Nova Scotia needs nurses and won’t be able to produce enough in the province to meet growing demand and fill the spots of retirees.The province is reaching out to nurses across Canada and around the world with a new website that provides information in 13 languages about what they need to know to work in […]

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The development needs of primary care nurses in Wales are wider and more complex than ever according to a joint report published today by The Royal College of Nursing in Wales and the Open University.
This report draws on input from lead nurses and healthcare experts from across the country to explore the Continuing Professional Development […]

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Campaigners calling for a better health service are planning another protest for April 26 after a weekend march through Dublin.Elderly people in wheelchairs or on crutches featured in the protest on Saturday, which was joined by dozens of afternoon shoppers as it passed along O’Connell Street. Up to 5,000 protesters representing patients, local hospitals and […]

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Some business sectors benefit in economic downturn while, for others, demand never ebbs.People don’t stop getting sick in a recession. Health care alone accounts for almost half of the 30 fastest-growing occupations in the U.S., from nurses and physical therapists to home health aides and medical assistants, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.That […]

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Five-hundred to 600 additional health care aides are needed in the Edmonton area to properly staff nursing homes and alleviate the space crunch in hospitals, a Capital Health Region spokesman says.Steve Buick said on Thursday that 67 beds remain closed in the Youville Centre in St. Albert because of staff shortages.“The numbers themselves are not […]

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THE lucrative income that nurses abroad could get leaves hospitals in Baguio City with no choice but to let go of their nurses.
The Benguet General Hospital (Begh) is not spared from the exodus of nurses, which has been a nationwide phenomenon affecting the health institution. 
Begh chief nurse Virginia Saguidec said the turnover of nurse in […]

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A TEESSIDE nurse who told an elderly patient she would have been put down if she was a dog has been struck off.Julie Thompson, 44, also threatened to rip off a ward manager’s head during a staff meeting at the University Hospital of North Tees in Stockton, a Nursing and Midwifery Council panel was told.Thompson, […]

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