NS offers paid training to improve the skills of permanent care assistants
The government of Nova Scotia is offering to pay to train 25 continuing care assistants to become licensed practice nurses. In return, the newly licensed practice nurses must agree to continue working in continuing care for a minimum of two years.
The program is expected to cost $600,000 and will begin in January
The government of Nova Scotia is offering to pay to train 25 continuing care assistants to become licensed practice nurses.
In exchange for covering the cost of upgrading their skills, the new licensed practical nurses must agree to continue working in continuing care for at least two years.
Barbara Adams, the minister for seniors and long-term care, said on Tuesday the pilot project will be structured so that permanent care assistants can continue to work while studying part-time.
“These students will have a new advantage of taking their courses online for the next two and a half years,” said Adams. “They just need to come to the NSCC campus in person for their labs.”
Adams said that while the project is only in the pilot phase, she’s confident it will prove its worth.
“I definitely know it’s going to work,” she said. “It will be great.”
The county estimates that the cost of running the program – which is expected to start in January – will be about $600,000.
