[alvira]

but one year course is for RPN and three year for RN

[janfrn]

Sorry. If you said that I must have missed it. Really then you have no choice to make, since Canada does not have a shortage of practical nurses and you won't get a work permit based on being an RPN. Guess it'll have to be the three year gig.

[Fiona59]

Or does she mean Reg. Psych Nurse???

[prernsg]

Hey Fiona59,

Don't think that RPN is your only option. If you want to be an RN you can do it. Some colleges offer a 1 Year Pre-Nursing or Pre-Health Sciences course that will get you the math, bio, chem upgrades you need to apply to their 4 year BScN program. Sure it'll take longer but it may be worth it in the long run. That's what I'm doing! I didn't graduate with my senior level sciences either. Some pre-nursing programs are still open too if you're really eager and want to start in the Fall! Check out: www.ontariocolleges.ca .

Good Luck!

[Fiona59]

Uhm, I'm not the original poster.

I'm quite content to be a LPN. Only Ontario uses the RPN title for Practical Nurses. In western Canada, the title RPN is used by Reg.Psych Nurses.

The options you talk about aren't available in most of the western provinces. It's actually quite competitive to get into the PN programmes out here.

CNA is proposing a change to nursing education by 2020. In their ideal world of nursing education, the entry point would be a PN diploma and then the BScN on through the PhD level.

Never look down on the PN and their education. I've met several who hold Masters degrees from universities outside of Canada. The PN student isn't a trade school type anymore. Our governing colleges are working hard to shake off that old stereotype.

[linzz]

I am very interested in this direction that the CNA is trying to take with nursing education. Right now there is a shortage of RN's in Ontario and especially those with experience, so it will be interesting to see if a new compressed version of the current four year RN program comes out as I have heard this is going on in some areas of Canada. I say this because although the PN can do many things that they previously were not able to do, it seems that this will not be recognized. Anyways the whole thing is a mess with all these differing levels of training.

[alvira]

thank you guys for your reply's
Anyway its not that i am looking down on RPN (Practical nurse) its just that i have been working as a RN in India and have already cleared NCLEX but with retrogression who knows how long it will take. So I am just trying my option i have already thought that there is a chance that i might not get visa for one year course if you know anything about it. Plz let me know

[janfrn]

There's no "maybe" about it. You WILL NOT get a visa to come to Canada to work as a practical nurse. There is no shortage of PNs right now and the only classification of nurse currently being approved for immigration is the RN.

I haven't moved this to the International forum since Alvira's original question relates to education. Let's not get too far down the immigration and licensure road though, please.

[prernsg]

oops, sorry about that fiona59.

I wasn't knocking PN's either. You're work is just as important.
She might have more options in the future and a better salary with the BScN, RN title, though.

[alvira]

thank you guys for your help I'll go with three year course cause if i upgrade my education in India it still might not meet the standards in Canada So i guess this suits me best