Voice Your Support
Support the fund nursing properly campaign. If you’re a New South Wales nurse tell us your story. Tell us about the pressure you are under to deliver the proper level of care to your patients. Nurses’ friends and families can also post their support here. Members of the public are also encouraged to post a message to support the nurses so we can safely care for you and your loved ones.
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Nurses are overworked, underpaid, and there are definately not enough of them. Australias Hospitals are an inexcusable disgrace, the Govenment needs to invest desperately in more beds and more staff.
Nurses need flexible rostering to compensate for quality family time lost due to shift work. If pattern rostering is introduced which will remove the ability to request shifts to balance family committments with work, just watch sick leave go through the roof.
Miss a wedding, christening etc or take a sickie? Its a no brainer.
I am a RN student doing a pre-registration Masters of Nursing. Most of the other students are mature age, like me. The degree started because of the shortage of nurses however I have already encountered a difficulty that faces working nurses - namely childcare - if the goverment wants more nurses this is a problem that needs addressing too. I have clinical placements in four week blocks, totalling 30 weeks, and no childcare centre in the Eastern Suburbs is interested (and most couldn’t cater to nursing shift hours anyway, even morning shift), Family Day Care can’t help and my University - the oldest/largest in Sydney has nothing in place to assist students or give them ideas. I am a single mum and there is not any family who can mind him, no way I could afford a nanny - I bet that I am in no way the only student nurse or practising nurse who has/will stop because of childcare. Saving our nurses means the associated problems too please.
I am a RN 2, I put second year because although my rate of pay is less I do the same work as an RN 8 or above, but that’s another story. I work the night shift in a small (8 acute/aged care beds, 2 ED beds) but busy facility. Night shift consists of 2 nurses on duty an RN and either an EEN/AIN or Aboriginal Health Worker. No security other than a distress alarm and a locked building. The police are excellent but they have enough to do in the community without having to attended the facility to aid in dealing of agressive/abusive clients. I receive an in charge hospital allowance (which, the way I read the new agreement will be lost to me unless I work 5 night shifts in a row; I roster myself (but it does not always work out this way)as follows 4 shifts on 6 days off 4 nights on this is so I can visit my wife ( also a nurse and NSWNA member) at her place of employment 400 kilometers away, oh and I receive the night penalty rate as well.
Our role is so multitasked & diverse, yet we are the lowest paid health professional. It is not all about money, but it is about recognition and valueing the highly skilled, professionalism of nurses.
Okay now that NURSES in the PUBLIC SYSTEM have been given a pay rise.Lets continue to support NURSING STAFF in PRIVATE HOSPITALS and the AGED CARE SECTOR.We are under constant pressure to provide quality care.If you want to keep QUALITY STAFF in thePRIVATE HOSPITAL SYSTEM and AGED CARE lets see our WAGES reflect how much we are valued.
The NSW’s health systems depends on nurses. It’s time they start getting paid accordingly!
without nurses where would we be?
I have been nursing since 1976, as an E.N. for 10 yrs, and then an R.N. since then. I have really enjoyed my work in the past . Over the last few years ,I have reduced my hours and am doing nights, so I can earn a living. I am mentally, emotionally, and physically tired of it all , I am just hanging out to finish, before my health completly breaks down. Theres no way I can work till Iam 65, as the govt would like.There are many problems as we are all aware, but I am tired of always working more than 100% every shift. and if it was not for the good staff i work with , I would leave now.
When I started nursing in 1981 I was asked why I wanted to be nurse? My answer :”There will never be too many nurses.” Little did I know how much truer that statement would become!!