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More than 450,000 nurse across Canada are getting help from Ottawa in the form of a new toolkit that addresses the challenges of job stress, anxiety, depression and even abuse that is causing so many of these health care professionals to burn out.
The Nursing Retention Program: Enhancing the Work Lives of Nurses in Canada, which comes in the wake of increasing efforts in Canada to recruit health care professionals through immigration programs, focuses on eight key themes with related initiatives that employers of nurses can apply to help improve retention.
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The eight main topics of Nursing Toolkit are:
- flexible and balanced way of working;
- organizational support for mental health and well-being;
- professional development and mentoring;
- reduction of administrative burden;
- strong management and communication;
- clinical governance and infrastructure;
- inspired leadership and;
- safe personnel practices.
“Nurses are the backbone of our health care system, yet many in Canada are struggling with their mental health, experiencing burnout, anxiety and feeling overwhelmed and underappreciated, leading them to leave their jobs,” said Dr. . Leigh Chapman, Canada boss. nursing officer.
“This toolkit offers nursing leadership and health system administrators an opportunity to contribute firsthand to making changes in our health care system, including improving mental health and wellness support for nurses, so that they can stay healthy mentally, emotionally and spiritually, and so they can continue to care for us.”
In last year’s federal budget, Ottawa announced plans to invest nearly $200 billion to improve health care, including support for the retention, recruitment and scheduling of health care workers.
“We need to work together to ensure that nurses in Canada’s health care system are supported and get more health workers into the system, faster,” said Health Minister Mark Holland.
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Part of the federal government’s plan to grow the health care workforce is an enhanced foreign credentialing program for health care workers.
In January, Ottawa announced it would invest an additional $86 million in 15 projects across the country to increase the country’s capacity to recognize the foreign credentials of some 6,600 internationally educated health professionals.
“Health care workers provide the care Canadians need. By bringing in new workers and keeping those who are already there, we can help ease the labor challenges in our health care system,” Holland said.
“This federal funding supports our government’s work with provinces, territories and stakeholders to have more health care workers enter Canada’s workforce and improve that process.”
The funded projects aim to:
- reduce barriers to foreign credential recognition for internationally educated health care professionals by improving recognition processes, simplifying steps in credential recognition, and providing greater access to field practice;
- to provide internationally educated health care professionals with relevant Canadian work experience in their target fields, while including general support such as childcare and transportation expenses, as well as mentoring and training, and;
- facilitate inter-jurisdictional labor mobility in Canada for health care professionals and internationally educated health care professionals to reduce systemic and administrative barriers for health care professionals wishing to work in other jurisdictions within Canada.
This financial lead was to provide funding for key professions such as nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, laboratory technicians and respiratory therapists. Through this investment, internationally trained midwives will be able to take their exams virtually, even before they arrive in Canada.
Jim Lai, president of the Association of Canadian Dental Faculties, was thrilled.
“The Association of Canadian Dental Faculties is excited to receive this support from the federal government to fund the development and testing of a new program to accelerate the qualification and licensure of dentists trained elsewhere in the world so that they can to practice in Canada.” Lai said.
“With the government’s recent introduction of the new Canadian Dental Care Plan and its policy to increase immigration to Canada, there are plans to help Canada’s poorest and most marginalized people access dental care and integrate internationally trained dentists in Canada’s health care workforce. .”
of Canada Foreign Credential Recognition Program aims to:
- develop and strengthen Canada’s capacity for the assessment and recognition of foreign credentials;
- contribute to improving the labor market integration results of skilled newcomers, and;
- support interprovincial labor mobility.
“Honoring the professional credentials of newcomers is a compassionate and effective component of expanding Canada’s workforce,” said Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault.
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“The Foreign Credential Recognition Program expedites accreditation for 6,600 people and is not only the right thing to do, but one of the best ways to fill job gaps, strengthen our health care system and increase our economy.”
The latest foreign credential recognition funding follows other investments from Ottawa to support newcomers so they can participate in Canadian society, including the Settlement Program managed by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship in Canada (IRCC).
In May last year, Canadian immigration also launched its targeted occupation draws through three Express Entry streams, including Federal Skilled Worker program (FSW), Federally qualified trade (FST) program and Canadian Experience Class (CEC), as well as parts of Provincial candidate programs (PNP).
Canada’s Express Entry system can now target 82 jobs in healthcare, technology, trade, transportation and agriculture and so there is now a new path to immigration for nurses, caregivers and other healthcare workers.
Most of Canada’s provinces have also issued profession-specific invitations for several years, but workforce shortages in the health care system persist.
“Retention and burnout are some of the most pressing issues facing our industry today, and we were honored to be involved in the development of the toolkit,” said Terri Irwin, chief nursing officer at Trillium Health Partners.
“Investing in nurses, ensuring they are physically and emotionally supported to reach their full potential, means investing in the well-being of our communities for generations to come.”
