NL Health Services Welcomes New Nurses from Jamaica

Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services is pleased to welcome 13 nurses from Jamaica who will soon begin work at health-care facilities across the province.

Since arriving in Newfoundland and Labrador in May, the nurses completed practical nursing courses at the Centre for Nursing Studies to bridge the training they received in Jamaica as Enrolled Assistant Nurses.

On June 10, they begin two weeks of supervised clinical practice in the long-term care setting within the Eastern Urban zone in St. John’s; followed by a six-week clinical practice preceptorship with licensed practical nurses at sites from St. John’s to Happy Valley-Goose Bay, after which they will be employed as LPNs at those sites.