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- 1/15/2013
Updated Canadian guidelines for management of bipolar disorder
The newly updated (2013) CANMAT (Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments) guidelines for the management of bipolar disorder is intended to be used with the original (2005) guidelines and two previous updates (2007, 2009). - 1/14/2013
Graduating nurses staying in Nova Scotia, report says
The majority of new graduates of Nova Scotia’s nursing programs are staying and working in this province, a Canadian Institute for Health Information report released Thursday says. - 1/14/2013
National report shows growth, untapped potential for Alberta nurses
Licensed practical nurses (LPNs) employed in nursing grew 29% in Alberta in a five year period, yet the province has the second lowest number of LPNs per population of any Canadian jurisdiction and fewer than half work full time. - 1/14/2013
Firm uses nurses, not lawyers, to get lawsuit money
Class-action lawsuits make news for their big sums – last year, pharmaceutical giant Merck settled a suit over its heart drug Vioxx for $37-million – but a more prosaic challenge gets less attention. - 1/14/2013
More and more patients are paging 'Dr. Google'
About one-third of American adults have used the internet to self-diagnose, according to a new study. - 1/14/2013
Overcrowded hospitals put strain on health care workers, nurses' union says
Regina's hospitals are straining under the stress of too many patients, and at times, not enough people to take care of them. - 1/14/2013
Fired nurse says she should have been given options; hospital says it followed patient-first policy
A Cox South nurse who would not get a flu vaccine and was fired for subsequently refusing to wear a surgical mask said Tuesday she now thinks the hospital violated its policy by not offering her other options. - 1/14/2013
At the South Pole, and my reasons for being here
Although heart transplant recipient Dale Shippam is the most remarkable ambassador for organ donation and an inspiration to us all, my personal motivation for this trip changed on Dec. 16, 2012.