Does Toronto hire non Filipino trained nurses?

[Xyrodon]

Hi everyone,

I'm a new RN (4 months in), I did by Kinesiology degree from York University, and now I have by Nursing degree from University of New Brunswick (Collab with Humber college). Most hospitals I have done placements in as well as my consolidation only had IENs from the Philippines. I am not from there, I am Canadian educated and I only speak English, not Tagalog. Most hospitals it seems mostly hire IEN's. Is there a reason for this?

[ShirleyMc]

Yep, it's true. In Alberta anyway, IEN are getting hired over experienced locally/provincially educated nurses (LPNs and RNs)...and getting away with it 9/10 times!  It's because health authorities are getting subsidized by the provincial and federal government to hire IENs.

Also health authorities can take advantage of IENs because there are too many nurses right now to fill any vacancies.  

So nurses are "sucking it up" by working in horrible working conditions with ridiculously heavy workloads, getting intimidated to not put in for OT even though they miss breaks or stay late to complete documentation. Worse, the quality and safety of pt care suffers because every nurse is trying to survive their shift.