Half of the time devoted to nursing: the opposition blame a bureaucracy that is too heavy

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“All of these are situations that delay the essential work for which the nurses are there,” said Diane Lamarre, spokesperson for pq’s health.

Patrick Bellerose

Thursday, February 8, 2018 12:07

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Thursday, February 8, 2018 12:13

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Related tasks and red tape are preventing the nurses to devote themselves adequately to the care of patients, to denounce opposition parties.

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For the spokesman of the parti québecois in the area of health, these tasks contribute to the depletion of the nurses who made the headlines for the past two weeks. “All of these are situations that delay the essential work for which the nurses are there,” said Diane Lamarre.

The Journal revealed on Thursday morning that only 53% of the working time of nurses is dedicated to nurses.

A study that has scrutinized more particularly, the situation in NURSING homes demonstrates that caregivers in these facilities must perform administrative tasks by up to 18% of the time.

Diane Lamarre points out that the nursing staff are “still working on the paper, as it was working it was 30, 40 years”. “These are antiquated systems” that slow down the work and create a risk of errors, ” she said.

“It is inconceivable that you are still working with these famous big binders,” says the member for Taillon.

“Failed liberal”

Same sound of bell to the QAC, where they blame the paperwork must complete the nurses. “It’s part of the problem for a long time,” said the spokesman of the CAQ in terms of efficiency of public administration, Eric Cairo.

“This is the greatest failure of liberal government Couillard-Module, this inability to free up the time of professionals to do what they are competent”, lance-t-il.

The mp solidaire, Amir Khadir, perceives him as the problem in his / her duties as a doctor, he still holds part time. “Currently, in the network, the nurses work with two, three levels of management above them, that there was not before,” he observes. And for each management level, it is necessary to fill out forms.”

Digital shift

Like Diane Lamarre, Amir Khadir stressed that the digital transition is part of the solutions to consider to lighten the burden of the nursing staff.

Arrested at the entrance of the liberal caucus before question period, the minister of Health acknowledges that “it is necessary to lower the red tape as possible”. “This is the reason why we scan the folders, to make it go faster,” said Gaétan Barrette in reference to the Dossier santé Québec gradually put in place.

“But there are administrative elements that are incompressible,” he argued.