Can Canadian nurses obtain their BSN through an online college program?

[Mykami]

Hello,

Here in the states most RN's have the option to get their higher nursing degrees online (ie ADN to BSN). I am wondering if Canadian RN's also have this option? Does it vary by province?

Thanks.

[loriangel14, RN]

Yes they can.

[Vanillanut, DNP, RN, APRN]

Not that I know of. I'm Canadian, from BC and as far as I know, ANY BSN program must be an actual brick & mortar school. We don't have an ADN for nursing. You're either an LPN, or an RN (in Canada, all RN's are BSN degree holders, except for some older nurses who were grandfathered in, and I think perhaps 2 hospital programs in Quebec that are still running hospital-based diploma programs).

Keep in mind when you do your BSN, some of it might be online but it's still through a physical campus, and the online portions are always in conjunction with on-campus/clinical time.... so you can't do your schooling from anywhere, you always need to be somewhat close to your school.

[superveronica]

Yes there are two universities.

Athabasca university which offers bridging programs (LPN and RN) to a bachelor of Nursing Degree. everything is on line except clinicals. you have to go to alberta for clinicals.

then there is university of Victoria that offers a bachelor of science in nursing. it is on line.

I know this first hand because I have a nursing degree from Athabasca and I hold a Canadian RN lic as well as an American RN lic

[fireywoods1988]

Ottawa university also offers bridging program with Algonquin college. You can check that one out