School of Nursing

Hope an important factor in advance care planning

Concerns have been identified in academic literature that advance care planning, which involves frank discussion about end-of-life issues, has the potential to negatively affect hope.

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Nursing students help villagers build health clinic in Africa

Increasing nursing presence in the village will help improve health for residents

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UBC holding forum on Master of Science in Nursing program

In the midst of a global shortage of nurses, the Okanagan region competes with every other modern health system around the world for nurses with advanced education.

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UBC nursing students unite with Vernon school to raise global health awareness

Kalamalka Secondary School students plan trip to Panama to turn knowledge into action.

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Nursing student wins team captain leadership award

The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation presented Robyn Kosugi with the Post Secondary Challenge Team Captain Leadership Award recently…

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Nursing students raise funds to create educational resource for Africa

Nursing handbooks will improve health care initiatives in Ghana and Zambia.

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Back to school update: School of Nursing

Research highlights, events and new faculty members…

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Nursing students learn from African colleagues

Working with colleagues in Zambia and Ghana, nursing students often find what they experience changes their understanding of what it means to be a nurse.

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