DICKINSON N.D.
Russian nursing students and educators hope to learn more about campus courses and patient care during a visit to North Dakota.
The Russian delegation consists of Krasnoyarsk State Medical Academy professors, students and the chief nurse of the area’s Regional Clinical Hospital.
Krasnoyarsk is east of Moscow in the center of Siberia. Two Dickinson State University nursing faculty members visited the region last year.
“The initial plans we have in mind, it’s to learn better how the system of providing care to patients works,” said Dr. Yury Pats, dean of the nursing faculty in Krasnoyarsk.
Pats, who spoke through a translator, said the delegation also wants to learn about campus education.
Like the U.S., Russia has found it a challenge to attract people to the nursing profession, officials say.
