Nursing

The nursing union behind today's mass walkout last night hinted it would accept less than half of its previous pay demands to bring an end to the strikes.More than 40,000 nurses and ambulance staff are striking today in what is expected to…

More than half of the nursing homes in Nova Scotia can now achieve increased daily hours of care for their residents thanks to increased staffing levels, Seniors and Long-Term Care Minister Bard Adams told reporters on Thursday.She said 30…

An assistant nursing professor at the University of New Brunswick says there is a crisis-level shortage of sexual assault nurse examiners in the country. Martha Paynter, who is also an author and well-known advocate for health equity,…

A nursing assistant has revealed that she weaves McDonald's napkins between her toes before she goes to bed, claiming it helps her sleep better at night.Taylor Bischoff, 19, went viral on TikTok after sharing a video of two paper napkins…

At the edges of Newfoundland and Labrador's health-care crisis, some nursing students at Memorial University are wondering what they're about to get into — and whether they want to at all.Brooke Simms, the nursing representative on MUN's…

The CIUSSS de l'Est-de-l'Île-de-Montréal is calling on nurses in the health care network to lend a hand at their short-staffed hospitals.Until then, non-emergency patients who come to the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital's (MRH) emergency room…

A patients' rights group has warned a nursing strike in New York City could cause potentially-fatal medical errors.More than 7,000 nurses at two major hospitals in Manhattan and the Bronx hit the picket line today over pay and staff…

The union behind the nurses' strike is willing to meet the Government 'halfway' and accept a 10 per cent pay offer, its leader has suggested.The Royal College of Nursing (RCN), which coordinated two days of strike action in England in…

The chief of a northern Manitoba First Nation fears for his community's safety amid a critical nursing shortage at nursing stations across the province over the holidays.Three of 16 nurses are working this week in Pimicikamak, which has an…

Last Updated: December 24, 2022, 15:10 ISTFire at a private property, which was being used as an hospital, killed at least 22 people in Russia (Image: Shutterstock)Russian media outlets reported that out of the six injured two were…