PGCert in Registered Nurse - Operating Room Perioperative Nursing is a postgraduate certificate in Nursing programme taught at George Brown College in Toronto, Canada. The programme runs for 1 semester, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English.
At a glance
Degree:Postgraduate Certificate
Field:Nursing
Duration: 1 semester
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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Graduates of this programme learn the skills needed to work collaboratively as part of a surgical team within operating room settings. The programme combines a theory component with a clinical placement component, preparing Registered Nurses specifically for perioperative nursing practice overall.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Open to domestic applicants only. Entry requires registration as a Registered Nurse with a College of Nurses of Ontario Certificate of Competence and no practice restrictions, a Heart and Stroke Foundation BCLS certificate at Health Care Provider level, a current resume, and a telephone interview; two years of surgical nursing experience in a hospital setting is recommended, but no operating room experience is needed. Both independent and sponsored applicants are accepted. Independent students pay their own application and tuition fees, are not employed by a clinical agency, have a placement arranged for them at an affiliate hospital by the program co-ordinator, and must complete the pre-placement health requirements and Vulnerable Sector Check on acceptance. Sponsored students are hired by a clinical agency before applying, may or may not have fees covered depending on that contract, and complete the placement at their employing hospital.
Application Details
Application Deadline:No program-specific application deadline is published; George Brown follows the standard Ontario college cycle. Domestic applicants apply through OntarioColleges.ca: for programs starting in Fall 2027 the application opened 26 September 2026, colleges may release offers from 1 November 2026, the equal consideration date is 1 February 2027, and an offer for a September start must be accepted by 1 May 2027, with the tuition deposit due in June 2027. International applicants apply directly to George Brown and are assessed on a rolling, selective basis until the intake is full; George Brown publishes no fixed international closing date, though for the 2026-27 cycle the September, January and May intakes opened 6 October 2025, 2 February 2026 and 1 June 2026 respectively. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
