Minister Frost finally stopped stalling and committed to hiring the additional nurses we demanded for our highway communities. It took relentless pressure to force action on those empty promises but we actually won. Stay alert because we will be watching to ensure these positions remain filled and our nurses stay …
September 28, 2017
Final supporters
Health & Social Services Minister Pauline Frost announced emphatically in the Legislative Assembly on May 23rd that the Yukon's Liberal Government will fully staff the territory's Community Health Centres for this summer's tourist season. Considering it's now mid June, we wonder how that will happen. While Yukon Employees' Union, Community Nurses and all of us who drive the highways recognize the urgent need, there has been no action and nurses still work in dangerous circumstances.
Nurses often work alone in small highway communities where they must be available 24/7 for weeks at a time with no relief. We know these nurses must sometimes work late into the night and report for duty first thing in the morning, day after day. Nurses are routinely exposed to violence and threats on the job, and are more prone to make errors when there is little hope of rest. With no respite, the work is exhausting both physically and mentally.
Yukon's Nurses were promised support in the ratification of Letter of Understanding M, designed to provide a second full time nurse in the two communities most consistently affected, Beaver Creek and Destruction Bay. Although that LOU came into effect with the current Collective Agreement January 1 2016, to date no more nurses have been hired.
We, the undersigned, urge the Government of Yukon to honour its commitment and do what is needed to fully staff our Community Health Centres. This is urgent, and affects all Yukon residents as well as thousands of visitors who travel our highways each year.
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Reached 250 supporters
July 12, 2017
July 11, 2017
Minister Frost is stalling while our nurses continue to work in dangerous isolation. We are almost at two hundred and fifty signatures and that number will force them to finally look at the mess they created. Post this link right now because we need to hit that target before they can claim another day of inaction.
Reached 100 supporters
June 15, 2017
105 Comments
I worked at the Whitehorse Health centre and with nurses who had worked in communities. They are far more than nurses: Parmadecis, police, counsellors, nutritionists..... and should be treated accordingly.
This is how Nurses become burnt out! What quality of life is it if you can not actively plan and enjoy events with family b/c "you have to be available/reachable". Healthcare across Canada needs to re-evaluate how staffing, on-call, and being mandated back to work is being misused/abused .People work to live... not live to work.
Please ensure this promise is kept and this urgent staffing need is met. Having lived in two Yukon communities I can attest to the extreme demands put on community nurses, especially over the summer months.
As a rural resident of the Yukon relying on the Carcross Health Centre for advice and treatment, I know how busy all the Centres are, especially in the summer. Please fully staff all our Community Health Centres.
I am a resident in beaver creek. A second nurse would be very beneficial for the communities. Our regular full time nurses are taking on too much responsibility without any relief. How can we expect them to be productive and efficient on a daily basis when they are on call 24/7 .
That is exactly why it is hard to get nurses to go to outposts. It is soooo undersupported. It is hard enough working in a hospital. The out post nurses work under dangerous conditions. No hosptial nurse would work 24/7 for weeks at a time. The Government of the Yukon won't pay the price for this. The patient and the nurses will. WAKE UP!!!!
Enough is enough . . . get the support they need put in place!
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Minister Frost finally stopped stalling and committed to hiring the additional nurses we demanded for our highway communities. It took relentless pressure to force action on those empty promises but we actually won. Stay alert because we will be watching to ensure these positions remain filled and our nurses stay …
September 28, 2017
Final supporters
Health & Social Services Minister Pauline Frost announced emphatically in the Legislative Assembly on May 23rd that the Yukon's Liberal Government will fully staff the territory's Community Health Centres for this summer's tourist season. Considering it's now mid June, we wonder how that will happen. While Yukon Employees' Union, Community Nurses and all of us who drive the highways recognize the urgent need, there has been no action and nurses still work in dangerous circumstances.
Nurses often work alone in small highway communities where they must be available 24/7 for weeks at a time with no relief. We know these nurses must sometimes work late into the night and report for duty first thing in the morning, day after day. Nurses are routinely exposed to violence and threats on the job, and are more prone to make errors when there is little hope of rest. With no respite, the work is exhausting both physically and mentally.
Yukon's Nurses were promised support in the ratification of Letter of Understanding M, designed to provide a second full time nurse in the two communities most consistently affected, Beaver Creek and Destruction Bay. Although that LOU came into effect with the current Collective Agreement January 1 2016, to date no more nurses have been hired.
We, the undersigned, urge the Government of Yukon to honour its commitment and do what is needed to fully staff our Community Health Centres. This is urgent, and affects all Yukon residents as well as thousands of visitors who travel our highways each year.
Updates
Reached 250 supporters
July 12, 2017
July 11, 2017
Minister Frost is stalling while our nurses continue to work in dangerous isolation. We are almost at two hundred and fifty signatures and that number will force them to finally look at the mess they created. Post this link right now because we need to hit that target before they can claim another day of inaction.
Reached 100 supporters
June 15, 2017
105 Comments
We have a nurse living IN OUR COMMUNITY, that can't get a job nursing in our hospital. They want her to get 2 YEARS experience in Whitehorse to be able to work in Watson. Even though she was employed at the hospital for 8 years previous to and during her schooling.
I worked at the Whitehorse Health centre and with nurses who had worked in communities. They are far more than nurses: Parmadecis, police, counsellors, nutritionists..... and should be treated accordingly.
This is how Nurses become burnt out! What quality of life is it if you can not actively plan and enjoy events with family b/c "you have to be available/reachable". Healthcare across Canada needs to re-evaluate how staffing, on-call, and being mandated back to work is being misused/abused .People work to live... not live to work.
Please ensure this promise is kept and this urgent staffing need is met. Having lived in two Yukon communities I can attest to the extreme demands put on community nurses, especially over the summer months.
As a rural resident of the Yukon relying on the Carcross Health Centre for advice and treatment, I know how busy all the Centres are, especially in the summer. Please fully staff all our Community Health Centres.
I am a resident in beaver creek. A second nurse would be very beneficial for the communities. Our regular full time nurses are taking on too much responsibility without any relief. How can we expect them to be productive and efficient on a daily basis when they are on call 24/7 .
That is exactly why it is hard to get nurses to go to outposts. It is soooo undersupported. It is hard enough working in a hospital. The out post nurses work under dangerous conditions. No hosptial nurse would work 24/7 for weeks at a time. The Government of the Yukon won't pay the price for this. The patient and the nurses will. WAKE UP!!!!
Enough is enough . . . get the support they need put in place!
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We have a nurse living IN OUR COMMUNITY, that can't get a job nursing in our hospital. They want her to get 2 YEARS experience in Whitehorse to be able to work in Watson. Even though she was employed at the hospital for 8 years previous to and during her schooling.