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Description
St. Joseph’s Health Care strives to integrate cultural diversity in health care to ensure we are supporting nurses, to in turn provide best patient care. Our integration has three components, each targeted at supporting three different groups of Internationally Educated Applicants (IEA): Supervised Practice Experience Partnership (SPEP) Program applicants; Internationally Educated Nurses (IEN) working within the organization; and IEAs that are not part of our organization. Staff integration is supported via the development of a SPEP specific orientation, providing resources and coalitions to support and maintain IEAs as they transition into registered nurses in Ontario, and supporting the integration of newly registered nurses into our clinical areas.
The SPEP program has doubled in the past year to 19 successful applicants with positive feedback on the initiatives we have established. The SPEP program now offers in person SPEP specific orientation and transition phases. Team huddles and coalitions with CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses have had positive outcomes for the applicants.
The Clinical Scholar Program supports IENs working within the organization. The Clinical Scholar Nurses (CSNs) mentor at the bedside to support IENs with critical thinking, documentation, patient assessment, and confidence. To do this we have provided education to our CSNs, nurses, staff, human resources, and leaders to better support integration into the health care system. Building coalitions with CARE and our Equity Diversity Inclusion and Belonging department to continue to build on workplace integration for and by all staff.
We have connected with IENs and IEAs to build on longer term goals. We have partnered with the CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses to support IEAs and IENs with observation experiences within the organization.
Keywords
cultural diversity
Internationally Educated Applicants/Nurses
cultural competence
What RNAO BPG or tool/toolkit is this work related to:
Embracing Cultural Diversity in Health Care: Developing Cultural Competence
Author(s) Credentials and Title
Carmen Marsh-Lansard: Occupational Therapist (Professional Practice Manager)
Golda Prince: Respiratory Therapist (Professional Practice Educator)
Jessica Gray: Registered Nurse (Professional Practice Consultant)
Ann Turcotte: Registered Nurse (Professional Practice Director)
| Organization Name | St. Joseph's Health Care London |
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