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'Different roles to play'

Inaccurate, lacking research & evidence, insulting. Regina RN questions Leader Post pieces by Murray Mandryk and Steven Lewis in a letter to the editor: Murray Mandryk’s May 11 column, “Saskatchewan RNs must truly put patients first,” was incredibly offensive and disrespectful to this province’s RNs. I’m an RN at the Regina General and Pasqua hospitals; never…

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Why a U.S. licensing exam shouldn't regulate Canadian nurses

KIRSTEN WOODEND Contributed to The Globe and Mail Published  Friday, May 13, 2016 6:00AM EDT Last updated    Thursday, May 12, 2016 5:48PM EDT Kirsten Woodend is dean of the Trent/Fleming School of Nursing, and president of the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing. ---------------------------------------- In January, 2015,…

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A nurses week message on Florence Nightingale's birthday

We get to be there for the most precious moments in a patient and their family’s life– whether it’s in labour and delivery, or on a medical unit, in hospice care, long-term care, mental and community health facilities or anywhere else in the system registered nurses are there – we’re there for the happiest, scariest and saddest times in our patient’s lives…

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CTV Nurses Week

Denise Dick, RN talks about short-staffing, nurse burnout, inspiring nursing students and much more for National Nurses Week on CTV Saskatoon Morning Live VIDEO: http://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/video…

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Correcting Leader Post opinion piece inaccuracies

A message to registered nurses from Denise Dick, RN (SUN First Vice President)  I was shocked to read Steven Lewis’s May 9, 2016 opinion piece in the Leader Post. It was literally riddled with inaccuracies from start to finish and was frankly disrespectful to Registered Nurses.    Read the article:…

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