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Ontario’s health minister says the public has the right to know the names of nine clinics that failed college inspections, despite the college keeping the information private.

University of Victoria nursing school senior instructor Wendy Neander practices what she teaches.

Men suffer most such injuries, but sex toy incidents more common in women

TORONTO | Antimicrobial stewardship programs such as the one pioneered at Toronto's Mount Sinai Hospital by Dr. Andrew Morris should be mandatory in all intensive care units (ICUs) according to an editorial published in the November edition of the journal Critical Care.

Martin Kimber, 60, pled guilty to two counts of using chemical weapons, one count of consumer product tampering.

In the nursing profession, it’s often just called “the one thing” -- that single human function or unappealing appendage that can instantly disgust and distress seasoned medical professionals who otherwise handle all sorts of discharges, emissions and oozing with barely a wince.

Nursing professors in Ontario are raising concerns about changes coming to the final registration exam for the nursing profession. Ontario is moving to an all-American exam by 2015. Catherine Tompkins, director of the School Of Nursing at McMaster University, says the new test will be available online, replacing the current written exam from the Canadian Nurses Association. The online exam will make sure students get their results back sooner, she said.