College will offer diploma nursing program
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Assiniboine Community College’s practical nursing program has received a boost from the provincial government.
Starting this fall, the school’s current practical nursing certificate program will become a diploma program, something Premier Greg Selinger says will mean that students will be better prepared for their important role in Manitoba’s health-care system.
“Assiniboine Community College is the only provider of licensed practical nursing in the province … with this diploma program, we take it to a new level,” Selinger said.
“It’s now going to be a two-year program with more classroom preparation, more practical preparation, better overall outcomes … and more mobility.
“People will be able to take jobs anywhere as a result of this work.”
Under the new structure, graduating students will be required to complete 880 practicum hours and will also be required to complete an additional 120 classroom hours in microbiology, nutrition and sociology.
Assiniboine Community College provides 190 training spots in the practical nursing program each year — 70 in Brandon, 70 in Winnipeg and two rural rotating sites of 25 spots each.
The province will spend $400,000 to help the college complete the program’s transition by the fall.
Admissions to the new diploma program opened in March, and the first group of graduates is expected in 2012.