Nurses were a hot topic on medical Twitter this past weekend when the ophthalmologist and comedian known as Dr. Glaucomflecken posed a hypothetical scenario to healthcare professionals: What would you ask your hospital’s chief medical officer for if you could request one change that they would have to make (besides more money for yourself)? “Can I ask for more money for the
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“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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Every decision by the government (or anyone else) comes with costs. Making good decisions is a matter of looking squarely at all the costs and benefits and choosing wisely in their light. One lesson of the COVID-19 pandemic is the importance and difficulty of accountingfor all the costs of agency actions in emergency situations. The ongoing vaccine mandate forhealth care workersis a
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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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When the pandemic emergency declarations end on May 11, so too will covid-era government subsidies. And when that happens, perhaps no industry will be more affected than the nursing home industry. That’s why the American Health Care Association (AHCA) is sounding the alarm. The group, which which represents thousands of nursing homes, warned this week that more than half of all nursing
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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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