'Kamloops has gotten help and Surrey has gotten help, from the government. Where the hell is our help?'
Nursing staff shortages and overcapacity patient workloads at University Hospital of Northern B.C. in Prince George are chasing nurses away from their jobs, according to the B.C. Nurses Union.
“These are seasoned, experienced nurses that have been in emergency a long time, they love the high rush and the adrenaline but they just can’t do it anymore, so they’re going to community jobs, nursing elsewhere,” said Danette Thomsen, northeast regional head of the BC Nurses Union.There are currently 50 vacant emergency room nursing positions in the Northern Health region.
“I was standing there thinking, nobody’s checked to see if anybody’s having heart pain,” she said. “I stood there as a nurse thinking, I hope nobody drops here. Somebody is going to die.” “We’re creating more issues than we’re solving,” said Thomsen. “We are seeing a ton of mental health patients. We need a mental health walk-in clinic or somewhere where they could be triaged separately or seen in a more therapeutic environment.”
“We have wanted those for about 25 years. Both California and Australia have implanted ratios and it’s been really successful in changing the workforce and they’ve had much better retention I those areas,” said Thomsen.
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