The Ontario government announced a healthy dose of support for Brock University’s Nursing program on Friday, March 31.<\/p>\n
At an event held in Welland, Sam Oosterhoff, Member of Provincial Parliament for Niagara West, announced the province is providing Brock University with $174,800 from the Training Equipment and Renewal Fund.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The funding will support medical learning tools and equipment used as part of Brock\u2019s nationally recognized Nursing program to ensure <\/span>students receive the high-quality education and training they need to succeed in the workforce.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Combined with a contribution from Brock of <\/span>$262,262, the total cost of the project is $437,063, which will be used to purchase <\/span>high-fidelity simulators and software, a code blue simulation bundle, a virtual reality simulation package and a bar code medication administration system for experiential learning and research.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis investment will directly impact students using our Nursing Simulation Labs,\u201d said Peter Tiidus, Dean for Brock\u2019s Faculty of Applied Health Sciences. \u201cThe labs, and cutting-edge technology found within them, provide a safe learning environment for students to master life-saving skills. The lifelike simulations prepare students for how to analyze and respond to\u00a0<\/span>patients and\u00a0s<\/span>ituations they will encounter in the real world.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cBrock is deeply connected to the community and has long-standing partnerships with health-care providers across the region,\u201d said Lesley Rigg, Brock University\u00a0President\u00a0and Vice-Chancellor.\u00a0\u201cThis funding will help Brock further enhance the learning experience\u00a0for future\u00a0nurses and health-care practitioners, who will\u00a0apply their\u00a0knowledge and skills\u00a0in\u00a0hospitals, long-term care facilities and other\u00a0health-care settings around Niagara and across the province.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The announcement took place at Niagara College\u2019s Welland Campus and included funding for the college as part of the provincial government\u2019s College Equipment and Renewal Fund.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “This support will ensure students at Niagara College and Brock University have access to the latest instructional tools and equipment to meet business and industry standards,” said Oosterhoff.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n “By investing in the renewal and modernization of post-secondary infrastructure, our government is supporting the growth of the regional economy right here in Niagara and ensuring local students get the knowledge and skills they need to get good-paying jobs.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At an event Friday, March 31, Sam Oosterhoff, Minister of Provincial Parliament for Niagara West, announced the government of Ontario is providing Brock University with $174,800 from the Training Equipment and Renewal Fund.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,7484,3319,4052,1],"tags":[28,488,5541,5505,5090,591,11881,34,3198,4609],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84617"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84617"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84625,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84617\/revisions\/84625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}