This retired outpost nurse (25 years) absolutely assures you that having to be available , even by phone, IS NOT time off. Tied to the phone means no 4 hour hike, no driving out of town....being on the umbilical cord is not relaxing nor restive. It's a different form of being ready to go to work at a moment's notice..it Is another way to work.
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Naomi Mitcham
9 years ago
Nurses work hard, long hours and deserve a proper break. If they are not getting this it will be so difficult for them to do their jobs effectively.
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LU Des
9 years ago
Let's keep our nurses healthy by being respectful and giving them what they deserve.
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Erin Labonte
9 years ago
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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.
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Jocelyn Laveck
9 years ago
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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.
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Anonymous
9 years ago
Perhaps hiring some LPNs instead of just RNs would help!!
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Patricia Gill
9 years ago
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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.
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Brenda Weaver
9 years ago
I support our nurses be fair, get them the help they need pay them what they are worth, dont leave our people stranded to need more help later when something can be done now
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Anonymous
9 years ago
Take better care of our nurses - no excuses!
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Jia-Ying Chou
9 years ago
I Support Yukon's Community Nurses
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Marilyn stebner
9 years ago
So sad
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Louise Dixon
9 years ago
Just for safety there should always be 2 nurses on at all times
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Jacqueline Chambers
9 years ago
We need more permanent Nurses in all Community`s. Accidents happen when employees are continually over worked and burnt out.
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rick staley
9 years ago
Government needs to address this issue. It takes some work but there are solutions. One idea is to include EMS/Nursing combined professionals that have the dual responsibility in our rural communities. Volunteer EMS in some rural commuities are hard to find in some Yukon communities. Maybe it is time for a combined EMS/Nurse positions. BUT while working on this idea at least fulfil the promise to staff at least two nurse stations.
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Cindy
9 years ago
Our nurses are a vital here in the north.
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Jackie McNeill
9 years ago
Our communities matter! Hire more nurses/nurse practitioners now!!
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Anne
9 years ago
Nurses need support to support others.
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Sue Christianson
9 years ago
KEEP YOUR PROMISES! Hire nurses!! Don't keep putting Yukoners & tourists at risk!! And most of all - you are abusing the nurses - you wouldn't put up with this but yet you expect nurses to. They put up with it because they care about us! SHAME ON YOU!
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michael
9 years ago
I know that the nurses need more support from the Government in staff not just words.
This retired outpost nurse (25 years) absolutely assures you that having to be available , even by phone, IS NOT time off. Tied to the phone means no 4 hour hike, no driving out of town....being on the umbilical cord is not relaxing nor restive. It's a different form of being ready to go to work at a moment's notice..it Is another way to work.
Nurses work hard, long hours and deserve a proper break. If they are not getting this it will be so difficult for them to do their jobs effectively.
Let's keep our nurses healthy by being respectful and giving them what they deserve.
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.
Perhaps hiring some LPNs instead of just RNs would help!!
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.
I support our nurses be fair, get them the help they need pay them what they are worth, dont leave our people stranded to need more help later when something can be done now
Take better care of our nurses - no excuses!
I Support Yukon's Community Nurses
So sad
Just for safety there should always be 2 nurses on at all times
We need more permanent Nurses in all Community`s. Accidents happen when employees are continually over worked and burnt out.
Government needs to address this issue. It takes some work but there are solutions. One idea is to include EMS/Nursing combined professionals that have the dual responsibility in our rural communities. Volunteer EMS in some rural commuities are hard to find in some Yukon communities. Maybe it is time for a combined EMS/Nurse positions. BUT while working on this idea at least fulfil the promise to staff at least two nurse stations.
Our nurses are a vital here in the north.
Our communities matter! Hire more nurses/nurse practitioners now!!
Nurses need support to support others.
KEEP YOUR PROMISES! Hire nurses!! Don't keep putting Yukoners & tourists at risk!! And most of all - you are abusing the nurses - you wouldn't put up with this but yet you expect nurses to. They put up with it because they care about us! SHAME ON YOU!
I know that the nurses need more support from the Government in staff not just words.
Nurses should be getting the support they need.