Practical Nursing
Certificate in Practical Nursing
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Are you a caring, attentive individual? Are you looking for a professional life spent helping and communicating with people of all ages?
The 53 week, 3-semester Practical Nursing program will prepare you to enter the health care field in a variety of 
settings that may include community, gerontology or acute care facilities.
In the Practical Nursing program, you’ll acquire the practical and theoretical grounding you’ll need to give professional nursing care to individuals, families and groups in a variety of settings. You’ll work through a combination of course work and practical clinical placements, completing a program that will prepare you for your subsequent work as a Practical Nurse. As a graduate of the Practical Nursing program, you’ll be prepared to nurse using Professional Standards of Practice and competencies established by the College of Licensed Practical Nurses of British Columbia.
Upon completion of the program, you’ll be eligible to write the Canadian Practical Nurse Registration Exam, required for licensure in BC.
Next intakes are:
- September 2010 - September 2011, classes run Monday-Friday during the day.
- September 2011 - September 2012, classes run Monday-Friday during the day.
- January 2012 - December 2012, classes run Monday–Friday during the day.