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Published Apr 24, 2010
elizabeth321
209 Posts
registered psychiatric nurse
licensed practical nurse
loriangel14, RN
6,931 Posts
That depends on what province you are in. As far as I know all the provinces use the term LPN (licensed practical nurse)except for Ontario, which uses RPN(registered practical nurse). But you have to be careful because in BC the term RPN means Registered Psychiatric Nurse which is something else all together. LPN and RPN are the same thing just different terms.
rinks2010
59 Posts
Thanks a lot Loriangel
what am I chopped liver?
Fiona59
8,343 Posts
Lori, west of Ontario, RPN is a Registered Psychiatric Nurse (and probably the Maritimes for all I know).
Currently, the RPN is still a 2.5 year diploma with a huge emphasis on mental health nursing. It's supposed to be changing to a four year degree in the "future" (whatever that means).
I know that in Alberta, we keep hearing about the degree route coming soon. What has stopped a lot of people I know from doing it is a large part of it is at our local Psychiatric Hospital which is down in Ponoka. If you've got family, it's in the middle of farmland and commuting from the Edmonton area just isn't feasible. But it produces great nurses.
Thanks for the correction.:)
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