Registered Nurses brochures

The one-year certificate program was designed to upgrade foreign-trained nurses' skills to meet Canadian standards in nursing and to satisfy the language proficiency required for a Registered Nurse in Canada in order to take the Canadian RN Licensure exam and to achieve a passing grade. The program provides a comprehensive overview of the role of the Registered Nurses in Canada and covers the following topics and concepts relevant for the preparation to the RN Licensure exam: Canadian healthcare system; nursing values and ethics; health assessment and physical examination; clients with special needs; caring through the life span; family and community care; nursing informatics; pediatrics; obstetrics; acute and rehabilitation care; mental health disorders and others. The students will gain a clear understanding of the professional responsibilities and standards of nursing practices in Canada.

The program will also provide students with strategies and tools vital to their success on the RN Licensure exam. Review of frequently tested nursing content and exam-style questions while strengthening students' critical thinking skills will be provided. RCIT will give students the tools specifically geared to internationally educated nurses, focusing on review of practice tests with explanations.

Career Opportunities:
After completion of one-year program foreign trained nurses will be able to meet Canadian standards in nursing and to satisfy the language proficiency required for a Registered Nurse in Canada in order to take the Canadian RN Licensure exam and to achieve a passing grade. It will open doors for foreign trained nurses to a huge job market. They will be much better paid in their own countries working as Registered Nurses in some hospitals that provide medical services to foreigners or get well paid and respected jobs in some other countries, like Saudi Arabia or many Western countries, including Canada.

Why RN Licensure Preparation Training for Foreign-Trained Nurses?
Many Registered Nurses who received their nursing education outside Canada will benefit from this program. Some would like to work as nurses and be much better paid in their own countries, working in some hospitals that provide medical services to foreigners. Others would like to get well paid and respected jobs in some other countries, like Saudi Arabia or Western countries, including Canada. For this purpose they have to take the Canadian Registered Nurse Examination (CRNE) through the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA and CRNBC). Some registered nurses who received their degrees in countries other than Canada are landed immigrants or Canadian residents but they have never taken CRNE and are not able to work as Registered Nurses in Canada. Their goal is to be better prepared and to pass CRNE successfully.

We are still Accepting Admissions for June, July, August and September  2010 sessions. The application deadline for June is May 15  and for Septemebr 2010 is July 30, 2010.  Classes will start on June 28 for June 2010  session and on September 27,  2010 for September  2010 session.

Admission Requirements:
In order to enroll in RCIT's Registered Nurses Licensure Exam Preparation Program for Foreign-Trained Nurses, students must meet the following criteria:
• Hold a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent Diploma in Nursing (comparable to a Bachelor's Degree in nursing in Canada.
• Must be currently registered as an RN in good standing in the country of origin.
• Have a minimum of 1125 hours of nursing experience within the last 4 years.
• Take the RCIT English Proficiency Entrance Exam.
• International Students must also qualify for a Student Visa to Canada.
Those international students for whom English is the second language and who passed the required minimum score (TOEFL or IELTS) in their home country will be required to learn the English medical terminology. You must have good Command of written and spoken English. A Phone interview is required for all international students.

The CRNBC Requirements for Taking RN Licensure Examination:
• If English is a foreign language, students should achieve either a minimum TOEFL score of 550 (paper-based) or 213 (computer-based), a minimum combined score of 60 is required for the reading, writing and listening components; a minimum score of 26 is required in the speaking component (Internet-based - iBT); IELTS 6.5 (with 7 on the speaking section and no score less than 6).
Nursing licensing bodies require candidates to meet the following minimum language requirements for the Canadian English Language Benchmarks Assessment for Nurses (CLB): Speaking: CLB 8, Listening: CLB 9, Reading: CLB 8, Writing: CLB 7.
• Assessment required by CRNBC if CRNBC is unable to assess an applicant's documentation using paper documentation alone in order to determine if an applicant meets educational and competency requirements for the exam registration.
• If CRNBC is unable to assess an applicant's documentation using paper documentation alone, it is required for an applicant to undertake a Substantially Equivalent Competency (SEC) Assessment to determine if an applicant meets educational and competency requirements for the exam registration in the following areas: General Medical-Surgical Nursing; Maternal Newborn Health; Pediatric Child Health; Mental Health/Psychiatric Nursing.