How to register as a care assistant in Canada?

Silverdragon102, BSN · Oct 18, 2011

Moved to a thread on it's own

Fiona59 · Oct 18, 2011

If you are in Nursing School, they will explain how you can work in LTC and acute care when you are finished your first set of placements.

You don't need to take the course for Nursing Assistants then. It's actually quite a long course for PCA, RCA, HSW (whatever your area calls them)

loriangel14, RN · Oct 19, 2011

Usually LTC facilities will hire nursing students,once you have learned care basics and had a couple of placements.Here is Ontario the actual PSW program is seven months.

Jen Ring · Oct 21, 2011

I agree. Once you finish your first year, which includes clinical rotations in LTC, you don't have too much trouble finding a job. I don't think it's necessary at all to do a PSW program at all. That said, some of the school boards do offer free PSW training, such as in Ajax Ontario. Heres the link http://www.con-ed.ca/psw.html

If you can get a free certificate program like that for a psw, and have the time to do it, yoou could always enroll and complete it before your nursing. If your thinking about spending the big bucks for a psw program, which is often the case for a lot of these private colleges and institutions, I would just save your money and wait until you finish your first year of school. Good luck

Martintony · Oct 24, 2011

Thank

Martintony · Oct 24, 2011

Thanks Jen, Loria and Fiona. You response was realy helpful. I got a B.Sc Nursing at Thompson Rivers University, kamploops, BC. Can i work as care giver assistant at Bristish Columbia after my first year at school? If not, can i work elsewhere as a nursing student during my first year, for am told nursing student dont partake in co-opt.