[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“It is very, very clear that it is the number one objective.”Legault discussed the negotiations with nurses during an update on the COVID-19 pandemic on his own accord, without being prompted by questions about the rejected deal.“The priority is: how we can add nurses?
Obviously, we have to find them,” he said.In Quebec, only half of the available nurses work full-time.“What we are also trying to do is to find all kinds of means, to provide incentives, including financial incentives, so that more nurses choose to work full time,” Legault said.Quebec particularly wants to stabilize the health-care teams in long-term care homes, given the extent of the crisis that was.