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Also, now for FALL 2014 they only require 10 half-courses to be completed (1 full year) which means there will be more students applying since for FALL 2013 they required 15 half-courses to be completed (1 /15 year).

Sorry, I'd like to apologize. No this is not an assignment I was just curious because I was planning on pursuing nursing school. I want to clarify what I asked. I was quoting Redford on her notion of "taking on new responsibilities" as in doesn't this mean that NA/LPN should be allowed further to their training in her projected change to the scope of practice? So if these changes are made then there should be more opportunities for NA/LPNs to learn and develop right? Unregulated, I meant that can they push responsibilies on NA/LPN that they never learned or were comfortable with.. I was inquiring about what role would RNs have then. Again, I apologize if my questions or statements were offensive, it wasn't my intention to do so.

"Internal documents from Alberta Health Services show the province plans to cut about 200 hospital nursing jobs, according to the Alberta NDP. "The numbers don't lie. We did the numbers," NDP health critic David Eggen said Thursday. "They're down significantly at the (Royal Alexandra Hospital), at the Foothills, and Olds is another place that you see a significant reduction." Eggen believes the province wants to replace registered nurses with less costly licensed practical nurses and nurse's aides. "It's to reduce the bottom line, to hire people with lower qualifications and to make a pretty direct attack on registered nurses as a profession," he said. The United Nurses of Alberta union has yet to reach a contract with the province. Premier Alison Redford said the job cut numbers aren't accurate. She says more nurses will be needed in future family care clinics "It's very clear that as we restructure health care that we will ask people to take on new responsibilities," Redford said. "We know that we want to keep employing nurses on a full-time basis in the healthcare system and that's really important. " Health Minister Fred Horne said that Alberta Health Services is currently looking for 300 nurses." http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/leaked-ahs-documents-reveal-nursing-job-cuts-ndp-claims-1.2427408 What are some of your thoughts on this? I read some of the comments on the article's site and it's interesting.. Would you prefer to work full-time as an RN or part-time? (considering most nurses are women and have family responsibilities, burn out, etc) If NAs and LPNs are suppose to further their scope of practice doesn't this mean they would need additional training/certification? How do they get away with being unregulated? What role do you think RNs will that if this "restructuring" is successful?

Thanks for all the information everyone. I'm going to apply for MRU as it's my first choice but I'll apply to Macewan, UofC, and MH. I wish there was just one application fee.. I guess I'll be staying up tomorrow until 12:00 AM hits for Oct 1 to make sure I send my application in first.

Hi everyone~ I'm 21 and currently a student at the UofC for Fall 2013 planning on transferring into a nursing program for Fall 2014. I'm really nervous because I need to get my GPA up and I'm not sure if I should continue with taking junior options into the Winter 2014 semester. I have already taken 8 courses at the post-secondary level and now currently taking 5 courses. Over the last 8 courses I've taken before I wasn't sure what I wanted to pursue (between education and nursing) so I didn't do very well. I was accepted to MRU for Fall 2013 for nursing with my HS marks but I turned it down (due to personal circumstances at the time). I regret what I've done but now I've taken too many post-secondary courses to be considered a HS applicant. If anyone has been admitted to MRU, MACEWAN, UofC, would you please share your GPA admission grades with me? I've contacted each school.. MRU told me it's a 3.92 MACEWAN is a 3.0 but I don't think that's the actual admission grade UofC is a 3.70 but they said it's more like a 3.90 I just need to figure out what my possibility is of getting in after my final grades in December. I will need to make a decision on whether or not I should continue getting my GPA up (adding another half year of post-secondary courses pursuing no actual degree) or to consider another field of study. I would appreciate any advice or input. Thanks!