COVID-19 pandemic. Internationally trained nurses to work in Ontario hospitals to ease staffing crunch Shaji’s last step is to complete 400 hours of practical work, which she has been doing at London Health Sciences Centre in cardiac care at University Hospital.“I was really nervous because all I have is like my practicum experience from my nursing program back home.
But it was such a nice transition, I would say, because everybody was so welcoming,” she told Global News on Wednesday.I feel so lucky to actually start in a hospital setting because that’s where you see a variety of things and you see a lot to learn.” Undocumented health workers want access to permanent resident program The 29-year-old graduated in India in 2015 and moved to Canada the same year on a student permit, taking courses in clinical care nursing and recreation therapy at Confederation College in Thunder Bay.She first focused on obtaining her permanent residency, which she did in 2020, but she technically began filing some of the paperwork for her nursing licensing process as early as 2017.The final step has been to accrue practical experience, which she has through LHSC’s recent involvement with CARE Centre for Internationally Educated Nurses.
Shaji heard about the program through friends and then found information about it on the College of Nurses of Ontario’s website only a few months back.It’s actually the first time that LHSC has been part of the process for internationally-educated nurses to receive their license, though the hospital network has hired many over the years after they’ve been licensed.Sarah Smith, manager of clinical educators and nurse interns, said Shaji is among a group of 13 that started on Dec.