Nurse retention crisis requires action plan to address workplace violence, says nursing organizations

Canada is in need of a pan-Canadian health human resource action plan to address a workforce crisis in the health-care sector, according to health and nursing organizations.

Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos announced on March 25 a $2-billion one-time top-up to provinces and territories through the Canada Health Transfer. The announcement was intended to address a backlog of nearly 700,000 medical procedures that were cancelled or delayed during the pandemic.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY JESSE CNOCKAERT

April 25, 2022

Health-care organizations are pushing for the federal government to step in with an action plan to address a workforce retention crisis, which has been worsened by escalating verbal and physical abuse directed towards health-care provi...

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