 | Registered nurses |
| Registered psychiatric nurses |
| Completion of a college or other registered psychiatric nursing program is required. |
| Registration with a regulatory body is required in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. |
| Completion of a university, college or other approved registered nursing program is required. |
| Additional academic training or experience is required to specialize in a specific area of nursing. |
| A master's or doctoral degree in nursing is usually required for clinical nurse specialists, clinical nurses, nursing consultants and nursing researchers. |
| Registration with a regulatory body is required in all provinces and territories. |
| Nurse practitioners |
| A master's degree in nursing, or a nursing program or other advanced nurse practitioner diploma program is required. |
| Registration with a regulatory body is required in all provinces and territories |
| In Ontario, successful completion of the Extended Class Registration Examination (ECRE) is required for registration as Registered Nurse in the Extended Class RN(EC). |
| Most recent entrants have an undergraduate university degree and almost 2 in 5 have a community college diploma. |
