REGINA – Saskatchewan Institutes of Applied Science and Technology (SIAST) and the University of Regina (U of R) have introduced an acceleration option that allows nurses to graduate quicker.
The Saskatchewan Collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing (SCBScN) program allows students in their collaborative nursing degree program to graduate eight months ahead of schedule as opposed to the usual four-year degree.
“Students will be able to enter the workforce earlier than anticipated and graduates will be available in spring and fall instead of once per year,” says David Gregory, Dean of the U of R faculty of nursing.
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The SCBScN program will start with 345 new students per year, who will be chosen evenly between Regina and Saskatoon.
“The acceleration option will also make the best use of clinical placements that are in high demand across the health care system,” says Netha Dyck, Dean of nursing at SIAST.
In first year, SCBScN participants are engaged in service learning and clinical practise in a student-centered environment.
Up to 84 students in the acceleration program can elect to attend classes during a spring/summer term at the end of second and third years and complete the program in August of third year.
The option will launch this summer with the intent of increasing the number of accelerated nurses and creating more fast-tracking options.
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