Higher pay and more flexible schedules means some early career nurses are moving out of the public sector in favour of travel nursing, as Nova Scotia officials grapple with recruitment and retention issues.
Groups representing nurses and doctors are welcoming the federal government s health-care funding proposal but say some of the increase must be used to bolster staffing and improve primary care in a system where there is accountability in how the cash is spent.
Nova Scotia Nurses’ Union president Janet Hazelton weighed in on the federal health-care funding deal Tuesday after Canada’s premiers met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa.