Nova Scotia Nurses Union

• Nurses’ Union raises concerns with IWK’s new partnership with Scotia Surgery

  Scotia Surgery's operating rooms will be used for pediatric non-complex, elective, outpatient surgeries including orthopedic, urology, plastic and dental procedures.

  Health

  Dec 19, 2021
  
• Nurses rally in Nova Scotia to demand government fix the broken health-care system

  On Friday, nurses in Nova Scotia rallied as part of a national day of action to address the ongoing nursing crisis.

  Health

  Sep 17, 2021
  
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• ‘We’ve had enough’: Nurses’ union says N.S. hospitals reaching critical point

  'We’ve been saying this for years, and now it’s worse than ever, but we’ve had enough. We can’t take it anymore,' says Nova Scotia Nurses' Union president Janet Hazelton.

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  Sep 16, 2021
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• Nurses’ union in N.S. condemns ‘anti-science’ protest planned at Halifax hospital

  The scheduled protest at the QEII in Halifax is one of several planned across the country.

  Health

  Sep 13, 2021
• Nova Scotia health-care workers steel themselves for influx of COVID-19 patients

  According to Nova Scotia Health, province-wide intensive care unit occupancy is at approximately 80 per cent as health-care workers prepare for an influx of COVID-19 patients.

  Health

  Apr 30, 2021
• Nova Scotian trailblazer Clotilda Yakimchuk remembered as a ‘super-nurse’

  Clotilda Yakimchuk, a retired nurse from Whitney Pier, passed away on Thursday with COVID-19.

  Canada

  Apr 16, 2021
• Nova Scotia withheld $229K in funding from long-term care homes over empty beds during COVID-19

  In September, the Health Department gave nursing homes an ultimatum: fill all but a number of 'pre-approved' care beds, or risk having funding withheld.

  Health

  Jan 19, 2021
• Union leaders, advocates urge N.S. government to require minimum care hours in nursing homes

  Nova Scotia's long-term care sector is in a state of "crisis" say union leaders representing those who work in the facilities.

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  Jan 12, 2021
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• Family speaks out about alleged neglect at N.S. long-term care facility

  "It was inhumane," said the resident's niece. "Her hair was dirty, it was long, you could tell she's laid on one side for god knows how long."

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  Jan 2, 2021
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• ‘We need fuel’: Front-line workers prepare for stress of second wave of COVID-19

  Nova Scotia's health-care professionals say now is the time for a conversation about mental health and burnout among front-line staff.

  Health

  Nov 27, 2020