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Long-term care is overwhelmed with professional practice concerns, staffing deficits, and excessive workloads that prevent registered nurses from providing the appropriate resident care as directed by legislation, regulations, regulatory bodies, professional, and organizational requirements. Residents deserve the…

Workload and registered nurse staffing represent the most significant professional practice concerns, and prevent registered nurses from providing safe, competent, ethical, appropriate, and high-quality patient care. Workload and staffing concerns are rooted in the inability to provide patient care aligned with legislative, regulatory, professional,…

Persistent concerns about safety, security, and violence within workplaces and professional practice continue to be reported by SUN Members. Sound and reliable collective agreement articles and processes exist to address them with Labour Relations and Professional Practice. The following information and recommendations support SUN Members and…

Locals, Members, and SUN Provincial are a formidable team for professional practice, workload, and staffing concerns using the strength of our SUN/SAHO collective agreement articles and processes. The professional practice articles support members' obligations to provide safe, competent, high-quality, and appropriate care to meet the needs of their…

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…