Recruitment and Retention
Although nurses provide vital services and nursing is an
exciting career option, we are in a serious situation provincially,
nationally and internationally. As the need for nurses increases,
the pool of available nurses continues to decline. Funding
cuts have resulted in unbearable working conditions and unhealthy
work environments. Poor staffing patterns resulting in heavy
workloads, and the lack of professional development opportunities,
have lead to an emotionally and physically exhausted nursing
workforce. The widespread forced move to part-time and casual
work has led to fragmented patient care and the disillusionment
of nurses with their profession.
In this section:
- Emigration
- Dramatic fluctuations in employment opportunities, driven
by funding cuts and short-sighted policy initiatives, led
many RNs to leave the province, the country and even the
profession over the past decade.
- Nursing
Shortage
- Nurses are critical for a healthy society and societal
trends are increasing the need for nurses.
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Nursing
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| RNAO held a media conference at Queen's
Park on February 23, 2001 ro release the results of a
survey of expatriate nurses. Earning Their Return:
When & Why Ontario RNs Left Canada and What Will Bring
Them Back. From left to right: Leigh Fairbrother,
RN and transplant nurse at Princess Magaret Hospital -
fresh from Chapel Hill, North Carolina where she worked
after leaving Ontario in1997 because no nursing positions
were available; former RNAO president Shirlee Sharkee
and executive director Doris Grinspun. |
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