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London prides itself on the range of opportunities it provides New Canadians as the sixth largest city in Ontario, with easy access to rural communities in Middlesex County, three Great Lakes and the United States just across the border.
CARE Centre’s Observational Job Shadowing (OJS) is a unique learning opportunity for member IENs to be partnered with an expert nurse through two to three work shifts and observe first-hand the nursing profession in Ontario.
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Welcome to CARE Centre’s IEN Connector – volume #2! We hope that you had a wonderful holiday season and that you are all refreshed for 2013!
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London Health Sciences Centre played (LHSC) host to an award reception to celebrate member Ismail El-Assaad as the 2012 CARE Centre Joan Lesmond IEN of the Year. Ismail is a Palestinian nurse who studied and worked as a senior nurse and nurse educator in Lebanon and Dubai, and now works in the Intensive Care Unit
Adela Belisario was a valedictorian at her CARE Centre graduation celebration in 2011, has been an active CARE Centre alumni member, and now works at the Dorothy Ley Hospice in Etobicoke.
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Peel Region is young, successful and growing fast, as CARE Centre celebrates a year and a half of providing services to IENs in the region. New Canadians make up 50 percent of Peel’s population, with a median age of 35.6 and an average household income of close to $73,000. Peel is home to more than
In Your Community – CARE Centre at the Heart of Peel Region Read More »
Partner Focus: CoursePark Online Nursing Courses Meet CE Requirements CoursePark is an online learning company with a range of over 140 individual nursing courses for CARE Centre members and outside subscribers to advance in the profession. CARE Centre members receive a specially discounted enrollment fee. The relationship with parent company BlueDrop Performance Learning came through
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Welcome to our first edition of CARE Centre’s IEN Connector. We’re excited to launch this e-publication to keep you informed about the ongoing successes of internationally educated nurses, and to update you on the initiatives that allow CARE Centre to reach its own benchmarks of achievement. We hope you’ll share CARE Centre’s IEN Connector with
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IEN of the Year The finalists in the CARE Centre Joan Lesmond IEN of the Year Award have been selected, an outstanding representation of our member nurses and their remarkable dedication to their profession and their practice. The finalists have been asked to write an essay about their journey to certification as a Canadian nurse
Loy Asheri, RN, Cardio Vascular Intensive Care Unit, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Joan Lesmond IEN of the Year Award Winner, 2011 What was nursing like in your home country? In Tanzania, people with enough money use private hospitals which are fully equipped. But government hospitals serve about 90% of the population and have little to
