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JGH welcomes—and educates—Cree student nurses
Pulse (Winter 2009) - Visit our Publications page
PHOTO: Seated, from left: Theresa Bosum; Sylvie Grignon, a nurse at Chibougamau Hospital and nursing teacher at the Centre for Collegiate Studies in Chibougamau; Sonia Bosum. Standing, from left: Sandra Shecapio, Anika Vachon and Joyce Certosini.
Add another the language to the dozens that have been heard in the corridors of the Jewish General Hospital. The newcomer is Cree, including a greeting that was extended for the first time in the Block Amphitheatre on Nov. 9: “Moos dabwehimsoo”, or “Always believe in yourself”. The greeting was offered by Cree Deputy Grand Chief, Ashley Iserhoff to 16 Cree nursing students from the Centre for Collegiate Studies in Chibougamau, who along with their supervisors were hosted at the JGH by the Department of Nursing.
Thus began clinical training in the first program of its kind, offering Cree nursing students, who are not fluent in French, an opportunity to fulfill their stages in English at the JGH or at St. Mary’s Hospital, in partnership with the McGill University Health Centre. The three institutions have since spring worked closely in partnership with both the Chibougamau Centre and CEGEP St. Felicien to bring this program to fruition. In their seven days’ total training in Montreal, the students gained experience in eldercare, acute care, medical care, obstetrics and pediatrics.
While the program took the students far from their homes in James Bay South and Naskapi (near the Labrador-Quebec border), Deputy Grand Chief Iserhoff counseled them to draw strength from their families, from one another, and from within: “Continue to reach for your aspirations, even when you face obstacles, or are discouraged by others or by voices in your head. You must always encourage each other; you must listen to your teachers, to the family who care about and love you.”
The nursing students benefit from completing the clinical portion of the program in a major city. They are exposed to the large number of specialties practiced in larger hospitals, which ultimately will help them build a broad and solid clinical experience.
Solange Piché, of the Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay, said, “You must think about merging your culture and what you have learned ‘down south’. The technique for giving an injection is the same, but it is very important that you adapt your approach to the community.” Ms. Piché went on to explain that the nurse’s task in outpost clinics that lack doctors “is to learn techniques in hospitals, how to give treatments to patients, how to build a good therapeutic plan. But once you are in your community, you will not necessarily be performing all of these techniques. What’s more important is to have a holistic view of the patient.”
“In the course of your time here, you will see and meet patients, families and staff in an richly diverse and multicultural environment,” the students were told by Marsha Ptack, the JGH Coordinator of student placements and nursing recruitment, who, along with Estelle Kalfon, Head Nurse and Joyce Certosini, Assistant Head Nurse on 6North, were present to welcome the students. “Our 1,400 nurses are immersed in the McGill model of nursing, and you will see how theory has been turned into practice. Equal attention is paid to patients and their families, who care for patients as they regain their health and are re-integrated into the family after being discharged from the hospital.”
The students, each paired with one nurse, followed a single patient during their stage and performed primary care including injections, medication and hygiene. “Take the opportunity to ask the questions you wondered about during your studies,” Ms. Ptack advised. “In a stage, you also learn what you don’t know. Since we are teaching institutions, our nurses are trained not to simply supply you with answers, but to guide you in finding the answers yourselves.”
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