Above watch: After years of chronic nursing shortages the Nova Scotia government released a new strategy to try and fix the problem. Rebecca Lau reports.
HALIFAX – The three Nova Scotia universities that grant nursing degrees will offer a common curriculum and accelerated programs in order to boost the province’s pool of trained nurses.
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A new nursing strategy released Tuesday would see Dalhousie University, St. Francis Xavier University and Cape Breton University offer programs with staggered graduations in the winter, spring and fall in order to allow the health system to hire throughout the year.
The schools would also offer an accelerated program that would see previous science qualifications recognized and cut the program time for a degree from four to two years.
As well, the number of specialty programs will be increased to train operating room nurses and nurses who work on critical care, mental health and addictions.
The changes at universities are expected to take effect in September 2016.
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