Nova Scotia Health Minister Michelle Thompson, a former nurse, drew on her own experiences to talk about the importance of nurses supporting each other and making newcomers feel welcome.
Nurses who work full time in hospitals and care facilities across Nova Scotia will get a $10,000 bonus this year and can get $10,000 more next year if they agree to work until 2026. Other health care workers are getting a one-time $5,000 bonus this year.
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.
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.