Nearly two-and-a-half years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, one front-line nurse says emergency rooms are stretched thin amid constant staffing shortages.
Statistics Canada reported
A survey conducted by the Canadian Union of Public Employees this year found that 87 per cent of 2,600 registered practical nurses in hospitalsafter facing poor working conditions and abuse from patients' families. The ICU nurse said she had to pull a 16-hour shift last week as there was no other nurse to take over caring for a critically ill patient.
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