Are you a registered nurse (RN) wishing to expand your current skill set and knowledge base? Do you thrive in high-intensity environments? Do you desire to provide care to a variety of patient populations with an even broader spectrum of health concerns? Are you excited to be part of a multidisciplinary team that seamlessly blends knowledge and technology, all while delivering holistic, patient-centered care? If so, a career in emergency nursing might be right for you.
Start date
Delivery is subject to enrolment
Length
3 weeksLocations(s)
ReginaOnline/Distance options availableLength and location notes
Some programs offered online or otherwise by distance (i.e., correspondence) include on-site labs, clinicals, practicums or work experiences. They may be offered course-by-course or full-time, or both, and deliveries may change over time.
Sask Polytech’s Emergency Nursing program prepares registered nurses (RNs) to work in high-stakes, fast-paced emergency care environments. This program is ideal for RNs who are eager to deepen their skills in emergency settings to provide high-quality, evidence-based care that prioritizes patient safety and outcomes.
Emergency nursing requires the acquisition and application of a specialized body of knowledge and skill set. The program will prepare you to make safe clinical decisions in an unpredictable and ever changing environment. While exploring the specialty of emergency nursing, you will look at concepts of partnerships in a team-based environment, triage, trauma care, care of the critically ill, care of patients across the lifespan, care of specialty populations and much more.
The Emergency Nursing program is three weeks long culminating in a certificate of achievement of upon graduation.
Why Saskatchewan Polytechnic?
Career and salary information
Your career
Emergency nursing opportunities exist in urban emergency departments as well as rural integrated health care facilities. Graduates will be equipped for managing patient and family-centered care, clinical decision making, triage, trauma management and multi-system dysfunction while working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary health care team.
Admissions
Admission requirements
You must meet one of the following criteria:
- Licensed to work as a graduate nurse (GN) with the College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan (CRNS).
- Licensed to work as a registered nurse (RN) with the College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan (CRNS).
- Recent graduate of Saskatchewan Polytechnic's Transition to Registered Nursing in Canada (TRNC). TRNC graduates require evidence of completion of the program.
Note:
Accepted applicants are required to provide evidence of the following upon admission to the program:
- Current immunization
- Current CPR Health Care Provider “C” AED or equivalent
- Transferring, Lifting and Repositioning (TLR®) certification
- Mask Fit testing results
Admission method
First Qualified/First AdmittedThe First Qualified/First Admitted (FQFA) process is used for the majority of Saskatchewan Polytechnic programs. When we determine that you meet the program's admission requirements, you will be offered admission based on the date you fully qualify for the program. The earlier you provide the appropriate documents and information that qualify you for admission to the next intake, the earlier you might begin your studies. Your application, once qualified, is always considered for the next intake.
Applicants to programs with multiple intakes in an academic year remain in the application pool until the last intake for that academic year has begun. Programs using the FQFA process receive applications year round and maintain an application pool for each academic year. Qualified applicants who are not offered a seat must reapply for the next academic year.
Sponsored programs or programs targeted to specific groups do not accept applications year round or maintain an application pool.
See Admission Processes for more information about this method of admission.
Tuition and fees
The annual cost varies according to the current tuition rate and the credit units for each course that you are taking. Tuition fee is due upon registration. Please contact emergency.nursing@saskpolytech.ca or call Lala Dancel, administrative assistant, at 306-775-7828 or Don Morales, program head, at 306-775-7382 (toll free at 1-866-467-4278) for more information.
Courses
Get credit for what you know
Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition
Saskatchewan Polytechnic recognizes that adults learn in many different ways. This includes acquiring knowledge and skills through life and work experience or non-formal training.
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Transfer credit
Many Sask Polytech students benefit from transferring course credit. You may be eligible to transfer credit to Sask Polytech or to another college or university.
Student awards
Thanks to the generosity of donors and alumni, Saskatchewan Polytechnic gives away more than $2 million in student awards during the academic year.
Saskatchewan Polytechnic offers student awards for every certificate and diploma program at every campus. Not all student awards are based on marks - some are based on financial need or things like community or volunteer involvement.