Career guide
Licensed practical nurse (infirmière auxiliaire)
Infirmières auxiliaires (Quebec's licensed practical nurses) contribute to patient assessment and give care, medications and treatments as part of the nursing team.
- StatusRegulated profession
- Training2-year diploma
- Pay scaleNot stated in current postings
- Openings now—
A day in the job
On a medical or long-term care unit you take report, look after a group of residents or patients, give medications and treatments, do dressings, record changes and report them. LPNs often lead the health care aides on a unit.
Where you could work: Long-term care, hospitals, home care, clinics
How to get there
- Complete the vocational diploma (DEP) Santé, assistance et soins infirmiers at a vocational training centre
Quebec schools: Inforoute FPT: every college and vocational program in Quebec (opens in a new tab)
Licence and registration
- Pass the OIIAQ professional examination
- Show the knowledge of French the Charter of the French language requires (the OQLF tests it if you were not educated in French)
- Register with the OIIAQ and renew every year
Official starting point: Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers auxiliaires du Québec (OIIAQ) (opens in a new tab)
Trained outside Canada?
Practical nurses educated outside Quebec apply to the OIIAQ for recognition of equivalence.
Important: Requirements can change and may differ for internationally educated professionals. CareZelo links to official bodies but does not determine eligibility.