Registered Nurses

• St. Lawrence College offering registered nurse prescribing program

  Ontario announced changes to allow registered nurses to prescribe certain medications earlier this year.

  Health

  Dec 15, 2023
  
• Ontario registered nurses soon able to prescribe birth control, travel medication

  Registered nurses in Ontario will soon be able to prescribe certain medications such as birth control and drugs for smoking cessation.

  Health

  Nov 6, 2023
  
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• Panel recommends Campbellford Memorial Hospital dissolve nurse float resource pool

  Following a three-day hearing in June, a nursing panel has provided 141 recommendations to improve working conditions in the medical/surgical units at the 70-year-old hospital.

  Health

  Aug 17, 2023
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• New Brunswick pilot offers part-time job, free tuition for care workers to return to school

  Through the “Step Up to Nursing” pilot program, the province will cover the costs for a PSW to become an LPN or an LPN to become an RN.

  Education

  Feb 24, 2023
• Rural community says faith in Saskatchewan health care shaken after ER disruptions

  The community of Oxbow has experienced at least a dozen temporary closures of its healthcare centre ER since the start of 2023.

  Canada

  Feb 22, 2023
• More workers joining Sask.’s health-care system: provincial government

  Some 160 Filipino health-care workers have been offered jobs so far under Saskatchewan's Health Human Resources Action Plan.

  Health

  Jan 26, 2023
• New Brunswick expanding navigator program in bid to add international health-care workers

  New Brunswick is looking to help internationally trained workers come to the province by expanding its navigator program to all registered professions.

  Health

  Sep 27, 2022
• As Ontario ERs buckle, nurse groups want international applicants’ licenses expedited

  Nursing organizations and hospital networks have both identified international recruitment as a long-term solution as the province struggles to retain workers.

  Canada

  Jul 28, 2022
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• More LPNs eligible for education to become registered nurses in Nova Scotia

  Licensed practical nursing graduates from out-of-province, as well as those who graduated from NSCC prior to 2008, are now eligible to apply for BScN programs at two universities.

  Health

  Jun 7, 2022
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• Saskatchewan nurse challenges college’s ruling over professional misconduct

  The College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan ruled Jessica McCulloch falsified records of narcotics given to patients and provided toiletries when she shouldn't have.

  Canada

  Apr 7, 2022