Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions
representing 156,000 nurses and student nurses, advances solutions to improve patient care, working conditions and our public health care system.
The latest Canadian Institute for Health Information data shows that the total number of RNs and LPNs in the country continues to rise. Hopefully, this trend will continue or even accelerate so that we can reclaim the nurse to population ratio we had in the early 1990s. This becomes all the more important as the average age of nurses continues to increase and more and more of us approach retirement.
Health care in Canada is a fundamental right without distinction of race, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, political belief, immigration status, and economic or social condition. Organizations representing millions of Canadians will mobilize to defend this right and to ensure that the following principles shape the direction of the Health Accord renewal
The CFNU would like to wish CNSA great success at their National Conference “Overcoming Challenges, Harmonizing Our Voices” from January 25-28, 2012 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
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While doing an interview with the regional chair of the B.C. Nurses Union this week, I found out about a specific cut to the health care system that hit me hard, and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it.
In order to support negotiations for all three bargaining groups, NBNU has developed three new television spots with the slogan “There Is No Substitute For a Registered Nurse.” The campaign spots, in English and French, began airing the week of January 23, 2012.
Saskatoon, Wednesday, January 25, 2012 – The Canadian Nursing Students’ Association (CNSA) is alarmed by the decision of Canadian nurse regulators to engage in negotiations with the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN), an American corporation, to create a new Canadian RN entry-to-practice exam.
OTTAWA, Jan. 13, 2012 /CNW/ - In an announcement this morning, Canadian Nurses Association president Judith Shamian presented a declaration of essential principles for the development of a made- and owned-in-Canada registered nurse (RN) entry exam.
Charlottetown - The Prince Edward Island Nurses’ Union (PEINU) is very concerned that there could be a negative impact on the quality of patient care following Health PEI’s decision to cut numerous registered nursing positions at the Prince Edward Home. The 128 bed health care facility provides Palliative Care; Convalescent/Restorative Care; Respite Care; and Long-Term Nursing Home Care for residents of the Province
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