A third of nurses had difficulty enjoy rights after … – Medical Journal

A third of nurses who were parents found it difficult to enjoy their rights, as days of leave or reduced schedule, with the same redundancies, according to a study of the Order of Nurses.

A questionnaire made about five thousand nurses from across the country by the Order of Nurses, a stage where the Parliament and the Government started debate on the demographic crisis, sought to find solutions to this problem under that professional class.

The survey, conducted in December 2014 revealed that 35% of respondents nurses reported having experienced difficulties in accessing their rights parenting, both in males as in females, but especially in the latter group.

These difficulties, felt equally in the public, private and social sector were reflected mainly pressures to enjoy fewer days parental leave (34.64%), obstacles to the enjoyment of breastfeeding time (23.48%) and difficulties in flexible schedules (9.77%), in particular with respect to shifts.

“It was identified serious days leave enjoyment of offside situations, partially and fully [7.06% and 4.99%], were identified very serious situations of non-renewal of the employment contract and dismissal [1.52%] ” , the study found that the Lusa had access.

The study also sought to understand whether the hiring of time nurses had been questioned by the employer on the intention of being a father or mother – a question that “violates the rights and freedoms of the people and that in addition to illegal, it is immoral.” – and identified positive responses in 9% of cases

By sector, this question was placed at 6% of public nurses, 16% private and 11% of the share.

“It should be noted that 12% of respondents (609 nurses) indicate that they were pressured in job application or to add a new job to avoid being parents in the near future. “

With regard to the timeline, 43.6% of nurses felt these difficulties last year and 23.2% between one and two year old. The remaining 33.2% of responses indicated that the situation occurred more than two years, considering the date of the survey (December 2014).

The Order of Nurses believes this analysis shows that more than new measures is necessary to ensure compliance with the law, to tackle the low birth rate.