PGCert in Registered Nurse - Prescribing at Cambrian College in Sudbury, Canada is a postgraduate certificate in Medicine & Health programme. The programme runs for 2 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English.
At a glance
Degree:Postgraduate Certificate
Field:Medicine & Health
Duration: 2 semesters
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
We have no tuition fees on record for this programme yet — see the official programme page.
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This graduate certificate prepares registered nurses to expand their scope of practice to include prescribing medications, covering conditions such as smoking cessation, immunizations, contraception, and topical wound care across settings such as retirement homes and long-term care residences. The program was developed in consultation with stakeholders and informed by evidence from other jurisdictions to align with current legislation, incorporating ways of knowing and learning rooted in Indigenous and bilingual perspectives. Delivered online through a seven-college Ontario consortium spanning Southeastern and Northwestern Ontario, the program lets learners register with the college closest to their preferred clinical placement location.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: ENTRY IS RESTRICTED TO PRACTISING ONTARIO REGISTERED NURSES. To be eligible you must hold current registration as a registered nurse with the College of Nurses of Ontario; have two years of full-time nursing work experience, which Cambrian quantifies as 3,900 hours or the equivalent; and hold Canadian citizenship, Canadian permanent resident status, or authorisation under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act that permits you to practise nursing in Ontario.
WHAT THAT MEANS FOR APPLICANTS FROM OUTSIDE CANADA. There is no separate international entry route to this certificate and Cambrian publishes no English test score for it, because the immigration-status condition above has to be satisfied before you can be admitted at all.
STRUCTURE. You have one calendar year to finish two theory courses and a clinical practicum of 150 hours.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for programmes starting September 2027 the application opens 26 September 2026 and the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2027, after which applications are assessed first-come, first-served while seats remain. Cambrian's own 2026-27 Academic Schedule A separately sets a Day-3 last-day-to-apply cut-off for every program each term - 13 January 2027 for the January 2027 intake and 12 May 2027 for the May 2027 intake - with transcripts in hand and the non-refundable deposit ready before Day 5. International applicants apply through the OCAS International Application Service (up to three Cambrian programmes) or an authorised agent and are reviewed individually; Cambrian publishes no fixed international closing date. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
