Quebec Order Of Nurses
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Quebec’s nurses order rejects call to delay exam despite concern over failure rateWhile the order declined to change the date, it agreed to Gariépy’s suggestion of allowing students who had failed for a third — and normally final — time to retake the test.EducationJan 25, 2023
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Quebec nurses need better working conditions, according to reportOne key proposal is mandatory university education. If implemented nurses would need a baccalaureate to practice nursing. Currently 42 per cent of all nurses have a CEGEP degree.HealthSep 16, 2021
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COVID-19: Quebec facing nursing staff shortageQuebec is facing an urgent lack of nurses across the province. The government said it was expecting nurses to come back from vacation this week. Many of them did not.HealthSep 15, 2021
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Quebec woman fired after working 20 years as hospital nurse without a licenseThe health authority said the woman managed to get hired and keep her job by providing the nursing license number of someone with the same name.CanadaMay 31, 2019
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Quebec’s College of Physicians says nurse practitioners should create their own guidelinesThe Quebec Order of Nurses says this "unprecedented openness" will allow the union to widen the scope of services to Quebecers.HealthMay 1, 2019
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Multiple Quebec nurses suspended over fentanyl theft over last 10 yearsAbout a dozen Quebec nurses have been temporarily suspended over the last decade for stealing quantities of the drug from the workplace, says a Canadian Press analysis of the Quebec Order of Nurses' disciplinary council decisions.CanadaJan 29, 2017
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Quebec nurses granted new powers to prescribe pillsQuebec granted new powers to nurses to help reduce the burden on doctors in ERs and clinics, including prescribing some prescription pills.CanadaOct 8, 2015
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Quebec doctors to receive ‘euthanasia kits’Doctors will soon receive standardized kits that will allow them to carry out assisted suicides.CanadaSep 1, 2015
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