Ontario nursing associations say the province needs to phase out health-care staffing agencies after a woman worked in long-term care homes in Hamilton and Toronto without any credentials for seven months.
Growing threats to Ontario s health-care system are pushing an alarming number of nurses out of the field, comprising direct patient care and "damaging the system beyond repair," according to a survey of more than 1,000 RPNs in the province.
Proposed Ontario legislation is in the works to change licensing rules to allow certified health care workers from other provinces to practice when they relocate to Ontario.