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Nurse Associations

Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada
56 Sparks Street, Suite 502
Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5A9
Tel: (613) 724-4677
Fax: (613) 724-4718
E-mail: info@anac.on.ca
Internet: http://www.anac.on.ca/

Association for Australian Rural Nurses
The Secretariat
P.O. Box 327 Deakin West
ACT 2600
Australia
E-mail: info@aarn.asn.au
Internet: http://www.aarn.asn.au

Canadian Nurses Association
50 Driveway,
Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1E2
Tel: (613) 237-2133 or 1-800-361-8404
Fax: (613) 237-3520
E-mail: info@cna-aiic.ca
Internet: http://www.cna-nurses.ca/cna/default_e.aspx

Information for international nurses applicants about nursing in Canada
Internet: http://www.cna-nurses.ca/CNA/nursing/becoming/
international/default_e.aspx

Rural Nurse Organization
Capstone College of Nursing
University of Alabama
P.O. Box 870358
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0358
E-mail: rno@bama.ua.edu
Internet: http://www.rno.org/


Government Programs

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First Nations and Inuit Health - Employment Opportunities - Health Canada
Office of Nursing Services
First Nations and Inuit Branch
Health Canada
Address Locator 1920C
Jeanne Mance Building
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9
Tel: 1-800-267-3367
Internet: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fnih-spni/services/nurs-infirm/empl/
index_e.html

Provincial

Healthjobs.ab.ca - Alberta
Contact us: http://www.healthjobs.ab.ca/contact.shtml
Internet: http://www.healthjobs.ab.ca/

Health Match BC - Information for nurses - British Columbia
This program is designed to help remote and rural communities attract and retain qualified nurses. It acts as a one-stop matching service for both communities and nurses.
For more information contact:
Health Match British Columbia
Suite 200, 1333 West Broadway
Vancouver, BC V6H 4C6
Tel.: (604) 736-5920
Fax: (604) 736-5963
E-mail: recruit@healthmatchbc.org
Internet: http://www.healthmatchbc.org/HMBC_nurses.asp?pageid=26

Nurses Recruitment - Manitoba
Internet: http://web3.gov.mb.ca/healthcareers/main.jsp?portal=2

NWT Health and Social Services - Nurses in the NWT
Department of Health and Social Services
Government of the Northwest Territories
P.O. Box 1320
Yellowknife, NT X1A 2L9
Internet: http://www.hlthss.gov.nt.ca/Careers/Nurses/nurse.asp

Nova Scotia's Nursing Strategy
Nova Scotia Department of Health
Joseph Howe Bldg, 1690 Hollis St
P.O. Box 488, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 2R8
Tel: (902) 424-0122
Fax: (902) 424-6690
E-mail: NursingStrategy@gov.ns.ca
Internet: http://www.gov.ns.ca/health/nursing/

Ontario's Nurse Practitioner Initiative
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Alternative Payment Programs Branch
Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Program Branch
310 Bagot Street, 2nd Floor
Kingston, Ontario K7K 3B5
Tel : (613) 544-5787
Fax : (613) 650-3067
Internet: http://www.health.gov.on.ca/english/providers/project/
nursepract/practitioners_mn.html

Nursing Recruitment and Retention Strategy - Prince Edward Island
This strategy aims to ensure an adequate supply of nurses now and in future while enhancing the quality of work life for Prince Edward Island nurses. For more information, contact:

PEI Department of Health and Social Services
P.O. Box 2000
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
C1A 7N8
Tel.: (902) 368-4927
Internet: http://www.gov.pe.ca/infopei/index.php3?number=1006315⟨=E

Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program - Nurses Category
Saskatchewan Advanced Education and Employment
Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program
Immigration Branch
Room 300, 1942 Hamilton Drive
Regina, SK 2C5
Tel: (306) 798-7467
Fax: (306) 798-0713
E-mail: immigration@gov.sk.ca
Internet: http://www.aee.gov.sk.ca/immigration/sinp/
nursing_category.shtml

Yukon Department of Health and Social Sciences - Community Nursing
Health Services Branch H-2
P.O. Box 2703
Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 2C6
Tel: (867) 667-5622
Fax: (867) 393-6486
E-mail: communitynursing@gov.yk.ca
Internet: http://www.hss.gov.yk.ca/programs/nursing/

Books and Journal Articles

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Boulanger, Marion.
My home community: as a First Nations member I always knew my career choice would be based on returning home to work with my people.
Canadian Nurse, March 1998, 94 no. 3 p. 53-4.

Suzanne Caty, Raymond Pong, Dianne Stewart and Isabelle Michel.
The 1998 Cohort of Graduates of the Nurse Practitioner Education Program: Their Experiences, Views and Career Plans: Exit Survey Report. Sudbury, Ontario: Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research, Laurentian University, 1999.

Cosh, Colby.
Here comes super-nurse: A new kind of relief is on the way for rural areas with no doctors
Alberta Report, August 26, 1996, p. 10-11.

The Development of a Multistakeholder Framework/Index of Rurality: Final report to Health Canada Rural and Remote Health Innovations Initiative
Canadian Nurses Association, Canadian Medical Association, Society of Rural Physicians, Canadian Pharmacists Association. February, 2003.
Internet: http://cna-aiic.ca/CNA/documents/pdf/publications/
Final_Report_e.pdf

Krein, S.L.
The employment and use of nurse practitioners and physician assistants by rural hospitals.
The Journal of Rural Health, 1997, 13(1), p. 45-58.

Moulton, Donalee.
Patient's choice: Doctor or nurse practitioner?
Canadian Medical Association Journal, May 2, 2000, 162:1338.
Internet: http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/162/9/1338?maxtoshow=
&HITS;=10&hits;=10&RESULTFORMAT;=&fulltext;=
choice&searchid;=1048191386422_2894&stored;_search=
&FIRSTINDEX;=0&volume;=162&issue;=9&journalcode;=cmaj

The Nature of Nursing Practice in Rural and Remote Canada
Internet: http://ruralnursing.unbc.ca/

Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care.
The official journal of the Rural Nurse Organization.
Internet: http://www.rno.org/journal/index.htm

Ryan, Beth.
Rural medicine: What role should nurse practitioners play?
Canadian Medical Association Journal, July 14, 1998, 159:68-9.
Internet: http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/abstract/159/1/68?
maxtoshow=&HITS;=10&hits;=10&RESULTFORMAT;=&fulltext;
=rural&searchid;=1051277237932_917&stored;_search=&FIRSTINDEX;=
0&volume;=159&issue;=1&journalcode;=cmaj

Supply and Distribution of Registered Nurses in Rural and Small Town Canada, 2000
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Internet: http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/
dispPage.jsp?cw_page=AR_28_E&cw;_topic=28

Way, Daniel, Linda Jones, Bruce Baskerville and Nick Busing.
Primary health care services provided by nurse practitioners and family physicians in shared practice
Canadian Medical Association Journal, October 30, 2001, 165:(9).
Internet: http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/165/9/1210?
maxtoshow=&HITS;=10&hits;=10&RESULTFORMAT;=
&titleabstract;=nurse+recruit&searchid;=
1051278183328_960&stored;_search=&FIRSTINDEX;=
10&fdate;=1/1/2000&journalcode;=cmaj

Worster, Andrew, Arlene Sardo, Christine Thrasher, Christopher Fernandes and Elaine Chemeris.
Understanding the role of nurse practitioners in Canada
Canadian Journal Rural Medicine, 2005, 10(2):(89-94).
Internet: http://www.cma.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/43590/
la_id/1.htm


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