Employment trends in nursing - ARCHIVED
Articles and reports: 75-001-X200411113130
Description:
Nurses make up the largest proportion of health workers in Canada. However, these days they are under increasing pressure. Their average age has increased, enrolment in nursing programs declined during the 1990s, and employment of lower-paid unregulated workers has increased. A look at employment trends between 1987 and 2003 for registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and nurse aides and orderlies.
Issue Number: 2004111
Main Product: Perspectives on Labour and Income
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Keywords
- Aging population
- Analytical products
- Educational attainment
- Employment benefits
- Health professionals
- Hourly earnings
- Labour force survey
- Nurses
- Nursing
- Nursing education programs
- Occupational stress
- Part-time employment
- Residences for senior citizens
- Salaries and wages
- University degrees
- Work absences
- Work arrangements
- Workload
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