I-8, r. 16 - Regulation respecting diploma or training equivalence for the issue of a permit by the Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers du Québec

Section 2 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

2. A person holding a diploma conferred by an educational establishment outside Québec may be granted diploma equivalence if her diploma was obtained upon completion of a nursing program at least equivalent to the Québec college-level program meeting the following conditions:

(1)  it comprises a minimum of 2,805 hours, including at least 2,145 hours of specific training in nursing, as follows:

(a)  a minimum of 615 hours in medical and surgical nursing;

(b)  a minimum of 120 hours in mental health and psychiatric nursing;

(c)  a minimum of 105 hours in adult and geriatric nursing;

(d)  a minimum of 75 hours in perinatal nursing;

(e)  a minimum of 90 hours in child and adolescent nursing;

(f)  a minimum of 480 hours in biological science, including a total of at least 135 hours in microbiology, immunology and pharmacology;

(g)  a minimum of 180 hours in social science;

(2)  at least 1,035 of the 2,145 hours of specific training must be devoted to clinical experience;

(3)  at least 240 of the 1,035 hours of clinical experience must involve the consolidation of knowledge related to the legislative, ethical, organizational and sociocultural aspects of nursing practice in Québec.

O.C. 969-2008, s. 2.