Horizon Health Network is closing an 18-bed unit at the Saint John Regional Hospital, displacing 26 nurses. However a human resource official with the health network says there will not be any job losses.
A new three-year nursing degree will begin next year at UNB Saint John. The pilot program will offer what the government is calling a "condensed degree," alongside the usual four-year bachelor of nursing program.
In a province with a stressed-out health care system, the announcement was a rare shot of good news: New Brunswick had registered a record number of nurses in the first