At Conestoga College in Kitchener, Canada, PGCert in Registered Practical Nurse - Perioperative Nursing (Part-time) is offered as a postgraduate certificate in Nursing programme. The programme runs for 2 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English.
At a glance
Degree:Postgraduate Certificate
Field:Nursing
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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Perioperative nursing is a highly technical, ever expanding, fast paced field of nursing, where patient safety and advocacy are essential. If you are looking to expand your nursing career and work in a multidisciplinary, highly skilled surgical team, promoting safe, quality, patient care, then this program is for you! This is an Ontario College Graduate Certificate program, where you will gain theoretical knowledge, clinical skills, and an understanding of the role of the Registered Nurse in the Perioperative setting. Through online and in class teaching, discussion, skills labs and clinical placement, there is ongoing opportunity to apply the skills required to become a surgical team member. This program has longstanding collaborative relationships with hospitals in the region and beyond, offering excellent clinical experiences for students. Skills labs are held in hospital OR settings and on college campus, providing the best teaching environment for learning required technical skills. This program provides the foundation in Perioperative nursing, and with gained clinical experience and continued learning, prepares the Registered Nurse for writing the Canadian Nurses Association certification exam. Graduates of this program are well prepared to join the surgical team in the Perioperative setting. Admission to this program occurs every September. The program takes 10 months to complete.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Entry requires a current College of Nurses of Ontario Certificate of Registration as a Registered Practical Nurse (RPN), plus a current resume and a letter of intent describing the applicant's commitment to quality patient care and patient safety and its relation to perioperative nursing, limited to 300 words in 12-point double-spaced Arial font. The program page does not publish a specific English-proficiency test or score. This limited-enrolment, part-time Ontario College Graduate Certificate begins only in September, with applications accepted from March each year; applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca, and final selection follows an assessment of the submitted resume, letter of intent and admission requirements.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca (college code CONS): for the Fall 2027 intake the online application opens 26 September 2026, the equal consideration date is 1 February 2027, offers may be issued from 1 November 2026, and accepted offers must be confirmed by 1 May 2027; most oversubscribed programs stop accepting applications after 1 February 2027, though many programs remain open afterward. Conestoga does not publish a separate equal-consideration date for its January intake. International applicants apply directly to Conestoga and are assessed on a rolling, first-come, first-served basis until each program fills; no fixed international closing date is published. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
