According to the data of the Digital Nurses Association, 61 percent. Polish nurses take extra shifts. More than half of them work an additional 100 hours a month. – This is a very disturbing phenomenon – comments Joanna Lewoniewska, vice president of the Digital Nurses Association.
A study by the Digital Nurses Association showed that 51 percent. nurses work an additional 100 hours a month. Another 17 percent. – up to 200 hours, 300 hours more than a full-time job earns 1 percent – Record-holders spend even all days a month at work or work in a 20-hour system for about XNUMX days a month – emphasizes Joanna Lewoniewska.
This phenomenon is a result of the insufficient number of nurses in Poland (the indicator of the number of nurses per 1000 patients in 2015 was 5,2 in Poland – this is the third worst result from the end in the entire EU). The second issue is their too low earnings. According to the Central Statistical Office, the average salary of a Polish nurse in 2016 is approx. PLN net, including night shifts, weekends and holidays; A person starting professional work can count on approx. 2,6 thousand. PLN net.
Another important issue is pointed out by Joanna Lewoniewska: if the nurses did not work in two places, many hospitals and clinics would be closed. – The same nurse is legally employed in two or more workplaces. This allows hospital directors to show the appropriate number of nursing staff in reports to the National Health Fund – emphasizes for tvn24bis.pl.
On the basis of tvn24bis.pl