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Panel recommends Campbellford Memorial Hospital dissolve nurse float resource poolFollowing 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.HealthAug 17, 2023
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Campbellford Memorial Hospital nurses’ hearing to outline staffing, safety concernsMedical-surgical registered nurses say their concerns over staffing levels and quality of patient care have been ongoing and ignored by management for the past six years.HealthJun 23, 2023
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As Ontario ERs buckle, nurse groups want international applicants’ licenses expeditedNursing organizations and hospital networks have both identified international recruitment as a long-term solution as the province struggles to retain workers.CanadaJul 28, 2022
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Nova Scotia Nurses’ Union demands same pay bump after arbitration awardLicensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) under NSGEU were awarded a 12 per cent retroactive pay raise.HealthJun 17, 2020
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Condolences pour in for Antigonish basketball player who died in B.C. boating accidentAndrew Milner was a University of Calgary kinesiology student and guard on the Dinos men’s basketball team.CanadaApr 25, 2019
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93 per cent of N.S. nurses feel patients are at risk due to staff shortages: NSGEU surveyThe results of the survey were brought forward during question period at the Nova Scotia legislature on Thursday by NDP Leader Gary Burrill.HealthApr 4, 2019
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‘Boiling point’ reached after Code Orange denied at Halifax ER: NSGEUUnion president Jason MacLean says nurses attempted to call a Code Orange on Wednesday but that the request was denied by their employer.PoliticsMar 16, 2019
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Saskatchewan registered nurses speak out about proposed bylaw changesSaskatchewan RNs speak out at special meeting on possible bylaw changes that would give LPNs an expanded role in patient care.HealthOct 7, 2014
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Sask. nursing unions butting headsAccording to unions representing LPNs, the proposed changes are being met with resistance by the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses.CanadaSep 18, 2014
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