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CFNU
Friday, Jan 27 2012
Silas comments on new CIHI numbers
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...
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CBC News
Monday, Sep 19 2011
Calgary nurse shortage predicted
Calgary could face a shortage of nurses by 2012, documents suggest, just as the city's new billion-dollar hospital is set to open.Internal Alberta Health Services documents obtained by the CBC predict a shortage of nearly 2,000 nurses in Calgary by next year, causing concern for the city's new $1.3-billion South Calgary Health Campus that is set to open in...
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Monday, Apr 11 2011
Sharon Costello, BCNU Campaigns Officer 604-868-4261
For immediate release
April 11, 2011
Nurses to speak out about ongoing concerns for safe patient care at Royal Columbian Hospital
Hallway Nursing is bad for patients and their families
Despite the national shame that was cast on Royal Columbian Hospital when patients were moved into an adjoining Tim Hortons coffee shop last month, nurses...
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Tuesday, May 12 2009
A critical shortage of registered nurses is on track to hit 60,000 by 2022 unless governments act, says a new report by the Canadian Nurses Association. CFNU's President, Linda Silas, provides comment.
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Monday, May 11 2009
May 11, 2009 - (Ottawa) - A new report on the nursing shortage once again shows that immediate action is needed to fix health care workplaces, says the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions. The demand for action from the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions results from new research findings on the shortage, published today by the professional association of nurses, the Canadian Nurses...
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Friday, Mar 13 2009
In an attempt to address the chronic shortage of registered nurses in Canada, provincial governments and regional health authorities have embarked on aggressive international recruitment campaigns.
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Friday, Aug 15 2008
The nursing shortage has become critical – some provinces now lack thousands of nurses, and nationwide need is expected to reach 113,000 by 2016. Previous funding cutbacks, an aging population and workforce, workplace stress resulting in early burnout and retirement, a lack of nursing seats, nurse educators, clinical instructors and placements all contribute to the growing nursing shortage...
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Wednesday, Jun 18 2008
20.8% of nurses are over 55 and nearing retirement, while Canadian nurses are already working over 18 million hours of overtime – equivalent to 10,000 full-time nursing positions. In spite of a plethora of studies which call for immediate action, little is being done to address the nursing shortage crisis.
