2009-05-21
07:40:02
A program established to train new nurses locally will likely be continued, but just not this year.
In 2005, the province funded a four-year community-based pilot program which was delivered at several Confederation College campuses including Fort Frances.
It gave students the opportunity to earn a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from Lakehead University.
Campus Manager Anne Renaud says the program will be now evaluated before offered again.
"The great news is that we've just received accreditation for the program," says Renaud, "which is normally that it's done at the end of the program. It was a pilot, so we are going to be evaluating it in the next year and hoping to offer it again in 2010."
Five students enrolled in the program at the Fort Frances campus are expected to graduate next month.
