Graduation requirements 

Students must achieve a minimum accumulative GPA of 2.67. Students must receive 70% in each course and a CR in each Lab, Consolidated Practice Experience and Preceptorship to graduate from the Access to Practical Nursing Program. 

Important documents

• Ministry of Public Safety Consent for a CRC
• Information for Immunization 
•  Immunization Form
• Becoming a Licensed Practical Nurse in Canada: Requisite Skills and Abilities

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Admission requirements

Students are accepted into the program once all Step 1 documentation has been received, on a first come –first serve basis and will be invited to register. Step 2 documentation are prerequisites of all CPE courses and the preceptorship course, these documents must also be current for the duration of these courses. Students who do not have step 2 documentation complete or current for CPE and preceptorship courses will not be able to attend, resulting in program withdrawal. 

Step 1: Required for admission and registration

Canadian English Language Benchmarks Assessment for Nurses (CELBAN) with minimum scores of:  

Step 2: Required for practice education experiences. Students who fail to submit any Step 2 documentation will be prohibited from attending practice education experiences.

• CPR Level C: as outlined in the Practice Education Guidelines (http://hspcanada.net/docs/PEG/1_6_Orientation_Students.pdf).
• First Aid: Applicants must provide evidence of successful completion of one of the following First Aid courses no more than 12 months before admission:
  • Standard First-Aid
  • Emergency First Aid – Community Care
  • Emergency First Aid for Industry
  • WorkSafe BC Basic First Aid (formerly OFA Level 1)
• Criminal record check under the terms of the Criminal Records Review Act and the Ministry of Justice process for educational institutions. (Advanced vulnerable populations). 
• Proof of Current Immunizations / Vaccinations/TB skin test: 
  Immunizations as outlined in the Practice Education Guidelines and recommended by the BC Centre for Disease Control (2013): diphtheria and tetanus, polio, hepatitis B, measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), varicella and influenza. Negative TB skin test or chest x-ray. (http://www.hspcanada.net/docs/PEG/1_3_Immunization.pdf)

​*Students who do not meet the immunization requirements may be prohibited from attending practice education experiences.

Residency requirements 

Students must complete a minimum of 50% of the program hours at Coast Mountain College.

Program fees