Mila, who has cerebral palsy, still required the care of a home nurse, as she recovered last fall from having a tracheotomy — a surgical opening in the throat to help her breath. But there were no home nurses available. So, due to staffing shortages and cracks in the health care system — but not due to medical need —
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The head of the Winnipeg’shealth authoritysays the health-care system isbeginning to see the benefits ofprovincial financial incentives announced months agoto help address Manitoba nursing shortages. The province announced $200-million last fall to hire 2,000 more health-care workers, provide a range of incentives to keep workers in Manitoba and toattract others to work in the province. Health Minister Audrey Gordon said
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Thenurse practitioner position is the number one best healthcare job in 2023for several reasons. There have been nursing shortages in the U.S. before, but this one is different in many ways. I have already seen nursing shortages, first in the late 1980s and again at the beginning of this decade. Experts say the current nursing shortage is culminating in the
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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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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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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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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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ShiftMed, a healthcare workforce management marketplace, announced yesterday that it has raised $200 million to expand its footprint and grow its acute, in-home, and health system service lines. The funding was led by Panoramic Ventures with participation from Blue Heron Capital and Audacious Capital. The company reports that it has raised a total of $250 million to date. Unlike many
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