Survey says the hospital was wrong to terminate nurse

Survey results are in from a phone poll conducted on March 5th involving a North Bay nurse being let go by the hospital.

The Ontario Council of Hospital Unions says 81 per cent of respondents say the hospital was wrong to terminate Sue McIntyre, who talked about violence in the workplace at a nursing conference in late January.

 Sharon Richer the regional vice president for the OCHU was asked if she’s surprised at that figure.

She says no. 

Richer says with the media coverage and events that have taken place and the issue of violence in the workplace people are more aware and concerned.    

The union says the phone survey made over 2,000 live connections in North Bay. 

People with land lines were contacted, not cell phones. 

The majority of people who answered the questions were 51 to 65 years old or 65 and older. 

The margin of error for the various questions varies from plus/minus 5.01% to plus/minus 5.26%, 19 times out of 20.