Nursing students at Northwestern Oklahoma State University-Enid will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in the Vance Air Force Base Clinic through a new collaborative agreement signed Wednesday.

The university and base signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will allow NWOSU students in the bachelor's degree-prepared registered nurse program to gain practical experience while shadowing military health care providers in the clinic.

Shelly Wells, advanced practical registered nurse and nursing division chair at NWOSU, said the MOU will provide the university's nursing stude...