hospitals dont have nursing shortage. They have PAY shortage

Im a resident doctor in Ontario. I was debating where to post this and decided on r/Ontario because I know I will be working in Ontario when I’m done my training. And want to at least get a conversation going.Throughout the pandemic, I’ve worked from a few days a month to the entire month on the medical unit at one of the hospitals in Ontario. I would say almost 80 to 90% of the time, the unit was short-staffed. Could be one nurse short, but it messes up the break schedule and patient load.I worked this past Good Friday. Because the pay was 1.5x for working holidays AND they paid 2x for someone filling in for an unwell nurse (covid), the unit was FULLY staffed for the first time in the last 2 years!Nurses are burnt out. They are leaving the hospital. Im not saying that money is the solution but I would like the hospital CEOs and admins to know that patient care is at the worst it has been since I started med school. It’s dangerous medicine. You need to start paying the nurses more and staff your hospital better for patient safety. via /r/ontario https://ift.tt/aM9s4Nq