Health department recruits 33 nurses

The department of health and social services has recruited 33 full-time nurses over the past several months, Health Minister Ed Picco said last week.

The positions include eight community health nurses, two supervisors of community health programs, one clinical instructor, five general duty nurse, three public health nurses, two home-care coordinators, eight home-care nurses, three registered psychiatric nurses and one tuberculosis specialist.

“In light of the national shortage of nurses, this is indeed a success story,” Picco said.

Picco could not say how many nurses the department has lost over the same period.