Ontario Upskilling More Nurses to Work in Critical Care

The government is investing over $4.6 million in the Michener Institute through the Critical Care Nursing Upskilling Program to remove financial barriers for nurses wanting to upskill to work in critical care areas of hospitals. This is in addition to more than $9.4 million to support accelerated critical care nursing at Centennial College, Conestoga College, George Brown College, Laurentian University, Mohawk College and St. Lawrence College.

This funding supports accelerated critical care upskilling for registered nurses at 17 priority hospitals across the province and covers the costs of training nurses to provincially recognized critical care nurse training standards. 

Bolstering Ontario’s health care workforce, including critical care nurses, is a key element of the Plan to Stay Open. By implementing robust staffing initiatives, the government will ensure the needs of Ontarians are met, now and in the future.

News Release

EN: https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1002538/ontario-upskilling-more-nurses-to-work-in-critical-care

FR: https://news.ontario.ca/fr/release/1002538/lontario-prepare-un-plus-grand-nombre-de-professionnels-de-la-sante-a-travailler-dans-le-secteur-des-soins-intensifs