N.B. news: Oulton College launches new nurses program [Video]

With fall admission officially on the agenda, Moncton’s Oulton College’s new accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing program looks to help fill vacancies across the province.

The goal is to get nurses into hospitals quickly, about a year faster than the traditional nursing programs offered.

“At the time we started this process, there were no three-year programs in this province,” said college president Darcie Reidpath. “These students will work hard. They’re going to go 36 months around the clock.”

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The program received preliminary approval from the Nursing Association of New Brunswick and there are already about 36 students expected in the first year this September.

“We don’t want to create illusions that this is going to be the end all and be all, we want to make sure we do this strategically, that the people we are graduating are ready to take on the tasks that’s ahead of them,” said Post-Secondary …