Being a nurse is about caring, compassion and commitment.
We put our patients first regardless of our working conditions. We care about you. That's why we are speaking up for patient safety. We are NSGEU Registered Nurses & Licensed Practical Nurses. We put patient safety first.
Watch Our Stories
These stories were told at the Law Amendments Committee Hearing on Bill 37 at the Nova Scotia Legislature on April 1 and April 2, 2014.
Read Our Stories
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Acute Care Nurse
May 07, 2014 0 commentsAs a nurse in an acute care setting I have worked short staffed many times, too many to count. Read more! -
Former Nursing Student
May 07, 2014 0 commentsAs a former nursing student who has completed various clinical practicums around HRM, I have seen Read more! -
Nursing Student
May 07, 2014 0 commentsAs a nursing student myself, we are taught the importance every day of the legal implications of Read more! -
Nursing Student
May 07, 2014 0 commentsI am a … nursing student and as a future registered nurse, the state of our health care in Nova Read more! -
Capital Health RN
May 07, 2014 0 commentsAs a Registered Nurse, I fully support the Capital Health Nurses. For too long staffing has been Read more! -
Home Care Worker
May 07, 2014 0 commentsI'm a home care worker. I work in the community homes. But I've worked also in the continuing care Read more! -
Capital Health RN
May 07, 2014 0 commentsAs a practicing RN employed by CDHA for over seven years, I am ashamed, offended and deeply Read more! -
Capital Health RN
May 07, 2014 0 commentsI have been an RN at Capital Health for nine years. During my time there, I have witnessed an Read more! -
Health Care Employee
May 07, 2014 0 commentsI do work in health care and see the effects of understaffing on a daily basis. Anyone who works in Read more! -
Capital Health RN
May 07, 2014 0 commentsI work in health care and I am very disappointed with the stance Capital Health has taken. I would Read more! -
Capital Health RN
May 07, 2014 0 commentsI feel very honoured to provide care to the people of this province in what is often the lowest Read more! -
Health Care Employee
May 07, 2014 0 commentsI have been working in the hospital for 31 years and do support the nurse-patient ratio that our Read more! -
Capital Health RN
May 07, 2014 0 commentsI support this change not only because I am a health care worker in a top heavy organization, but Read more! -
Acute Care Worker
May 07, 2014 1 commentsI have worked in Acute Care and your 12 hour shift consists of running for the entire 12 hours. You Read more! -
Local 42 Member
May 07, 2014 0 commentsI am a member of Local 42-Healthcare with the NSGEU and have been a full time employee at Capital Read more! -
Capital Health RN
May 07, 2014 0 commentsI have been a RN for 25 years and I do believe that there is a disproportion number of nurse to Read more!
- 59%
Of nurses say the staffing level in their workplace is "unacceptable".
Understaffing prevents nurses from doing their jobs effectively which has a direct impact on patient care and the working lives of nurses. - 96%
Of nurses believe “working short” adversely affects patient safety.
Many nurses who reported working short also report witnessing “near misses” or adverse patient events as a result.