Nursing in Canada – Transition for Internationally Educated Nurses (TNC)

This program is for internationally educated nurses (IENs) who hold a Registered Nursing diploma or Bachelor of Nursing degree and are certified to provide nursing care in a country other than Canada.

Upskill and develop confidence in your ability to practice nursing, consistent with Canadian nursing regulations. This program will provide you with a solid foundation in essential nursing and ethical practices, physical assessment, nursing psychomotor skill mastery, clinical judgment, clinical decision making and care for clients. 

This program provides specialized training but does not qualify you to work as a nurse in the province. Please see the College of Nurses of Ontario for their guidelines.

Throughout this program you will develop the following skills:

• Conduct holistic client assessments to plan and provide individualized, trauma informed, culturally appropriate nursing care

• Facilitate professional and therapeutic communication with individuals, families, diverse populations, and health-care team members 

• Comply with Canadian nursing regulatory standards, practices, and legislation 

This program includes 252 hours of in-person supervised clinical placement in the second semester.

• hospitals

• public health

• community nursing

• rehab centres 

• long term care

• travel nursing

• private clinics