Paula Doucet

• COVID-19: N.B. nurses ‘struggling’ with physical and mental exhaustion, union says

  The New Brunswick health-care system was facing staffing shortages pre-pandemic but those representing workers say the shortage is worse than ever from COVID-19.

  Health

  Apr 28, 2022
  
• Stakeholders offer mixed reviews of New Brunswick’s budget

  “I think there was a few failing grades I could potentially give this budget.”

  Economy

  Mar 23, 2022
  
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• COVID-19: New Brunswick health officials fear fourth wave may close elective services

  New Brunswick health officials say a spike in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations may force the province to close down elective health care services in hospitals.

  Health

  Sep 22, 2021
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• ‘It’s really serious’: Nurses across New Brunswick say they’ve passed the breaking point

  “A lot of nurses I work with have contemplated suicide because of the shortage and just how we’re treated at work," one RN tells Global News.

  Health

  Sep 17, 2021
• N.B. Nurses Union calls for inquiry into long-term care, claims quality has declined

  A new report from the New Brunswick Nurses Union found that the quality of care in nursing homes in New Brunswick has fallen to 'unsafe levels.'

  Health

  Oct 15, 2020
• N.B. Nurses union concerned over level of casual staffing in long-term care homes

  According to a 2019 New Brunswick Association of Nursing Homes hiring forecast, N.B. nursing homes were expected to fill 170 of 224 open positions with casual labour.

  Health

  Jul 24, 2020
• Campbellton Regional Hospital bears brunt of New Brunswick’s COVID-19 outbreak

  As of Friday, four patients remain in the hospital’s COVID-19 unit.

  Health

  Jun 12, 2020
• Hospital overcrowding, staff shortages have more nurses seeking medical leave, says NBNU

  "We are probably looking at between 600 and 700 nurses out of the system on a daily basis," said Paula Doucet, president of the New Brunswick Nurses Union.

  Health

  Apr 8, 2019