Thanks to Northern’s two-year Practical Nursing diploma, you’ll be ready to start the healthcare career you’ve always dreamed of. You’ll learn about the Nursing process and the role of nursing education in promoting health and wellness. You’ll hone your communication and leadership skills. And – from minor scrapes to complex health challenges, mental health and even palliative care – you’ll gradually develop a holistic approach to nursing, and the capacity to provide care and comfort to patients with varying conditions at all stages of life.
At every step along the way, you’ll practice new skills within our state-of-the-art training facility. And you’ll top it all off with an eight-week placement that marks the official start to your career as a caring and competent practitioner.
Practical Nursing is a is a 2-year (4 semester) program leading to an Ontario college diploma in Practical Nursing. Northern College’s Practical Nursing program has received a Category 1 Program Approval from the College of Nurses of Ontario. Northern College delivers the current diploma program standards that meet the national Entry to Practice Competencies to prepare graduates for the Regulatory Exam – Practical Nurse (REx-PN).
Northern’s Practical Nursing program holds as its philosophy a set of beliefs and values based on five key concepts: the client, health, caring, nursing, and the role that teaching and learning play in enabling individuals and their families and groups to achieve optimal health outcomes. These concepts are interrelated, interdependent and integrated throughout the curriculum. Registered Practical Nurses work with individuals, families, groups, and communities (autonomously or in consultation with nursing and the multi-disciplinary team) to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate evidence-informed nursing care, services and programs that promote health and rehabilitation, prevent injury and disease, maintain and restore health, and provide palliation.
Tuition Fees: $33,285.72
Haileybury (HL) - Ancillary Fees: $3,178
Kirkland Lake (KL) - Ancillary Fees: $3,044
Moosonee (JB) - Ancillary Fees: $2,970
Timmins (PC) - Ancillary Fees: $3,116
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