Diploma in Practical Nursing (PSW to PN Bridging Stream) - 758

Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology

Bridging stream for certificate-prepared Personal Support Worker students at an accredited community college within the last 10 years.Integrate into the second semester of the full-time Practical Nursing program after one semester.Collaborative learning environment where you and your peers will experience simulated and real-life opportunities in state-of-the-art labs.The PN Program is a hybrid program to support study-life balance, with both online courses and in-person courses. Theory courses each semester are online with mandatory in-person midterm and final exams. Lab-based courses each semester have a 2hr in-person weekly lab on campus. Attendance at in-person lab is mandatory.Professional practice courses (clinical) are in-person at health care agencies. Shifts may be scheduled during the week or on weekends. Semester 1 is two 7hr shifts per week, Semester 2 and 3 is one 12hr shift per week, and Semester 4 is 40 hrs per week for the final 7 weeks of the Semester (days, nights, weekend shifts).​​Students choose their own timetable "block" each Semester, and courses can potentially be scheduled in the morning, afternoon, or evening. ​See "Program of studies" tab for more details on specific courses in each Semester.

Institute for Applied Health Sciences at McMaster (IH)