2009-38
March 6, 2009
For immediate release
WINNIPEG - The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, today announced federal support to help recruit and retain nurses in Canada.
Support is being provided to Research to Action: Applied Workplace Solutions for Nurses, a new initiative being undertaken by the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions to improve recruitment and retention strategies through projects in nine provinces across Canada. Each of the nine projects will be a collaboration between a local health sector employer, the provincial nurses union and the provincial government.
The projects will focus on:
- mentoring and new training programs;
- providing critical care and emergency nursing education programs;
- improving patient nursing care;
- enhanced training for nurses new to caring for the elderly, and
- placement and orientation requirements for new graduates.
More than $4 million in funding is being provided by Health Canada through the Pan-Canadian Health Human Resources Strategy which supports projects that help ensure an adequate supply of health care providers while promoting optimal working conditions for these individuals.
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