First, a quick lesson on Canadian nurses: a registered practical nurse, or RPN (sometimes called a licensed practical nurse or LPN) is someone with a two-year diploma who performs basic health care, ...

Applicants eager to enrol in Canadian nursing programs are finding it harder than ever to get into school. And once they're in, nursing students are finding there aren't enough clinical placements ...

HALIFAX -- It's too soon to know what lower pass rates might say about a new U.S.-based licensing test for Canadian nurses, but they don't mean it's too Americanized, says the national group that ...