Nunavut aims to save money with new nursing agency contracts – Yahoo! News

March 22, 2016

Nunavut is looking to get a better rate for its “quite expensive” agency nurses, which are brought in to fill urgent vacancies in health positions across the territory, the finance minister told the legislative assembly last week.

Like many Canadian jurisdictions, Nunavut is feeling the pressure of a nursing shortage, which is made even more difficult by the territory’s persistent problem with high turnover rates and burnout.

To deal with that issue, Nunavut often turns to filling positions with casual contracts or nurses hired through an agency.

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