By: Sandi Krasowski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Source: The Chronicle-Journal<\/p>\n
The Ontario government has committed $800,320 to expand enrolment in nursing programs at Lakehead University. The move is part of $56.8 million of provincewide funding announced in August aimed at adding 2,200 nursing professionals to Ontario\u2019s health care workforce.<\/p>\n
Lakehead University president Gillian Siddall said the university will be able train more nurses and prepare graduates to make an immediate impact in Ontario\u2019s health-care system. Lakehead\u2019s school of nursing currently offers a four-year program, a three-year compressed program, and an Indigenous nursing entry program.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAlmost 800 students are enrolled in Lakehead\u2019s school of nursing, and this funding provides an opportunity to continue to expand enrolment to help meet local needs among health service providers,\u201d Siddall said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She added that over the past three years, approximately 10 per cent of the total student population enrolled in Lakehead\u2019s school of nursing programs have been international students. Projected international enrolment in 2025-26 in Lakehead\u2019s school of nursing programs is consistent with previous years.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOver the past few years, Lakehead has expanded intake into its nursing programs in response to local need,\u201d said Siddall.<\/p>\n
The funding will support programs across the school of nursing through additional enrolment in Lakehead\u2019s undergraduate nursing programs, infrastructure to support high-quality nursing education, including lab enhancements and equipment to support clinical simulations and additional student support.<\/p>\n
As part of the investment, the province is also expanding registration through online nursing pathways. Personal support workers and registered practical nurses will now be able to advance their education and continue serving their communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By: Sandi Krasowski, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Source: The Chronicle-Journal The Ontario government has committed $800,320 to expand…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313247,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[49,48,84,392],"class_list":{"0":"post-313246","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-healthcare"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313246\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}