Nursing News Archive
Students
Two exceptional Manitobans awarded Honorary degrees at Fall Convocation 2023
October 13, 2023 —
Two Manitobans who have changed how we view and approach our place in the world will be awarded honorary degrees at Fall Convocation 2023.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Nurse practitioner program marks 25 years, helps address rural health system challenges
October 6, 2023 —
Twenty-five students entered the nurse practitioner (NP) stream of the College of Nursing’s master’s program this September, marking the 25th annual intake since the program launched in 1998.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Rady Faculty honours National Day for Truth and Reconciliation with orange shirts, powerful messages
October 4, 2023 —
Hundreds of people wearing orange shirts filled Brodie Centre atrium for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation event on the Bannatyne campus presented by Ongomiizwin – Indigenous Institute of Health and Healing.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Nursing student researcher sees positive changes in long-term care
September 12, 2023 —
When third-year nursing student Kali Froese visited Scandinavia with her father in 2018, she had a first-hand experience that fueled her interest in health research.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Student-led physio clinic offers interprofessional approach
July 10, 2023 —
This spring, for the first time in 20 years, the College of Rehabilitation Sciences’ student-led Physical Therapy Neuro Rehab Clinic brought in students from three additional health disciplines for a trial run of a more holistic approach to patient care.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Resilient nurses graduate, join profession
June 8, 2023 —
When Dr. Peter Nickerson, vice-provost (health sciences) and dean of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, addressed the College of Nursing’s Spring Class of 2023, he noted they were a unique group who began their journey at a historic time.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
A Calling to Care
June 7, 2023 —
When Valerie Wiebe [BN/93, MN/99] became the first female president and chief operating officer of Concordia Hospital in 2015, she didn’t know the facility would soon be affected by a complete overhaul of Manitoba’s health-care system.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Safer Substance Use
May 10, 2023 —
When Dr. Em Pijl joined the College of Nursing as an assistant professor in 2021, she started to look at her research from a different perspective. Pijl is originally from Vancouver, where she worked as a registered nurse in the Downtown Eastside, an area with high levels of homelessness and substance use.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
College of Nursing welcomes first summer cohort as part of expanded program
May 8, 2023 —
The College of Nursing at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences made history this month, as it expanded its bachelor of nursing program and welcomed a third cohort of 120 students at its first summer intake.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Storytelling a powerful part of EDI, UM prof says
April 21, 2023 —
Equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) was the theme at the 13th annual Advanced Practice Nursing conference hosted by the Graduate Nursing Students’ Association (GNSA) on April 5.