Education Programs

NP Education

The College of Nurses of Ontario is the body that regulates nurse practitioner practice and sets the requirements for registration. The College currently requires applicants to have graduated from an approved Ontario nurse practitioner program or an equivalent program from another jurisdiction.

To review the of list of currently approved education programs please visit http://www.cno.org/for/rnec/np_regs.html

Primary Health Care NP Education in Ontario

The Ontario, the Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner Program is offered by the ten university nursing programs comprising the COUPN (Council of Ontario University Programs in Nursing) consortium. The ten universities are: Ryerson, York, Toronto, Laurentian, Queen's, Ottawa, Windsor, McMaster, Western and Lakehead. At present and depending on the university, two program options are available; an NP certificate and an MSN/NP (Masters in Nursing/Nurse Practitioner Certificate). A Francophone program is offered through Laurentian and Ottawa.

The Ontario NP Program Consortium universities are seeking approval to offer the program at a Masters (Graduate) level.

For additional information visit: http://www.np-education.ca

Frequently asked questions about the COUPN program: http://www.np-education.ca/np/index.cfm?main-faq.html

University of Toronto, Master of Nursing/ACNP Diploma

The Master of Nursing Program offers a combined Master of Nursing degree with an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) field of study on-line and a Post Master's ACNP Diploma for learners who have a relevant graduate degree. The ACNP program offers two specialty areas of practice ACNP adult and ACNP child. This is a distance education program (electronic format).

For additional information: http://www.nursing.utoronto.ca/students/
Graduate_Students/mnstudents/NursePractitioner2006.htm

McMasterUniversity Diploma Program, Advanced Neonatal Nursing

The McMaster Graduate Diploma Program in Advanced Neonatal Nursing is a graduate level advanced nursing practice specialty program offered within the Faculty of Health Sciences and sponsored by the Office of the Associate Dean of Graduate Studies (Health Sciences),

For additional information:
http://www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/grad/nursing/diploma/proginfo.htm

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