hours)
