Skip to main content

RVH extern program eases staffing strain while providing students hands-on experience

Share

A unique program is helping ease the staffing strain at Simcoe County's largest hospital by giving students interested in the health care industry hands-on experience.

Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) in Barrie has hired 116 nursing students and others in similar health care fields for its extern program.

"Everybody is benefitting from the extra hands where there aren't any," said Taylor Vaissair, RVH extern.

Clinical externs check vitals, deliver meals, keep patients company and help to expand a regional and provincial staffing crisis.

The program places externs in various departments and can lead to full-time positions.

"We have had lots of feedback, and that's given them a glimpse into hiring those clinical externs or earmarking those excelling," noted Stephanie Crampton, RVH professional practice and education manager.

So far, dozens of nursing and paramedic positions have been filled due to the program.

CTVNews.ca Top Stories

Do these exercises for core strength if you can't stomach doing planks

Planks are one of the most effective exercises for strengthening your midsection, as they target all of your major core muscles: the transverse abdominis, rectus abdominis, external obliques and internal obliques. Yet despite the popularity of various 10-minute plank challenges, planking is actually one of the most dreaded core exercises, according to many fitness experts.

Stay Connected