Let nurses do their jobs: ReportOncology nurses spend up to one-third of time on non-nursing dutiesBy 03/03/2008|hrreporter.com|Last Updated: 03/12/2008 Due to widespread hospital staff shortages, nurses are spending too much time on non-nursing duties such as serving meals and changing sheets and not enough time providing care, according to a new report.The Cancer Advocacy Coalition of Canada recently released its 2007 report card, which included a survey of nurses at oncology centres across the country, and found almost one-third of a nurse's time is spent on non-nursing tasks.The report called that "a high rate of time squandered to the detriment of cancer patients." To Read the Full Story, Subscribe or Sign In Remember Me Forgot Password If you are a current Subscriber, please click here to set-up or update your login information.