Diploma in Practical Nursing

Loyalist College - Belleville Campus

Canada,Ontario

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24 Months

Duration

CAD 15,000/year

Tuition Fee

CAD 110

Application Fee

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Canada, Ontario

Type: College

Location Type: Urban

Founded: 1967

Total Students: 3,450 +

Campus Detail

Main Campus Address

376 Wallbridge Loyalist Rd, Belleville, ON K8N 5B9, Canada

Diploma in Practical Nursing

Program Overview

Practical nurses are integral members of a health care team, providing care to patients of all ages. They combine nursing skill, knowledge and judgment to provide a full range of nursing care within their scope of practice.

Experiential learning 

Learn to assess clients’ health throughout the lifespan, and to plan, implement and evaluate appropriate nursing care, in the classroom and beyond: 

  • Engaging clinical and lab groups with intensive personal instruction. 
  • Participation in virtual simulation with realistic, interactive practice scenarios in our cutting-edge Human Simulation Lab. 
  • Engage with dynamic guest speakers from the health care field. 
  • Participate in clinical placements taught by expert nursing professors in hospitals and long-term care facilities. 
  • Gain a variety of clinical nursing skills in medicine, surgery, paediatrics/obstetrics, continuing complex care and mental health. 
  • Work one-on-one with a Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) during an intensive 320-hour clinical placement during semester five. 

Please read the College of Nurses of Ontario Program Approval Review Summary for Loyalist College’s Practical Nursing program here.