Mental Health/Addiction courses Canada

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Specializes in corrections, obstetrics, longterm care, med-surg.

I am looking to take a mental health/addiction course offered online in Canada. So far the only colleges/uni's/organizations I can find that offer any of these courses are Durham college, Mohawk college, Trent, and CAMH. Just wondering if anyone has taken a mental health/addiction course through any of theses places, or if there are I am missing. I'm currently working in corrections and want to get my foot in the door working with the mental health team at my jail.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

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following this as I am very interested in taking a mental health certification course.

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Hi,

I'm finishing the mental health certificate through Mohawk right now. It took me just under 2 years to do all the coursework (working full time so I only took 1 course/term) and now I'm just waiting on a clinical placement.

The instructors were great and the courses were interesting. If you're comfortable with online learning, I'd recommend it. I've been out of school for over 10 years and am looking to specialize in mental health. The program and instructors definitely helped with my career goals and entrance into an MScN program.

I'm not sure where you're located, but also check out the SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health. They have workshops and a few certificate programs for adult mental health as well as pediatric. The only drawback is that the courses are offered on location and during the week which might not fit with some work schedules.

Hope this helps a bit!

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6 hours ago, outdoorlaura said:

Hi,

I'm finishing the mental health certificate through Mohawk right now. It took me just under 2 years to do all the coursework (working full time so I only took 1 course/term) and now I'm just waiting on a clinical placement.

The instructors were great and the courses were interesting. If you're comfortable with online learning, I'd recommend it. I've been out of school for over 10 years and am looking to specialize in mental health. The program and instructors definitely helped with my career goals and entrance into an MScN program.

I'm not sure where you're located, but also check out the SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health. They have workshops and a few certificate programs for adult mental health as well as pediatric. The only drawback is that the courses are offered on location and during the week which might not fit with some work schedules.

Hope this helps a bit!

Thank you so much for this information! I will definitely look into the sick kids option and I hope it is available to RPNs

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Hey please I'm currently working as an rpn and recently graduated as well. I just moved to the Hamilton area. I do want to take the mental health course at mohawk College as well. Please I would love to get all the information and details about the program. Also are you willing to help me with your study notes use for the course. Please here is my email address. 

[email protected] 

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Why can a RPN/LPN get speciality training in mental health? Isn't specialty training specifically for RN's? 

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13 hours ago, NursingBSN said:

Why can a RPN/LPN get speciality training in mental health? Isn't specialty training specifically for RN's? 

Nope. There are tons of courses  RPNs can take. RPNS are nurses too and they can specialize just like RNs. There are mental health , cardiac care, peri operative, palliative, foot care, OR, gerentology, wound care, antepartum, breastfeeding, orthopedics, diabetic ED, oncology, pediatric assessment, EKG, infection control, probably more.

Why would you think RPNs/LPNs can't specialize.

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RPN/LPN are not fully trained nurses.

Usually, to be a specialty nurse, you need to be fully trained nurse to begin with (RN). CNA only allows RPN/LPN's to take med/surg and geri specialties, so I'm surprised to see a local college bypassing that and offering specialty courses to a RPN. 

There is endless evidence/research to show that care delivered by a RN will result in less complications, hospital length of stay, and less mortality, when compared to a RPN/LPN delivering care. The hospitals are doing no favours to their patients by allowing anyone other than a RN to deliver care in specialty areas. 

Most jurisdictions in North America allow LPN's to work in hospital settings but usually only with patients awaiting placements who are medically stable. There are exceptions as some provinces are looking to save money rather than provide evidence based care. 

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It is not just one college. Many offer these courses and we work in areas where we can utilize these skills. You quite clearly are clueless. Our skill set is almost as broad as an RN. When I worked in a hospital many times my assignment belonged to an RN the previous shift. The hospital was largely staffed with RPNs, usually just an RN on the desk. We took unstable patients. We did blood transfusions, accessed PICC lines and drew labs if needed. 

 

We are real nurses. When you are getting off your high horse be careful,  that first step is a ***. Tuck and roll.

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"Our skill set is almost as broad as an RN". This is a poor example. Anyone can do a skill...we teach patients, with no nursing/medical background, how to perform skills at home! Anyone can "do a skill". The point is, during a hospital stay, a RN is much better at catching deterioration (through assessment) in patient condition and intervening early. Failure to rescue rates are higher on floors that have less RN's. 

Anyways we are off topic, I'm just surprised that colleges go behind CNA's back and allows RPN's to become specialty trained. 

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Why would you say we shouldn't be allowed to specialize? We aren't stupid. 

Talking about us like we are trained monkeys shows your true colors as a human being. 

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