Nova Scotia Explains Plan to Make Nursing Students Work in Long-Term Care – Halifax | The Canadian News

Nova Scotia now says nursing students working in long-term care instead of their clinical practitioners will receive a $ 1,000 honorarium for their work.

Semester 4 nursing students at Dalhousie University received a letter on Thursday stating that from February 7, they will spend two weeks working in long-term care to help address the ongoing nursing shortage.

At the time, the understanding was that the work would be unpaid – something that Barbara Adams, the minister of seniors and long-term care, defended on Thursday.

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“As a former student ourselves, we were unpaid,” she told reporters. “It’s part of your training and we hope they will understand it.”

Some students were concerned about the lack of compensation, as well as whether placement would be considered for their clinical hours.

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However, the province issued a news release on Friday stating that they would be considered clinical placements, and students who accepted and were not already reimbursed by a cooperative or other paid placement would receive a $ 1,000 honorarium.

“It will not significantly increase students’ workload above current course requirements, and it will support their educational outcomes,” the release reads. “Key program milestones, such as graduation, will stay on track.”

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Dalhousie students will be joined by student nurses, continuing care assistants and licensed practical nursing students and instructors from St. Francis Xavier University, Cape Breton University, Sainte-Anne University and Nova Scotia Community College.

Up to 1,500 students and instructors may be eligible to participate, the release states, and they will be fully supported on-site by instructors and other supervisors.

As of Friday, 26 long-term care facilities were closed for admissions due to the workforce shortage and there were 1,913 people on the long-term care waiting list, with 312 waiting in hospital.


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