Canada’s health service welcomes 13 new Jamaican nurses
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Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Health Services in Canada has confirmed that Jamaican 13 nurses will soon begin working at healthcare facilities across the province.
Since arriving in this province last month, the nurses completed practical nursing courses at the Centre for Nursing Studies (CNS) to bridge the training they received in Jamaica as enrolled assistant nurses (EANs).
Come Monday (June 10), they begin two weeks of supervised clinical practice in the long-term care setting within the Eastern Urban zone in St. John’s, followed by a six-week clinical practice preceptorship with licensed practical nurses (LPN) at sites from St. John’s to Happy Valley-Goose Bay. After this, the Jamaican nurses will be employed as LPNs at those sites.
Joanne Pelley, vice president and chief nursing information officer for NL Health Services, told NTV, “we are excited to welcome these new nurses to NL Health Services. Partnerships like the one we have with the Centre for Nursing Studies and the College of Licensed Practical Nurses are essential in finding creative solutions to recruit healthcare professionals locally, nationally, and internationally to live and work in all areas of this beautiful province.”
More recruitment from Jamaica
In addition to the recruitment of these 13 nurses, plans are underway to recruit more EANs from Jamaica. They will join 156 internationally-educated nurses who are already licenced as RNs or LPNs within the NL Health Services system and will further complement over 300 recent nursing graduates from local nursing schools who began work with NL Health Services this spring.
For her part, CNS director Dr Kathy Watkins remarked, “The CNS has a rich history of collaborating with the nursing profession and community colleges in Jamaica since the CNS offered its practical nursing (PN) programme in Jamaica in 2009, We look forward to welcoming more EANs educated in Jamaica into this bridging education programme in the coming months.”
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