Registered Nurse Critical Care Nursing - E-Learning (graduate certificate) is a postgraduate certificate in Nursing programme taught at Durham College in Oshawa, Canada. The programme runs for 2 semesters, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 1,578 per year for local students.
The program's final component is an integrated practicum of 120 hours, split into ten twelve-hour shifts, providing clinical practice in an adult critical care setting. This intensive experience lets registered nurses apply their learning and build confidence in real-world critical care work, demonstrating competency against Ontario's Standards of Practice for Critical Care Nursing under the guidance of an experienced critical care nurse and with support from a Durham College Field Placement Advisor. Throughout the practicum, students develop professional autonomy while applying the evidence-informed care principles common to nursing programs across Ontario.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Registration as a Registered Nurse with the College of Nurses of Ontario, free of practice restrictions, must be evidenced. Acute care experience is strongly recommended, since the advanced theory here builds on foundational nursing knowledge already held. Applications go through ontariocolleges.ca; skip the prompts asking for high-school transcripts, as none are sent to OCAS or to Durham. A student number is issued once Durham receives the application, roughly 48 hours later, after which applicants email [email protected] with their name, Durham student number, CNO registration number, and a screenshot or PDF of their CNO Find a Nurse entry showing name, registration number and status. Offers are then accepted electronically through Ontario Colleges.
Application Details
Start Date:January and May
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through ontariocolleges.ca: for September 2026 entry the equal-consideration date is 1 February 2026 and offers must be confirmed by 1 May 2026; January 2027 entry has an equal-consideration date of 1 October 2026 (confirm by 1 November 2026); May 2027 entry has an equal-consideration date of 1 February 2027 (confirm by 1 March 2027) - applications after these dates are still assessed while seats remain, including for programs Durham lists as highly competitive (Paramedic, Practical Nursing, Dental Hygiene and similar), which share the same cycle rather than a distinct deadline. International applicants apply directly to Durham, not through ontariocolleges.ca, and are assessed on a rolling basis against each program's published intake availability; Durham publishes no fixed international closing date. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
