Nursing program partnership formed with Okanagan College

October 11, 2011

Kelowna-Lake Country MLA Norm Letnick, right, chats with student Ashley Huber and instructor Lindsay Kennedy from Okanagan College's nursing program. Students completing their first two years of nursing at Okanagan College can transfer to complete the final two years of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing at UBC's Okanagan campus.

Kelowna-Lake Country MLA Norm Letnick, right, chats with student Ashley Huber and instructor Lindsay Kennedy from Okanagan College’s nursing program. Students completing their first two years of nursing at Okanagan College can transfer to complete the final two years of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing at UBC’s Okanagan campus.

The first cohort of 26 nursing students at Okanagan College are on their way to completing the first half of the four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing program offered at UBC’s Okanagan campus. The new program was announced Oct. 7, at the official opening of Okanagan College’s new, state-of-the-art health simulation lab.

Students who successfully complete all courses in years one and two at Okanagan College will be fully prepared to transfer with guaranteed admission into the BSN program to complete the final two years of the program on the UBC campus in Kelowna.

To find out more visit the Ministry of Advanced Education media release: http://www2.news.gov.bc.ca/news_releases_2009-2013/2011AVED0036-001271.htm

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