Solving the nursing crisis is key to public health care survival in Ontario. Further erosion of our public health care system is all but guaranteed unless urgent action is taken, starting with addressing the nursing shortage. Opinion by NurseEnxhi
This has been the underlying theme of this series; repeatedly iterated from varying angles, resolving any debate on the contribution, value and necessity of nurses to health care.
First steps have been taken toward that end by government initiatives aimed at expanding nursing school availability and placements, as well as recruitment initiatives for rural and long-term care nursing roles. Given that the results of these initiatives will not be evident for a few years, however, it seems that our health care situation will continue to get worse before it gets better.
Globally, we are facing a future in which health care will serve an even more pivotal role as the additional factor of climate change threatens our societies with environmental toxins, natural disasters, and novel viruses. Health-care workers will be relied on for recovery during inevitable future crises; the only hope, though, is that there are enough of us left in the field to provide that support. It is a bleak reality, but too important to trivialize.
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