Promoting retention of healthcare professionals: The importance of mentorship modules
Keywords: HHR Crisis, Health Human Resources, Retention, Internationally Educated Health Professionals
Description: The unprecedented health human resource crisis and the impacts of COVID-19 have required creative solutions to retain health professionals. Mentorship is a key solution and is showing great promise for retaining health professionals, specifically Internationally Educated Health Professionals. In this webinar, speakers will describe the importance of mentorship modules for the retention of health professionals, best practices and lessons learned through the implementation of mentorship modules.
Learning Objectives:
Gain knowledge on the challenges nurses experience when integrating into health care organizations.
Discover how these challenges increase when integrating internationally educated nurses (IENs).
Apply practical, creative mentorship solution to your organization.
Speakers:
Dr. Catherine Baxter, Assistant Professor, Department of Nursing, Brandon University
Catherine Baxter has worked in nursing education for over twenty years in teaching and administrative positions. She has experience in curriculum design and development, accreditation, project management and program evaluation. Catherine is recognized nationally for her expertise in bridging education for internationally educated nurses.
Susanne Priest, Director of Nursing Retention Model of Care, Horizon Health Network
Susanne Priest is the Director of Nursing Retention Model of Care at Horizon Health Network. She obtained her Bachelors and Masters of Nursing from the University of New Brunswick and has worked in both the state of Maine and New Brunswick. Her early years of Nursing included Neonatal ICU, First Nations Community Health Nursing, 12 years with the Nursing Regulatory Body (NANB) and the Dept of Health (Palliative Care Coordinator). She re-joined HHN as the Director Nursing Retention Model of Care in July 2022 and has been leading a team of Nurse Mentor Coordinators.
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