kizolk
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Post by kizolk on Feb 13, 2024 11:30:08 GMT
A day off sounds nice but then who would attend the patients?
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Post by terentiusfaber on Feb 13, 2024 11:34:38 GMT
Well, that's the idea of funding a day off for them. You pay for replacement staff. The nurses in our local general hospital work thirteen hour shifts, so paying for replacements even for a day would be a dear business.
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kizolk
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Post by kizolk on Feb 13, 2024 11:36:46 GMT
Ah!
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Post by terentiusfaber on Feb 13, 2024 11:42:43 GMT
When I was in for a few days a couple of years ago, I saw first hand just how crap life on the ward is for them. There was only one fully qualified nurse on our ward at any given time, the rest were students, who were working full shifts. Only fourth year students get (partially) paid, and that payment was only recently restored by the state. They abolished that payment during the credit crunch. Students in years one to three were doing a six week placement in both semesters for no pay whatsoever.
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Post by Pacifica on Feb 13, 2024 11:53:54 GMT
Exploitation.
Though the details (which I'm not aware of) may differ, there are similar issues over here.
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Feb 13, 2024 16:56:39 GMT
The statue is pretty obviously about recovery, but you have to know what it's called to get that. And I'm fairly sure it doesn't say, which is why I had to look it up. Which wouldn't have been easy in 1993, when it was put there.
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kizolk
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Post by kizolk on Feb 13, 2024 17:06:47 GMT
They abolished that payment during the credit crunch. Students in years one to three were doing a six week placement in both semesters for no pay whatsoever. That's wild. They're not paid highly enough and are overworked here, but at least they get paid. |
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