Windsor, ON: “Hôtel-Dieu Grace Healthcare has no intention to phase out or eliminate the integral role of the Registered Nurse (RN) at our hospital. Any statement otherwise is false. We continue to value the skills, ability and scope of practice of this important role within our interprofessional post-acute care team. Posed with longstanding challenges in RN recruitment similarly experienced by healthcare facilities across the province, HDGH is instead taking this opportunity to not fill already vacant positions and closely examine the Model of Care for its Complex Medical and Restorative Care programs. This work will help us to establish a sustainable interprofessional model that best meets the needs of the unique patient population served by our specialized post-acute care hospital.
We would like to assure our community, current patients, and their loved-ones that the quality healthcare that all have come to expect, and that HDGH is known for, will not be negatively impacted throughout this review process. Our intent and goal is that this change will positively impact the patient care experience through a sustainable and stable staffing model.”
Until such time that our review process has been completed, we will not be providing any further comments on this matter.
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