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Originally Posted by Bleeding Red
Those are 2 separate issues - a) hiring more new nurses and b) more money for current nurses.
For B, it is not a wage freeze and is not just for nurses. ON public sector wages are capped at 1% increases per year. (not here to debate if it is good policy or not.) Wage increases for nurses does not solve the issues of burnout, overtime, up-training (My understanding is ER & ICU nurses have special training). The government (and it's partner organizations) has given out COVID & retention bonuses to nurses (and others).
For A, fast tracking the credentials for 14,000 nurses trained in foreign countries should be top priority - they want to work in the system at the current wage. That would go a long way to solving the side issues - burnout & overtime.
Also, some of the rules seem nuts - I think the ratio of ICU nurses to ICU patients has to be 1:2. There could be 10 beds, but there is only 2 nurses, then 6 beds stay empty. Maybe consider increasing the ratio a bit?
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I'm just wondering about the mechanics of fast tracking for skilled Immigrants. I would think that especially with Doctors and Nurses and Health That there's a nightmare of verification and backchecks that have to happen.
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