Kat

Registered nurse in tertiary care trauma facility, happily married and mom to two beautiful boys! ER, cardiac and OR background. Opinions are my own!

[Kat @katdowker]

@kingstonist huge plane just flew super low over subdivision near Costco. Looked like it was going to crash. Any details?

[Kat @katdowker]

@KingstonHSC Once again, everything falls back to the already overcrowded ER. What terrible planning this is. ER can’t be the back-up plan for everything and everyone. As a parent, this is terrible news.

[Kat @katdowker]

@StephattheWhig Why have “we” been paying his salary since 2015 when he had a previous conviction???

[Kat @katdowker]

@ontarionurses @fordnation We should be getting retro pay!

[Kat @katdowker]

@WendyGoodes @SylviaJonesMPP Hospitals do not cover orthopaedic appliances like air casts, crutches, etc. Plaster casting is OHIp covered.

[I Dream Too Trust @IDreamTooTrust1]

Did you know that there are 300 million people living with a rare disease worldwide? Share these facts this #RareDiseaseDay:
• Over 6000 different rare diseases
• 72% of rare diseases are genetic
• 70% of those genetic rare diseases start in childhood
#RareDiseaseDay2023

[Kat @katdowker]

@DrSamirSinha @ONgov This is literally every hospital, not just Hamilton!

[Kat @katdowker]

@KingstonHSC This is why I love working within the Cardiac program! The work we do as nurses changes people’s lives.

[Kat @katdowker]

@GrittyNurse What nurse in their right mind would voluntarily come to Ontario to work if they had another option?!

[Kat @katdowker]

@bone00afide It’s probably the first question I would ask 🤔

[Kat @katdowker]

@CKWS_TV Perhaps consider that when going into upcoming bargaining with @ontarionurses

[Colin D'Mello | Global News @ColinDMello]

The Ford government is facing furious criticism after internal documents, obtained by Global News, acknowledged that low wages and Bill 124 have had a negative impact on Ontario’s ability to retain nurses in the province’s health care sector.

https://t.co/hhDxGitxCW

#onpoli

[Kat @katdowker]

@RNAO @DorisGrinspun @fordnation @kerrisawilson @CP24 He’s made it pretty clear he doesn’t care

[Kat @katdowker]

@CKWS_TV Tax dollars being wasted yet again. Just give us what we are worth!

[Kat @katdowker]

@DebraLefebvre @birgitomo @fordnation @CathrynOna @ontarionurses We would collectively need to have a backbone and we don’t seem to have that. There are options for sure - don’t pick up OT, only perform nursing-specific tasks, etc but as a group I’m not sure we feel supported to move forward.

[Kat @katdowker]

@JustinTrudeau @fordnation Did you suggest he repeal Bill124 as well?? He’s destroying our healthcare system and driving away Ontario nurses.

[Kat @katdowker]

@adriearsenault @CBCTheNational Watched it. Thank you for covering this!

[Kat @katdowker]

Smile Cookie week is a special time in this house - our NICU grad is 8! Forever grateful for the amazing care Malcolm received in the NICU at KHSC! https://t.co/N9TLZ9DIKh

[Kat @katdowker]

@NurseWithSign @Ontario_RN @ontarionurses @NursesWant @GrittyNurse @birgitomo @DebraLefebvre @CPR_Medico @DotatumU @NursesVsOntario What channel?