A recent study found that while 67 per cent of practical nurses in the province of Ontario have never been more proud to be a nurse, 71 per cent also say they have experienced a breaking point over the past several months. The pandemic has worsened the mental health toll and financial stressors they face…
Author of the article: Postmedia Staff
Publishing date: Jan 15, 2021 • January 15, 2021 • 1 minute read •
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Bluewater Health has teamed up with a group of community partners in order to help support retirement and long-term care homes affected by outbreaks of COVID-19. The hospital has partnered with Home and Community Care, Ontario Health, long-term care and retirement home representatives and Lambton Public Health in order to create a response team that will provide supports, resources and assistance to local homes that have increased needs, moving out of the green ‘proactive’ status to yellow or red.
Currently, Bluewater Health resources are being deployed at two care homes in the county, providing urgent support for infection prevention and control, risk assessment audits, assisting with the management of COVID-positive residents, swabbing residents and staff while also sharing processes, protocols and checklists. Shared support staff
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Over 12,000 health care workers have signed the ‘Stop Gouging Health Care Workers’ petition created by Christina Gower, a Registered Psychiatric nurse.
The petition is fighting to decrease the cost of fees required for Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN), Registered Nurses (RN), Registered Psychiatric Nurses and Nurse Practitioners in BC to continue working.
The yearly cost of fees for a nurse in BC depends on their classification, however, according to Gower the near 9,000 LPN’s in BC are hit the hardest by the fees.
“It costs around $2,600 for me to work a year,” she explained, “my Union dues are about $1,800 a year, I’m paying the college $515 a year, then $164 to join the association and get insured.”