New Nurse Practitioner Program to Start this Fall
August 4, 2005 for immediate release
As
UNBC adds a master’s degree program in Family Nurse Practitioner and expands
seats in its undergraduate Nursing program, information sessions are being
planned at hospitals and health clinics around the region.
The
Family Nurse Practitioner master’s program is a practice oriented, theory-based
degree that will prepare graduates to be independent practitioners, leaders,
role models and educators in primary health care. Coursework will be completed
over two years (full-time) or four years (part-time). Upon graduation, these
advanced practice nurses will care for people of all age groups from a general
family practice perspective. They will be involved in diagnosing, prescribing,
ordering diagnostic tests, and managing diseases, disorders and conditions.
The
bachelor’s degree program in Nursing has also been expanded recently, and is
now being offered in Terrace, Quesnel, and Prince George
in collaboration with Northwest Community College, the College of New Caledonia,
and Northern Health. Since 2000, the program has more than doubled in size and
currently accepts 140 students per year.
Students
interested in beginning either program this fall should contact the University
at 960-6306.
The following times are
being set aside for meetings with the local media:
Terrace,
Monday, August 8, 12:30pm, Mills
Memorial Hospital
Kitimat,
Monday, August 8, 4:30pm, Kitimat
General Hospital
Hazelton,
Tuesday, August 9, 2:00pm, Wrinch
Memorial Hospital
Smithers,
Tuesday, August 9, 4:30pm, Bulkley
Valley District
Hospital
Burns Lake,
Wednesday, August 10, 4:30pm, Burns
Lake Hospital
Fraser Lake,
Thursday, August 11, 10:30am, Fraser
Lake Community Health
Centre
Fort
St. James, Thursday, August 11, 2:00pm, Stuart Lake
Hospital
Vanderhoof,
Thursday, August 11, 4:30pm, St.
John Hospital