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51 leases between NLHS staff and travel nurses terminated, says health authority

Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services recently faced allegations that staff members were purchasing homes to rent to agency and internationally…

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Nova Scotia

Rent control, tax cuts, travel nurses: Here’s what N.S. leaders are talking about today

Nova Scotia’s New Democrats are proposing measures they say would protect renters from excessive rent hikes and evictions if the…

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Nova Scotia

60% of young N.S. nurses leaving province every year: report

Sixty per cent of Nova Scotia’s young nurses are leaving the province every year, according to a new report by…

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Health

Doctors say they stand in support of Vitalité Health Network’s use of travel nurses

Physicians at two New Brunswick hospitals are defending the Vitalité Health Network’s leadership team, and its CEO, on the use of…

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Health

Program that pairs nurses with RCMP on mental health calls making an impact in Fort McMurray

A program in Fort McMurray that pairs police officers with nurses to help people experiencing mental health crises has expanded…

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Health

N.L. health authority shelled out more than $90M on travel nurses in 2023

Yvette Coffey, president of the Registered Nurses’ Union Newfoundland and Labrador, says the government’s spending on travel nurses undermines recruitment…

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Canada

Ontario will need tens of thousands of new nurses, PSWs by 2032

Ontario will need 33,200 more nurses and 50,853 more personal support workers by 2032, the government projects — figures it…

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Health

Quebec hospital trains nurses, creates new position after man developed fatal bedsore

Quebec’s Laurentian health authority is putting in place corrective measures in the Saint-Jérôme hospital weeks after the death of Normand Meunier,…

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Lifestyle

Ontario nurses help mother deliver baby on board flight to Dubai

Two registered nurses from Ottawa and Kingston have been an integral part in the delivery of a baby on board…

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Canada

Quebec’s biggest nurses’ union rejects government deal

It’s back to the negotiating table for the Quebec government and the provinces’ largest nurses’ union, Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé…

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