The Numbers
Registered nurses in Yukon,
circa 2005: 302.
Registered nurses in the territory with more than 20 years experience, circa 2005: 151.
Yukon registered nurses with less than
10 years experience: 75.
Nurses employed by the Whitehorse General Hospital in 2007: 128.
Nurses employed by the Whitehorse General Hospital in 1997: ?*
Part-time nurses employed by the
hospital in 2007: 41.
Part-time nurses employed by the
hospital in 1997: ?*
Part-time nurses in the Yukon,
circa 2005: 100.
Casual nurses in the Yukon,
circa 2005: 67.
Percentage of Canadian nurses who believed care had deteriorated in the last year, circa 2005: 27.
Percentage of Canadian nurses who believed care had improved in the last year, circa 2005: 16.
Percentage who felt it had stayed the same: 57.
Percentage of female nurses in Canada who reported hostility or conflict from people they worked with: 44.
Percentage of male nurses in Canada who did: 50.
Percentage of Canadian nurses, male and female, who reported
depression: 9.
Percentage of employed Canadian women who reported depression: 7.
Percentage of employed Canadian men who did: 4.
* Data not available. “Due to time constraints, WGH will not be undertaking a 10 and 20 year retrospective comparative analysis.” — Michael Aeberhardt, CEO Whitehorse General Hospital. (RM).