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CFNU looking for more nurses to take part in Canada-wide stress assessment

WHAT?  The first anonymous Canada-wide assessment of Occupational Stress Injuries (including PTSD, depression and anxiety) amongst nurses.       WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE?  All nurses, regardless of your mental health. Your responses will help everyone in need!  The survey is available below and will ask you to reflect on your own mental health, which may be…

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SUN Launches New Website & Online WSR

CHECK IT OUT!  SUN’s new website is crisp, clean, easy to navigate and mobile-friendly! The new website features: President’s Messages Did You Know Bulletins Collective Agreements Newswire and Events calendar with pre-filtered searches Members Resources from Education to Professional Practice to Occupational Health & Safety information Tools and resources for our…

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Taking Charge of Our Own Future

Nothing changes without action. We hold in each of us the power to chart a new course for our lives – to take things in a different direction. The minute we as individuals make the conscious decision to follow through with our thoughts and turn them into action we begin to take charge of our own future.  I know you might be thinking this sentiment is better suited to an inspirational…

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Health professionals offering help this summer through Healthline 811

The Saskatchewan Health Authority says summer can bring up a lot of health questions and Healthline 811 is a great place for answers. Questions on sunburns, scrapes and bug bites are common at this time of the year, and health professionals from the provincial healthline are in service for 24 hours a day, seven days a week to help with those concerns. Manager for Healthline 811 Sangeeta Gupta…

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New support beds for mental health patients soon to come for North Battleford, other cities in Sask.

Research shows stable housing combined with various levels of community support can lead to better outcomes for people with complex mental health and addictions issues. That from Executive Director of Primary Health Services for South, Northwest Saskatchewan Vikki Smart on 75 new residential support beds slated for North Battleford, Prince Albert, Saskatoon and Regina. The Saskatchewan Health…

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