Alberta Nurses

• Nurse staffing shortages in Alberta lead to excessive overtime, union head says

  Some nurses made hundreds of thousands of dollars above the typical salary last year, with one making more than $500,000.

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  Jul 10
  
• Alberta union raises alarm over health-care staffing shortage: ‘The crisis is not over’

  Dozens of AUPE members took part in a rally near the legislature on Tuesday to raise awareness on how a staffing shortage has created what they say is an unsafe system.

  Health

  Apr 18
  
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• Province hopes to bring more international nurses to Alberta

  The Alberta government is providing more spaces and financial aid to get internationally educated nurses accredited in the province.

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  Feb 13
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• Alberta Health Services says network outage was caused by ‘routine maintenance’

  A senior health official said doctors and staff at hospitals had to use paper charts, whiteboards and phone calls to communicate with each other during the network outage.

  Health

  Jan 25
• Danielle Smith quashes nurses’ call for mask mandate despite high pediatric hospitalizations

  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said her government supports individual choice, in response to a call from the United Nurses of Alberta for an indoor mask mandate.

  Canada

  Dec 21, 2022
• Stollery emergency provisions activated, staff redeployed as ICU sits at 100% capacity

  'Other potential staffing measures could include mandatory overtime, short notice schedule changes, and in some cases, cancellation of staff vacations, if shifts cannot be filled.'

  Health

  Dec 20, 2022
• Alberta nurses leaving front-line healthcare for less stressful units, jobs

  In increasing numbers, Alberta nurses are deciding to leave the full-time frontlines to work in health settings that offer more work-life balance. A popular choice? Aesthetics.

  Health

  Nov 22, 2022
• Advocates concerned after Lethbridge ER nurse assaulted

  Lethbridge police were called to Chinook Regional Hospital on Friday after a nurse was assaulted.

  Health

  Oct 11, 2022
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• ‘ICU if necessary, not necessarily ICU’: Alberta opens 50 new beds

  The province made the initial addition announcement in March. Seven months later, the full 50 were announced to have opened in 12 different hospitals.

  Canada

  Oct 6, 2022
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• Elk Point Healthcare Centre ER closed temporarily over lack of nursing staff: AHS

  On its website, Alberta Health Services said the ER at Elk Point Healthcare Centre would be closed from 7 p.m. on Tuesday until 7 a.m. on Wednesday.

  Health

  Sep 6, 2022