Increased support for transition to practice for new nursing graduates

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) advocate to the Ontario government for increased funding for universal nurse residency programs such as but not limited to the Nursing Graduate Guarantee (NGG) program, and the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) Nursing Residency Program for Registered Nurses, to support new nursing graduates’ transition to practice in all practice areas and 

THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that RNAO work collaboratively with other nursing stakeholders to identify strategies for supporting new nurse transition to practice in response to disrupted learning opportunities exacerbated by the COVID 19 pandemic