Rural Nurses
Working extra hours on a weekly basis as they say our staffing profile is adequate is not fair. As a NM, it is frustrating trying to roster staff when there is NO staff available and you constantly have to beg staff to work extra shifts to ensure patients are provided with adequate and safe nursing care. This is not fair to the patients and to the nursing staff especially when patients complain that they are not getting care they expected. Clinical hours roll into management days as there are vacancies to be covered and yet the government expects accreditation standards to met. Please come and work on the ground so that you will see how dire staffing is. We need more staff on the ground. We need more funding to hire nursing staff and incentives to keep staff.