Learning Close to Home: Nursing Student Brittany Humby Shares Her Story
Photo: Stacey Snow, BScN (Collaborative) Program Coordinator, Gander Campus
Brittany Humby, a nursing student at Memorial University’s Gander satellite site, is interviewed for CBC’s Here & Now in a nursing simulation lab, highlighting how learning close to home is helping students succeed and serve their communities.
“Without this opportunity, it would not have been possible for us.”
Featured on CBC’s Here & Now, Brittany Humby shares how Memorial’s distributed Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Collaborative) program made it possible to pursue nursing close to home. Her experience reflects how local learning sites support student success, strengthen rural health care, and help future nurses stay rooted in the communities that need them most.
Watch Brittany’s story on CBC NL’s YouTube channel and learn how Memorial’s Faculty of Nursing offers local education throughout Newfoundland and Labrador — including opportunities to explore tuition incentives, local clinical learning, and pathways to stay, lead, and serve close to home.
Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82B4iRaIy_s
Learn more: https://www.mun.ca/nursingadmissions/
Learn where you live.
Memorial University’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN) (Collaborative) program allows students to learn where they live through sites across Newfoundland and Labrador, including St. John’s (two locations), Corner Brook, Gander, Grand Falls–Windsor, and Happy Valley–Goose Bay.
The program combines remote classroom learning with local, in-person clinical and simulation experiences, ensuring students receive the same accredited nursing education at every site while remaining close to home.
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