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a self-directed study program in Emergency
Nursing.

The Surrey Memorial Hospital recently open-
ed a trauma unit to enable emergency cases
previously transferred to the Royal Columb-
jan Hospital to be treated at Surrey. As
the new trauma unit will need nurses who are
highly specialized in dealing with accident
victims, arrangements have been made be-
tween the Hospital and the College to pre-
pare Nurses to staff the unit.

Seven R.N.'s who are currently employed in
the Emergency Department at the Surrey Mem-
orial Hospital will be enrolling in the
Post-Basic Emergency Nursing Program in the
Fall Semester. These Nurses will take the
program on a self-directed study basis while
continuing to work in the Emergency Depart-
ment. This program, the first in Canada,
requires a great deal of flexibility and co-
operation by both the College and the Hos-
pital.

Special features of the program include the
following:

1. Each student will be assessed to estab-
lish the level of clinical competency at
the beginning of the program and credit
will be granted for the level already
achieved,

2. An independent clinical practise program
will be identified for each student based
on the established competency level.

3. Students will spend a minimum number of
days in the clinical setting under the
guidance of a college instructor, Other
clinical practise time will be the stud-
ents' work period. Learning experiences
will also be arranged in other hospital
emergency departments, as well as in the
students' work setting.

4. College instructors will be responsible
for the clinical evaluation of students'
performance in the Emergency Department.

. The theory courses will be offered as in-
dependent study modules, also students
will be encouraged to attend class with
other students when possible.

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Douglas College is pleased to announce the

6. The hospital has agreed to the nurses
using their professional education days
to attend classes at the College.

7. Students will be expected to meet all
the program objectives to be eligible
for a college certificate.

This program has been made possible by the
excellent support and co-operation of the
Surrey Memorial Hospital Administration and
Board, and the College Community. At all
stages of the approval process of the modi-
fied program design, the College displayed
flexibility and provided encouragement.

Mary Fewster
Director of Nursing

 

Appointment

appointment of Randi Duke to the new posi-
tion of Community Resource Development
Officer. Ms. Duke comes to Douglas College
from the College of New Caledonia where she
was Co-ordinator of Adult Special Education.
She has spent the past fifteen years working
in adult education programs in Ontario and
B.C.

Ms. Duke's major duties at Douglas College
will include:

- Assisting the community and the coliege
to initiate project and program iuecs Tis
response to learning needs

- Acting as a catalyst to bring togetiicr
community groups, existing College re-
sources and personnel, and funding rir pro-
ject ideas and community funding sources
for the college and the community

- coordinating applications for funding made
through, or in conjunction witti, the col-
lege.

Ms. Duke will report to the president. .,