Dozens of nurses from as far away as Algeria, Cameroon and Mauritius are currently in training across the province to come and lend a hand to our health system.
The labor shortage in the health sector is a serious challenge for our political leaders and the managers of the public network who are seeking by all means to unclog emergency rooms in the metropolitan area as well as to offer adequate services. to the population of the regions.
One of these means is the recognition of the skills of immigrants, which the government outlined in December 2021, then the details, two months later, with regard to immigrants trained in nursing in their country.
1000 nurses to be recruited
Quebec has thus launched a recruitment program for 1,000 international nurses likely to settle and pursue their careers here.
Since then, the program has taken shape with the first 200 candidates to arrive on Quebec soil and the start of their refresher training prescribed by the Order of Nurses of Quebec (OIIQ) to enable them to obtain their exercise with us.
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The members of this first cohort were sent to perfect their knowledge in CEGEPs in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in the Bas-Saint-Laurent, on the Côte-Nord, in Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, in the Nord-du -Quebec, Outaouais and Saguenay-Lac Saint-Jean.
They were recruited in a multitude of countries where French is spoken, namely in Algeria, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Haiti, Mauritius, Lebanon, Madagascar, Morocco, Tunisia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Senegal.
Three other cohorts of 200 to 300 people will follow this winter, spring and next fall, for a total of approximately 1,000 new nurses authorized to work in our health establishments.
Work while studying
The program is not without interest. Those selected can work part-time as orderlies during their training and full-time during school holidays.
They receive an allowance of $500 per week during their training, for child care and transportation costs.
Then, they can settle in Quebec “accompanied by their immediate family, that is to say their child(ren) and their spouse, who will receive an open work permit”, according to what was announced in February 2022.
For teachers in Quebec, training this cohort is a significant human experience. “It’s very rewarding,” confirms Jade Néron, nurse clinician and nursing educator.
A Cameroonian realizes a dream after being recruited in Quebec
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A Cameroonian currently undergoing refresher training in Val d’Or is realizing a dream after being recruited in Quebec to make up for the lack of nurses.
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A thirst for adventure that leads him to Abitibi
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It was the thirst for adventure that prompted a 27-year-old Moroccan nurse to leave the fine sands of the seaside resort of Agadir to take the plunge towards the snowy region of Val-d’Or, in Abitibi.
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Luck smiles on a French nurse
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It was a draw that allowed a young French nurse to come and lend a hand to the staff of the surgery department of the De Lanaudière Hospital Center, in Saint-Charles-Borromée, near Joliette.
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Teachers just as disoriented as their students
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The arrival of foreign nurses in Quebec is not only a change of scenery for these new arrivals, but also for the teachers responsible for their upgrading.
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An arrival in the country that is not lacking in challenges
Faced with the significant shortage of personnel in the health network, 37 nurses have settled in the Bas-Saint-Laurent in recent months to lend a hand to caregivers, but certain issues have complicated their arrival.
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In training to save lives
Photo Agency QMI, Simon Dessureault
A licensed practical nurse from Lanaudière of Cameroonian origin undertook to perfect her knowledge at CEGEP in order to attain the status of nurse to save lives.
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Accepted immediately in Gaspésie
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At 29, Hayet Tazairt chose to leave Algeria, where she had been a nurse for six years, hoping to be able to settle in Gaspésie and make a living from her profession.
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