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Nursing Students from the College of the Rockies Host Health Promotion Event

submitted: Tuesday, March 12, 2013

College of the Rockies' first-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing students will be hosting a health care information event at the Salvation Army on Thursday, March 14. They will be on-site from 8:00 am to 12:30 pm.

Photo: College of the Rockies’ Bachelor of Science in Nursing students (l-r) Lisa Smith, Josie Sanderson, Jessica Merchant, Jill Irving, Shawna Ryan (Nursing Instructor), Tina Choi, and Carl Eirikson look forward to increasing awareness of health services available to marginalized populations in Cranbrook.

The students in their first semester of the Nursing program were tasked with undertaking a collaborative group project centred on health promotion in the community. The group chose to focus on increasing awareness of homelessness and exploring how this marginalized group accesses health care. 

The students visited various community support agencies including the Salvation Army and Street Angels in order to find out what the needs of this group were and how the students could help meet those needs.

Group member Lisa Smith says, “What we learned is that there is a need for Cranbrook health care service information to be more accessible to those who need to access it.”

At the March 14 event, the nursing students will offer attendees a handout with a comprehensive list of health services available in Cranbrook. The brochure is geared toward marginalized individuals with hopes that they may discover services they were not formerly aware of. A free lunch and raffle prizes will also be provided from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm.

The group would like to thank the College of the Rockies, The Salvation Army, Street Angels, Walmart, Superstore, Safeway and other local businesses and organizations for their contributions.

For more information on this health care event, please contact Lisa Smith at lsmith2@cotr.bc.ca

For more information contact:

Donna Kraus-Hagerman

Executive Director, College Relations and Marketing

College of the Rockies

Phone: 250-489-8258

e-mail: kraus-hagerman@cotr.bc.ca

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