Kimt

You have to wonder....how the world bank job fits into his Background???

As posted earllier, yes an LPN is equivalent to an RPN(registered practical nurse) in the province of Ontario. I am a RPN (Registered Psychiatric Nurse). This is a designation that is acknowledged in the Western Provinces of Canada, as well as England, Ireland,Scotland, Australia and New Zealand, the British Virgin Islands and I'm sure there are other areas. In the work sites that hire psychiatric nurses, they are considered equivalent to an RN and the bargaining bodies for union purposes are the same. Registered Psychiatric nurses are trained in med/surg the same as a RN. The remainder of the training specializes in psychiatry...in and outpt rather than maternity,peds etc. You will find psychiatric nurses working in a variety of areas...including inpt acute psychiatric units, long term care and residential facilities, forensic institutions, community mental health centers, counselling services and independent practise to name a few.