Show me a
plan, if there is one, to ensure New Brunswick doesn't have a critical
shortage of nurses down the road because of retirements. That plea
coming from the President of the New Brunswick Nurses Union, Marilyn
Quinn.
She
tells Tide News the assumption should not be made that nursing grads who
settle elsewhere will come back to the province, especially if they put
down roots. Quinn says nursing jobs are going unfilled at the present
time on top of the cuts already made.
The New
Brunswick Senior Citizens Federation is now publicly speaking out
against the nursing cuts, arguing there are other areas of healthcare
where money could be saved.
Quinn
says all the cutting is accomplishing is more stress in the workplace
which will lead to senior nurses retiring sooner than they might as well
as prompting new graduates to leave the province.