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RPN-Coronary Care

Course Code: NRSG173

Review cardiac anatomy and physiology. Increase your cardiac assessment skills, and improve your knowledge and nursing skills of coronary syndromes. All common arrhythmias are included. Pre-requisites: current RPN registration. The passing grade for this course is 65%. Please Note: No certificate is issued upon completion of this course. For proof of course completion, you can request a transcript or access your grade via MyCampus.

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Prof Practice 2 RPN Refresher

Course description.

In this preceptored clinical experience, the Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) provides holistic care in a variety of practice settings to clients living with complex health challenges. The focus is to consolidate previously learned nursing skills with knowledge from theory courses and integrate into practice to function both independently and in collaboration with the interprofessional health team. Course registration is restricted to eligible RPN Refresher students. This course is not equivalent to any course in the full-time or part-time Practical Nursing diploma program. Students who have met all prerequisites for HSCI 0257 and HSCI 0258 can register for both courses simultaneously. Please contact the course coordinator.

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Completing Additional Education

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“I must complete additional education to meet the education requirement. What happens now?”

CNO reviews  all relevant  information provided in your application, including:

• your National Nursing Assessment Service Advisory report
• any other nursing education you’ve completed
• information about any nursing experience you can provide, which may include the results of any additional evaluations you have been asked to complete. 

If CNO finds that you have not met the education requirement, we will ask you to complete additional nursing education to address your learning needs.

Addressing learning needs in education

If we find gaps in your nursing knowledge, skill and judgment, we will send you a letter outlining the specific competencies that need to be addressed.

Please review a list of accepted courses or programs you can enroll in to address your learning needs and meet the nursing education requirement.

Once you complete your education, you must ask the school to send an official transcript by email to [email protected] or by mail (in a sealed envelope, with the school’s official seal or stamp).

When we receive the transcript, it will be reviewed to confirm that the education you completed addresses the identified competencies and provide you with equivalent nursing knowledge, skill and judgment. (We may ask for more information, such as official copies of course descriptions or outlines, to help make our decision.)

If we find your additional education does not address all the competency gaps, you will be asked to complete further education or training.

Note: the level of education required for each nursing category differs; for example, RN applicants are required to complete additional education that is equivalent to the education provided to a current graduate of a Canadian university baccalaureate degree nursing program while RPN applicants are required to complete additional education equivalent to the education provided to a current graduate of an Ontario college practical nursing diploma program.

Other options

You also can visit the website of one of the nursing  regulatory bodies in another Canadian jurisdiction  and select a nursing program from an approved or accredited school in that jurisdiction that may provide the necessary education to address your learning needs at the required level.

• CNO recommends programs/courses tailored to your learning needs for your consideration. If you are considering taking a different program or course, it may not meet the education registration requirement.
• Online or distance education courses can be used to address some learning needs. Clinical related competencies involving the demonstration of nursing, knowledge skill and judgment addressing direct patient care or interaction with clients, healthcare teams or other areas will require completion of clinical practicums or consolidations. Consider schools inside and outside Ontario that offer course options. Check with the province or territory's nursing regulatory body to confirm that the school you're considering is approved or accredited in that jurisdiction.
• CNO must review courses from other jurisdictions to ensure entry-level competencies are met.
• Competency-based education (Gap-filler programs/courses) for Internationally Educated Applicants
• FAQs: Competency based education for internationally educated applicants

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Registered Practical Nursing - Perioperative Program (Postgraduate) (S425)

Program Description

Tuition & fees.

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Program Overview

The Registered Practical Nursing – Perioperative (Postgraduate) program prepares RPNs with the foundational theoretical and technical skills needed to work within their scope of practice in a perioperative setting. This program includes a theory and clinical practicum component.

Full Description

The Registered Practical Nursing – Perioperative (Postgraduate) (S425) program is designed to teach RPNs the skills required to work as part of a perioperative team in a perioperative setting at a beginner level. The program utilizes current perioperative nursing research and strictly adheres to the Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada (ORNAC) Standards of Practice.

Students will learn operating room principles and practice considerations for all surgical specialties. This includes the study of relevant anatomy, surgical modalities, surgical instrumentation and the nursing process of caring for perioperative patients.

Each student will complete a clinical practicum in an operating room with an emphasis on the scrub nurse role in various surgical specialties. 

Course Delivery  

This course is delivered through multimodal learning and includes: 

• synchronous and asynchronous in-class and online theory 
• lab skills and simulations 
• a clinical practicum experience 

The program is organized in two phases.  

Phase I: Nursing Theory and Lab Skills  

During the first five weeks of this program, students will learn: 

• current ORNAC standards, principles and applications 
• practice considerations for all surgical specialties 
• surgical anatomy, modalities and instrumentation 
• role of the scrub nurse 
• clinical lab skills delivered in George Brown College's Operating Room Simulation Centre  

Phase II: Clinical Practicum  

Students will consolidate operating room theory and principles and will complete an eight-week (320-hour) clinical placement at a designated hospital facility. 

This clinical practicum includes: 

• development of the scrub nurse role 
• exposure to various surgical specialties (i.e. General Surgery, Urology, Gynecology, Plastic Surgery, ENT and Orthopedic Surgery) 
• safe and professional practice 
• introduction to the circulating role (hospital site dependent) 

While in the clinical setting, students will participate in online discussions through live video conferences and complete clinical assignments as per the course syllabus. 

Clinical experiences are co-ordinated by the program co-ordinator at hospitals in and outside of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), or at the hospital where the student currently works. Sponsored (hired) students will complete their clinical placements at the hospital where they are employed. 

PLEASE NOTE:  Public Health continues to recommend that people working with vulnerable communities be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Clinical agency partners continue to require students to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to be approved to complete clinical placements within their facilities. Agencies have the right to decline the placement of students who are not fully vaccinated, and students who are not vaccinated are at risk of not being able to complete their clinical placement course requirements. 

Career & Postgraduate Study Opportunities

Career options.

Graduates of the Registered Practical Nursing – Perioperative postgraduate program will have the necessary skills required to work as part of a perioperative team in a perioperative setting at a beginner level.

This program offers RPNs an opportunity to specialize in perioperative nursing. In recent years, more acute care centres are adding RPN positions to their operating rooms' staffing skills mix. 

Alumni Impact

We are immensely proud of the contributions of our alumni in Toronto and around the globe.

From Michelin-starred restaurants to major construction, entertainment, community and financial organizations, our graduates are truly making an impact across a range of industries.

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Program learning outcomes.

Graduates of the program will demonstrate the following skills, knowledge and attitudes:

• Complete all work as a member of a surgical team in a legal, ethical, competent, and professional manner to ensure best practice in client care.
• Contribute to the provision of nursing care to persons undergoing surgery by following the standards of practice of the Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada (ORNAC).
• Maintain collaborative interprofessional relationships that support operating room services.
• Identify and respond appropriately within the scope of practice to changes in human behaviour due to the effects of illness, stress and fatigue of an individual and/or significant others.
• Utilize aseptic techniques with all tasks related to surgical procedures, patient care, and other departmental functions to help prevent post-operative complications.
• Use and maintain instruments, special equipment, and supplies used for basic surgical procedures in order to promote a safe working environment for self and others.
• Utilize personal strategies to maintain, improve and promote professional competence and development within the role of operating room practical nurse.
• Apply theory, principles and evidence-informed practice to operating room nursing to ensure best practice in perioperative patient care, procedure delivery and patient safety.

Domestic Tuition

Additional costs.

* Amounts listed are the estimated total of tuition, materials, student service and ancillary fees for one semester of the program starting in Fall 2023 . Fees are subject to change for programs starting in Fall 2024 and at later dates. This fee does not include books, which are to be purchased by the student separately.

Financial Assistance

The program is not eligible for OSAP funding.

Each year we award over $2 million dollars in scholarships, awards and bursaries to first-year students. Check out our financial aid webpages for ways to pay for college and the full list of available scholarships, awards and bursaries.

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Disclaimer: The information contained in this website is subject to change without notice. It should not be viewed as a representation, offer or warranty. Students are responsible for verifying George Brown College fee requirements.

• RPN Certificate Of Competence, College of Nurses of Ontario, without practice restrictions
• BCLS (Heart and Stroke Foundation) HCP level
• current resumé
• recommended one year of medical surgical experience (not required)

This program is open to both non-sponsored (independent) and sponsored student applicants.

Independent Student:

• independent application and tuition fees
• not hired by a clinical agency
• a clinical placement is arranged at an affiliate hospital by the program co-ordinator
• must complete the pre-placement health form requirements and VSS upon program acceptance

Sponsored Student:

• hired by the clinical agency (prior to) applying to the program
• program fees may or may not be covered based on hiring contract details from the clinical agency
• clinical placement is completed at the hospital student is employed

If you would like more information about sponsorship to this program and how to meet the admission requirements, please contact [email protected] .

This program is open to domestic applicants only.

• How to Apply

Domestic students apply through Ontario Colleges .

Contact Chelsea Ovosonka , program co-ordinator and professor, at the George Brown College Sally Horsfall Eaton School of Nursing at 416-415-5000, ext. 2349 or email [email protected] for more information.

For general information about George Brown College, call the Contact Centre at 416-415-2000 or long distance 1-800-265-2002.

George Brown College's Registered Practical Nursing – Perioperative (S425) program prepares RPNs with the foundational theoretical and technical skills needed to work within their scope of practice in a perioperative setting. This program includes a theory and clinical practicum component.

George Brown College's Registered Practical Nursing – Perioperative postgraduate program is designed to teach RPNs the skills required to work as part of a perioperative team in a perioperative setting at a beginner level. The program utilizes current perioperative nursing research and strictly adheres to the Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada (ORNAC) Standards of Practice.

This course will be delivered through multimodal learning and will include: 

During the first five weeks of this program, student will learn: 

Clinical experiences are coordinated by the program co-ordinator at hospitals in and outside of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), or at the hospital where the student currently works. Sponsored (hired) students will complete their clinical placements at the hospital where they are employed. 

* Amounts listed are the total of tuition, materials, student service and ancillary fees for one semester of the program starting in Fall 2022 . Fees are subject to change for programs starting in Fall 2023 and at later dates.

Special Requirements

Pre-Placement Health Form

• Upon confirmation of acceptance into this program, students must meet all the mandatory pre-placement health requirements for the program. It may take up to four months to complete all the requirements.
• All costs, service fees and fines associated with the overall health requirements are the responsibility of the student.
• For further details and to download the mandatory pre-placement health form, go to the Pre-placement webpage .
• Students must attend mandatory computer training at their clinical site.

Students must submit proof of a satisfactory medical examination before entering field placement. Students who are unable to provide a clear medical examination result to the college will not be able to start their field placement and therefore will be unable to complete the program.

Police Vulnerable Sector Check

• In compliance with the requirements of our placement partners, all students in this program are required to have a Police Vulnerable Sector Check completed, and this check must be renewed annually before entering into field or clinical placement.
• The Police Vulnerable Sector Check process typically takes two to three months, but under some circumstances can take four to eight months. This is required to protect the clientele of our placement partner agencies, who are considered “vulnerable persons” under the law.
• Students are responsible for ensuring that the Police Vulnerable Sector Check covers appropriateness for “individuals being employed and/or volunteering who will be working with vulnerable person(s).”
• Students are required to keep the original copy of their Police Vulnerable Sector Check.
• Students who are unable to provide a “clear” Police Vulnerable Sector Check may not be able to start their field or clinical placement and therefore may be unable to complete the program. Students who are not eligible to attend their practice placement due to a “not clear” status will jeopardize their progress in the program.
• Failure to meet the requirements for field placement will prevent students from completing the program and/or securing employment.

The fees for the police record check vary and must be paid by the student. For more information, please visit the Pre-placement website .

Public Health continues to recommend that people working with vulnerable communities be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.  Clinical agency partners continue to require students to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to be approved to complete clinical placements within their facilities. Agencies have the right to decline the placement of students who are not fully vaccinated, and students who are not vaccinated are at risk of not being able to complete their clinical placement course requirements. 

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Nursing for Reinstatement: Evidence of Safe Practice

This information is applicable to you if you are a non-practicing registered nurse ( RN ) or registered practical nurse ( RPN ) in Ontario who wishes to apply for reinstatement with the College of Nurses of Ontario ( CNO ) but has no evidence of safe practice for at least three years.

For more information, check out our Frequently Asked Questions .

Nursing at George Brown College emphasizes holistic care, cultural diversity/sensitivity, critical thinking, and reflective practice. Courses take a patient-focused, family-centred, and interprofessional approach and are offered in a flexible format: they may be offered during the day, on weekends, or during the evening and may be available through in-class, online, or hybrid deliveries. Current research, adult learning principles, social justice, best practices, and lived experience provide the foundation for learning. For more information about nursing in Ontario, visit the CNO 's Become a Nurse web page .

Intake Date(s)

All letters of acceptance indicate the first term in which courses can be taken. (Most courses are offered every term.)

Admission Requirement(s)

You must secure formal admission (see How To Apply) before you can register for courses. Admission will only be considered if you meet the following requirements:

• You must be a non-practicing RN or RPN.
• You must have a letter of direction from the CNO .
• You must have a resumé/curriculum vitae ( CV ) outlining your previous nursing education and practice.

How to Apply

You must complete the Evidence of Safe Practice Education for Reinstatement PDF application form . Your completed application form and the required documents must be sent to Gayle Bradley at [email protected] . The required documents must be scanned copies and not photos.

You will receive an email response within 10 business days (excluding college closures ) of the day we receive your application. If you receive a positive response, you will receive a formal letter of acceptance. 

Completion Details

Your letter of acceptance will include a George Brown College Academic Guide – developed specifically for you based on your CNO letter – that contains the list of courses you will be required to complete. (The timeline for completing your courses is individualized based on your specific needs and is between you and the CNO .) Completion order is only limited by course prerequisites. Use the course links below to register for the courses listed on your academic guide. 

Your academic guide will also indicate what credentials you can request to receive (using the department contact information on this web page) once you have completed all the courses you are required to complete.

Certificate Stream

Courses (links for registration as per academic guide).

• NURS 1112 Care of the Frail and Complex Older Adult Online
• NURS 1131 Healing and Episodic Health Challenges – NTI Hybrid
• NURS 1133 Health and Transitions – NTI Hybrid
• NURS 1136 Health Assessment – NTI Hybrid
• NURS 1118 Nursing Ethics Online
• NURS 1129 Nursing Informatics – NTI Hybrid
• NURS 1135 Nursing in Ontario – NTI Hybrid
• NURS 1130 Pharmacology – NTI Hybrid
• NURS 1132 Relational Practice – NTI Hybrid
• NURS 1134 Research in Nursing – NTI Hybrid

Each of these meets the Emergency Management requirement (choose one):

• EMRG 9000 BEM: Basic Emergency Management On Campus
• EMRG 9001 Public Health Emergency Management: Concepts and Principles Online

Clinical Placements (Links for registration as per academic guide)

• NURS 9222 Advanced Clinical Practice Skills Online
• NURS 9215 Clinical Consolidation or Preceptorship – NTI Off Campus
• NURS 9214 Clinical Practice Experience – NTI Off Campus

Additional Information

Disclaimer: George Brown College reserves the right to add or delete programs and/or courses and to change campus locations and/or clinical placement sites depending on enrollment numbers and/or the availability of sites. Clinical placement site assignment is entirely within the discretion of the college and is based on availability. George Brown College reserves the right to alter program requirements due to legislative changes and/or changes in the requirements of clinical placement providers or the CNO .

Disclaimer: Reinstated status is awarded by the CNO . The information provided here does not represent the extent of the requirements for reinstated status. The requirements are set by the CNO , not George Brown College, so you must follow the process listed on the CNO 's website and meet the requirements applicable to you to achieve reinstated status. The CNO 's policies are subject to change without notice, and George Brown College is not responsible for any information errors or inaccuracies that result from a change in the CNO 's policy.

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We are nurses.

Professional nurses are building excellence in health and healthcare in a collaborative and sustainable way.

60,000 RPNs support patients across Ontario.

BEGIN Program

A partnership between WeRPN and the Ontario Government, BEGIN provides tuition grants to students enrolled in PSW-RPN, PSW-RN and RPN-RN programs, reducing the financial barriers for them to expand their nursing careers. Eligible students can receive up to $10,000 per year to cover tuition and ancillary fees. Learn more about how you can qualify today.

Nursing Education Initiative (NEI)

The Nursing Education Initiative (NEI) is an education grants program that supports nurses in continuing education to improve their nursing knowledge and skills. All nurses registered to practice in the province of Ontario are eligible to apply. Nurses undertaking continuing education may be eligible for reimbursement of up to $1,500 per funding year.

State of Nursing Report

The Ontario healthcare system is under severe strain. Learn more about WeRPN’s latest efforts to ensure the government and public are aware of the increasingly difficult realities nurses are facing in the workplace, and the concerning implications it is having on patient care. Read the findings from our annual survey of over 1,200 nursing voices, “The State of Nursing in Ontario: A 2023 Review” and sign our open letter urging the government to act now and implement our 4-step action plan.

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