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Celebrating 50 years of training nurses in the Okanagan Valley

Celebrating 50 years of training nurses in the Okanagan Valley
Since 1963, Okanagan College has been training practical nurses in the Okanagan Valley. Working in a variety of settings from hospitals to community clinics, these nurses are the bedrock of the healthcare community. According to one of Okanagan College’s first Practical Nursing program graduates, it was the training she received that made all the difference to her career. “Our instructor Marcia Aitkens was tough on us, but when I went to work at Kelowna General after graduation, the head nurse commented on how little supervision I required,” says Alice Hay, class of ’64.

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