A NEW team of nurses – dubbed “cut-price midwives” by critics – are about to start work in Scotland’s maternity wards in a controversial bid to reduce staffing shortages.
The newly trained maternity care assistants will support midwives and new mothers in an attempt to address allegations of a “conveyor belt” culture in childbirth.
The first […]

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The Saskatchewan Union of Nurses and the provincial government have signed a partnership agreement to solve the province’s shortage of registered nurses (RNs) and registered psychiatric nurses (RPNs).
“Nursing vacancies have been climbing for years and it’s time to take serious steps to deal with this crisis. It’s time for specific hiring targets, and incentives and […]

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A federal judge has ordered Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center to stop hiring nurses for a new inpatient psychiatric facility scheduled to open in Harrisburg in three weeks.
 The new facility is a collaboration between the Hershey Medical Center and PinnacleHealth System. Called the Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, it would have 74 beds and […]

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Filipino nurses are being forced to work in what health officials describe as “slave labour” conditions in New Zealand rest homes to pay off often-exorbitant fees to recruitment agents and loan sharks.A Weekend Herald investigation has found that some nurses are paying several times the true costs for work permits, bridging courses and registration in […]

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There are more retiring nurses than new hires, paving the way for a health crisis in Ontario. With its 12.3 million population and a nurse registration of 85,000, the nurse-to-patient ratio in the province is 1 nurse for every 144 patients. The nursing shortage is true not only in Ontario, but throughout the rest of […]

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The Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre has closed its maternal child unit until at least 7 a.m. on Saturday because of illness among its nursing staff.Bruce Quigley, chief executive officer of the health authority, says the number of sick calls makes it impossible to maintain a safe staffing level at the hospital, which serves the […]

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