Enhanced Practice for Internationally Educated Nurses Conestoga College

Overview

Enhanced Practice for Internationally Educated Nurses  from Conestoga College  will support you in acquiring essential nursing knowledge and skills required to practice within the Canadian healthcare system, with a focus on caring for seniors throughout the continuum of care. You will learn from experienced nursing faculty in active learning environments such as state-of-the-art nursing laboratories and immersive simulation suites.

Key Facts

• Emphasis is placed on development of professional practices including nursing assessment, intervention, care planning, and critical inquiry and evidence-informed decision making. The programme is developed based on the College of Nurses of Ontario professional standards and entry to practice competencies for Registered Nurses. 
• Learning of Canadian nursing practices will occur through a variety of evaluation methodologies including, scholarly writing, case studies, projects, presentations, and simulated patient encounters. You will apply theory to practice during field placement in diverse healthcare settings including medicine, surgery, complex continuing care, and long-term care. This programme provides you with extensive hands-on clinical experience, including over 400 placement hours. In addition, in preparation for the nursing registration examination, you will complete NCLEX and OSCE style courses.
• Please note:
• A one-time $1000 scholarship will be given to students accepted in this programme who achieved a B+ average in their previous nursing degree. The scholarship is exclusive to the Enhanced Practice for Internationally Educated Nurses programme. If students choose to change their programme, the scholarship is not transferrable.

Careers 

• Graduates of this certificate programme will gain valuable experience through theoretical courses and field placements in preparation to write the Canadian national licensing exam for nurses.
• Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) updated the list of eligible fields of study for the Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP). For Conestoga's latest list of PGWP-aligned programmes, please visit the college website.