• The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions is organizing a National Day of Action, and we need you to be a part of it. (nursesunions.ca)
  • The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU), the national voice of close to 200,000 nurses and nursing students, renews its appeal to you to call an urgent meeting to discuss critical priorities facing our nation. (nursesunions.ca)
  • At this critical juncture, the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions once again calls on the federal government to bring together health care leaders from across the country for a strategic policy discussion to directly address the dangerous crisis facing our health care system. (nursesunions.ca)
  • CFNU President says Linda Silas in a recent discussion paper by the Canadian Federation of Nurses' Unions (CFNU). (world-psi.org)
  • The CFNU is Canada's national federation of nurses' unions, representing close to 200,000 frontline care providers and nursing students. (world-psi.org)
  • Linda Silas is the president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions and a former ICU nurse. (healthydebate.ca)
  • We know that," said Linda Silas, President of the Canadian Federation of Nurses' Unions . (ctvnews.ca)
  • On stage before hundreds of nurses and supporters, president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions Linda Silas led a cheer of "shut it down. (getrichwithvitamins.com)
  • The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions says it will stand with provinces in demanding an increased investment from the Liberals. (abbynews.com)
  • Shifts that last 24 hours, overwhelmed ERs, dwindling access to care in rural areas - these are the realities of severe understaffing that nurses come face to face with every day," said Linda Silas, President of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU). (peinu.com)
  • Darlene Jackson is a registered nurse and president of the Manitoba Nurses Union, and Linda Silas is the president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions. (manitobanurses.ca)
  • Linda Silas, president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, suggests the protest against COVID-19 measures that took position outdoors The Ottawa Hospital's Civic campus was aggravating for fatigued overall health-treatment professionals. (elseadc.com)
  • Linda Silas, president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, told Global News that Ottawa can help by coordinating health-care resources, allocating additional funds and by bringing in the military. (edmontonpedia.com)
  • Nurses' unions will work with governments and employers to facilitate this effort, while ensuring that nurses who require accommodations under the Human Rights Code, whether for health or religious reasons, will be supported. (nursesunions.ca)
  • The local organising committee comprising nurses unions in Canada included many trade union allies who shared their efforts in highlighting the increasing instances of violence in the sector as well as the collective action taken to change the status quo. (world-psi.org)
  • Enough is enough" issues a national Call to Action to provincial and federal governments, employers, unions and frontline nurses themselves to work together to put a stop to violence in healthcare. (world-psi.org)
  • Barbara Brookins, Prince Edward Island Nurses Unions President said 24 per cent of RN and nurse practitioner positions are vacant, which adds up to nearly 300 empty jobs. (ctvnews.ca)
  • It is the responsibility of all Canadians to consider the dilemma facing unions, in this era of ever-expanding inequality. (internationalmusician.org)
  • Taking Power: Making Change Nurses' Unions in Canada" ( Pat Armstrong and Linda Silas), pp. 316-36 in Marjorie McIntyre and Carol McDonald, eds. (yorku.ca)
  • Nurses' unions offered solutions to premiers today, and we're ready to work with provinces to end this crisis. (peinu.com)
  • As provinces develop action plans to support bilateral agreements with the federal government, Silas emphasized the urgency of premiers meeting one-on-one with provincial nurses' unions - the direct link to Canada's frontline nurses. (peinu.com)
  • On Sept. 18, several unions in Alberta issued a joint letter to Premier Jason Kenney warning that the health-care system was "collapsing in front of our eyes," and that there were no more nurses to deploy. (edmontonpedia.com)
  • Canada's largest nurses' organization is launching a national campaign to encourage vaccination against COVID-19 and dispel mistrust and misinformation about vaccines. (healthydebate.ca)
  • Canada's nurses demand urgent action toward implementing a national universal public pharmacare program in the coming session of Parliament. (unifor1996-o.ca)
  • July 11, 2023 (WINNIPEG, MB) - Supporting nurses and health care workers to complete the recovery of our ailing health systems was the focus of today's policy meeting between Canada's premiers and nurse union leaders from across the country. (peinu.com)
  • Canada's nurses are some of the strongest, most resilient people we know. (manitobanurses.ca)
  • Job vacancies for registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses in Canada in the second quarter of 2021 were up 85.8 per cent compared to two years ago , the largest increase among all occupations in the country. (healthydebate.ca)
  • Statistics Canada reported recently that nearly one in five job vacancies in Canada in early 2021 is in health care and social assistance. (edmontonpedia.com)
  • In some cases, perceived shortages occur simultaneously with increased admission rates of students into nursing schools. (wikipedia.org)
  • The reduced number of nurses today does play a role in shortages across the world, though. (wikipedia.org)
  • A 2020 World Health Organization report urged governments and all relevant stakeholders to create at least 6 million new nursing jobs by 2030, primarily in low- and middle income countries, to off set the projected shortages and redress the inequitable distribution of nurses across the world. (wikipedia.org)
  • Silas points to ongoing staffing shortages as one of the leading causes. (ctvnews.ca)
  • Brookins said some nurses have stepped out of permanent roles to have more flexibility in their schedules, which compounds the broader staffing shortages. (ctvnews.ca)
  • One of their key requests was establishing new nurse-practitioner-led clinics in areas with doctor shortages. (getrichwithvitamins.com)
  • Nurses are telling us staff shortages have become so severe at several Winnipeg hospitals, including our flagship hospital Health Sciences Centre, they are going to work with a constant sense of impending doom and are feeling more distressed now than at any other point in their careers. (manitobanurses.ca)
  • Drummond, who is also chair of the Canadian Association of Crisis Medical professionals, reported staffing shortages that predate the pandemic have created it challenging for personnel to cope with the enhanced affected individual volume. (elseadc.com)
  • Staff members shortages and burnout are problems outdoors the region as effectively, reported Ivy Bourgeault, a professor at the University of Ottawa and director of the Canadian Overall health Workforce Network. (elseadc.com)
  • The impossible conditions they face are aggravating a health workforce crisis that threatens the very foundations of our health care system and our ability to provide high-quality care to current and future generations of people in Canada. (nursesunions.ca)
  • On Sept. 23, Quebec announced a $1-billion plan to fix the province's nursing crisis. (healthydebate.ca)
  • When Shannon Clausen, a nurse practitioner, pressured Jones to admit that primary care is in crisis and green-light new clinics publicly funded to solve it, Jones declined. (getrichwithvitamins.com)
  • The cost-of-living crisis has significantly increased cost-related obstacles to Canadians' access to prescription drugs, while high drug prices are draining billions of dollars from hospitals' budgets. (unifor1996-o.ca)
  • Those who work on that crisis, I hold onto my breath," Silas said. (thecanadian.news)
  • At the heart of this crisis is a nursing shortage, and we need to see real change, not temporary band‑aids, to stop the exodus from the profession," said Silas. (peinu.com)
  • But in Darlene's case, the experience of working in a very small hospital in northern Manitoba with minimal nurses on duty when 18 crash victims arrived needing urgent care, has echoes to the COVID-19 crisis today's nurses have been enduring. (manitobanurses.ca)
  • The pressure those three nurses felt to stay on top of patient needs was immense, but that was a crisis moment. (manitobanurses.ca)
  • The Gatineau Hospital crisis home, for instance, closed in late June due to a nursing scarcity. (elseadc.com)
  • To interpret the problem, psychological studies have been completed to ascertain how nurses feel about their career in the hope that they can determine what is preventing some nurses from keeping the profession as a long-term career. (wikipedia.org)
  • These seasoned nurses may struggle with the evolving technology and leave the profession. (wikipedia.org)
  • Since the onset of the pandemic, Canadian nurses' average weekly overtime hours increased by 78%, resulting in a further deterioration of working conditions and contributing to the ongoing erosion of our health care system by driving more nurses out of their jobs and the nursing profession altogether. (nursesunions.ca)
  • In interviews with experienced nurses, recent grads, nurse researchers and professors still working on the front lines, nurses describe a wounded profession: An Ontario nurse who spent a month working in war-battered Ukraine is afraid to go back to work in her own emergency department. (saltwire.com)
  • While recruitment strategies are viewed as positive by many in the nursing profession, they say the strategies miss the mark. (healthydebate.ca)
  • That means funding proven programs to retain and recruit more nurses, including returning those who have left the profession. (manitobanurses.ca)
  • At every opportunity, I remind our decision-makers of the sacrifices you have made fighting this virus and caring for the sick - and how urgently we need to address the nursing shortage, give nurses a much-needed break, and provide them with adequate psychological support. (nursesunions.ca)
  • 1,000 Nurses from across Canada gather in P.E.I. (ctvnews.ca)
  • Over 1,000 nurses from across the country gather in Charlottetown this week to raise awareness of the ongoing staffing challenges in the healthcare industry. (ctvnews.ca)
  • When COVID-19 first emerged and little was known about how it spread, the CFNU fought for PPE and airborne precautions to keep nurses safe - to keep everyone safe. (nursesunions.ca)
  • The CFNU wrote to you on September 21, requesting that the federal government convene a discussion among health care leaders from across the country to address the most pressing issues challenging our system, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the ongoing shortage of health care professionals and the future sustainability of Canadian health care. (nursesunions.ca)
  • In our previous correspondence, we cited two nationwide CFNU-commissioned studies undertaken pre-COVID-19, that revealed the extent of the problem, with 83% of nurses reporting that regular core health staff was insufficient to meet patient needs and over 90% of nurses experiencing symptoms of burnout. (nursesunions.ca)
  • The CFNU is calling on premiers to use the recent increase to the Canada Health Transfer to bolster the nursing workforce by investing in strong retention initiatives, enabling a robust recovery of the country's health care systems. (peinu.com)
  • Big Pharma is terrified that a national pharmacare plan will allow Canada to bring down drug prices, which are the third-highest in the OECD world. (unifor1996-o.ca)
  • Canadians support universal pharmacare - let's make healthcare about health again instead of profits for Big Pharma. (unifor1996-o.ca)
  • And funding for more nursing seats, bridging programs, new mentorship initiatives, and support for transitioning internationally educated nurses. (manitobanurses.ca)
  • The nursing shortage is global according to 2022 World Health Organization fact sheet. (wikipedia.org)
  • While the nursing shortage is most acute in countries in South East Asia and Africa, it is global, according to 2022 World Health Organization fact sheet. (wikipedia.org)
  • Even before the pandemic, burnout rates among nurses were extreme. (manitobanurses.ca)
  • Since the pandemic, those numbers have increased to 94 per cent of nurses experiencing burnout, with almost half now classified as clinical, meaning they need mental health supports. (manitobanurses.ca)
  • It can be measured, for instance, when the nurse-to-patient ratio, the nurse-to-population ratio, the number of job openings necessitates a higher number of nurses than currently available, or the current number of nurses is above a certain age where retirement becomes an option and plays a factor in staffing making the workforce in a higher need of nurses. (wikipedia.org)
  • Nurses and midwives represent about 50% of the health workforce globally. (wikipedia.org)
  • Of the 27 million people who make up that workforce, approximately 50% are nurses and midwives. (wikipedia.org)
  • As Ontario's nursing workforce staggers under the strain of COVID-19, nursing organizations say little effort has been made to retain the province's nurses. (healthydebate.ca)
  • We would like to see a clear commitment on the part of the Manitoba government to invest any additional funds into directly improving patient care by rebuilding the nursing workforce. (manitobanurses.ca)
  • The distress of being unable to provide the care they were trained to provide, and that people deserve "sort of eats away at your soul," said Rachel Muir, a registered nurse and president of The Ottawa Hospital's bargaining unit for the Ontario Nurses' Association. (saltwire.com)
  • The Ontario government has "been doing some things around recruitment, and that's all well and fine, but they aren't doing anything in regard to trying to retain the nurses they have," says Vicki McKenna, president of the Ontario Nurses Association (ONA). (healthydebate.ca)
  • The federal government has a legal obligation under the Canada Health Act to make sure the provinces and territories have enough resources to provide every Canadian health-care service regardless of where we live," said president Linda Silas. (abbynews.com)
  • Linda Silas, president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses, had a similar reaction to the request for help. (thecanadian.news)
  • I have listened to from many of my colleagues, and I think the most effective term to use is devastated," claimed Dr. Katherine Clever, president of the Canadian Health-related Affiliation. (elseadc.com)
  • The RNAO says the government has had their proposal to open up new public nurse-practitioner clinics for over a year, but hasn't moved forward. (getrichwithvitamins.com)
  • It was recently national Nurse Practitioner Week, but you would be forgiven if you've never heard of Nurse Practitioners. (evidencenetwork.ca)
  • The focus on recruitment rather than retention and wage-restraint legislation are major factors driving overworked and stressed nurses away. (healthydebate.ca)
  • She got a roar from the crowd for urging Doug Ford's government to abandon its appeal of a court judgment that found its "stupid" public sector wage restraint legislation, which continued to suppress nurses' wages, was unconstitutional. (getrichwithvitamins.com)
  • While Ontario's nursing union held a mass protest outside Queen's Park Thursday, a nursing lobby group was working on the inside, putting pressure on the Ford government. (getrichwithvitamins.com)
  • As the pandemic has so clearly proven, nurses are the lynchpin of Canadian health care, and they are crying out for help from our federal, provincial and territorial governments. (nursesunions.ca)
  • It's an age-old story made worse by pandemic stressors and political decisions that are driving more nurses from their jobs. (saltwire.com)
  • Canadian health-care workers have been on the front lines throughout the pandemic, dealing with four waves of COVID-19 patients flowing through the hospital system. (globalnews.ca)
  • In Canada, managing health care is a provincial responsibility, and Alberta has been in the national spotlight for weeks for its handling of the pandemic. (edmontonpedia.com)
  • In November in Ontario, the government announced as part of its fall economic statement that it's investing $342 million to add and upgrade the skills of more than 5,000 registered nurses and registered practical nurses and 8,000 personal support workers. (globalnews.ca)
  • Another study reported in a 2020 British Journal of Nursing article, conducted by Peate and colleague, found that the inability to provide effect and efficient care to patents caused nurses to question their job abilities and fear that their job was at stake. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2020, Ontario had the lowest nurse-per-capita ratio in Canada, with 665 registered nurses (RNs) for every 100,000 people. (healthydebate.ca)
  • It doesn't make sense that we are one of the largest workforces in Canada … and there's no planning nationally, there is little planning provincially on how we're going to distribute and how many nurses that we need in five years and 10 years and how we retain them," Silas said. (edmontonpedia.com)
  • A nursing shortage occurs when the demand for nursing professionals, such as Registered Nurses (RNs), exceeds the supply locally-within a healthcare facility-nationally or globally. (wikipedia.org)
  • Your support allows us to publish journalism about healthcare in Canada that is free to read and free to republish. (healthydebate.ca)
  • SEIU 1021 represents some of our lowest paid and hardest working employees, including healthcare workers, nurses, and janitors. (calitics.com)
  • Healthcare is a human right, and in a country as wealthy as Canada the burden of paying for medication should not be on individuals and families already encountering health challenges. (unifor1996-o.ca)
  • The nurse-per-capita ratio has been in steady decline in Ontario since 2014 as population growth outpaced the number of employed nurses. (healthydebate.ca)
  • Ontario government investments this year are expected to add up to 2,000 new nursing school positions and allow hospitals to employ more than 4,000 health "externs," nursing students supervised by nurses who work as unregulated care providers as part of health-care teams. (healthydebate.ca)
  • McKenna estimates that thousands of nursing vacancies exist in Ontario, though no one can say exactly how many. (healthydebate.ca)
  • The Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) organized the protest with the support of allied labor groups. (getrichwithvitamins.com)
  • The ONA is in mediation with the Ontario Hospital Association and has called it a "last-ditch effort" before moving to arbitration because nurses are essential workers and can't strike. (getrichwithvitamins.com)
  • Meanwhile, the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) took a softer approach with its annual lobby day, hosting MPPs for breakfast, speaking with the media, and hosting ministers and opposition leaders for speeches and Q-and-A's with nurses. (getrichwithvitamins.com)
  • In a statement to The Trillium Jones' press secretary Hannah Jensen touted the progress the province has made, including making it easier for internationally educated health care workers to practice in Ontario, which nurses have welcomed. (getrichwithvitamins.com)
  • On June 10, 2005, a tetanus toxoid, reduced diphtheria toxoid and acellular pertussis vaccine (Tdap) formulated for use in adults and adolescents was licensed in the United States for persons aged 11--64 years (ADACEL ® , manufactured by sanofi pasteur, Toronto, Ontario, Canada). (cdc.gov)
  • Imposing performance measures on the provinces that affect their access to the Canada Health Transfer is more or less unheard of, said Haizhen Mou, a professor at the University of Saskatchewan who studies health policy. (my.id)
  • Imposing efficiency measures on the provinces that have an effect on their entry to the Canada Well being Switch is kind of extraordinary, stated Haizhen Mou, a professor on the College of Saskatchewan who research well being coverage. (dietsthatwork4all.com)
  • HealthCareCan, an association of health-care organizations and Canadian hospitals, urged the government to meet with provincial and territorial leaders. (abbynews.com)
  • The federal and provincial governments appear deadlocked in their negotiations on the future of health care in Canada, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's latest comments suggest he will not be the one to blink first. (my.id)
  • In a year-end interview with The Canadian Press on Monday, Trudeau said he's not willing to kick health-care reform down the road any further, even as provincial premiers clamour for more federal funds to bolster their ailing health systems. (my.id)
  • The federal and provincial governments seem deadlocked of their negotiations on the way forward for well being care in Canada, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's newest feedback counsel he is not going to be the one to blink first. (dietsthatwork4all.com)
  • In a year-end interview with The Canadian Press on Monday, Trudeau stated he is not keen to kick health-care reform down the highway any additional, whilst provincial premiers clamour for extra federal funds to bolster their ailing well being methods. (dietsthatwork4all.com)
  • Concerted government action is urgently needed to turn the tide and stem the exodus of nurses from the system. (manitobanurses.ca)
  • Potential factors include lack of adequate staffing ratios in hospitals and other health care facilities, lack of placement programs for newly trained nurses, inability for students to complete schooling in general or with the appropriate grade and inadequate worker retention incentives. (wikipedia.org)
  • First, by giving them a light at the end of the tunnel with firm timelines and real accountability for improving nurse-to-patient ratios. (manitobanurses.ca)
  • The RNAO also accused the government of dragging its heels on allowing registered nurses to prescribe some routine medications, something it has agreed to in principle, and the RNAO has been requesting for over a decade. (getrichwithvitamins.com)
  • Jones said the ministry had begun the work with the College of Nurses on their regulatory proposals, the RNAO said the college gave its submissions on that to the government nearly four years ago. (getrichwithvitamins.com)
  • The government has also moved quickly to set up private surgical centres, alarming the RNAO and the nurses rallying outside of Queen's Park, who urged the province to expand hours in publicly funded hospitals instead. (getrichwithvitamins.com)
  • But neither he nor Sylvia Jones, the deputy premier and minister of health, came with any new promises for the nurses on their major priorities. (getrichwithvitamins.com)
  • The Trudeau government must introduce legislation for a Canada Pharmacare Act as soon as possible - by the spring at the latest. (unifor1996-o.ca)
  • Silas warned that nurses would leave without adequate compensation, worsening the province's health-care labor shortage if it didn't pay them better. (getrichwithvitamins.com)
  • And more than half of all nurses in Canada are considering leaving their current position in the next year, including 19 per cent who are considering leaving nursing altogether. (manitobanurses.ca)
  • As of 2006, the WHO estimated a global shortage of almost 4.3 million nurses, physicians and other health human resources worldwide-reported to be the result of decades of underinvestment in health worker education, training, wages, working environment and management. (wikipedia.org)
  • Global Nurses United (GNU), representing more than 2.5 million nurses and other health care workers from around the world, roundly condemns the Russian invasion of Ukraine and stands in solidarity with the Ukrainian people. (nationalnursesunited.org)
  • A study in 2009 by the Emergency Nurse has predicted that there will be a shortage of 260,000 registered nurses by the year 2025. (wikipedia.org)
  • In British Columbia, a 24-year-old emergency nurse one-and-a-half years into her career worries about making a mistake so dire she'll lose her job, her licence and end up in jail, like a Nashville nurse whose medication error killed a 75-year-old. (saltwire.com)
  • Nurses are missing breaks and leaving late, sometimes pulling 14- or 16-hour shifts, forced into overtime because someone hasn't shown up. (saltwire.com)
  • No more around-the-clock overtime to keep services open, no more lining the pockets of for-profit staffing agencies while committed full-time nurses suffer, no more neglecting nurses' work-life balance. (peinu.com)
  • Premiers have been calling for the health minister to negotiate a new deal for how much the federal government will pay into health care in Canada, but there was no money put forward in the budget. (abbynews.com)
  • One-time or short-term targeted spending cannot address the long-term challenges facing Canadians' health care systems," the premiers' statement read. (abbynews.com)
  • Normally, nurses in intensive-care units (ICUs) care for only one or two patients at a time. (healthydebate.ca)
  • Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver wrote a letter Tuesday to the federal government requesting help with air travel if needed to move patients to care facilities outside of Alberta, and more intensive care nurses and respiratory therapists. (thecanadian.news)
  • Neoliberalism in Action: Canadian Perspectives" ( Pat Armstrong ), pp. 184-201 in Susan Braedley and Meg Luxton, eds. (yorku.ca)
  • I am sure she thinks of herself as a Doctor rather than a Nurse': Conflict and Resistance to Paternalism - Nursing with the Grenfell Mission in Newfoundland and Labrador," in Caregiving on the Periphery: Historical Perspectives on Nursing and Midwifery in Canada , Myra Rutherdale, ed. (heritage.nf.ca)
  • Recruitment is cheaper than retention," says a critical-care nurse with more than 30 years' experience who asked not to be identified for fear of appearing critical of her employer. (healthydebate.ca)
  • We're asking for people to understand what's going on," said Eram Chhogala, an emergency and trauma nurse in the Greater Toronto Area. (saltwire.com)
  • Arguments in the Toronto sexual-assault case against former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard are expected to begin today. (ctvnews.ca)
  • The nursing shortage is horrific," says a clinical program director in a large hospital in the Greater Toronto Area, who asked not to be identified because she did not have approval to speak publicly. (healthydebate.ca)
  • Born on March 2, 1942 in England, she returned with her mother (a member of the British Auxiliary Territorial Service) to Canada as a baby and grew up in Ottawa and Toronto, attending the prestigious Branksome Hall Girls School. (inmemoriam.ca)
  • His province has embarked on primary-care reform, made spaces for more nurses and signed new collective agreements with health workers, all while coping with an extraordinary increase in demand for services, he said. (my.id)
  • His province has launched into primary-care reform, made areas for extra nurses and signed new collective agreements with well being staff, all whereas dealing with a unprecedented improve in demand for companies, he stated. (dietsthatwork4all.com)
  • Federal leadership is essential to bring about the transformative change that is so urgently needed in Canadian health care. (nursesunions.ca)
  • But what might be a nightmare for the pharmaceutical giants is a dream for Canadians, millions of whom struggle to afford their medications. (unifor1996-o.ca)
  • Canada spends more of its gross domestic product on health than the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development average, but is ranked behind peer countries in terms of outcomes. (abbynews.com)
  • Another study found that nurse dissatisfaction stemmed from: conflicting expectations from nurses and managers due to regulation of cost inability to provide comprehensive nursing care due to work loss of confidence in the health care system, based on a 2014 Russian non-academic paper. (wikipedia.org)
  • Contradictions at Work: Struggles for Control in Canadian Health Care" ( Pat Armstrong and Hugh Armstrong), pp. 145-67 in Leo Panitch and Colin Leys, eds. (yorku.ca)
  • Nurses are straining under the weight of crushing workloads, routine workplace violence and concerns about inadequate personal protective equipment (PPE), resulting in a situation that poses serious risks for their mental and physical well-being, along with the health of those for whom they provide care. (nursesunions.ca)
  • Brookins said it's not acceptable and they're working to raise awareness of workplace violence for nurses and the public. (ctvnews.ca)
  • Among other issues noted by nurses were lack of control of their day-to-day lives, lack of respect from patients/hospital leadership, being overworked due to other co-workers calling in sick or being unable to staff their departments fully (with no fewer patients), and workplace violence. (healthydebate.ca)
  • You concern your job and if you must be in it," reported McDonald, a nurse at the cardiac rehabilitation software in Cornwall, Ont. (elseadc.com)
  • In Manitoba, the government announced Wednesday it's investing $19.5 million to add 259 nurse training seats at five post-secondary institutions across the province as part of its multi-year plan to add roughly 400 seats over the next few years. (globalnews.ca)
  • The sick people kept coming, nurses became infected and it seemed the surges would never end: A brief reprieve, and then right back at it again. (saltwire.com)
  • The Canadian Health Coalition, its members and allies are preparing to mount a major campaign in the coming months to mobilize that broad public support and win pharmacare. (unifor1996-o.ca)
  • And second, by providing immediate and ongoing support for nurses' mental health programs. (manitobanurses.ca)
  • They want to see Ottawa cover 35 per cent of health-care costs across the country, up from the current 22 per cent, by increasing the Canada Health Transfer. (my.id)
  • They need to see Ottawa cowl 35 per cent of health-care prices throughout the nation, up from the present 22 per cent, by rising the Canada Well being Switch. (dietsthatwork4all.com)
  • The federal budget missed an opportunity to address the major health care challenges facing Canadians," said British Columbia Premier John Horgan, chair of the Council of the Federation, in a statement Friday. (abbynews.com)
  • Natalie was a woman in her mid-90s who lived in a nursing home close to where I live. (pilipino-express.com)
  • Nurses and health care workers confront trauma and uncertainty when providing care during the best of times, and now our sisters and brothers face targeted military strikes as they treat war casualties and others too sick to flee. (nationalnursesunited.org)
  • Nurses across the country are standing up, fighting back and demanding change. (nursesunions.ca)