Career Stages
Choose the group you are interested in finding more resources about.
New to Nursing & Students
Discover everything you need to know about being a nurse and how to become one.
Considering Nursing?
- Why be a nurse? Why is nursing important, and why is it a rewarding career choice?
- Nursing in Ontario - Ontario is an excellent region in which to build a nursing career!
- Types of Nursing - Discover the wide variety of nursing specialties to focus on.
- Nursing as a second career - How to move into nursing from another field.
- Nursing Pay - How much do nurses get paid?
- Becoming a Registered Nurse - The process of registering as a nurse
Already a Nursing Student?
- Nursing Education Guide - Check out schools, programs and funding opportunities
- The Nursing Student Experience - What to expect as a nursing student
- Job Preparation - How to prepare your resume, brush up your interview skills, and find great nursing jobs to apply for.
- Become an NP - Explore the possibility of becoming a Nurse Practitioner
- Volunteer Opportunities - Build your skills by volunteering.
New Grads & Job Seekers
Benefit from strategic advice to launch and guide your nursing career
New Graduate?
- New Grad Guarantee (NGG) - New graduates are guaranteed full-time employment in Ontario
- Nursing Practice Profiles - Explore practice profiles of real nurses' jobs
- Career Flexibility - Discover a range of possible work schedules
- Nursing Sectors - Check out the myriad possible clinical specialty areas in which to work as a nurse
- Work-Life Balance - Keep yourself healthy to get the most out of providing excellent care for others.
Looking for a Job?
- Nursing Satisfaction - Inspiring stories from real nurses.
- Continuing Education - Opportunities to upgrade your skills
- Career Mapping - Planning tools and skills assessments
- Find a nursing job - Resources with which to find great jobs in nursing
- Build my skills - Go back to school, Become an NP, and Embrace Technology
- Make a mid-career change - Reinvigorate yourself and your career by exploring fresh new possibilities as a nurse
Mid-Career Nurses
Tap into a multitude of interventions to revitalize your nursing career.
Ready for a change?
- Make a mid-career change - Prepare and plan for a career move
- Acquire new skills - Continuing education and research funding opportunities
- Go back to school - Graduate and post-graduate programs
- Become an NP - Consider training as a Nurse Practitioner
- Mentorship Matters - Consider mentoring as a way to energize your practice
Interested in switching to nursing?
- Nursing as a second career - Dream big, become a nurse!
- What to expect
- Nursing Sectors - A world of opportunities!
- Nursing in Ontario - A great place to live and work as a nurse!
- Becoming a nurse - Find out what's involved
- Nursing schools - What and where to study nursing.
Late-Career & Retiring Nurses
Explore important ways to wind down years of dedicated work to excellence in care.
Winding down? Preparing to retire?
- Planning for retirement - Advice and resources to get prepared
- Volunteer Opportunities - Stay involved by helping out as a volunteer
- Be an RNAO Nurse Ambassador - Promote the nursing profession and your professional association
- Mentorship Matters - Offer support, guidance and exchange knowledge with nurses earlier in their careers