A2 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, November 17, 1999 Nurses start a campaign to become nurses again THE B.C. Nurses Union is cimpaigning to stop nurses from doing non-nursing du- tics so they'll have more time to take . care of pa- tients. Leanne Malthus, the BCNU’s northwest repre- sentative, said at a time when there’s an extreme nurses Of shortage in B.C. ~ and in Canada - wurses shouldn't be spending? time doing clerical or house- From front keeping work. Mills Memorial nurse Penny Henderson, said. the hospital removes nurses from patient: care to do a number of non-nursing du- lies, ‘including « portering patients, ‘cleaning incuba- tors and. beds, getting ice water, washing floors, emptying i an bins and filing chatf® and paper- work. It doesn't ‘require “a Docs to close admissions Kenyon also said other hospitals appear to be taking advantage of Mills and that there is no system in place for the hospital to be campensated when people come from outside the area. “We've received the usual Christmas holiday notice from Kitimat General Hospital. [t says due to the holi- days there will be no OR [operating room] between Dec, 15 to Jan. 6. That’s six weeks of not using their budget, Then it says go to Terrace if you have to, This has been going on for years and years and years.” “But when we say let’s have a regional authority, they say we can do without you. Fine, they can’t have it -both ways,” Kenyon said: Almas, who alsé sits on the Terrace Area Community Health Council, which runs Mills: Memorial Hospital, said acting council chief administrator Tom Novak is supposed to be organizing'a meeting between local peo- ple and the provincial government before the end of the month. Vote ‘For | Committed generations. nurse to do ‘these things, Henderson said, “But we're still doing it,” She added that nurses have enough work to do simply taking care of pa- tients, “We're overworked,” she said. “Al times it's hectic.” ' The hospital currentiy employs about 43 full time nurses and 12 © casual Nurses, Which isn't nearly enough according to Hen- derson. ‘She said the hospital needs to hire about 10 more full time nurses and 10 more casual nurses to make life bearable. - Henderson - explained the hospital doesn’t em- ploy support staff 24 hours a day, so nurses have to clean and take care of die- tary needs after 4 p.m. when -housekeeping and dietary staff go home, Malthus said that hospi- tals should be hiring cleri- cal recruitments and more housekeepers to do this kind of work. “Tt seems like a waste of government wages to have nurses doing non-nur- Penny Henderson | sing duties,” she said, Local doctor Lani Almas said it’s ridiculous to have nurses cleaning floors when patients need altention, “You don't pay people with those brains to wash floors,” she said. Malthus said it isn’t the nurses fault when they don’t have time in the day ta spend time with pa-. tients. By allowing hurses to do what they’re trained to do it will improve patient care, she said. Royal Canadian Legion Branch 13 WAR VETERANS GET EMO GEM HIER November 24th 2:30pm at the Legion Transportation & Lunch provided Call the Branch to advise of your attendance 635-5825 VAL GEORGE is. Experienced - 2 terms City Council 2 terms School Trustee Committed to the Community - 23 years involvement in Terrace Community volunteer organizations. Retired and has the time to do an effective job. 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