Tam and Hall: To fix the nursing shortage, start with a little respect

It should go without saying: highly trained and skilled nurses are critical to the function of the emergency department. Nurses are the members of the health-care team with whom our patients interact most throughout their stay. Recently, however, nursing shortages have been so severe that, in an unprecedented move, part or all of certain emergency departments or urgent care centres have had to temporarily close across the country, in rural and urban centres alike. Read More