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Saskatchewan’s registered nurses (RNs) are utilizing their diverse skill sets to help address some of the unique health care challenges faced by people in rural and remote areas of the province. Nearly one in three Saskatchewan residents live in rural and remote areas and face certain barriers to receiving quality health care. Some communities have access to a physician only a few days a…

The land where Medicare was born is now at a crossroads, according to the head of the union representing Saskatchewan’s 10,000 registered nurses, and nurses can point the way. Saskatchewan is poised to once again lead the world in health care, says Tracy Zambory, president of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN). “Right now we are in the most unknown territory that we’ve ever…

OTTAWA, May 1, 2018 – Canada’s nurses unveiled a new study today – the first of its kind in Canada – that reveals the number of people in Canada who die or fall ill because prescription medications are unaffordable. The study, entitled Body Count, confirms that shortfalls in prescription drug coverage result in daily deaths and illness among people…

Pre-Annual Meeting The Board of Directors held their Pre-Annual Meeting on April 24 in Moose Jaw, in preparation for the upcoming Annual Meeting, as well as discuss the current political, professional and strategic environments.  The following is a summary of the financial and business decisions made at this meeting. BOARD DECISIONS The Board approved the request to…

[Moose Jaw, SK] Today, Saskatchewan’s registered nurses are shining a spotlight on the province’s HIV epidemic with the premiere of a 12-minute documentary to almost 500 delegates at the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses’ (SUN) annual meeting in Moose Jaw. With a staggering new infections rate of more than two times the Canadian national average and an 800 per cent increase in 2016…