Recruits and retains nurses - Protection

We want to protect our health professionals from overwork and undue fatigue.
  • There are pockets where overtime is an issue for individuals or locations and these need to be addressed. Paid overtime hours have increased slightly since 2003; however, in 2007, paid overtime hours peaked at approximately 6.5 hours per month per full-time equivalent – that is less than 2 hours per week on average.

  • 73 per cent of responding nurses in the 2005 Employee Opinion Survey rated their careers positively for enabling a balance between work and family.*

    *Province wide Employee Opinion Survey conducted by NRC+Picker Canada, 2005