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Canada's Nurses Show Solidarity with Ontario CCAC Nurses on Strike

[MEDIA RELEASE] The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions joined striking Ontario Nurses’  Association members on the picket lines in a show of solidarity. Leaders from nurses unions across the  country stood with striking nurses in demanding a fair settlement from the Ontario government.  Walking the picket lines outside the Perth and Smith Falls District Hospital…

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SUPREME COURT OF CANADA UPHOLDS SUN ARGUMENTS AND STRIKES DOWN BAD LAW

[REGINA, SK] -- Saskatchewan’s 10,000 Registered Nurses have good reason to celebrate today’s Supreme Court of Canada ruling that the province’s Public Sector Essential Services Act (PSESA) is unconstitutional. “No workers were affected more by this legislation than Saskatchewan’s registered nurses, so no union was more committed to this legal battle than…

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CFNU Ebola Readiness Video: Ensure the safety of nurses who care for patients

View and share CFNU's ebola readiness video on YouTube today. 

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Nurse Practitioners to Prescribe Controlled Drugs and Substances

[REGINA]  The Saskatchewan Registered Nurses’ Association is in full support of the Saskatchewan government’s announcement of regulation changes that will allow Registered Nurse (Nurse Practitioners) [RN(NP)]s to prescribe controlled drugs and substances to patients for the first time in Saskatchewan. This new authority means that as of January 2015 citizens of Saskatchewan will…

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SRNA Council Nominations due February 2, 2015

Embrace your professional accountability – Participate in nursing regulation and professional practice This year, the SRNA Nominations Committee is seeking nominations for the following positions. COUNCIL POSITIONS Council members are elected to represent registered nursing in Saskatchewan. President-elect (two year term followed by two year term as President) One…

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