nursing
Thompson Okanagan post-secondary institutions see funding boost for new nursing spots
Thompson Okanagan universities and colleges will see additional nursing spaces added to their rosters in…
Cranbrook nurse faces multiple misconduct charges for alleged abuse towards residents, staff
A Kootenay nurse will have to attend a hearing by the college that oversees nursing…
Mandatory vaccines for nurses making hospitals even more unsafe: union
A decades-long shortage of trained nurses in B.C. is going to be made worse if…
COVID and wildfires creating health care crisis in Kamloops, Okanagan
Chronic staffing shortages in Kamloops and Kelowna hospitals have been compounded by the stress of…
Kelowna nurse suspended after inappropriate comments about COVID-19
A Kelowna nurse who made "inappropriate comments concerning the COVID-19 pandemic" will have their licence…
B.C. nurse loses licence for multiple accounts of professional misconduct
A Richmond woman has been banned from nursing for five years following a series of…
Thompson Rivers University issues apology after accidentally accepting all 504 nursing program applicants
KAMLOOPS - You might want to rethink that party you're planning to celebrate your acceptance to nursing school at Thompson Rivers University, at least if you’re one of the 401 students accepted in error. Officials at the university issued an apology and a retraction to the hundreds of nursing program hopefuls who received acceptance letters...
Vernon Breastfeeding demonstration made larger point
“I REALLY DO THINK WE HAD A POSITIVE OUTCOME FROM THIS NEGATIVE EXPERIENCE” VERNON - What began as a negative experience for a Vernon mother quickly became an opportunity to spread a positive messages about breastfeeding, says the organizer of a feed-in at the Village Green Centre. A few days after Megan Deuling was shamed...