To be eligible for the Registered Psychiatric Nurse register and to renew a certificate of practice, you must have practiced: 

• A minimum of 1400 hours of practice in the immediately preceding five-year period; or,
• A minimum of 560 hours in the immediately preceding two-year period. (NEW)

Employment and volunteer hours may be approved as practice hours if the member is on the Registered Psychiatric Nurse register and can demonstrate that the position is consistent with the definition of the practice of psychiatric nursing in the Practice of Psychiatric Nursing Regulation.

The determination of work or employment that constitutes Registered Psychiatric Nursing practice rests with the College.

The College’s registration policies, including the policy on when education hours may be approved as practice hours, can be found below.