How long is your program?

[SingDanceRunLife]

Just curious, how long is your program?

I am starting my program on Tuesday, and it's a short program (at least I think it is). It's only 2 semesters long if you have already completed the basic prerequisites like A&P, psych and sociology, which I have, and a total of just 6 nursing classes. So all in all, I have to take 30 credits (15 this semester and 15 in the fall), and will only spend about 8 months in school total.

What about you?

[Joyce37]

On 6/16/2015 at 11:53 PM, SingDanceRunLife said:

WOW!, that's intense! But from my understanding, and correct me if I'm wrong, in Canada LPN programs are more like American RN programs?

Hello SingDanceRunLife! I had not noticed your June 16 (2015) message, sorry for my very late reply! In Quebec, it's actually 18 months : my vocational school lied on its advertisements.

In most schools, it's 18 consecutive months, and if the Summer is off, it's 2 years long, while the RN program is 3 years long.

In Quebec, it is taught at vocational schools, but in the rest of Canada, it is taught at the college level, if I am not wrong.

Reason: Quebec is the only province where RN can study at the college level. Not a lot were studying at the university level.

So in Quebec, there are two programs at the university level: a 2-year long for current RNs, a 3-year long for non-RN.

I doubt that Canadian LPN programs are the equivalent of the USA RN programs. But I agree that it's longer, so it must be an in-between! I personally think that the Canadian LPN programs are the equivalent of the RN programs of 50 years ago : closer to the patient.