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SUN Offices Closed on Friday, June 30

SUN Offices in Regina and Saskatoon are closed on Friday, June 30 for the Canada Day statutory holiday. SUN Offices resume regular business hours on Monday, July 3 at 08:00. 

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Professional Practice Alert: Regulatory Lifelong Learning Update

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…

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Temporary Changes Made to Nurse Practice Officer Assignments

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…

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Professional Practice Alert: What Former Extendicare Nurses Need to Know

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…

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CFNU: Over 1,000 nurses from across Canada come together in PEI for week-long convention

(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…

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