Cert in Niitsitapi Pre-Practical Nurse Program is a certificate in Nursing programme offered by Red Crow Community College in Cardston, Canada. The programme runs for 1 semester.
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Nursing
Duration: 1 semester
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Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Niitsitapi Pre-Practical Nurse Program is a one-semester, full-time, in-person certificate program that provides a structured pathway toward practical nurse education. It consists of four courses totalling 12 credits: Anatomy and Physiology, which covers anatomical terminology, body organization, basic chemistry, and organ systems; Academic Reading and Writing, covering grammar, research practice, and academic composition; Kainai Studies on Blackfoot ways of life; and a developmental psychology course on human development across the lifespan. Blackfoot language, culture, and tradition are integrated throughout delivery. On successful completion, all four courses transfer directly into the college's Practical Nurse Diploma Program. Admission requires minimum grades in English (60% in ELA 30-1 or 70% in 30-2), mathematics (60% in Math 20-1 or 70% in 20-2), and Biology 30 (60%). The program suits learners preparing to enter practical nurse training who want a culturally grounded introduction to the academic skills and foundational sciences that program requires, taught by Alberta-certified instructors.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: This program admits directly from high school on subject-specific thresholds published on its own page. Applicants must present English Language Arts 30-1 with a minimum of 60%, or English 30-2 with a minimum of 70%, or an equivalent course; Mathematics 20-1 at 60%, Mathematics 20-2 at 70%, Mathematics 30-1 at 50%, or Mathematics 30-2 at 60%, or an equivalent course; and Biology 30 at a minimum of 60%, or an equivalent course. The programme page does not publish a separate English-language-proficiency test score (IELTS, TOEFL or similar), and Red Crow Community College's general admission page likewise states no institution-wide language-test requirement, directing applicants instead to each programme's own listed prerequisites. No portfolio, interview, work-experience, criminal-record-check or immunisation condition is stated for this programme.
Application Details
Start Date:September
Application Deadline:Red Crow Community College's admissions page states applications are assessed on "a first-qualified, first-accepted basis" processed by the date transcripts and other requirements are received, with no fixed opening or closing date published for domestic applicants and no separate international timeline stated. The college separately publishes band-funding deadlines tied to the Fall (September-January, funding deadline June 15) and Winter (January-June, funding deadline November 30) semesters, but these govern sponsorship funding rather than the admissions decision. Admission itself is rolling for both domestic and international applicants, with no equal-consideration or firm date published. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
