A pair of unions reiterated poll numbers are showing some 60 per cent of registered practical nurses (RPN) in Ontario are considering leaving their jobs.
The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) and SEIU Healthcare, who combined represent more than 20,000 nurses across the province, shared that message Friday out front of St. Joe’s Hospital’s Charlton campus in Hamilton, Ont.
They cited data from a late April IPSOs poll requisitioned by the alliance in advance of national nursing week.
CUPE’s Sharon Richer suggested that 60 per cent of 600 RPNs at St Joe’s, means roughly 360 nurses might be considering a departure.
It’s a number she says the hospital wouldn’t be able to “cope with.”
“When we asked these RPNs, why are you considering leaving? Four in 10 of them (said) it’s because the pay does not match the high workload caused by short staffing,” she said.
SEIU Nursing Division President and RPN Jackie Walker accused Ontario hospitals of “exploiting registered practical nurses to no end.”
“They know that registered practical nurses can’t take breaks,” she claimed.
“They come early to work, start their work early so they don’t fall behind, and they know that they stay late, and they let this happen every single day.”
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