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New Steinbach program hopes to train, keep nurses close to home
['Matthew Frank']
The Carillon
A new nursing program has set up shop in a Steinbach long-term care home in hopes of training and retaining nurses in the city.
Tolupoe Folarin jumped at the chance to join the program because it was “just three minutes away” from her home.
The Steinbach site is the third and largest location the college has opened to date in Southern Manitoba, with the two-year program already operating in Morden and Otterburne.
The new program will benefit Steinbach “immensely,” said Dana Human, interim CEO for Southern Health-Santé Sud.
The addition of the new program comes at crucial time where more nurses are needed and as an aging population grows.