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Premier Tim Houston announced that all nurses graduating from Nova Scotia universities and Nova Scotia Community College over the next five years will be offered employment in the province.All nurses from this year up to 2026 who wish to work in Nova Scotia will be guaranteed employment with Nova Scotia Health the IWK Health Center or the Continuing Care sector. They will have information on the opportunities available and will receive a job offer.We are taking great steps to solve the problems in the health care sector in Nova Scotia said Premier Tim Houston. All nursing graduates from a Nova Scotia institution within the next five years will receive a permanent job offer to work here. I want nursing students to know that we dont take them for granted and I hope this shows how much we hold them in high regard and value their skills their energy and their importance. to their compassion. Each year nearly 700 RNs and Licensed Practical Nurses graduate in Nova Scotia.The Health Professionals Recruitment Office will oversee the initiative in question.QuotesNurses are needed in many areas throughout Nova Scotia. It is partly because of this that I want to become a nurse. Knowing that I will have a guaranteed job offer to work in Nova Scotia when I graduate takes some of the strain off me as I complete my studies. This is the kind of progressive thinking we need to keep new nursing graduates in the province.Anika Daclan Dalhousie University Nursing Society Co-Chair and Nursing StudentI have been a registered nurse for 30 years and I remember when I was a student and about to graduate. There are many factors to consider when it comes to the workplace. As the next generation of nursing students consider their options we want them to know that there are many job opportunities in various industries and regions right here in Nova Scotia. There is a place for it in our health care system.Michelle Thompson Minister of Health and WellnessQuick FactsNursing students are educated at Dalhousie University St. Francis Xavier University Cape Breton University Universit Sainte-Anne and Nova Scotia Community College.Approximately 450 RNs and approximately 250 Licensed Practical Nurses graduate from institutions in Nova Scotia each year.Minister Thompsons mandate letter includes a commitment to improve the recruitment of health professionals.The Health Professionals Recruitment Office focuses its efforts on the recruitment and retention of physicians nurses continuing care auxiliaries paramedics and other health professionals.
