Becoming a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) in Alberta can lead to a rewarding, dynamic career across a wide variety of healthcare environments. Whether your passion lies in direct patient care, community outreach, mental health, or even aesthetics, an LPN designation...
Funding Opportunities for Aspiring Health Care Aides at Columbia College
Health Care Aides provide some of the most important, long-term health support that the general public needs. Pursuing a career in the quality, personal healthcare of people in need is a noble and respectable profession.
Essential Skills You Need To Become A Health Care Aide
Health care aide assistants are among the many in-demand occupations in Canada. The reason for the increase in demand across Canada is due to the aging population and population expansion. Health care aides are essential to the...
6 Reasons to Become a Practical Nurse in Alberta
As a practical nurse, you play an integral part for doctors and patients, along with their families. The role of a practical nurse often provides a rewarding, fulfilling career with the ability to see your positive impact on the lives of many individuals. We have...
3 Reasons Strong English Skills Are Essential for Health Care Assistants
No matter where you are in the world, the healthcare industry strives to provide quality care to patients regardless of their ethnicity, gender, age, and native language. Doctors, physicians, nurses, and healthcare assistants can only do their job correctly if they...
Why Becoming a Health Care Aide is a Rewarding Career Choice
Why Becoming a Health Care Aide in Alberta is a Rewarding Career Choice Starting a career as a health care aide in Alberta has never been more accessible. In recent years, the critical role of health care aides has gained significant recognition, especially during...
Licensed Practical Nurse and Registered Nurse: Key Differences
If you’re interested in becoming a nurse in Canada, you may likely come across other terms and acronyms, which may seem a bit confusing. We are here to help you understand what it takes to qualify for a career in nursing. We will do this by discussing the two key...
The Rising Demand for Health Care Aides Amid COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has swiftly altered global conditions, spotlighting the acute demand for workers in long-term care facilities. In Canada, a staggering 80% of COVID-19 deaths occurred among residents of these facilities, underscoring a critical need for reform...
The Important Role of Practical Nurses in Canada
A practical nurse takes care of some basic duties in a hospital, nursing home, or residential setting which are a crucial contribution. Their basic responsibilities include taking vital signs, collecting samples, ensuring patient comfort, administering medication and...
Is a Health Care Aide Career Right for You?
The career path of a health care aide can be both rewarding and fulfilling. As you provide yourself with a bona fide source of income, you also become an instrumental resource in your community. Here are some reasons to pursue this meaningful career choice: 1)...
Healthcare Aides: Heroes of the Pandemic Era
Health Care aide workers, also known as home support aides, are integral to the functionality of any health care institution or home-care service. These professionals provide critical support to individuals who are unable to perform daily activities independently due...
Unlock Your Career Potential with a Health Care Aide Certificate
For those looking for a rewarding career helping others, it is a good idea to consider earning a health care aide certification. There are several advantages to obtaining this certification from Columbia College in Calgary that everyone should keep in mind.A...
Top Skills Every Practical Nurse Needs for Success
Canada’s ageing population continues to accelerate and it increases the demand for healthcare professionals. This opens up lucrative career opportunities for those who want to become a practical nurse. A practical nurse plays a critical role in the healthcare...
Understanding the Growing Opportunities for Health Care Aide Providers: Part 3
Essential Skills and Qualifications to Become a Health Care Aide The role of a Health Care Aide is critical in Canada’s healthcare system. In our previous blog series, we discussed why Canada has a high demand for Health Care Aides, especially in certain provinces. We...
Understanding the Growing Opportunities for Health Care Aide Providers: Part 2
In part one of our blog, we outlined why health care aide providers are among one of the highest in-demand jobs across Canada. Canada’s older generation population is continuing to grow with a higher life expectancy. However, health care aide providers are not limited...
Understanding the Growing Opportunities for Health Care Aide Providers: Part 1
The Rising Demand for Health Care Aides in Canada Health Care Aides are in demand worldwide. However, Canada’s need for these professionals is growing faster than anywhere else. The country’s aging population and increasing overall population drive this demand. As...
Why Nurses Continue To Make The Top List of In Demand Jobs Part 1
Why Nurses Love Their Career in Canada The role of a Practical Nurse remains one of the most in-demand jobs in Canada. In fact, we recently shared a blog about a report from the Conference Board of Canada. It highlighted that nurses will stay in high demand for the...
Benefits of Pursuing The Practical Nurse Professional Diploma Program
Not everybody is born with the spirit and strength of character as that of Florence Nightingale. But for those of you who aspire to follow his or her ideals, nursing is their vocational calling. Are you a natural nurturer? Or, a compassionate helper of others in pain?...
A Day in The Life of a Practical Nurse
The nursing field a very dynamic profession. From the beginning of the shift until the end, a practical nurse deals with all kinds of tasks that demand his or her intellectual and physical strengths. The job is challenging yet thrilling, demanding yet rewarding and...
Are You Looking For A Career In The Healthcare Industry?
Do you want to make a career in the healthcare industry? This is indeed a great career choice! To make your career, you need to prepare yourself well. There are various courses and programs that Columbia College Calgary offers for people interested to serve in the...
Importance Of Soft Skills For Nurses
Nursing is a demanding profession. Not everyone can survive and sustain the pressures of a nursing job. But there are many students in Canada who choose the rewarding career in the field of nursing. These students end up taking the practical nurse professional diploma...
4 Career Options in the Healthcare Industry
The healthcare industry in Canada is brimming with career opportunities. And, these are not restricted to nurses and doctors. It is a lucrative sector for anyone who wants to have a promising career path. If you are a high school graduate or you did not complete high...
How to Apply for a Practical Nurse Professional Diploma Course?
Do you feel nursing is the perfect profession for you? Do you dream of being the best nursing professional in Canada? Wondering which program to apply for? Then our practical nurse professional diploma program is meant for you. At Columbia College Calgary, we offer a...
4 Qualities of a Successful Healthcare Aide
The profession of a health care aide is a demanding one and requires a diverse set of qualities in an individual. Health care aides or personal care assistants are professionals who provide support to anyone requiring continuous care like the elderly, the disabled,...
4 Alternative Professions That Nurses Can Pursue
When it comes to nursing, most people assume the only employment opportunity for this vocation is working in hospitals. But, these days there are many other alternative professions that a nurse can pursue. These jobs do not require them to follow a strenuous hospital...
6 Reasons to Choose the Nursing Profession
The nursing career path provides ample opportunities to individuals across the world. According to a report by the College of Licensed Practical Nurses of Alberta, there are around 15,000 licensed practical nurses in the province of Alberta alone. These statistics are...
5 Ways to Earn Well as a Health Care Aide
Pursuing a health care aide course can be a good start to a flourishing career in the field of medicine. If you graduate from a reputed institute like Columbia College, Calgary, then you can be qualified to work in a variety of healthcare settings. Acute care...
Earn While You Serve: Become a Health Care Aide
Are you a natural at providing care and nurturing? If yes, then the job of a health care aide is perfect for you. A health care aide gets to work in a variety of settings such as acute care hospitals, long-term care settings such as nursing homes and auxiliary...
5 Qualities a Licensed Practical Nurse Must Have
The profession of nursing is not just about giving and being a selfless being. The amount of effort they put in to serve the sick and the aged, cannot be measured. It is at times quite stressful, taxing and even frustrating to go about doing the daily responsibilities...
All You Need To Know About Our Practical Nurse Professional Diploma Program
Wish to pursue a career as a practical nurse? Our practical nurse professional diploma program can help you. A practical nurse is required to work along with doctors and other medical professionals. They assist these professionals with their duties and offer nursing...
Practical Nurse Professional Diploma For International Students
Are you dreaming to have a rewarding career as a licensed practical nurse abroad? Then why not join the practical nurse professional diploma offered by Columbia College Calgary. A comprehensive and accelerated program, it is perfect for international students willing...
Career Options After The Practical Nurse Professional Diploma Program
Wish to pursue a career as a licensed practical nurse but worried about career options? The belief that licensed practical nurses only find employment in nursing homes is a myth. These professionals have a wide array of career options available. Our practical nurse...
Employment Opportunities After Finishing the Practical Nurse Program From Columbia College
Columbia College Calgary offers one of the best practical nurse programs in North America. Our practical nurse graduates achieved a 95% success rate in the Canadian Licensed Practical Nurse Registration Examination in January (2017). Every nursing student has to pass...
Who Should Apply For The Practical Nurse Professional Diploma Program?
Nurses play a critical role in providing healthcare services to patients. A nurse plans and offers medical care to patients suffering from acute or chronic physical or mental health issues. They execute their services in hospitals, homes, private clinics, and other...
How To Make A Career As A Health Care Aide
Health care aides are professionals who provide personal assistance and support services to the elderly, disabled or those who require short-term or ongoing care. Patients suffering from chronic illness, complex medical conditions, disability, or those requiring end...
Dedication Drives Distinction
Columbia College’s Practical Nurse Diploma Program graduates recently achieved exceptional results on their Canadian Practical Nurse Registration Examination. Since the Practical Nurse program at Columbia College began six years ago, its faculty have been striving to...
National Nursing Week
National Nursing Week: May 9 - 15, 2010 Columbia College celebrated and recognized National Nursing Week by talking with some staff and graduates of the Practical Nurse program. Each spoke of what they love about the profession and why they chose to take on such a...
Marina Pant – Health Care Aide Graduate
Marina Pant successfully graduated from the Health Care Aide Program. She has since been taking University Prep courses to assist her in reaching her goal of taking her next step and becoming a Practical Nurse. After completing her free University Prep courses, Marina...
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