nursing

Foundation meets nursing scholarship fundraising goal

Feb 7, 2024

In early December, the Greater Lake City Community Foundation announced that a matching grant opportunity had been received, seeking to establish a nursing scholarship by matching donations dollar for dollar up to a total of $7,500. In the six weeks since that announcement, the Foundation has...

Nurse: Thankful for Lake City’s hard-working nursing assistants

Feb 9, 2022

I am a registered nurse at the Lake City Care Center. I want the community to know that this past year at the care center has been a struggle keeping ourselves healthy. There has been a very positive outcome through it all, our CNA’s who have worked through this difficult time. I have such...

Applications open for new nursing program in Red Wing, Winona

Feb 10, 2021

Beginning in Fall 2021, Minnesota State College Southeast will have its first cohort of students in the college’s new Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) degree program in Red Wing and Winona. The program is designed to prepare students to take the NCLEX-RN exam and become registered nurses....

2-year nursing program to be suspended at MSC

Dec 6, 2017

Minnesota State College Southeast (MSC) has announced that it plans to suspend its Professional Nursing (Associate Degree Nursing, RN) program effective the end of spring semester 2019. Current students will be able to complete their degrees, but the college will no longer admit new students to the...

Bachelor’s in nursing to be offered in Red Wing

Aug 16, 2017

For associate degree nurses - also known as registered nurses - earning a bachelor of science degree in nursing can become the pathway to a more challenging career with increased responsibilities and rewards.Winona State University (WSU) has already developed a registered nurse (RN) to bachelor of...

Nurses picket over staffing in Lake City

Feb 23, 2017

Nurses march and chant during an “informational picket” on Grant Street in front of Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City Wednesday. The demonstration was a continuation their efforts to generate awareness of a staffing disagreement with Mayo in Lake City that has brought contract negotiations...

Mayo, nurses at odds over staffing commitment

Feb 16, 2017

Contract negotiatons between Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City and its nurses have stalled over staffing levels. The nurses want the contract to include a commitment from Mayo to staff at least two nurses with special emergency department (ED) training at all times, according to Kathy...