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‘Hidden in their bags’: B.C. nurse speaks out about drug use in hospitalChelsea Robertson is the latest to ring the alarm about open drug use and the challenges nurses and health-care workers are facing at hospitals.HealthApr 11
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Southern Alberta grapples with prescription medication shortagesThe list is thousands long, but it includes prescription type medication like Tylenol 4, Nitro spray, as well as Amoxicillin, also known as banana medicine for children.CanadaDec 20, 2023
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Quebec nursing assistant charged with sexual assault at care home, more victims possibleLaval police are asking anyone who may have been a target of Abdeslam El Asri, charged for reported sexual assaults at a Laval, Que., care home (CHSLD), to come forward.CrimeJul 20, 2023
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5 Alberta LPNs’ fight to be classified as ‘direct nurses’ continues as some unions push backA group of LPNs pushing to have their jobs reclassified as direct nurses is now waiting to hear from the Alberta Labour Relations Board on where their fight goes next.HealthJul 5, 2023
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‘Hero’ stranger saves Calgary man’s life with CPRA Calgary woman was in the right place at the right time when a man suddenly collapsed from a heart attack. She jumped out of her car and saved his life with CPR.CanadaJun 26, 2023
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A look inside the birthing centre at Montreal’s St-Mary’s hospitalThe nurses of St-Mary's hospital are highlighted as part of National Nurses Week.CanadaMay 13, 2023
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St. Lawrence College celebrates 50 years of nursing programAfter first launching the program in 1973, St. Lawrence College celebrated 50 years of its Nursing program on Saturday with over 100 alumni in attendance.CanadaApr 29, 2023
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Private health-care staffing solutions costing Saskatchewan over $730,000Documents obtained by CUPE show that the Saskatchewan government is potentially paying millions of dollars for private staffing solutions in the health-care sector.HealthMar 21, 2023
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Saskatoon woman waited over an hour for an ambulance: ‘I said my goodbyes to my sons’Sharon Chartier, a 63-year old retired registered nurse, had to wait over an hour for EMS to arrive after she called for what she thought was a heart attack.HealthMar 16, 2023
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Foreign-educated nurses say health care staff shortage solution already in CanadaA Philippines government official said the country needs 350,000 nurses. An ICU nurse from the Philippines is waiting to get her nurse accreditation so she can work in Canada.CanadaMar 14, 2023
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