MANITOBA
Nurse in Lynn Lake fired for reasons outside her practice, says unionPeggy Lam
CBC
© Radio-Canada Darlene Jackson is president of the Manitoba Nurses Union
The Manitoba Nurses Union said a nurse who recently moved to work in Lynn Lake, Man., was terminated by the Northern Regional Health Authority for reasons outside of her practice.
"We're in a situation where we need to be retaining every nurse possible in the system, so it's worrying that employers are not doing everything they can to retain nurses," said Darlene Jackson, president of Manitoba's Nurses Union.
Lynn Lake is a town of approximately 675 residents, located around 1,100 km northwest of Winnipeg.
Jackson said she can't disclose more details about the incident because the union has filed a grievance on this person's behalf and the case will be going to arbitration.
But the nurse was following standards of the College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba and the termination "had nothing to do with her ability to practice," Jackson said.
CBC requested comment from NRHA and a spokesperson says the authority does not speak to personnel issues publicly as a matter of policy.
Jackson said the nurse who was fired had moved her family from Ontario to work as a public nurse in Manitoba.
"She had worked some shifts in Lynn Lake, and really enjoyed the hospital, and enjoyed the atmosphere in the town and moved there," Jackson said.
Northern hospital closed because of no staff
The termination came in the middle of a critical nursing shortage in the north, in which the health authority had to close a hospital — Leaf Rapids Health Centre — multiple times due to not having enough staff.
Since the Leaf Rapids Health Centre closed on Dec. 27, all clinical care and support services have been directed to Lynn Lake or Thompson.
Jackson said in the midst of a pandemic with COVID cases skyrocketing, employers should be keeping nurses in the public system.
"We need those individuals to keep facilities open," she said. "In this case, to keep facilities running at full speed."
© Radio-Canada Darlene Jackson is president of the Manitoba Nurses Union
The Manitoba Nurses Union said a nurse who recently moved to work in Lynn Lake, Man., was terminated by the Northern Regional Health Authority for reasons outside of her practice.
"We're in a situation where we need to be retaining every nurse possible in the system, so it's worrying that employers are not doing everything they can to retain nurses," said Darlene Jackson, president of Manitoba's Nurses Union.
Lynn Lake is a town of approximately 675 residents, located around 1,100 km northwest of Winnipeg.
Jackson said she can't disclose more details about the incident because the union has filed a grievance on this person's behalf and the case will be going to arbitration.
But the nurse was following standards of the College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba and the termination "had nothing to do with her ability to practice," Jackson said.
CBC requested comment from NRHA and a spokesperson says the authority does not speak to personnel issues publicly as a matter of policy.
Jackson said the nurse who was fired had moved her family from Ontario to work as a public nurse in Manitoba.
"She had worked some shifts in Lynn Lake, and really enjoyed the hospital, and enjoyed the atmosphere in the town and moved there," Jackson said.
Northern hospital closed because of no staff
The termination came in the middle of a critical nursing shortage in the north, in which the health authority had to close a hospital — Leaf Rapids Health Centre — multiple times due to not having enough staff.
Since the Leaf Rapids Health Centre closed on Dec. 27, all clinical care and support services have been directed to Lynn Lake or Thompson.
Jackson said in the midst of a pandemic with COVID cases skyrocketing, employers should be keeping nurses in the public system.
"We need those individuals to keep facilities open," she said. "In this case, to keep facilities running at full speed."
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