I really believe we have to build bridges between the more senior nurses and our recent graduates. I say this everywhere I go, here or at the health committee, this is not strictly under provincial or territorial jurisdiction. In the case of this project, we have been working with the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec. As for the other five projects we did with the federal government, we had people asking: “Why not us?”. It was not that they were considering what the province would ask for, it was an add-on linking recent graduates and experienced nurses. That is what is missing in the system. This link does not exist. Yet it is important.
On May 7th, 2013. See this statement in context.