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Recent graduate nurses and new registered nurses entering the work environment will require your support to be safe, competent, ethical and effective in their new roles. They are working to consolidate their professional practice as registered nurses and become familiar with their new practice setting. SUN members need to know how to best support…

UPDATED: June 26, 2024 On November 23, 2023, SUN reported that nurses had clocked over 1 million hours of overtime to keep the healthcare system on life support, and drew attention to Saskatchewan’s growing $70 million dependence on travel nurses on March 14, 2024.  In December 2023, the Safe Hours Save Lives report was released by the CFNU, driving home the message that nurse…

WSR/NAC: Just the Facts SUN is committed to helping Locals and members advance their professional practice, workload, and staffing concerns using the strength of our SUN/SAHO collective agreement articles and processes. The professional practice articles (Articles 56-58) support member’s obligations to provide safe, competent, high-quality, and appropriate care to meet the…

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…

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…