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As long-term care registered nurses decrease, demand skyrockets As we head into flu season and Canada grapples with a potential second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, it got me thinking about those most vulnerable to succumbing to the tragic consequences of this virus – our country’s seniors. Many of you may not know that my more than three-decade-long nursing career has been in…

Labour Day is an important reminder of our strength when we work together toward a common good. This past year has been a difficult one for all of us – both in our professional lives as registered nurses and in our daily lives in our communities. COVID-19 has turned the world upside down for everyone. So many workers and families are suffering and have sacrificed so much as governments…

[May 26, 2020] The protection of healthcare workers on the frontline of COVID-19 has been SUN’s number one priority since the beginning of this pandemic, and it is something our team has been working on diligently. Together with other Saskatchewan healthcare unions (SGEU, SEIU West, CUPE and HSAS), the Ministry of Health and the SHA, SUN has created a Joint Statement on Principles for…

[May 11, 2020] This National Nursing Week, I would like to thank and celebrate each and every one of you: Saskatchewan’s more than 10,000 Registered nurses (RNs), Registered Psychiatric Nurses (RPNs) and Nurse Practitioners (NPs).    The work you all do to keep Saskatchewan patients healthy and safe, and our health system moving forward is so important - we…

[April 8, 2020] The release of today’s COVID-19 modelling should give us hope that the worst-case scenario doesn’t have to come to pass. In fact, I choose to read today’s modelling as a roadmap of hope that if we stay focussed on our current efforts, we can do better than even the best-case scenario. If we keep doing what we are doing: keep staying home, keep…