Evaluating New Licensure Pathways for Internationally Educated Nurses (IENs)

Principal Investigators: Kathleen (Kate) Leslie, Patrick Chiu, Bukola Salami, Joy Peacock and Adedoyin Olanlesi-Aliu

Canadian nursing regulators have been under pressure to reform licensure processes and allow more qualified nurses into the healthcare system. In recent months, nursing regulators across Canada have rapidly implemented various strategies designed to streamline the licensure of IENs without sacrificing accuracy, safety, and quality. Through a pan-Canadian academic-practice-regulatory partnership, our team will evaluate the implementation of specific provincial regulatory reforms to generate the evidence needed to scale equity-focused IEN licensure and integration pathways across the country. Our project will generate the needed evidence to work toward less siloed and more equitable nursing regulatory policy for IENs in Canada.

For more information, contact Dr. Kathleen (Kate) Leslie at Athabasca University ↓

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Funder: CIHR Centre for Research on Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies