Strengthening Nursing
For over a decade, Ontario’s registered nurses have
faced growing challenges. Stop-go funding, unstable employment,
increased casualization of work, and rapidly rising workloads
have led many RNs to leave the province, the country and even
the profession.
By 1999, the situation had reached crisis proportions, and
the Ontario government committed itself to funding 12,000
permanent nursing positions. In recent years, the government
has begun to reinvest in nursing and rebuild the profession.
Its $50M nursing strategy will help address key problems in
the profession.
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| On January 29, 2004, nursing graduates
Christine Weeden (middle left), and Heather Bryan (middle
right) joined Nickel Belt NDP MPP Shelley Martel (right)
and RNAO president Joan Lesmond at the Queen's Park media
studio to share their stories of struggle finding full-time
work in Ontario. |
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