The Terrace Standard, Wednesda

Nursing fulfils her ambitions

JOAN PAPPS has always
enjoyed caring for people.

So it was no surprise
the stay-at-home mother
applied to take the {i-
censed practical nursing
program at Northwest
Community College.

Papps is one of 25
graduates of the program.

“I had been looking for
something like this for
quite some time,” said
Papps of the program
which started in January
and which concludes the
end of this month.

“For me, it’s not the
wage. I’m finding some-
thing I enjoy doing. I feel
at home when I’m Icoking
after people.”

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But before graduation
happens officially, she has
to work at least 13, 12-
hour shifts at Mills Mem-
orial Hospital,

The one-on-one exper-
ience with a nurse, called
a preceptorship, is -fol-
lowed up by an exam for
official licensing from the
College of Licensed Prac-
tical Nursing.

There are other students
at Mills and throughout the
northwest, including
Prince Rupert Regional
Hospital.

Papps wants to do acute
Care nursing in a hospital
setting.

Her goal is to work for a
couple of years and then

take more education to be-
come a registered nurse,

“I’m hoping, and I know
others are, for a bridging
program eventually. But
for now | want to get some
experience,” she said.

“Right now people want
to use their skills and to
get more comfortable with
them. There’s a difference
between being at the col-
lege and doing the job.”

Papps said the year-
Yong program has been as
intense for her family as it
has been for herself.

And she says working
12-hour shifts means some
adjustments for her family.

“Most of us have good
support systems at home.”

Less burnout predicted

But that clears the way
for the college grads to
apply for the remaining
position and to fill those
casual pool vacancies.

Petrick emphasized the
move is not intended to
take away any of the has-
pital’s registered nursing
positions.

“With their scope of
practice, we see the LPNs
fitting in quite nicely,”
said Petrick.

“Their role from just 10
years ago has expanded.
They can now give medi-
calions and provide more
treatments than before.”

Additional LPNs will
also provide more relief for
the nurses already on duty.

With a shortage of
nurses at the hospital,
medical or other leaves,
holidays and training time
means those remaining are
asked to work larger than
normal amounts of over-
time. It creates tired
nurses, resulting in burnout
and departures.

“Those LPNs will make
it not quite so difficult,”
said Petrick. “We're run-
ning..30 beds..more often

thanswere not and we're. .
supposed to have only 25 ~
beds and that creates a

Strain.” -o
Petrick, her nurse man-

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agers and other nurses
have helped the college
program. Students have
done their practical exper-
ience al Mills and in the
final slages of their train-
ing, been paired up one to
one with nurses,

“Far the staff to be-

come so involved, because
it takes a lot of time, is
really admirable,” Petrick
noted,
The benefit -of that in-
valvement is having LPN
graduates at hand for the
hospital’s staffing needs,
she said.

Also involved in the
program is Prince Rupert
Regional Hospital.

Senior administrator

Suzanne Johnston there

said 12 students did clini-
cal placements and three
did one-on-one training
with nurses.

“They did a wonderful
job in teaching for theory,”
she said of the college
program. “And when the
students arrived, they did
an excellent job of fitting
in with the nursing team.”

Once staffed only by re- °

gistered nurses and care

aidesathe -hospital.created .

‘a number of LPN positions
in the spring. _

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. us to create an integrated

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team,” said Johnston. “The
feeling was that LPNs can
make a contribution to
care,” ,
Although the Prince
Rupert hospital does not
have any LPN openings at
the moment, it does have
work for casual employees.
Johnston is also predict-
ing an expanded role for
LPNs across the north.

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IT WASN'T the prospect of a paying job that attrac-
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