March 14, 2024 | Ottawa, Ontario | Health Canada
Today, MP Yasir Naqvi, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health, announced more than $388,000 in additional funding for the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) National Nurse Residency Program on behalf of the Honorable Mark Holland, Minister of Health.
As Canada’s largest group of regulated health care professionals with more than 450,000 members, nurses are critical to Canada’s health care system. Nurses face unprecedented challenges that impact their work and the patients they care for. It’s important that we support Canada’s health workforce and integrate more workers into the health system more quickly.
This investment will support the integration of Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs) into the Canadian healthcare system. Through initiatives such as an IEN Pilot Mentoring Program, healthcare organizations, caregivers working with IENs, and newly hired IENs will receive the support and tools needed to build stronger healthcare teams. This funding will also support workshops and training for IENs entering the Canadian nursing profession and their mentors to provide IENs with the support they need to integrate effectively into the Canadian healthcare workforce.
This is in addition to the Government of Canada’s CASN funding of $2.4 million announced in April 2023 to support the implementation and evaluation of a National Nurse Residency Program designed to support newly graduated nurses (RNs). Manage the transition from classroom to workplace effectively.
The Canadian government recently announced the release of the Nurse Retention Toolkit: Improving the Work Lives of Nurses in CanadaThis is a resource created by nurses for nurses to help employers and health care agencies across the country improve nursing retention. This is part of the government’s overall effort to support all health workers, including IENs, across the country.
The Government of Canada is working with provinces, territories and key nursing partners to identify and implement solutions so that nurses across Canada can continue their important work to ensure the health and safety of Canadians.
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