CARE Centre’s IEN Connector – August 2015
Read the August issue of CARE Centre’s IEN Connector
IEN Connector
The CARE online newsletter
Special Edition – IEN conference
First IEN Conference Begins This Week! The 1st Conference for IENs begins mid-week, with a full schedule including three panels on Thursday November the 27th. First nursing leaders discuss their views for A Nursing Vision, then the topical Nursing in an Epidemic panel looks at nurses facing tough choices, and in the afternoon IENs working …
Making Connections – CARE Centre’s 2014 – 2017 Strategic Plan
This first issue of CARE Centre’s IEN Connector for 2014 brings the opportunity for our Board of Directors to release CARE Centre’s 2014 – 2017 Strategic Plan.
Intake
CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses was pleased to present the Joan Lesmond IEN of the Year Award to Registered Nurse Edsel Mutia at a special breakfast reception at North York General Hospital at the end of November.
On the Job – Kenneth Cruz
Around eight years ago, despite my interest in the computer sciences, my mother was already working as a NICU Registered Nurse here in Canada. I saw her passion and dedication to patient care that’s why she was my inspiration to take up nursing. I was sponsored by my mother to come here and I have been living here since September 2010.
In Your Community – The Weeneebayko Area Health Authority
Recently, two CARE Centre member nurses contacted their case managers to share their experiences working in Northern Ontario for the Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA). Analiza Manuel wanted to let IENs know that nurses are always needed and will receive very good benefits and time off for travel. She also sent photographs of her work …
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Partners and Programs – Confederation College a Gateway to Northern Ontario Nursing Jobs
Another fruitful partnership with an academic institution has developed between CARE Centre and Confederation College.
Making Connections
CARE Centre undertook a strategic planning process over the spring/summer and now in the fall we have already begun to reap the benefits of those efforts by the board, staff and consultants Vicki Bales and Carolyn Acker.
Intake – New Members and Professional Development
After IENs come to an information session to make sure they meet all the criteria for membership, and have an intake meeting with a case manager, the next step is for them to gather at a New Members Orientation Session which gives them more practical information about CARE Centre’s programs and services, which is followed by a professional development workshop that is open to all members.
On the Job – Ivana Freitas and Jignesh Joshi
Ivana Freitas and Jignesh Joshi are two CARE Centre member RPNs who were featured on a poster presented at the Fall, 2013 RPNAO Conference.