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#nursing #skpoli #ptsafety It is well known that collective bargaining allows healthcare workers to achieve progress in areas such as compensation and working conditions, but the important role registered nursing unions play in improving patient safety and outcomes is often overlooked. In Canada, over 80% of registered nurses are unionized. This is the majority of the single largest group of…

The Ministry of Health released their 2013-2014 Annual Report on Monday, July 28, 2014, and given what SUN members have been telling Provincial for the past year the results are of little surprise.   The total number of Critical Incidents reported – 195 – is the largest since reporting began in 2005. This represents a 21.1% one-year increase over 2012-2013, and a 53.5%…

By Murray Mandryk, The Starphoenix July 26, 2014 6:40 AM SOURCE: http://www.leaderpost.com/health/lean+stopwatches+woes/10065419/story.html The easiest way to measure what's gone wrong with lean implementation in Saskatchewan health isn't by counting the number of Japanese words health care providers were told to learn, or the number of paper airplanes they made in a training…

In response to Saskatchewan Registered Nurse Association (SRNA) Nursing Practice Advisor concerns that nurse educators are being asked to provide education to not only registered nurses but also other health care providers, a letter has been sent to all Nurse Educators and Managers in the province from SRNA Executive Director, Karen Eisler. In the letter, Eisler points out that educators have…

As registered nurses SUN members are dedicated to helping others in need, but when tragedy strikes close to home, it means so much more. The floods in southern and south-eastern Saskatchewan have devastated countless communities – many of which are still under water and will take weeks to recover. In honour of the SUN members, living and working in these areas and to help those in the…