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8- sont Samy STAR - AR Testes July 30, 1996 Profession i IS under attack | From Page 6 been well documented that people are living long- er, with more severe chronic conditions requir- ing more intensive thera- _ PY, than ever before. How "ean a facility live up to its name---nursing home--- without nurses to provide the care for which the elderly pay to be provided for them? If the CMI index is skewed by reports not being completed as Mrs. Goss states, if needs are not being properly iden- tified through these reports to i up the care requirements, that trans- lates into less funding for nursing care, resulting in fewer nurses; meaning the bottom line of aera ing patient care. The cycle continues. Personal care workers provide a great service and meet a required need of the individual resi- dents. I do not intend that their contribution to the residents' well-being in any way be belittled. But without medical training and background the responsibilities placed on them in regard to inter- preting signs and symp- toms and assessing out- comes and doing pro- cedures places them in the very awkward and frightening position of providing a service totally out of their scope and expertise. This also clearly contravenes the Health Professions Review Act as well as the Standards of Care outlined by the College of Nurses of Ontario. To brush aside the con- cerns of the care-givers as only 'adjusting to new rou- tines' is totally inappro- priate reasoning. Is the 'new routine' in adjusting to lesser qualified staff only to provide a greater bottom line profit margin for the owners? Should not the 'new routine' be based on the quality of care for the clients? Nurses themselves have become the primary target to achieve cost-savings despite the evidence that demonstrates how the required savings can be achieved by elimination of waste, dupliction, inap- propriate utilization and The parents of Laura Judith Gilbank and Brian Goble are pleased to announce their engagement. Wedding to be May 31, 1997. GRADUATE LAURA MARK Laura recently graduated from McMaster University with a Bachelor Degree in Kniesiology with a minor in Geography. Laura is continuing her education in September at Toronto University in Bachelor of Education programme. Congratulations and lots of love Mum, Dad, Neil, Sandy & Colin BRINLEY DEARLING, daughter of Lionel and Janine Dearling, Port Perry, has successfully attained her RN. from the Ontario College of Nurses, and will be doing O.R. post graduate studies at Sir Sandford Fleming. Congratulations -- from Clair and the rest of the Cornish family unnecessary System bureaucracy. Nurses are determined to challenge decision mak- ers and invite the public to engage in a dialogue that will lead to a fundamental design for how the existing system should be funded, structured, managed and governed. Our health care is in crisis; can we afford to sit back and watch it collapse? I urge the public to become informed, to ask questions, to become active in addressing the root issues, to demand that skilled professionals not be replaced with inex- pensive, but often unqual- ified generic, task-orient- ed workers. Rig 4.2 million nurs- g hours have already eh taken out of the health care system in this province over the last three years---5,000 nurs- ing jobs. Curent policies will remove another 13 million hours. Who will care for resi- dents and patients of our health care programs and institutions ----¥OU--- when anothep" 15,000 nurses are let (go to save money? Beverly Brown, RN A Nurses' Assoc. Unique Hobby? Unusual Job? Unsung Hero? 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If we get better readings, maybe we can take it down." He said that an accept- able reading was taken early in June. But by the _ end of the month, bacteria levels had shot up to three times acceptable levels. Since then they have fluc- tuated, but have remained in the haz- rely on -- that' s the Durham Advantage! g communi a ardous zone. Exposure to the Baste: ria can cause various com- plications such as ear, nose and throat infec- tions, and gastrointesti nal distress. Mr. Connor added that conditions for the formu- lation and sustenance of the bacteria in Seugog are many: "You've gota shallow lake and isk got warm water," he said, adding frequent rains this summer have caused a significant amount of run- | off this summer. he Also part of the sce- C Think Choose from over 60 high-quality, job-focused, -- . degree courses that run from 8 months to 3 years. 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