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- 9/23/2013
Nurses union wanted inquest into death
Individuals who break the law and have a mental illness are often sent to forensic psychiatric hospital units. While many patients in these units are not violent, violence between patients is not an aberration. Nurses and other front-line hospital workers are also often the target of patient violence. - 9/23/2013
Nurses march outside Sturgeon
- 9/23/2013
Nurse practitioner joins Sudbury ER
- 9/23/2013
New VIHA health-care model panned as way to replace nurses with care aides
Critics are slamming the Vancouver Island Health Authority’s new model for care delivery, saying it is really a way to replace registered nurses with less- qualified care aides. - 9/23/2013
Manitoba's quick health-care fix
They were touted as a way for folks with minor health ailments to avoid six- to eight-hour waits in hospital emergency rooms, but in the 18 months since the first Quick Care clinic opened on McGregor Street, the clinics -- staffed by nurses and nurse practitioners -- have largely operated below the public's radar. - 9/23/2013
Leading Edge: Autumn 2013
- 9/23/2013
Laparoscopic surgery: There’s more to it than the money
Surgeons differ over reasons for increased uptake - 9/23/2013
Interrupting the surgeon may endanger patients on the wards
Residents give unsafe answers when paged during surgery - 9/23/2013
How to manage a lung nodule