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Rural student awards expand to support more future rural healthcare professionals

The Rural Health Professions Action Plan (RhPAP) is proud to announce the launch of the Rural Healthcare Student Awards, an expanded program recognizing Alberta students…

The Rural Health Professions Action Plan (RhPAP) is proud to announce the launch of the Rural Healthcare Student Awards, an expanded program recognizing Alberta students who are committed to improving healthcare in rural and remote communities.  Building on the success…

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  • Calling the midwife is catching on in Taber

    Calling the midwife is catching on in Taber

    Stacy Peleskey and Emily West are making a home visit with post-partum client, Eva Bergen. Peleskey is a midwife whose clinic is...

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  • Rural nurses must be prepared for any health crisis

    Rural nurses must be prepared for any health crisis

    Nurses never quite know what they will be dealing with when a patient arrives at a rural hospital. In her previous role...

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  • City-raised registered nurse falls in love with the rural practice and lifestyle in Rocky Mountain House

    City-raised registered nurse falls in love with the rural practice and lifestyle in Rocky Mountain House

    Heather Halliday, a registered nurse in Rocky Mountain House, grew up in the city. She also went to university in the city...

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  • Nursing the unique needs of the North

    Nursing the unique needs of the North

    RhPAP continues its celebration of 2020 The Year of the Nurse and the Midwife with profiles of three nurse practitioners (NPs) in...

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  • Physicians and midwives work as a team at the maternity clinic

    Physicians and midwives work as a team at the maternity clinic

    The World Health Organization proclaimed 2020 as Year of the Nurse and the Midwife—a tribute to front-line caregivers in health care. The...

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  • Midwives celebrate birth as a natural event

    Midwives celebrate birth as a natural event

    The World Health Organization proclaimed 2020 as Year of the Nurse and the Midwife—a tribute to front-line caregivers in health care. The...

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  • Lac La Biche nurses share why they love the rural practice and lifestyle

    Lac La Biche nurses share why they love the rural practice and lifestyle

    “I love rural nursing,” says Jayde Hein, a registered nurse who practises at the William J. Cadzow – Lac La Biche Heathcare...

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