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All registered nurses in Saskatchewan are required to participate in their professional regulatory bodies’ continuing competence program to continue practicing as registered nurses.  The programs are: Continuing Competence Program (CRNS) Career-long Learning Program (RPNAS) The CRNS and RPNAS have implemented revised programs that SUN Members must complete during the year for…

Due to recent departures in Nurse Practice Officer (NPO) staff, and to ensure continuity of support for nursing practice, effective June 16. 2023, the following additions have been made to SUN’s NPO assignments on an interim basis. The temporary additions to NPO assignments are listed below; all other assignments remain the same. Erika Vogel Former Five Hills Health Region Former…

On May 1, 2023, all Extendicare Canada, Inc. SUN members transitioned to the SUN/SAHO collective agreement. Changes to Work Situation Reports (WSRs) and addressing professional practice concerns with the Joint Nursing Advisory Committee (NAC) took effect.  The SUN/SAHO professional practice articles support members’ obligations for safe, competent, high-quality, and appropriate…

(Charlottetown, PEI) – Gathering in person for the first time in four years, more than 1,000 nurses are descending upon Prince Edward Island’s capital June 5-9 for the biennial convention of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU). “After years of working short-staffed and overcapacity on the front lines of a deadly pandemic, nurses are riled up and ready to make a…

SUN has secured an extension to the seniority correction period outlined in Article 23.03 of the SAHO/SUN Collective Agreement due to some delays surrounding the timing of the posting of the lists and ensuring that the seniority lists were accessible to all members on March 1, 2023.   The specifics of the extension are outlined below.   The correction period for SUN seniority has now…