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Registered Nurse - Critical Care Nursing
(Postgraduate) (S402)
Program Details
- Program Code: S402
- Credential: Ontario College Graduate Certificate
- Duration: 1 semester
- Method of Study: Full-time
- Starting Months: January, May, September
- Domestic Tuition: $2,432.00 *
Program Availability
| Semester | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2026 | Open | Not Available |
| Winter 2027 | Open | Not Available |
| Spring 2027 | Open | Not Available |
- PGWP Eligible: No
Program Description
Leadership Claims
Preparing Registered Nurses to work in hospital critical care units for over 50 years.
Program Overview
The Registered Nurse – Critical Care Nursing Program is a one-semester graduate certificate program that prepares Registered Nurses to transition to critical care settings to provide safe, competent care to critically ill individuals and their families.
Full Description
The Registered Nurse – Critical Care Nursing (Postgraduate) (S402) Program prepares Registered Nurses to transition into critical care settings to provide safe competent care to critically ill individuals and their families.
The combined theory and clinical courses encompass the Level 1, 2 and 3 Critical Care Standards of Practice as outlined by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and Critical Care Nursing Standards from the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development (MLITSD).
This program is offered at the Daphne Cockwell Centre for Health Sciences at the Waterfront Campus.
Structured clinical courses provide Registered Nurses with a safe learning environment to apply critical care knowledge, skills, and judgment in critical care settings across the Greater Toronto Area.
This specialty program has a restricted number of seats open to applicants.
Please note: Public Health continues to recommend that people working with vulnerable communities be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Clinical agency partners continue to require students to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to be approved to complete clinical placements within their facilities. Agencies have the right to decline the placement of students who are not fully vaccinated, and students who are not vaccinated are at risk of not being able to complete their clinical placement course requirements.
Your Field Education Options
Clinical education is a key component of the Registered Nurse – Critical Care Nursing Program.
Clinical placements are offered and delivered in partnership with hospitals in their intensive care units. As a student in this program, you will be expected to spend 232 hours in a critical care environment under the supervision of a Preceptor and a Clinical Facilitator as a requirement to complete the program.
Career & Postgraduate Study Opportunities
Courses
SEMESTER 1
| Code | Course Name |
|---|---|
| NURS4042 | Critical Care Nursing – Practicum-General |
| NURS4043 | Critical Care Nursing – Theory (Advanced) |
| NURS4044 | Critical Care Nursing – Practicum (Advanced) |
| NURS4059 | Critical Care Nursing – Theory and Labs |
Course Outline URL
Program Learning Outcomes
The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:
- Practice within the scope of professional, legal and ethical standards, organization policies and best practices in critical care nursing.
- Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients, families and/or substitute decision-makers to optimize patient and family-centred critical care.
- Assess, analyze and monitor data for patients with complex, multi-system problems in order to anticipate early deterioration in patient’s condition, establish priorities and plan interventions.
- Plan, implement, evaluate and document specialized nursing interventions to achieve optimal patient outcomes in potential or actual life threatening illness and end-of-life situations.
- Advocate for and deliver patient and family-centred care to patients/families experiencing potential or actual life-threatening illness and end-of-life situations.
- Collaborate with members of the interprofessional health-care team in providing care for patients experiencing potential or actual life-threatening illness and end-of-life situations to achieve continuity of care and optimal patient outcomes.
- Use evidence-based research and best practice guidelines to inform and adapt critical care nursing practice.
- Use strategies and available resources to respond to environmental, physical and psychosocial stressors affecting self and others in the critical care setting.
- Engage in reflective practice and ongoing professional development to enhance competence in critical care nursing.
Tuition & Fees
Domestic Tuition
$2,432.00 *
Additional Costs
* Amounts listed are the estimated total of tuition, materials, student service and ancillary fees for one semester of the program starting in Fall 2025. Fees are subject to change for programs starting in Fall 2026 and at later dates. This fee does not include books, which are to be purchased by the student separately.
Financial Assistance
This program is approved for OSAP funding, provided the applicant meets OSAP eligibility criteria.
Each year we award over $2 million dollars in scholarships, awards and bursaries to first-year students. Check out our financial aid web pages for ways to pay for college and the full list of available scholarships, awards and bursaries.
Admission Requirements
- RN, Certificate of Competence, College of Nurses of Ontario without practice restrictions, and BCLS (Heart and Stroke Foundation), HCP Level
- one year of acute care nursing experience in Ontario
Only sponsored applicants are eligible to apply to this program.
If you would like more information about sponsorship to this program and how to meet the admission requirements, please contact nursing@georgebrown.ca.
This program is open to domestic applicants only.
Special Requirements
Clinical Pre-placement Health Form: Requirements and Program Policy
Upon confirmation of acceptance into this program, students must meet and complete all the mandatory pre-placement requirements. It will take up to eight to 10 weeks to complete.
- Students will need to process and provide proof of their medical records (such as TDAP shot, COVID-19, MMR, Varicella, Hep B blood test reports/titres and Two-Step TB Skin Test), proof of clear Vulnerable Sector Check renewed every year, annual flu shot and mask fit test renewed every two years. These requirements must be submitted by the program specific deadline to ParaMed Placement Pass website.
- COVID-19 vaccination: Public Health continues to recommend that people working with vulnerable communities be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Clinical partners continue to require students to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to be approved to complete clinical placements within their facilities. Agencies have the right to decline the placement of students who are not fully vaccinated, and students who are not vaccinated are at risk of not being able to complete their clinical placement course requirements.
- The health policies and non-academic requirements are designed to protect clients and vulnerable populations whom students will engage in practice. Students who do not comply with the program’s health policy and non-academic requirements, or who do not submit all required documentation by deadlines established by the program will be excluded from the clinical practicum. Exclusion from clinical practicum for any reason may jeopardize students' academic standing and successful completion of this program.
- All costs, service fees and fines associated with the overall health requirements are the responsibility of the student.
- To download the mandatory Pre-placement health form and for more details, go to the Clinical Pre-placement website.
Vulnerable Sector Check: Requirements and Program Policy (Renew every year)
In compliance with the requirements of our clinical placement partners, all students in this program are required to have a Vulnerable Sector Check completed, and this check must be renewed every year before entering into clinical placement.
- The Vulnerable Sector Check process typically takes two to three months, but under some circumstances can take four to eight months. This is required to protect the clientele of our placement partner agencies, who are considered “vulnerable persons” under the law.
- Students are responsible for ensuring that the Vulnerable Sector Check covers appropriateness for “individuals being employed and/or volunteering who will be working with vulnerable person(s).
- Students are required to keep the original copy of their Vulnerable Sector Check.
- Students who are unable to provide a “clear” Vulnerable Sector Check will not be able to start their field or clinical placement and will therefore be unable to complete the program. Students who are not eligible to attend their practice placement due to a “not clear” status will jeopardize their progress in the program. Our agency partners have the final decision for students being allowed to practise in their agency.
How to Apply
Domestic students should apply through Ontario Colleges.
Contact Us
For more information on this program, please contact:
Eliane Stockler Leite
Email: eliane.stocklerleite@georgebrown.ca
or
Brianna Baker
Email: brianna.bakker@georgebrown.ca
Program Description
Leadership Claims
Preparing Registered Nurses to work in hospital critical care units for over 50 years.
Program Overview
The Registered Nurse – Critical Care Nursing Program is a one-semester graduate certificate program that prepares Registered Nurses to transition to critical care settings to provide safe, competent care to critically ill individuals and their families.
Full Description
The Registered Nurse – Critical Care Nursing (Postgraduate) (S402) Program prepares Registered Nurses to transition into critical care settings to provide safe competent care to critically ill individuals and their families.
The combined theory and clinical courses encompass the Level 1, 2 and 3 Critical Care Standards of Practice as outlined by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and Critical Care Nursing Standards from the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development (MLITSD).
This program is offered at the Daphne Cockwell Centre for Health Sciences at the Waterfront Campus.
Structured clinical courses provide Registered Nurses with a safe learning environment to apply critical care knowledge, skills, and judgment in critical care settings across the Greater Toronto Area.
This specialty program has a restricted number of seats open to applicants.
Please note: Public Health continues to recommend that people working with vulnerable communities be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Clinical agency partners continue to require students to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to be approved to complete clinical placements within their facilities. Agencies have the right to decline the placement of students who are not fully vaccinated, and students who are not vaccinated are at risk of not being able to complete their clinical placement course requirements.
Your Field Education Options
Clinical education is a key component of the Registered Nurse – Critical Care Nursing Program.
Clinical placements are offered and delivered in partnership with hospitals in their intensive care units. As a student in this program, you will be expected to spend 232 hours in a critical care environment under the supervision of a Preceptor and a Clinical Facilitator as a requirement to complete the program.
Career & Postgraduate Study Opportunities
Courses
SEMESTER 1
| Code | Course Name |
|---|---|
| NURS4042 | Critical Care Nursing – Practicum-General |
| NURS4043 | Critical Care Nursing – Theory (Advanced) |
| NURS4044 | Critical Care Nursing – Practicum (Advanced) |
| NURS4059 | Critical Care Nursing – Theory and Labs |
Course Outline URL
Tuition & Fees
Domestic Tuition
$2,432.00 *
Additional Costs
* Amounts listed are the estimated total of tuition, materials, student service and ancillary fees for one semester of the program starting in Fall 2025. Fees are subject to change for programs starting in Fall 2026 and at later dates. This fee does not include books, which are to be purchased by the student separately.
Financial Assistance
This program is approved for OSAP funding, provided the applicant meets OSAP eligibility criteria.
Each year we award over $2 million dollars in scholarships, awards and bursaries to first-year students. Check out our financial aid web pages for ways to pay for college and the full list of available scholarships, awards and bursaries.
Admission Requirements
- RN, Certificate of Competence, College of Nurses of Ontario without practice restrictions, and BCLS (Heart and Stroke Foundation), HCP Level
- one year of acute care nursing experience in Ontario
Only sponsored applicants are eligible to apply to this program.
If you would like more information about sponsorship to this program and how to meet the admission requirements, please contact nursing@georgebrown.ca.
This program is open to domestic applicants only.
Special Requirements
Clinical Pre-placement Health Form: Requirements and Program Policy
Upon confirmation of acceptance into this program, students must meet and complete all the mandatory pre-placement requirements. It will take up to eight to 10 weeks to complete.
- Students will need to process and provide proof of their medical records (such as TDAP shot, COVID-19, MMR, Varicella, Hep B blood test reports/titres and Two-Step TB Skin Test), proof of clear Vulnerable Sector Check renewed every year, annual flu shot and mask fit test renewed every two years. These requirements must be submitted by the program specific deadline to ParaMed Placement Pass website.
- COVID-19 vaccination: Public Health continues to recommend that people working with vulnerable communities be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Clinical partners continue to require students to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to be approved to complete clinical placements within their facilities. Agencies have the right to decline the placement of students who are not fully vaccinated, and students who are not vaccinated are at risk of not being able to complete their clinical placement course requirements.
- The health policies and non-academic requirements are designed to protect clients and vulnerable populations whom students will engage in practice. Students who do not comply with the program’s health policy and non-academic requirements, or who do not submit all required documentation by deadlines established by the program will be excluded from the clinical practicum. Exclusion from clinical practicum for any reason may jeopardize students' academic standing and successful completion of this program.
- All costs, service fees and fines associated with the overall health requirements are the responsibility of the student.
- To download the mandatory Pre-placement health form and for more details, go to the Clinical Pre-placement website.
Vulnerable Sector Check: Requirements and Program Policy (Renew every year)
In compliance with the requirements of our clinical placement partners, all students in this program are required to have a Vulnerable Sector Check completed, and this check must be renewed every year before entering into clinical placement.
- The Vulnerable Sector Check process typically takes two to three months, but under some circumstances can take four to eight months. This is required to protect the clientele of our placement partner agencies, who are considered “vulnerable persons” under the law.
- Students are responsible for ensuring that the Vulnerable Sector Check covers appropriateness for “individuals being employed and/or volunteering who will be working with vulnerable person(s).
- Students are required to keep the original copy of their Vulnerable Sector Check.
- Students who are unable to provide a “clear” Vulnerable Sector Check will not be able to start their field or clinical placement and will therefore be unable to complete the program. Students who are not eligible to attend their practice placement due to a “not clear” status will jeopardize their progress in the program. Our agency partners have the final decision for students being allowed to practise in their agency.
How to Apply
Domestic students should apply through Ontario Colleges.
Program Learning Outcomes
The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:
- Practice within the scope of professional, legal and ethical standards, organization policies and best practices in critical care nursing.
- Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients, families and/or substitute decision-makers to optimize patient and family-centred critical care.
- Assess, analyze and monitor data for patients with complex, multi-system problems in order to anticipate early deterioration in patient’s condition, establish priorities and plan interventions.
- Plan, implement, evaluate and document specialized nursing interventions to achieve optimal patient outcomes in potential or actual life threatening illness and end-of-life situations.
- Advocate for and deliver patient and family-centred care to patients/families experiencing potential or actual life-threatening illness and end-of-life situations.
- Collaborate with members of the interprofessional health-care team in providing care for patients experiencing potential or actual life-threatening illness and end-of-life situations to achieve continuity of care and optimal patient outcomes.
- Use evidence-based research and best practice guidelines to inform and adapt critical care nursing practice.
- Use strategies and available resources to respond to environmental, physical and psychosocial stressors affecting self and others in the critical care setting.
- Engage in reflective practice and ongoing professional development to enhance competence in critical care nursing.
Contact Us
For more information on this program, please contact:
Eliane Stockler Leite
Email: eliane.stocklerleite@georgebrown.ca
or
Brianna Baker
Email: brianna.bakker@georgebrown.ca
Visit Waterfront Campus
Book campus tourVisit Waterfront Campus
Our Virtual Tour showcases the following areas:
- Campus Facilities
- Student Services
- Applied Learning Environments
- Labs & Classrooms
Registered Nurse – Critical Care Nursing
(Postgraduate) (S402)
Program Details
- Program Code: S402
- Credential: Ontario College Graduate Certificate
- Duration: 1 semester
- Method of Study: Full-time
- Starting Months: January, September
- Domestic Tuition: $2,402.00 *
- Spring 2026 Delivery: Semester 1: Hybrid
Program Availability
| Semester | Domestic | International |
|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Closed | Not Available |
| Winter 2026 | Closed | Not Available |
| Spring 2026 | Closed | Not Available |
- PGWP Eligible: No
Program Description
Leadership Claims
Preparing Registered Nurses to work in hospital critical care units for over 40 years.
Program Overview
The Registered Nurse – Critical Care Nursing Program is a one-semester graduate certificate program that prepares Registered Nurses to transition to critical care settings to provide safe, competent care to critically ill individuals and their families.
Full Description
The Registered Nurse – Critical Care Nursing (Postgraduate) (S402) Program prepares Registered Nurses to transition into critical care settings to provide safe competent care to critically ill individuals and their families.
The combined theory and clinical courses encompass the Level 1, 2 and 3 Critical Care Standards of Practice as outlined by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and Critical Care Nursing Standards from the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development (MLITSD).
This program is offered at the Daphne Cockwell Centre for Health Sciences at the Waterfront Campus.
Structured clinical courses provide Registered Nurses with a safe learning environment to apply critical care knowledge, skills, and judgment in critical care settings across the Greater Toronto Area.
This specialty program has a restricted number of seats open to applicants.
PLEASE NOTE: Public Health continues to recommend that people working with vulnerable communities be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Clinical agency partners continue to require students to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to be approved to complete clinical placements within their facilities. Agencies have the right to decline the placement of students who are not fully vaccinated, and students who are not vaccinated are at risk of not being able to complete their clinical placement course requirements.
Your Field Education Options
Clinical education is a key component of the Registered Nurse – Critical Care Nursing Program.
Clinical placements are offered and delivered in partnership with hospitals in their intensive care units. As a student in this program, you will be expected to spend 232 hours in a critical care environment under the supervision of a Preceptor and a Clinical Facilitator as a requirement to complete the program.
Career & Postgraduate Study Opportunities
Courses
SEMESTER 1
| Code | Course Name |
|---|---|
| NURS4042 | Critical Care Nursing – Practicum-General |
| NURS4043 | Critical Care Nursing – Theory (Advanced) |
| NURS4044 | Critical Care Nursing – Practicum (Advanced) |
| NURS4059 | Critical Care Nursing – Theory and Labs |
Course Outline URL
Program Learning Outcomes
The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:
- Practice within the scope of professional, legal and ethical standards, organization policies and best practices in critical care nursing.
- Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients, families and/or substitute decision-makers to optimize patient and family-centred critical care.
- Assess, analyze and monitor data for patients with complex, multi-system problems in order to anticipate early deterioration in patient’s condition, establish priorities and plan interventions.
- Plan, implement, evaluate and document specialized nursing interventions to achieve optimal patient outcomes in potential or actual life threatening illness and end-of-life situations.
- Advocate for and deliver patient and family-centred care to patients/families experiencing potential or actual life-threatening illness and end-of-life situations.
- Collaborate with members of the interprofessional health-care team in providing care for patients experiencing potential or actual life-threatening illness and end-of-life situations to achieve continuity of care and optimal patient outcomes.
- Use evidence-based research and best practice guidelines to inform and adapt critical care nursing practice.
- Use strategies and available resources to respond to environmental, physical and psychosocial stressors affecting self and others in the critical care setting.
- Engage in reflective practice and ongoing professional development to enhance competence in critical care nursing.
Tuition & Fees
Domestic Tuition
$2,402.00 *
Additional Costs
* Amounts listed are the estimated total of tuition, materials, student service and ancillary fees for one semester of the program starting in Fall 2024. Fees are subject to change for programs starting in Fall 2025 and at later dates. This fee does not include books, which are to be purchased by the student separately.
Financial Assistance
This program is approved for OSAP funding, provided the applicant meets OSAP eligibility criteria.
Each year we award over $2 million dollars in scholarships, awards and bursaries to first-year students. Check out our financial aid web pages for ways to pay for college and the full list of available scholarships, awards and bursaries.
Admission Requirements
- RN, Certificate of Competence, College of Nurses of Ontario without practice restrictions, and BCLS (Heart and Stroke Foundation), HCP Level
- one year of acute care nursing experience in Ontario
Only sponsored applicants are eligible to apply to this program.
If you would like more information about sponsorship to this program and how to meet the admission requirements, please contact nursing@georgebrown.ca.
This program is open to domestic applicants only.
Special Requirements
Clinical Pre-placement Health Form: Requirements and Program Policy
Upon confirmation of acceptance into this program, students must meet and complete all the mandatory pre-placement requirements. It will take up to eight to 10 weeks to complete.
- Students will need to process and provide proof of their medical records (such as TDAP shot, COVID-19, MMR, Varicella, Hep B blood test reports/titres and Two-Step TB Skin Test), proof of clear Vulnerable Sector Check renewed every year, annual flu shot and mask fit test renewed every two years. These requirements must be submitted by the program specific deadline to ParaMed Placement Pass website.
- COVID-19 vaccination: Public Health continues to recommend that people working with vulnerable communities be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Clinical partners continue to require students to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to be approved to complete clinical placements within their facilities. Agencies have the right to decline the placement of students who are not fully vaccinated, and students who are not vaccinated are at risk of not being able to complete their clinical placement course requirements.
- The health policies and non-academic requirements are designed to protect clients and vulnerable populations whom students will engage in practice. Students who do not comply with the program’s health policy and non-academic requirements, or who do not submit all required documentation by deadlines established by the program will be excluded from the clinical practicum. Exclusion from clinical practicum for any reason may jeopardize students' academic standing and successful completion of this program.
- All costs, service fees and fines associated with the overall health requirements are the responsibility of the student.
- To download the mandatory Pre-placement health form and for more details, go to the Clinical Pre-placement website.
Vulnerable Sector Check: Requirements and Program Policy (Renew every year)
In compliance with the requirements of our clinical placement partners, all students in this program are required to have a Vulnerable Sector Check completed, and this check must be renewed every year before entering into clinical placement.
- The Vulnerable Sector Check process typically takes two to three months, but under some circumstances can take four to eight months. This is required to protect the clientele of our placement partner agencies, who are considered “vulnerable persons” under the law.
- Students are responsible for ensuring that the Vulnerable Sector Check covers appropriateness for “individuals being employed and/or volunteering who will be working with vulnerable person(s).
- Students are required to keep the original copy of their Vulnerable Sector Check.
- Students who are unable to provide a “clear” Vulnerable Sector Check will not be able to start their field or clinical placement and will therefore be unable to complete the program. Students who are not eligible to attend their practice placement due to a “not clear” status will jeopardize their progress in the program. Our agency partners have the final decision for students being allowed to practise in their agency.
How to Apply
Domestic students should apply through Ontario Colleges.
Contact Us
For more information on this program, please contact:
Eliane Stockler Leite
Email: eliane.stocklerleite@georgebrown.ca
or
Brianna Baker
Email: brianna.bakker@georgebrown.ca
Program Description
Leadership Claims
Preparing Registered Nurses to work in hospital critical care units for over 40 years.
Program Overview
The Registered Nurse – Critical Care Nursing Program is a one-semester graduate certificate program that prepares Registered Nurses to transition to critical care settings to provide safe, competent care to critically ill individuals and their families.
Full Description
The Registered Nurse – Critical Care Nursing (Postgraduate) (S402) Program prepares Registered Nurses to transition into critical care settings to provide safe competent care to critically ill individuals and their families.
The combined theory and clinical courses encompass the Level 1, 2 and 3 Critical Care Standards of Practice as outlined by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and Critical Care Nursing Standards from the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development (MLITSD).
This program is offered at the Daphne Cockwell Centre for Health Sciences at the Waterfront Campus.
Structured clinical courses provide Registered Nurses with a safe learning environment to apply critical care knowledge, skills, and judgment in critical care settings across the Greater Toronto Area.
This specialty program has a restricted number of seats open to applicants.
PLEASE NOTE: Public Health continues to recommend that people working with vulnerable communities be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Clinical agency partners continue to require students to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to be approved to complete clinical placements within their facilities. Agencies have the right to decline the placement of students who are not fully vaccinated, and students who are not vaccinated are at risk of not being able to complete their clinical placement course requirements.
Your Field Education Options
Clinical education is a key component of the Registered Nurse – Critical Care Nursing Program.
Clinical placements are offered and delivered in partnership with hospitals in their intensive care units. As a student in this program, you will be expected to spend 232 hours in a critical care environment under the supervision of a Preceptor and a Clinical Facilitator as a requirement to complete the program.
Career & Postgraduate Study Opportunities
Courses
SEMESTER 1
| Code | Course Name |
|---|---|
| NURS4042 | Critical Care Nursing – Practicum-General |
| NURS4043 | Critical Care Nursing – Theory (Advanced) |
| NURS4044 | Critical Care Nursing – Practicum (Advanced) |
| NURS4059 | Critical Care Nursing – Theory and Labs |
Course Outline URL
Tuition & Fees
Domestic Tuition
$2,402.00 *
Additional Costs
* Amounts listed are the estimated total of tuition, materials, student service and ancillary fees for one semester of the program starting in Fall 2024. Fees are subject to change for programs starting in Fall 2025 and at later dates. This fee does not include books, which are to be purchased by the student separately.
Financial Assistance
This program is approved for OSAP funding, provided the applicant meets OSAP eligibility criteria.
Each year we award over $2 million dollars in scholarships, awards and bursaries to first-year students. Check out our financial aid web pages for ways to pay for college and the full list of available scholarships, awards and bursaries.
Admission Requirements
- RN, Certificate of Competence, College of Nurses of Ontario without practice restrictions, and BCLS (Heart and Stroke Foundation), HCP Level
- one year of acute care nursing experience in Ontario
Only sponsored applicants are eligible to apply to this program.
If you would like more information about sponsorship to this program and how to meet the admission requirements, please contact nursing@georgebrown.ca.
This program is open to domestic applicants only.
Special Requirements
Clinical Pre-placement Health Form: Requirements and Program Policy
Upon confirmation of acceptance into this program, students must meet and complete all the mandatory pre-placement requirements. It will take up to eight to 10 weeks to complete.
- Students will need to process and provide proof of their medical records (such as TDAP shot, COVID-19, MMR, Varicella, Hep B blood test reports/titres and Two-Step TB Skin Test), proof of clear Vulnerable Sector Check renewed every year, annual flu shot and mask fit test renewed every two years. These requirements must be submitted by the program specific deadline to ParaMed Placement Pass website.
- COVID-19 vaccination: Public Health continues to recommend that people working with vulnerable communities be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Clinical partners continue to require students to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to be approved to complete clinical placements within their facilities. Agencies have the right to decline the placement of students who are not fully vaccinated, and students who are not vaccinated are at risk of not being able to complete their clinical placement course requirements.
- The health policies and non-academic requirements are designed to protect clients and vulnerable populations whom students will engage in practice. Students who do not comply with the program’s health policy and non-academic requirements, or who do not submit all required documentation by deadlines established by the program will be excluded from the clinical practicum. Exclusion from clinical practicum for any reason may jeopardize students' academic standing and successful completion of this program.
- All costs, service fees and fines associated with the overall health requirements are the responsibility of the student.
- To download the mandatory Pre-placement health form and for more details, go to the Clinical Pre-placement website.
Vulnerable Sector Check: Requirements and Program Policy (Renew every year)
In compliance with the requirements of our clinical placement partners, all students in this program are required to have a Vulnerable Sector Check completed, and this check must be renewed every year before entering into clinical placement.
- The Vulnerable Sector Check process typically takes two to three months, but under some circumstances can take four to eight months. This is required to protect the clientele of our placement partner agencies, who are considered “vulnerable persons” under the law.
- Students are responsible for ensuring that the Vulnerable Sector Check covers appropriateness for “individuals being employed and/or volunteering who will be working with vulnerable person(s).
- Students are required to keep the original copy of their Vulnerable Sector Check.
- Students who are unable to provide a “clear” Vulnerable Sector Check will not be able to start their field or clinical placement and will therefore be unable to complete the program. Students who are not eligible to attend their practice placement due to a “not clear” status will jeopardize their progress in the program. Our agency partners have the final decision for students being allowed to practise in their agency.
How to Apply
Domestic students should apply through Ontario Colleges.
Program Learning Outcomes
The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:
- Practice within the scope of professional, legal and ethical standards, organization policies and best practices in critical care nursing.
- Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients, families and/or substitute decision-makers to optimize patient and family-centred critical care.
- Assess, analyze and monitor data for patients with complex, multi-system problems in order to anticipate early deterioration in patient’s condition, establish priorities and plan interventions.
- Plan, implement, evaluate and document specialized nursing interventions to achieve optimal patient outcomes in potential or actual life threatening illness and end-of-life situations.
- Advocate for and deliver patient and family-centred care to patients/families experiencing potential or actual life-threatening illness and end-of-life situations.
- Collaborate with members of the interprofessional health-care team in providing care for patients experiencing potential or actual life-threatening illness and end-of-life situations to achieve continuity of care and optimal patient outcomes.
- Use evidence-based research and best practice guidelines to inform and adapt critical care nursing practice.
- Use strategies and available resources to respond to environmental, physical and psychosocial stressors affecting self and others in the critical care setting.
- Engage in reflective practice and ongoing professional development to enhance competence in critical care nursing.
Contact Us
For more information on this program, please contact:
Eliane Stockler Leite
Email: eliane.stocklerleite@georgebrown.ca
or
Brianna Baker
Email: brianna.bakker@georgebrown.ca
Visit Waterfront Campus
Book campus tourVisit Waterfront Campus
Our Virtual Tour showcases the following areas:
- Campus Facilities
- Student Services
- Applied Learning Environments
- Labs & Classrooms