NWP’s School of Health grads are dedicated professionals who understand the value of keeping talent where it is needed. Our nurses, primary care paramedics, and health care aides find rewarding careers in community settings, clinics, nursing homes, and hospitals
With health and fitness playing a vital role in overall wellbeing, the demand for movement specialists and fitness-related professionals is increasing. NWP Kinesiology and Health Sciences graduates are leading fitness programs, sharing strength training advice, and providing therapy or treatment to patients with injuries across the region.
Whether you have a passion for fitness and health promotion, or want to be an essential health care provider, we are confident you will find a program that works.
Pursue a rewarding career in nursing. Learn how to coordinate care, operate medical equipment, administer medicine, check vital signs and assess patient healthcare needs.
Tend to your future as a caregiver in the community, hospital or a long-term care facility. Use your compassionate nature and learn how to provide daily living support to patients, clients and residents.
Activate an occupation recreation programming or coaching. Learn to assess fitness levels by understanding the fundamental movement concepts that underpin all physical activity.
Exercise your curiosity about human performance, health promotion and chronic disease prevention by focusing on the high-level science behind human movement.
Move your career forward into health promotion with the skills to help improve health outcomes. Focus on human movement and the factors that influence its performance.
NWP and the University of Alberta are teaming up to provide aspiring physicians with undergraduate medical education opportunities focused on rural communities.
Help those when they need it most, and stabilize your career as an emergency medical care professional. Learn critical and basic life support skills through hands-on clinical exposure and placements.
Get a careful career at NWP. Develop critical thinking skills as you evaluate patient progress, interact with other professionals and deliver nursing care to clients and their families in various settings.
Strengthen your career options. Study how to measure body composition, and correct exercise techniques to prevent injury. Learn to develop exercise plans and provide healthy living guidance.
Import your skills and launch a career as a nurse in Alberta. The NG-NCLEX Preparation Course is an all-in-one review of the information learners need to write the NCLEX exam.
Boost your office administration skills and knowledge through evening and online courses. Explore topics such as medical terminology, infection control, office procedures, and records management.
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