Rural Physicians get virtual assist in tackling COVID-19
For Dr. Kelly Burak, a positive COVID-19 test provided the inspiration to help rural Alberta physicians combat the virus through virtual professional...
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Rural VIP No. 14: Rural Health Education and the Pathway to Rural Practice
The fourteenth survey for the members of the Rural Voice Information Panel (Rural VIP) was sent out November 5, 2020 to 227...
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Nursing career options go beyond hospital walls
Teacher, secretary, hairdresser, or nurse. For at least one young woman growing up in a small rural community during the early ’80s, the...
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Home-care role different than acute care
Home-care nurses often have to bite their tongues and listen. What it means to care for someone in their own home is...
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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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Provost nurse cares for her neighbours
For Val Paice, driving more than an hour, twice a day for ten months was worth the sacrifice. As a married mother with...
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Northern nurses love living and working rural
Registered nurse, Lawrence McNeil, knew rural Alberta was where he belonged even before he enrolled in nursing school in Edmonton. McNeil was working part-time...
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Fondness for rural life drives Ponoka RN’s passion for health care
Dennie Hycha enjoys gazing out her office window and taking in the picture-perfect view. The registered nurse is not looking out the...
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Detective work plays out in Arrowwood clinic
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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New clinic aims to get patients back on track
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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Like mother, like daughter: Rural nursing has appeal for Flagstaff County duo
Alyssa Ness never expected to follow in her mother’s footsteps as a licensed practical nurse. Ness grew up watching her mom, Gail...
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Dr. John O’Connor is passionate about caring for indigenous communities in Northern Alberta
As his name would suggest, Dr. John O’Connor is from Ireland. He grew up and went to medical school there and did...
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