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SaltWire's Atlantic regional weather forecast for October 31, 2023 | SaltWireCHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — Members of Health P.E.I.’s board say the continued recruitment of expensive off-Island nurses from a for-profit provider is frustrating but is ultimately needed to make sure the province has the staff it currently needs to operate.
"We met one in Alberton like an hour ago. I met one. She's being paid like $90-some dollars an hour to provide a service.… And our members are making between $30 and $40 an hour,” Brookins said. “How does that show any respect for the services and the people that are providing the services right now to Islanders?"
“Bringing in your one-off nurses that are going to pop in and pop back out again are not fixing the system," Brookins said.P.E.I. has consistently contracted close to 20 full-time travel nurses throughout 2023, according to Everton McLean, Health P.E.I.’s senior communications representative. Over the last two years, the province has spent more than $2 million to bring in private nurses from off-Island.Despite the substantial money spent on travel nurses, Health P.E.I. CEO Dr.
Brookins said one factor that contributes to the shortages is that almost half of the 1,400 nurses working within the system have chosen to work part-time instead of full-time.
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