I'm from quebec/canada and OMG this is just out of control. I work in a labor-delivery, mother-baby care and intermediate care nicu ward and on one of the week-ends (evening shift), there are only 4 regular staff members to cover the whole 3 units !!!! we would need 10-13 nurses depending on the number of patients admitted.
nurses always have to double shifts (we are obligated to)
we are overworked, tired, stressed out and have no quality of life and no family time.....I'm just sooo close to abandon the prefession all together....(even though I love what I do)
Ah, the joys of socialized medicine....and everyone down here still seems to think it would be a good thing.
Socialized medicine would be a disaster in this country. Nurses wages would be driven down, not up, workloads would increase, and quality of care would be a thing of the past.
oslogirl
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Socialized medicine would be a disaster in this country. Nurses wages would be driven down, not up, workloads would increase, and quality of care would be a thing of the past.