No. SON faculty nor staff are not allowed to give references for ESN/HCA to students.
The Son ESN/HCA policy states that “reference letter will not be provided and clinical evaluations from instructors must not be used as references.” We highly encourage you to review this policy before submitting your ESN/HCA application. Health Authorities are aware and have been recently reminded of this SON policy.
What the SON provides instead, is a Letter of Good Standing (LoGS), after successful completion of Term (NURS 361) in the Nursing program, and after thorough review of students overall academic and practice performance and other assessments. Clinical Associates have been oriented to this, and they are also aware not to provide references for students.
In the interim, an example statement that you may wish to use in the reference section when submitting your application might be, “As per UBC School of Nursing policy, reference letter from the clinical instructor is not permitted and instead, a letter of good standing can be requested from the school.”