Castanet | Research addresses real-world challenges, improves peoples’ lives November 13, 2024
"Research, when you strip away the academic uniform, is about asking how we can make things better. At TRU, it’s not just a pursuit of…
Tag: nursing
Castanet | New dedicated space for students opens at Royal Inland Hospital, hopes to boost recruitment September 24, 2024
A new dedicated space for nursing students has opened up at Royal Inland Hospital (RIH) in a bid to boost local recruitment. School of Nursing…
First Nations Health Authority | Honouring the past and shaping the future: Dr. Sheila Blackstock on Orange Shirt Day September 24, 2024
For School of Nursing faculty member Dr. Sheila Blackstock, Orange Shirt Day is a time to honour the survivors of Residential Schools and remember the…
Featured, Giving, School of Nursing, Williams Lake
Williams Lake nursing students start semester with a gift September 17, 2024
First-year nursing students in Williams Lake had an extra reason to get excited on the first day of classes when they were welcomed to campus…
Castanet | TRU's school of nursing can now hit the road with new mobile simulation lab September 10, 2024
The School of Nursing’s Mobile Simulation Lab will soon provide TRU students living in BC’s rural areas in-person clinical training in their own communities. Read more
Featured, News releases, School of Nursing
TRU Mobile Simulation Lab takes health-care training to rural communities September 9, 2024
KAMLOOPS — Thompson Rivers University’s (TRU) mobile health-care training unit is ready to hit the road thanks to a donation of $200,000 from TD Bank…
Alumni, Featured, School of Nursing, TRU World
Small city surprises with big opportunities August 2, 2024
Seventeen years after arriving in Kamloops to study at TRU, Nigeria-born TRU alum Adigo Angela Achoba-Omajali (BScN ’11, MN ‘20) was named one of Canada’s…
Featured, School of Nursing
Health experts tap into TRU labs for skills building course July 17, 2024
The Sherman Jen Simulation Centre in Thompson Rivers University’s (TRU) nursing building is the first university-based simulation lab to be used by a group of…
Featured, Office of the President, School of Nursing
Nursing’s Steve Ross leads with compassion July 5, 2024
For University College of the Cariboo alum Steve Ross, transparency is essential for effective leadership. Naturally compassionate and deeply committed to faculty and students, the…
CBC Daybreak Kamloops | The future of health care in BC June 11, 2024
We've seen more than a dozen closures of emergency departments in the Interior because of staffing shortages. Daybreak Kamloops speaks with School of Nursing Associate…
CBC Daybreak Kamloops | Nursing graduate students June 10, 2024
BC nurses are in high demand across the Interior, but Olivia McKay and Emily Romailler, School of Nursing graduates, headed to Powell River for jobs and…
CFJC Today | TRU sees high interest in Nurse Practitioner program — with good potential grads will stay local May 10, 2024
Dean of Nursing Dr. Rani Srivastava says interest in the Master of Nursing-Nurse Practitioner (MN-NP) program at TRU is high, and there’s a good chance…
My Cariboo Now | Nursing students at TRU Williams Lake campus getting financial help for their studies April 30, 2024
The Government of BC has provided a Nursing Student Tuition Grant to support recruitment and retention of Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Practical Nursing…
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First class of MN-NP candidates supported with donor funds April 24, 2024
Along with dedicated faculty and support staff, ambitious students and generous donors have made the first year of TRU’s Master of Nursing-Nurse Practitioner (MN-NP) program…
BCcampus | BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education: Renée Anderson April 24, 2024
Renée Anderson, associate teaching professor in the School of Nursing, has won the monthly BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education. Anderson is one of…
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BCcampus Award for Excellence in Open Education: Renée Anderson April 23, 2024
This article was originally published in BCcampus. Renée Anderson is associate teaching professor in the School of Nursing at Thompson Rivers University (TRU) and is…
CFJC Today | TRU students learn about Indigenous culture while paddling along South Thompson River April 8, 2024
To better understand the importance of the land to Indigenous people, a class of Nursing students finished up their Indigenous Health course by paddling on…
Castanet | TRU board gives approval to new aging health research centre April 2, 2024
TRU will be getting a new research centre with the aim of finding ways to improve the health of older adults living in rural areas.…
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Board approves health research centre for rural, older adults March 28, 2024
KAMLOOPS — Thompson Rivers University’s (TRU) Board of Governors approved Friday the establishment of the Population Health and Aging Rural Research Centre, an innovative research…
Castanet | TNRL bringing in TRU nursing students as community, health navigators at Kamloops libraries February 6, 2024
The Thompson-Nicola Regional Library is bringing in three third-year nursing students from TRU to connect its patrons with community resources and referrals to social agencies. The…
