“If you’re stuck between having a difficult conversation with a family and supporting them through something hard and life-changing, nurses are going to take that conversation over their lunch.”
Nurses care deeply about patients but they need support, too.
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If we want to solve the #NursingShortage , governments need to do a better job of supporting nurses.

Solutions are within reach. See what can be done & tell Chrystia Freeland to put public health care at the heart of #Budget2024 at staffupsavelives.ca.

#cdnhealth #cdnpoli #canlab

Hundreds of ONA members picketed for-profit long-term care homes across Ontario today. They are calling out for-profit nursing home corporations, demanding they stop compromising resident care while pocketing billion-dollar revenues. #CareNotProfit

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Congratulations to our neighbours in the SUNnurses on celebrating 50 years as the voice for nurses in Saskatchewan. Canada's nurses know we are stronger when we stand together.

Happy Anniversary, SUN! ☀️

#Solidarity #UnionStrong

Congratulations to SUNnurses on 50 years of being Saskatchewan's voice for Registered Nurses and health care! Canada's nurses are proud to work in #solidarity with Saskatchewan RNs. Together, we are a powerful force for change ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻
#UnionStrong #NurseTwitter #canlab

Fixing the #NursingShortage is about more than recruitment. Improving working conditions, supporting students, & respecting nurses are all key factors to retaining nurses and ensuring nursing is a great job in every community.
Read this student's insights: ottawacitizen.com/opinion/craig-…

#CareNotProfit

Yesterday, NS Teachers Union members voted 98 per cent in favour of a strike mandate. A strong message of support for the NSTU from teachers across this province.

Retain, recruit, respect - Rings true for nurses and teachers.

The NSNU stands in solidarity with Teachers.

There's still time to join ONA members picketing today to demand for-profit nursing homes invest in #CareNotProfit . Find out how you can show your solidarity: ona.org/nh-bargaining/

#cdnhealth #canlab #UnionStrong

Shared Health's CEO Siragusa: “How do we retain once we have them? Being embraced by the community is what makes people stay. We can recruit them but how they thrive once they get here is to be part of a community.”
So it's not toxicity, shortages, violence, an expired contract?

'...this specific transition is not well planned, and that casts doubt to me across the whole system. Health-care systems are incredibly complex. And the idea that we can just cut and slice and move people around and it's effortless is misguided at best.'
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#DYK that when nurse-patient ratios were introduced in California, it was in the context of a #NursingShortage ?

Read more of our discussion with Dr. Leigh Chapman on the groundbreaking Nursing Retention Toolkit: nursesunions.ca/by-nurses-for-… #NurseTwitter #cdnhealth Leigh Chapman RN PhD

.Peter Julian My team @cfnu and I are looking forward to work w/ you on the Health file such as we did closely w/ Don Davies MP Big Merci ++ to Don and see you at FINA

Do you know a health professional who has overcome personal and professional challenges and risks to stand up for the rights of First Nations, Métis and Inuit children? Nominate them for the Peter Henderson Bryce Award!

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#DYK that when nurse-patient ratios were introduced in California, it was in the context of a #NursingShortage ?

Read more of our discussion with Dr. Leigh Chapman on the groundbreaking Nursing Retention Toolkit: nursesunions.ca/by-nurses-for-… #NurseTwitter #cdnhealth Leigh Chapman RN PhD

Quand les ratios infirmières-patients ont été introduits en Californie, c’était dans le contexte d’une pénurie de personnel infirmier.

Lisez la suite de notre discussion avec le Dre Leigh Chapman : fcsii.ca/par-les-infirm… #sante #polcan Leigh Chapman RN PhD

“The provincial government has stated that the plan for Recovery Alberta has been done in collaboration with AHS and front-line workers, yet no consultation or information was shared with UNA and no bargaining occurred with UNA regarding the transition.'

#ableg #RecoveryAlberta

Government has announced another 50 beds opening over the next year at HSC to help alleviate pressure. HOWEVER, about half are already open according to medical staff. Huh? The vacancy rate in Medicine at HSC is about 20% so those 35 beds announced are just beds without staff. 🤷‍♀️

Alberta's nurses are already overworked and feeling unappreciated, and if they hear that the government's just going to run roughshod over their collective agreement rights, it's going to make it hard to retain and very difficult to recruit. #ableg

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April 10 marks Indigenous Nurses Day in BC – read what six Indigenous nurses from across the province had to say about why they got into nursing and how they use culture in their practice: fnha.ca/about/news-and…