Nursing at St. Clair College in Windsor and Chatham: Practical Nursing, BScN and RPN pathway
St. Clair College’s School of Nursing offers three nursing routes in Windsor and Chatham: a practical nursing diploma, a collaborative BScN with the University of Windsor, and a pathway for registered practical nurses.
What the school offers (nursing)
- Practical Nursing: an Ontario college diploma over two years (five semesters), at the Windsor and Chatham campuses. St. Clair describes clinical placements every semester and a 10-week preceptor-supported experience at the end, and says graduates are eligible to write the REx-PN administered by the CNO.
- Nursing BScN (collaborative): a four-year degree with the University of Windsor. Semesters 1 to 4 are at St. Clair, semesters 5 and 6 at the University of Windsor, and semesters 7 and 8 are split between the two. St. Clair says graduates are eligible to write the NCLEX-RN, and describes the collaborative program as accredited by CASN.
- Registered Practical Nurse Pathway to BScN: a three-year transfer-credit pathway that lets practicing RPNs enter the collaborative BScN in the second year. The page lists a minimum of 2,000 hours as an RPN and says seats are limited.
Becoming licensed after graduating
In Ontario, nurses are registered by the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO). Its page for Ontario graduates lists a registration examination for your nursing category and the jurisprudence examination among the requirements, and says registered nurse applicants write the NCLEX-RN. St. Clair’s program pages mention the REx-PN for practical nursing and the NCLEX-RN for the BScN; confirm current rules with the CNO.
How to apply
Domestic applicants apply through the Ontario Colleges application service (ontariocolleges.ca, run by OCAS); international applicants use the international OCAS portal. St. Clair’s program pages give the program codes: H863 (Windsor) and K963 (Chatham) for Practical Nursing, and H854 (Windsor) and K954 (Chatham) for the RPN Pathway. The Practical Nursing and BScN pages mention a February 1 date to be considered and say the programs are oversubscribed; confirm the current date on the pages.
How Fiabita’s Study Lab can help students here
With clinical placements every semester, Study Lab can turn your own notes into quizzes and flashcards on medication safety, assessment and documentation, and it can explain the rationale behind answers. It follows your own material, not St. Clair’s course content.
Fiabita is not affiliated with St. Clair College, and Study Lab does not replace your program or your instructors. AI-generated content can contain errors, so check it against your course material.
Sources
- St. Clair College: Practical Nursing
- St. Clair College: Nursing BScN
- St. Clair College: RPN Pathway to BScN
- CNO: registration requirements for Ontario graduates
Last checked October 2026. Programs, dates and rules change, so always confirm with the school and the regulator.
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