Nursing
Developing our Novice Nurses
We have a strong commitment to fostering professional growth for novice
nurses as evidenced by:
- the number of dedicated clinical education roles
- the numerous educational initiatives
- our innovative new graduate nursing internship program
- hospital and unit specific orientation programs
New Graduate Nursing Internship Program
This innovative program provides new graduates upon hire with opportunities to:
- Be mentored by an experienced nurse with clinical expertise in the chosen area through a partnership.
- Acquire new clinical and technical skills.
- Learn how to prioritize patient care needs and manage a workload.
- Spend time in related clinical areas.
- Learn about advanced practice roles.
The goal is to promote the transfer of knowledge to new graduates
within an accountability framework focussing on the new graduate nurse’s
professional growth and autonomy, which will lead to active participation
as a member of the clinical team.
Two types of internships are available:
- six-month internship in the emergency or intensive care unit
- three-month internship in any of the other program/service areas
Internship program participants will be chosen based on the following criteria:
- Candidate must be a new graduate hired into a permanent full-time position.
- Candidate must have no employment experience as a nurse.
- Candidate must be a graduate of a Canadian nursing school.
- Candidate must have CNO registration (either temporary or permanent). (Note: If the license is temporary, practice restrictions will apply).
- Consolidation in a comparable clinical setting is considered an asset.
