This unique, innovative series of courses offers Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs) and some Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) the opportunity to meet the educational requirements for a Practical Nursing Diploma. George Brown College awards a Practical Nursing Diploma to each eligible student who completes this series of courses. Course content meets the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, and College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) standards and competency guidelines. This series of courses emphasizes holistic care, cultural diversity/sensitivity, critical thinking and reflective practice. Courses take a patient-focused, family centred and multidisciplinary approach. Current research, best practice and lived experience provide the foundation for learning. For more information contact Gayle Bradley at 416-415-5000, ext. 2872, or gbradley@georgebrown.ca.

Tuition reimbursement may be available from the Registered Practical Nurses Association of Ontario (RPNAO) through the nursing education initiative. You may also be eligible for financial assistance from other sources.

You must secure formal admission before you can register for courses. Obtaining admission is dependent upon meeting these admission requirements.

• You must be an RPN or an IEN who has been assessed by the CNO (in writing) as needing to meet designated theory and clinical requirements for bridging from an RPN certificate to a diploma. (This is also required of Canadian nurses currently registered and returning to practice.)
• You must have Canadian citizenship or landed immigrant status.
• You must be computer literate.
• You must have completed a clinical pre-placement health form, including a police record check, CPR for health care providers and mask fit testing.

You must call 416-415-5000, ext. 2872, or e-mail gbradley@georgebrown.ca to make an appointment with the co-ordinator, Gayle Bradley.

You must complete NURS 1035/NURS 1061 (Nursing in Ontario) prior to taking the other compulsory courses. You must have completed all the other compulsory courses prior to taking NURS 1051 (Clinical Practice). You must complete at least one compulsory course as well as the elective course through distance education. This series of courses can be completed in anywhere from 10 months in its compressed format to a maximum of 30 months.

Compulsory Courses (Eleven)
One of the following:
NURS 1035   Nursing in Ontario
NURS 1061   Nursing in Ontario (distance education)
and one of the following:
NURS 9133   Care of the Frail and Complex Older Adult
NURS 9136   Care of the Frail and Complex Older Adult (distance education)
and one of the following:
NURS 1054   Community and Mental Health Nursing
NURS 1064   Community and Mental Health Nursing (distance education)
and one of the following:
GHUM 1142   Cultural Approaches to Health Care and Healing
GHUM 1077   Cultural Approaches to Health Care and Healing (distance education)
and one of the following:
NURS 1056   Health Assessment
NURS 9130   Health Assessment (distance education)
and one of the following:
NURS 1052   Leadership and Advanced Communication
NURS 1062   Leadership and Advanced Communication (distance education)
and one of the following:
NURS 1048   Management of the Acute and Chronically Ill
NURS 1058   Management of the Acute and Chronically Ill (distance education)
and
MATH 1105   Mathematics for Nurses
NURS 1069   Pathophysiology for Nurses (distance education)
and one of the following:
PHAR 9004   Pharmacology and Theory Related to Administration of Medications
PHAR 9008   Pharmacology and Theory Related to Administration of Medications (distance education)
and
NURS 1051   Clinical Practice

Elective Courses (Choose One)
Any distance education General Education course.