Well yeah, I'll start with that. That's a good point. Seven too many, of course. And I spoke to one who was a former nurse in the Northwest Territories, and she told me it's way more lucrative to quit her job and move south to become an agency nurse. Mr. Speaker, as I said, what is the department doing to reengineer the nursing agency problem and to define this; what is the issue that seems to be blocking the problem that the department doesn't seem to understand? Why are nurses quitting to become agency nurses to come back home to the Northwest Territories and work?
Robert Hawkins on Question 65-20(1): Use of Private Agency Nursing in the Northwest Territories
In the Legislative Assembly on February 21st, 2024. See this statement in context.
Question 65-20(1): Use of Private Agency Nursing in the Northwest Territories
Oral Questions
February 21st, 2024
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