Thank you. Just very quickly to talk about how a new nurse comes into the facility, a few years ago we funded supernumerary positions for new grads and there's 10 of those in the system. So a new nurse comes in, they don't go necessarily to a front-line job, they go to an extra position that's over and above the complement that's normally needed in the hospital. While these nurses are in those positions, they're on full salary. So part of this fund that's here is covering the costs of that salary. To support the work, there are two things that happen. One is full-time mentors, and these people that are senior nurses that provide full-time support to the training and organizing the training of the new nurses as they come in. The other thing that's also in place is a mentorship allowance for senior nurses. So a nurse that takes a new nurse into a mentorship arrangement also gets an allowance to be able to support that. So those are some of the things that have been built into the mix to support new nurses and their introduction into the workplace. Thank you.
Mr. Parker on Item 17: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 14th, 2007. See this statement in context.
Item 17: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 17: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 13th, 2007
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