The following list of resources for financial assistance will be updated periodically for your convenience, but should not be relied upon as authoritative. Please contact the sources provided for complete information.
Columbia Institute
The Columbia Institute scholarships program is designed to support the financial needs of adult learners interested in re-training and skills development.
University of Alberta
Scholarships are awarded annually by the Alberta Centre on Aging to a student registered full time in a graduate degree program related to gerontology or geriatrics.
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Nurses Foundation This non-profit organization provides financial assistance to eligible nurses who wish to further their education in nursing. Assistance may be in the form of a bursary or loan.
Saskatchewan Health Bursary Program Bursaries offered to LPNs and RNs wishing to upgrade their skills and knowledge level in perioperative nursing and to RNs wishing to upgrade their skills and knowledge in basic critical care.
Manitoba
Foundation for Registered Nurses of Manitoba Inc. The foundation offers bursaries for students in post-diploma baccalaureate, master’s and doctoral studies, as well as post-RN clinical specialty courses. Manitoba nurses who have successfully completed a CNA specialty certification exam may apply for partial reimbursement.
The Ottawa Hospital Clinical certification funding is approved prior to writing the spring examinations and awarded after the candidate passes the exam. Half of the CNA fee will be reimbursed
de Souza Institute
Reimbursement opportunities are available to participants who pass specified de Souza courses in 2013. For more information, click the links below:
Association of Registered Nurses of Prince Edward Island Awards in the following categories: Continuing Education Fund, Outstanding Achievement Award, scholarships
Newfoundland and Labrador
Association of Registered Nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador Education and research trust:Continuing education bursaries are awarded annually to assist nurses to achieve CNA certification or certification renewal.
Eastern Health Financial support offered for obtaining CNA certification. Eastern Health includes: Carbonear General Hospital, Carbonear; Dr. A.A. Wilkinson Memorial Health Centre, Old Perlican; Placentia Health Centre, Placentia; Dr. W.H. Newhook Community Health Centre, Whitbourne; Harbour Lodge Nursing Home, Carbonear; Interfaith Citizens Home, Carbonear.
CSPI urges mandatory calorie and sodium information on menus
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Influenza is a serious illness that disproportionately affects certain populations who have a higher risk of complications. Influenza immunization, as the most effective method of preventing the flu, allows health-care workers to protect themselves, their families and those in their care.
Have You Thought About the Social Determinants of Health?
The health of Canadians is not shaped primarily by the medical treatments they receive or the lifestyle choices they make but by the living conditions they experience. These conditions have come to be known as the social determinants of health.
This module seeks to build on the timely information provided in earlier CNA documents and to explore why it is increasingly critical that nurses be aware and concerned about environmental issues.
The resources within this section are offered to inform your cultural awareness, competency, and safety so as to enhance your capabilities to work with your clients in addressing their health and wellness needs
CNA's Learning Modules: Bringing the Code of Ethics to Life
Provides a convenient way to become familiar with the values and responsibilities at the heart of ethical nursing practice and to see how they are applied in everyday working scenarios.
CNA
gives a health-care facility the Employer Recognition Award for showing
exemplary, sustained support of the certification program and CNA-certified
registered nurses (RNs)…
Pause before you post! Exploring the Ethics of Social Media
This webinar will explore the impact that new technologies can have on patient privacy and confidentiality, patient care, professional boundaries and the reputations of nurses and the organizations in which they work.
Guidelines provide a framework for the implementation of evidence-based care, and this learning exercise helps you learn more about guidelines and how they can benefit patients.
Evidence-informed decision-making: Health care's crème de la crème
Evidence comes in many forms: individual research studies, systematic reviews, clinical practice guidelines, results of quality improvement studies, and more.
What is certification?
