nursing schools in ontario for IENs? shortest program available?

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hi there,, im an IEN who is a Registered Practical Nurse here in Ontario,, can anybody here provide me a list of schools which accept IENs? i want to go back to school so i could become a BScN but i dont know where and how to start ,, an do you know which school offers the shortest program? say 2 years maybe? thanks a lot for the help...

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

All RPN-BSN bridge programs are 3 years. I would think that any of the bridge programs would accpet an IEN.

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do i need additional schooling before i could be accepted by universities and start studying 2 years? what is academic pathway/ or bridging they say? is that not a part of the 2 years?

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

Bridge programs include 1 year bridging and then the last 2 years are the BSN rpogram I think. The bridging takes 3 years any ways.

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

You would be best to look at the requirements set out by the program. They will have the requirements on the website. Did you have a certain school in mind?

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oh so there is no such thing as 2 year univwrsity only without that bridging? im thinking of york university or humber... but york seems impossible for me to get in as i have to compete with hundreds or maybe thousands of applicants just to get one of the 50 slots. :) im thinking of humber but im wondering if i still need to get an assessment from cno? because if i wanted to go back to shool in the first place why would i still need to wait for cno to assess my papers and just tell me that i need to go back to school.. :) thank you for your responses :)

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Specializes in Acute Care, Rehab, Palliative.

The CNO has nothing to do with going back to school. If you are licensed as an RPN in Ontario you can apply to an RPN-BSN bridging program. It is the school that determines if you are eligible for the bridging program, not the CNO. No there is no such thing as a 2 year BSN program. If you are an RPN and you want to become a BSN youmust take a 3 year bridge.

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