Nursing Shortage
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Questions unanswered amid calls for urgent action on Nova Scotia ER understaffingSenior officials with Nova Scotia's Health Department were unable to answer a number of questions on Wednesday about the state of the province's emergency health system.CanadaNov 23
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N.B. nurses union’s proposal to temporarily merge services raises linguistic duality concernsThe president of Égalité santé en français, a group advocating for the preservation of linguistic duality in health care, said he wholeheartedly opposes the idea of pooling nurses.HealthOct 27
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Manitoba spending over $12.5 million to train more nursesManitoba is spending over $12.5 million to train more nurses in an effort to build a stronger health system.HealthOct 25
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Patients laying in Peterborough hospital ambulance bay reignites ONA call for Bill 124 repealPRHC stated "it is sometimes necessary to provide care for patients in temporary, unconventional locations while they wait to be moved to an inpatient bed."HealthOct 4
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New Brunswick has 40 nurses trained for sexual assault examsThe number of nurses trained to administer sexual assault evidence kits has been falling in recent years as healthcare system struggles with staffing.HealthSep 15
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ER nurse shortage not due to vacation time, says head of N.B. nurses’ union'I think anytime a corporation speaks about their employees taking vacation affecting service, there is a larger problem,' said the president of the New Brunswick Nurses Union.HealthAug 29
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Small rally in Moncton calls for better health care in N.B.Two major New Brunswick emergency rooms scaled back services this weekend due to a critical shortage of nursing staff.HealthAug 28
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Sask. E.R.s facing staffing shortages, higher levels of abuse: nurses unionSaskatchewan Union of Nurses' president said that some nurses are terrified, with more abuse and weapons coming through hospital doors.CanadaAug 26
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Clearwater hospital emergency department enters third week of overnight closuresBetween Aug. 27 and Sept. 2, the department's opening hours will be limited from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., Interior Health said, continuing the stretch of closures that began Aug. 11.HealthAug 26
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Northern N.B. hospital reduces ICU beds amid nursing shortageVitalite Health Network says it has reduced the number of ICU beds at the Campbellton Regional Hospital from six to four due to a nursing shortage.HealthAug 19
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