Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, we are, very actively, aware of the need to encourage and train northern nurses to move out of the larger centres to the smaller communities. We are working with them and encouraging them. We are trying to build a component into their training so they are more experienced with the unique issues facing community health nurses. Also, if you look through this, there is reference to we want to add two nurse practitioners to each of the regions as well as in Inuvik, Sahtu, Deh Cho and Tlicho so that they have more capacity to be able to go to the smaller communities to provide more support. We have funding in here to allow experienced nurses to access prior learning, and to challenge for a nurse practitioner. We still have, on the table with the UNW, a request to...We have put in some suggestions of how we can better recognize some of the challenges of small communities, and better remunerate nurses in those areas. But that particular issue has never stalled out. That was one of the intents we had at one time, as well. Thank you.
Michael Miltenberger on Committee Motion 5-15(4): To Delete $108,000 From The Department Of Municipal And Community Affairs, School Of Community Government Activity In Bill 11, Defeated
In the Legislative Assembly on October 26th, 2005. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 5-15(4): To Delete $108,000 From The Department Of Municipal And Community Affairs, School Of Community Government Activity In Bill 11, Defeated
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 26th, 2005
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