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During the SRNA Annual Meeting last week (May 6), Registered Nurses – including frontline RNs, Nurse Educators, academics and managers - from across the province rose to the microphones to discuss the current practice environment and the erosion of the RN scope of practice. As a direct reflection of the current practice environment, two (2) major resolutions were brought forward to the…

CFNU PRESS RELEASE: Canada’s Nurses are standing up for the country’s health care system this federal election, as the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions (CFNU) and the eight provincial nurses unions it represents will register as third-party advertisers for the first time in the organization’s history. “With proposed cuts of $36 billion over the next ten years,…

SUNSpots is the official newsletter of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses informing SUN members and external stakeholders of issues concerning the nursing profession and the health care system locally, provincially and nationally. View Publication

SUN/Government Partnership on shaky ground. SUN members send a strong message through emergency resolution. ‪#‎SKPoli‬ â€ª#‎Saskatchewan‬ â€ª#‎Sask‬ â€ª#‎nursing‬ â€ª#‎RN‬ â€ª#‎YXE‬ â€ª#‎YQR‬ WHEREAS SUN members face ongoing challenges to the integrity of nursing…

Close to 350 members at the 41st SUN Annual Meeting pass a major emergency resolution regarding concerns over the SALPN bylaws. SUN members have called on the Health Minister to direct his Ministry, the regional health authorities and RN, RPN and LPN regulatory bodies to stop all practice changes until interpretive and practice decision-making documents have been finalized and agreed to.…