Critical Care Nursing Graduate Certificate Program

Welcome to the Durham College Critical Care Care Nursing Graduate Certificate Program!

A learning environment accessible to all nurses across the province - Fall Cohort was successfully launched September 4, 2007!

Please note these important dates:

Summer cohort (next intake): May 5, 2008 - December 5, 2008
Deadline for OCAS applications: April 25, 2008
Deadline for tuition payment: May 8, 2008

Program access is available once registration is complete.

Tuition: $1,120
Books: app $470
PDA: app $500 (optional but highly recommended)
TOTAL COST: $2,100.

How does the program work?

The Critical Care Nursing Graduate Certificate program is an innovative training model that is delivered through three main components:

1.    six theoretical courses offered online via the Internet
2.   a critical care simulation lab
3.   a hands-on preceptored experience in an intensive care unit (ICU).

Who should take this program?

• New critical care nurses;
• Experienced critical care nurses; and
• Nurses interested in working in the ICU.

Required and Optional Books and PDA information:

Please visit the Elsevier portal: http://www.elsevier.ca/article.jsp?pageid=604 to review books or to order textbooks individually or in cost savings package. Books will be sent with no shipping charge.

Top 10 reasons to enroll in the Critical Care Nursing E-Learning Graduate Certificate program at Durham College!

• Internationally recognized teaching experts;
• Affordable state-of-the-art critical care and simulation education;
• Curriculum that meets or exceeds newly established provincial critical care standards;
• Opportunity to learn at one's own pace through e-learning training model;
• Lifelong learning that supports reflective practice learning plans;
• Critical care certificate and advanced standing for entry into a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program;
• Formal recognition of knowledge and expertise of current ICU nurses, including prior learning assessments;
• Solid foundation for new critical care nurses;
• Provincially recognized and funded by the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care with additional student funding available; and
• Accessible to all nurses in Ontario.