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CFNU Releases a Renewed Call for Action on the Nursing Shortage

Publication date: 
Wed, 2008-06-18

20.8% of nurses are over 55 and nearing retirement, while Canadian nurses are already working over 18 million hours of overtime – equivalent to 10,000 full-time nursing positions. In spite of a plethora of studies which call for immediate action, little is being done to address the nursing shortage crisis.