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New Fund in Canada Aims to Create Jobs for Nursing Graduates

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

<meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)" /><meta name="CREATED" content="20070227;22412100" /><meta name="CHANGED" content="16010101;0" /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --></style>As far as I know, there is no job scarcity for graduating nurses in the United States but I guess the situation is a bit different in Canada.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA), the union representing 53,000 registered nurses, hopes that the multi-million-dollar fund announced by <strong>Canadian Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care</strong> will help create permanent jobs for new nursing graduates.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“This is a good thing for Ontario’s nursing graduates,” says Linda Haslam-Stroud, RN, ONA President. “We need to bring more registered nurses into our health-care system, and while these are not permanent, full-time positions being created, the announcement does allow new graduates six months of experience on the front lines, which will be invaluable experience for them.”</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">For further information: Ontario Nurses’ Association, Sheree Bond, (416) 964-8833, ext. 2430.</p> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=9" title="View all posts in Canada" rel="category tag">Canada</a>, <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=10" title="View all posts in Good News" rel="category tag">Good News</a> | <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=92#respond" title="Comment on New Fund in Canada Aims to Create Jobs for Nursing Graduates">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="post"> <h3 id="post-12"><a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=12" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to Nurse Practitioners Step Up to the Plate in Canada">Nurse Practitioners Step Up to the Plate in Canada</a></h3> <small>Tuesday, October 31st, 2006</small> <div class="entry"> <p><meta http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><title /><meta name="GENERATOR" content="OpenOffice.org 2.0 (Linux)" /><meta name="CREATED" content="20061028;18263000" /><meta name="CHANGED" content="20061030;19362800" /> <style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --></style>To some observers it is a <strong>“historic moment” </strong>ushered on by sheer necessity.</p> <p>Seventeen nurse practitioners (NP) were accredited as such in a special ceremony held in Quebec, Canada in order to close the<strong> serious gap</strong> in Canada <strong>between the demand and supply of available qualified nurses</strong>. NPs can order tests and even prescribe medication.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Quebec has budgeted $9 million in 2003 to train and accredit 75 NPs.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in">The the <em>Association des infirmieres et infirmiers d’urgence du Quebec</em> has 11,000 members waiting in line for the same kind of accreditation.</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><a href="http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/montreal/story.html?id=47932c89-f410-4ccd-83e6-8d41b1a802c4&k=22519">Click here to read more about this news story.</a></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><a href="http://www.sagenths.com/nonusnurses.htm">Also check out the <strong>SPECIAL SAGENT PROGRAM</strong> for Canadian Nurses… </a></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0in"> </div> <p class="postmetadata">Posted in <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?cat=9" title="View all posts in Canada" rel="category tag">Canada</a> | <a href="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/?p=12#respond" title="Comment on Nurse Practitioners Step Up to the Plate in Canada">No Comments »</a></p> </div> <div class="navigation"> <div class="alignleft"></div> <div class="alignright"></div> </div> </div> <div id="sidebar"> <ul> <li> <form method="get" id="searchform" action="http://www.sagenths.us/sageblog/"> <div><input type="text" value="" name="s" id="s" /> <input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" value="Search" /> </div> </form> </li> <!-- Author information is disabled per default. 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