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. NOTE: This program is available to domestic students only.

Find your career

• Provide care to clients and their caregivers in hospital settings, including medical-surgical, maternal child, mental health and emergency departments.
• Community nursing settings such as: doctors’ offices, nurse practitioner clinics, home-care nursing agencies, ambulatory clinics and public health units.
• Promote community health and disease prevention.
• Work in leadership positions in retirement homes and long-term care facilities.
• Earn average starting salaries of $45,000 to $49,999.*
• Loyalist grads have historically scored above the provincial and national averages in all categories of the Canadian Practical Nurse Registration Exam (CPNRE).
• Loyalist received a Category 1, five-year program approval from the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) in March 2014 — the highest attainable rating.

*Source: Employment Profile Provincial Report, Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.

Our grads get great jobs

• Registered Practical Nurse, Quinte Healthcare Corporation
• Registered Practical Nurse, Hastings Manor Long Term Care Facility
• Registered Practical Nurse, Lennox and Addington County General Hospital
• Registered Practical Nurse, Kingston General Hospital
• Registered Practical Nurse, Victorian Order of Nurses 

Is it for you?

A career as an RPN is both challenging and rewarding. People of all ages can thrive in this program. They must be:

• Passionate about helping others
• Caring and compassionate
• Inquisitive and eager to learn
• Driven to make a difference in people’s quality of care