CNA St. Anthony campus to offer Licensed Practical Nursing program
5/12/2010 9:44:51 AM
College of the North Atlantic’s (CNA) St. Anthony campus has announced it will offer Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) training starting in the fall 2010 semester.
The LPN program is a four semester (16-month) program and follows course objectives as developed by the Centre for Nursing Studies, the parent institution responsible for the delivery of Practical Nursing education in the province in accordance with the Licensed Practical Nurses Regulations.
The St. Anthony campus will deliver the training in partnership with the Centre for Nursing Studies and Labrador-Grenfell Health, who are very supportive of the program and will assist in providing students with the clinical learning experiences portion of the training. Both organizations are pleased the program will help ensure trained LPNs are available to fill present and future staffing needs.
“With ongoing increases in the senior citizen population and with many of their family members and traditional caregivers moving away from the rural areas, we are anticipating a greater proportion of our population will require long term care in the future, both institutional and at home. We are also seeing a trend where LPN’s are utilized in non-traditional areas such as community health and dialysis,” states Barbara Molgaard Blake, vice-president of People and Information with Labrador-Grenfell Health.
“A practical nurse class offered in the St. Anthony area this calendar year will go a long way to meeting the needs of Labrador-Grenfell Health and allow us to maximize the LPN scope of practice. We also feel we can contribute much to the learning of the practical nursing students by providing meaningful and experience-rich clinical placements.”
The program will begin August 30, 2010 with an anticipated enrollment of 24 students. Training will prepare graduates to competently care for clients through partnerships with the client and other members of the health care team. Graduates will also be able to provide independent and interdependent care based on client health status, stability, acuity and complexity.
“We have been trying to secure this program for many years, and finally we have succeeded,” states Fred Russell, campus administrator for CNA’s St. Anthony campus. “This is a direct result of the dedication of staff at the campus and the partnerships that we have established with Labrador-Grenfell Health, the Council for Practical Nurses and the Centre for Nursing Studies. This new program represents the commitment that College of the North Atlantic has to meet the needs of our students and our communities.”
Persons interested in training as a Licensed Practical Nurse can contact the St. Anthony campus to obtain applications and/or additional information.
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Media Contact:
Roger Hulan
Communications Specialist
College of the North Atlantic
(709) 643-7938
roger.hulan@cna.nl.ca