By Steven Sukkau, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Winnipeg Sun Prairie Mountain Health (PMH) has welcomed four new nurse practitioners (NPs) to communities across western Manitoba, strengthening front-line primary care and improving access to health services in both rural and First Nations communities. The new practitioners have begun seeing patients in Rossburn\/Shoal Lake, Melita, Canupawakpa First Nation, the Brandon Minor Injury and Illness Clinic, and the Dauphin Primary Care Outreach Clinic. PMH officials say the additions are part of ongoing efforts to recruit and retain health-care professionals while expanding the region\u2019s Graduate Nurse Practitioner program. \u201cAlong with our health partners and stakeholders, which include our communities, we continue to look for ways to support, recruit and retain healthcare staff within PMH,\u201d said CEO Treena Slate. \u201cBy having NPs provide services from… <\/p>\n
By Steven Sukkau, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Winnipeg Sun Prairie Mountain Health (PMH) has welcomed four new nurse practitioners (NPs) to communities across western Manitoba, strengthening front-line primary care and improving access to health services in both rural and First Nations communities. The new practitioners have begun seeing patients in Rossburn\/Shoal Lake, Melita, Canupawakpa First Nation, the Brandon Minor Injury and Illness Clinic, and the Dauphin Primary Care Outreach Clinic. PMH officials say the additions are part of ongoing efforts to recruit and retain health-care professionals while expanding the region\u2019s Graduate Nurse Practitioner program. \u201cAlong with our health partners and stakeholders, which include our communities, we continue to look for ways to support, recruit and retain healthcare staff within PMH,\u201d said CEO Treena Slate. \u201cBy having NPs provide services from... <\/p>\n