“WRHA is committed to eliminating mandatory overtime, which is only used as a last resort when all other options have been exhausted to balance patient and staff safety,” said a spokesperson, noting WRHAis focused on reducing the existing nurse vacancy rate and lowering the number of overall overtime hours. “Those options include voluntary overtime, asking part-time nurses to pick up
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When Nikka Reyes moved to Winnipeg from the Philippines in 2015, she was hoping for a promising future working as a registered hemodialysis nurse. Eight years later, she’s a Canadian citizen, but the 34-year-old is living and working in Tennessee because she was unable to get accredited in Manitoba. She also wonders why provincial governments are going on recruiting trips
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When healthcare workers burn out and quit their jobs, the stakes are higher than when the Great Resignation hits some other industries.Healthcare’s Great Resignationcreates shortages in the vital healthcare workforce that can put patients at risk. New researchreleased today from OnePoll and connectRN illustrates just how harmful those resignations—and the staffing shortages they cause—can be. In a survey conducted with
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Staffing shortages are already top of mind for hospital and health system leaders. Now, a nursing degreeschemeadds a new layer to the issue, Dani Bowie, DNP, RN, who has expertise related to staffing models, toldBecker’s. Dr. Bowie, vice president of clinical strategy and transformation for San Francisco-based healthcare labor marketplace company Trusted Health, said situations like what has unfolded in
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A union frustrated by what it calls lack of action on ER nursing shortages has sent an open letter to Nova Scotia government officials on behalf of Halifax Infirmary nurses. The Nova Scotia Government and General Employees Union, which represents more than 3,200 nurses, sent the letter to Premier Tim Houston, Health Minister Michelle Thompson and Karen Oldfield, president and
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The federal government announced their proposal for investing in the health-care system, which includes increased funding for the Canada Health Transfer as well as the initiation of bilateral agreements with provinces and territories for further investments. Collaboration with provinces and territories will focus on four health priorities: expanding access to family health services, supporting health-care workers and reducing backlogs, improving
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HALIFAX- Groups representing nurses and doctors are welcoming the federal government’s health-care funding proposal but say some of the increase must be used to bolster staffing and improve primary care in a system where there is accountability in how the cash is spent. Linda Silas, president of the 200,000-member Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, said funding must be used to
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For years, Yakima County hospitals have had a symbiotic relationship with the nursing programs at area colleges. Schools have supplied the hospitals with new nurses every year, and in return, hospitals have provided students with opportunities to get real-world nursing experience while still in school. A shortage of nurses, which was greatly exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has contributed to
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“For us who Nurse, our Nursing is a thing, which, unless in it we are making progress every year, every month, every week, take my word for it we are going back. The more experience we gain, the more progress we can make.” — Florence Nightingale https://risingkashmir.com/nurses-role-model-for-global-healthcare
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With more than 1,000 overseas nurses moving to England every month, international recruitment continues to play an important role in addressing nurse shortages. Nursing Times explores what support is in place for these recruits and whether more needs to be done to ensure they are… https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/global-nursing/analysis-exploring-support-and-career-opportunities-for-overseas-nurses-03-11-2021/
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