Charting the OT overload driving many nurses from the job - CBC.ca

8/10/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 8 months ago
As emergency rooms in some parts of Canada reduce their hours due to staffing shortages, analysts warn the system is buckling. Data from Statistics Canada shows the rise in overtime among nurses predates the pandemic, and it has only gotten worse.
After months without a break, Linda Boutillier, an emergency room nurse in Dartmouth, N.S., took a much-needed vacation earlier this summer. But she received a call nearly every day to come back to… [+3835 chars]
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