Nurse Education Inc. are they qualified to provide trainings?

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Hi!

I hope someone could help me with this one. I am a new RPN looking to get some trainings and certifications like IVT, medication certificate, physical assessment etc. I found this school or organization that provides training they are called Nurse Education Inc and according to them they are accredited. has anyone been to this training provider? Are they good? Were you able to use your certificate from them in finding jobs?

Any input would be appreciated. Thanks in advance

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By the way, they are located in Toronto.

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Nurses Education Inc is a private training centre and is not accredited. For a list of accredited Canadian nursing programs look on Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing. Also, CNO has a list approved nursing programs. I encourage you to take the course from a community college that is accredited and is recognized as valid. Most employers, community colleges and universities do not view courses from private, unaccredited training centres as valid or reliable.

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I can see from your earlier post that you are an IEN. Your education was assessed as equivalent to a locally trained PN.

Therefore you should not need to do any upgrading.

You might want to consider thinking before you speak/type. Employers don't want to see attitude at interviews.

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Nurses Education Inc is a private training centre and is not accredited. For a list of accredited Canadian nursing programs look on Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing. Also, CNO has a list approved nursing programs. I encourage you to take the course from a community college that is accredited and is recognized as valid. Most employers, community colleges and universities do not view courses from private, unaccredited training centres as valid or reliable.

Thank you so much for the reply.this is the kind of answer i wanted to hear not one full with prejudice..i wanted to make sure before i jump in and pay hundreds of dollars in courses that is not going to be useful in the long run.called cno too asking which one is better to take the 3 day or the 2+ month course.the practice consultant just said "ask the employer".the problem is i don't have an employer yet and cannot call each and every single job posts online.lol..oh well.thank you so much.i really appreciate it..you have no idea how much stress you lifted off my chest.lol

God bless nice and helpful nurses like yoy. :)))

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Thanks for your reply fiona.yes i am an IEN.i also recently passed the cpnre, ielts, and jurisprudence.thanks for the advice.

With regards to my reply to that one person who accused me for spamming on my 2 posts, i merely defended my self.im sure employers would love to hire someone who could stick up for themselves if need be..

Thank you for taking the time to reply to my question.:)

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

If yopu have an RPN license you don't need those courses anyways. Those are for upgrading for RPNs that graduated years ago ans didn't take the physical assessment or med administration in theie program.

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@squeak's territory, although you will have covered the material in the past, if there has been a gap since the last time you worked as a nurse until becoming licensed as a RPN in Ontario, then you will benefit from taking a physical assessment course. It never hurts to review taking health histories and practicing physical examinations.

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@ squeak's territory I just wanted to share some tips, so that in the future you can determine for yourself if a school is qualified to provide training. First, check if the school is a registered private or public school with the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (TCU), you can find this out by checking the Government of Ontario website. Next, if the school is not registered, (Nurse Education Inc is NOT registered) recognize that some private schools are exempt from registering with the ministry of TCU because their courses are under forty hours, but you should be very aware that there is no recourse if the course content fails to meet provincial standards and/or if the instructors are unqualified.

This is why it is best take additional training from a public community college or university as they are registered with the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities and are held accountable to provincial law. Also, if you take the course through a public school, you may be eligible for a grant to help pay for the costs of the course after you have completed it, for more information about the grant, see the nursing education inititive application available through RPNAO.

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@ squeak's territory I just wanted to share some tips, so that in the future you can determine for yourself if a school is qualified to provide training. First, check if the school is a registered private or public school with the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (TCU), you can find this out by checking the Government of Ontario website. Next, if the school is not registered, (Nurse Education Inc is NOT registered) recognize that some private schools are exempt from registering with the ministry of TCU because their courses are under forty hours, but you should be very aware that there is no recourse if the course content fails to meet provincial standards and/or if the instructors are unqualified.

This is why it is best take additional training from a public community college or university as they are registered with the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities and are held accountable to provincial law. Also, if you take the course through a public school, you may be eligible for a grant to help pay for the costs of the course after you have completed it, for more information about the grant, see the nursing education inititive application available through RPNAO.

Thank you so much for this advice this is very useful for me. Before posting this desperate call for help, I have phoned Halton and Toronto's 311 number, Service Ontario, and many more. I have been passed on from one office to another but no one could answer my question as to how to determine if a school or training center is accredited/ registered/ licensed to provide a training. It was like my question was a very unique one. In my head, if there is no such thing as regulatory body for this kind of institutions then anyone can provide trainings. I can provide trainings in my apartment then.lol.

Thanks so much. I kinda felt like there is zero support and people are just left to figure things out for themselves, do a trial and error and see if their money will be wasted or not.thanks for proving me wrong.

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Thank you all so much for the advice and for the time. I really really appreciate it. You guys don't know how much clarity this has given me and how much stress it lifted off my chest. definitely made decision easier. I will try to apply for jobs with the credentials I have plus CPR and first aid and see where it takes me. The second batch for med adm in Mohawk won't start till April so I have a few months to know if I really need it.

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Hi there squeak's territory !!

Yes Nurses Education Inc. is a private institution and is accredited to provide continuing education for RN's,RPn's and LPN's.They don't provide the nursing program.

They are accredited by SOFEDUC and AACN(American Association of Critical Care Nurse)that's why you can used the certificates in North America.And by the way,they have 3 locations.The main campus in Toronto,Mississauga and Montreal .I hope this is helpful.

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