Nursing Practice

Nursing Education Programs in New Brunswick

How Do I Become a Registered Nurse?

A baccalaureate degree in nursing (BN or BScN) is required for entry to nursing and initial registration as a Registered Nurse in New Brunswick.

Baccalaureate in Nursing Education Programs

Both the University of New Brunswick and the Université de Moncton, offer baccalaureate degrees in nursing throughout several delivery sites across the province.

Université de Moncton

École des sciences infirmières: For information and requirements for admission to the Moncton campus, the Edmundston campus, or the Shippagan campus, Bathurst site, please visit the Université de Moncton website at www.umoncton.ca.

University of New Brunswick

For information and requirements for admission to the Fredericton Campus, Saint John Campus, or Moncton site, please visit the University of New Brunswick website at www.unb.ca.

The UNB Moncton site offers the Advanced Standing Degree Program. The two year program recognizes students who hold degrees in programs other than nursing or who have accumulated 60 university credits. The program is designed to build upon the student’s previous university courses and required prerequisites. For more information about the Advanced Standing Degree Program, please visit UNB Moncton’s website.

Nurse Practitioner Program

The University of New Brunswick and the Université de Moncton offer a Nurse Practitioner Program that is designed to provide opportunities including increasing competencies in health promotion and disease prevention, developmental health challenges, assessment and management of acute and chronic illnesses, nursing therapies and community development.

For more information on the Nurse Practitioner Program, please contact the University of your choice directly.

  • Nurses Association of New Brunswick
  • 165 Regent Street
  • Fredericton NB
  • Canada  E3B 7B4
  • Hours: Monday–Friday, 08:30–16:30
  • Phone: 506-458-8731
  • Toll-free (NB): 1-800-442-4417
  • Fax: (506) 459-2838
  • Fax: (506) 459-2837 (PCR Nurse Consultant)
NANB Headquarters

NANB Headquarters are located in Fredericton, New Brunswick. We encourage members and the public to contact us in person, by mail, phone or email at any time.

If you wish to contact a member of the Board of Directors or Chapter Presidents, please do so through the Association.

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Looking for a Primary Care Provider?

Patient Connect NB is a provincially managed, bilingual patient registry for New Brunswickers without access to a primary health care provider (family doctor or nurse practitioner). New Brunswickers without a provider can register with Patient Connect NB and will be assigned to a provider on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Registration Online

The Nurses Association of New Brunswick does not assume liability, implied or explicit, for errors or omissions in the information contained on this web site.

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