PETL Minister Trevor Holder, UNB Saint John VP Dr. Petra Hauf and UNB President Dr. Paul Mazerolle at an announcement regarding nurses training on Friday, July 5th, 2019 in Saint John, NB. (GNB)
The province providing $500,000 to UNB Saint John in order to bring back a nursing program to get more registered nurses working in New Brunswick.
On the campus of UNB Saint John on Friday, Post-secondary education, training and labour minister Trevor Holder says the licensed practical nurse bachelor of nursing bridge program will support 24 LPNs starting next January.
“The goal of the program is to see more registered nurses working in our healthcare system. Our government will support the University of New Brunswick with the cost of delivering one cohort of the bridging program.” Minister Holder said in an announcement at UNB Saint John on Friday.
Holder says the funding will be provided when students successfully complete a year of study.
$500k in funding will support 24 LPNs in the program at the Saint John campus starting in January 2020 with a May 2022 graduation.
— Tamara Steele (@tamarasteele1) July 5, 2019
Graduates of Oulton College and NBCC will be eligible for this program.
Holder says the Nursing Resource Strategy Steering Committee that launched in 2017 has approved a strategy to tackle the nursing shortage.
He told the crowd on hand in the Ward Chipman building that he and Health Minister Ted Flemming will have more to say on this very soon.
Minister Holder will be joined by staff from provincial nursing homes when he travels to the Philippines to recruit registered nurses.
They plan to go to other countries and to recruit domestically.
The recent announcement by @Gov_NB and @UNBSaintJohn regarding the re-implementation of an LPN to RN Bridge Program is a welcome first step in addressing the current and projected needs for more Registered Nurses in our province.
— N.B. Nurses Union (@NBNU_SIINB) July 5, 2019
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