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Specialty Nursing: Becoming Speciality Certified
Canadian Nurses Association
The Canadian Nurses Association offers a well-established speciality nursing certification program. As part of ARNBC you are automatically a member of CNA, and qualify for savings on certification.In order to be eligible to enroll in a program, you must have at least two years of nursing experience in the speciality area you wish to pursue a certification in. There are 20 nursing specialities in which you can achieve certification in. These include:
- Cardiovascular Nursing
- Community Health Nursing
- Critical Care Nursing
- Critical Care Pediatric Nursing
- Emergency Nursing
- Enterostomal Therapy Nursing
- Gastroenterology Nursing
- Gerontological Nursing
- Hospice Palliative Care Nursing
- Medical-Surgical Nursing
- Nephrology Nursing
- Neuroscience Nursing
- Occupational Health Nursing
- Oncology Nursing
- Orthopaedic Nursing
- PeriAnesthesia Nursing
- Perinatal Nursing
- Perioperative Nursing
- Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
- Rehabilitation Nursing
Please click here for more information.
BC Institute of Technology (BCIT)
Within B.C, BCIT offers a robust specialty nursing program, designed to equip graduates with the knowledge and skills needed to work in specialty areas. The following speciality nursing courses include:- Critical Care Nursing
- Emergency Nursing
- High Acuity Nursing
- Neonatal Nursing
- Nephrology Nursing
- Occupational Health Nursing
- Pediatric Nursing
- Perinatal Nursing
- Perioperative Nursing
Please click here for more information.
To learn more about specialty nursing career development, please click here.


