REMOTE NURSING A UNIQUE CHALLENGE FOR CANADA’S NURSES
October 1st, 2010
BY EMMA JACKSON
CANADA presents an almost unique challenge for providing nursing services. The second largest country in the world, with a population of just around 33 million, it has a population density of only 3.3 people per square kilometre. Given most Canadians live in southern urban centres close to the US border, expansive swaths of land are virtually unsettled and isolated from modern amenities. Nursing patients in these area is tough and expensive.
Half of Canada has less than 50 nurses per 10,000 people, and those 10,000 could be spread over huge ...
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