George Brown College
Registered Nurse (RN) Perioperative Nursing Program

51 Dockside Drive
PO Box 1015, Station B
Toronto, ON M5T 2T9

This Full Time 14- 16 week (hybrid) Perioperative Certificate course is delivered fully in-class/or partially on-line. The course is open to experienced registered and novice nurses registered within their provincial affiliate to be eligible.

The program is grounded by and reflects the national competencies outlined in the current Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada (ORNAC) Standards.

One line theory modules, direct and online lectures provide students with continued support throughout the theory and clinical component of the course. Thirteen (13) Lab days in a state of the art simulation lab provide the Lab skill aspect of the course. On completion of this course students have the perioperative framework and are ready to start orientating as a novice perioperative course into the perioperative setting.

Foothills Medical Centre
Post-Graduate Perioperative Program

The program is committed towards the promotion of the perioperative nursing profession. It is open to both novice and experienced Registered Nurses who have current licensure with the College & Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CARNA). The program spans across 14 weeks consisting of full time hours from Monday – Friday. Four weeks are dedicated to the didactic content covering theory; approach includes lectures, skills labs, and self-study modules. The final 10 weeks focuses on application of knowledge within a clinical practicum. The student pairs with a preceptor to provide support while learning clinical application of theory and knowledge; this takes place at Foothills Medical Center. Upon completion of the program, the Registered Nurse will be an independent practitioner who will be able to demonstrate the necessary knowledge and skill required to provide safe patient care in all perioperative phases at an entry to practice level. Educational opportunities are posted on the Alberta Health Services website: www.albertahealthservices.ca

Faculty of Nursing, Department of Professional Nursing and Allied Health, Perioperative Nursing Program for Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses (Post-Diploma Certificate).

Learning Institute for Health Care Providers
Perioperative Nursing Program for Registered Nurses

1276 South Park Street
Bethune Building, Room 231
Halifax, NS  B3H 2Y9

Faculty contact: Shelley Haynes

The Learning Institute performance-based Perioperative Nursing Program for Registered Nurses prepares RNs for professional practice in the operating room. This program is offered in two formats: Full-time onsite and Part-time distance (asynchronous and synchronous online delivery). Both formats offer a knowledge component, a skill development component, and a preceptor-led clinical learning experience.

For more information about this Perioperative Nursing Program, please visit: 

Learning Institute NS Health

Saskatchewan Polytechnic
Perioperative Nursing RN Program

perioperative@saskpolytech.ca

As an emerging member of Polytechnics Canada, the Perioperative Nursing RN Program at Saskatchewan Polytechnic (formerly SIAST) offers high-quality, job focused education for nurses seeking to practice in a perioperative setting.

• Flexible online learning (delivered over approx. 5 months)
• Innovative teaching - mobile app
• Continuing to work while you study
• Accessible and personalized instruction
• Hands-on learning
• High-tech simulation learning
• Industry endorsed programming
• Three intakes per year
• Transfer credit to both the University of Saskatchewan and Athabasca University

You will consolidate your learning through the following phases:

• One week of intensive simulation based learning (30 lab hours)
• Four weeks of supervised clinical led by a faculty member (160 hours)
• Six weeks of preceptoring with experts in surgical specialty areas (240 hours)
• *400 total hours of clinical practice education

All phases of your learning are monitored and supported by a faculty member committed to your success. While the program's clinical practice education is primarily offered in Saskatchewan, contract based education can be tailored (i.e. start dates) to suit the needs of partnering organizations. Entrance requirements: Licensed with the registered nurses licensing body in the province where you will participate in the clinical experience. For more information about this advanced certificate or the opportunity to collaborate in providing perioperative nursing education please visit www.saskpolytech.ca

 British Columbia Institute of Technology 

Perioperative Nursing Program

3700 Willingdon Ave

Burnaby, British Columbia

Canada, V5G 3H2

The program can be completed through full-time and part-time studies. For more information about this perioperative nursing program, please visit: https://www.bcit.ca/programs/perioperative-nursing-specialty-advanced-certificate-part-time-distance-and-online-learning-680pascert/

Humber College

Perioperative RN Nursing Program

Toronto, Ontario M9W 5L7

marilyn.morson@humber.ca

The Operating Room Nursing - RN certificate program is designed for registered nurses (RNs) seeking to advance their practice in perioperative nursing. This certificate is based on the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) competencies for perioperative nurses, current research, and adheres to the current Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada (ORNAC) Standards, Guidelines, and Position Statements for Perioperative Registered Nurses.

The clinical placements are arranged with Humber College’s partner institutions across the Greater Toronto Area and are completed on a full-time basis without exception. Upon request clinical placements may possibly be arranged at your hospital employer outside of the GTA. Completion of the certificate includes the clinical placement where scrub skills are demonstrated at the novice level. This program academically prepares successful students for the Perioperative Certification Exam. 

Visit the Humber website for further information: Humber College Operating Room Nursing - RN Program