RPN to BScN Pathway

Ready to take your Nursing career to the next level? Trent’s RPN to BScN pathway, in partnership with George Brown College, allows for recent Practical Nursing graduates to upgrade their qualifications to become a Registered Nurse (R.N.). Upon successful completion of the 1-year George Brown College RPN Bridge to BScN Certificate program, students will progress onto Trent’s post-bridge BScN degree program. The entire pathway will take roughly three years to complete and will be completed at George Brown College's Waterfront campus in downtown Toronto. 

The Post-Bridge BScN Degree Advantage

Trent’s interactive and inclusive Bachelor of Science in Nursing teaches students to become confident and compassionate healthcare professionals. Beginning in your first year, you’ll take part in an immersive hands-on learning experience through lectures, seminars, simulation labs, and clinical practice. Benefit from studying in George Brown College’s state-of-the-art life and health sciences facilities, expanding your knowledge to deliver care to individuals as well as communities, and across all demographics and cultures. While completing your Trent BScN degree you are also encouraged to develop a focus in an area of interest and pursue electives within that focus. With mentorship from professors and practitioners, you will develop a strong understanding of providing health care in a range of settings, including making considerations related to social justice in medical environments. 

Additional benefits of the Post-Bridge BScN degree include:

• After completing the 1-year bridge certificate, earn your BScN degree in less than 2 years as a full-time student or in 2 1/2 years as a part-time student
• Learn from Trent faculty while studying at George Brown's Daphne Cockwell Centre for Health Science in downtown Toronto
• Benefit from the Centre's emphasis on inter-professional, team-based education, and access Canada's first college, nursing school and simulation centre accredited by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare
• Complete over 700 hours of clinical placements and simulation
• Get up to 10.0 transfer credits towards your BScN degree from Ontario's most transfer-credit friendly university.

Transfer Credits 

Students entering the Post-Bridge BScN program receive 9.0 transfer credits, earned through their PN diploma and the RPN bridge to BScN certificate. An additional 1.0 transfer credit may be granted if students have completed other post-secondary studies in addition to their PN diploma

Post-Bridge BScN Program Course Map

Download the Post-Bridge PN to BScN Program Course Map as an easy quick reference guide and checklist to ensure you understand and meet your degree requirements. The Academic Calendar is the official document of the University and should also be reviewed to ensure you understand all of the requirements of your program and policies of the institution.  

» Post-Bridge Program Course Map 

The program must include:

See the Undergraduate Academic Calendar (trentu.ca/calendar) for course descriptions.

*Advanced Topics 

All students are required to take at least 0.5 credit from each of the advanced topics groupings listed below:

• Advanced Topic Group 1: NURS 4011H/4012H, 4100H, 4102H, 4103H, 4104H, 4105H, 4106H, NURS 4108H, NURS–ERSC/ERSC–INDG 4740Y
• Advanced Topic Group 2: NURS 4011H/4012H, 4201H, 4203H, 4204H, 4205H, 4207H, NURS-GESO 4208H, NURS–ERSC/ERST–INDG 4740Y

Please consult the Academic Timetable for information on courses that will be offered and when they will be scheduled for a given academic year.

Indigenous Course Requirement (ICR)

All undergraduate students beginning studies at Trent in the Fall 2018 term or thereafter must complete at least 0.5 credit from the Approved Indigenous Course List as part of their university degree requirements. Individual courses that meet this requirement are designated by the (ICR) after the title of the course. The Approved Indigenous Course List can be found in the Academic Calendar and here: trentu.ca/indigenous/icr.