Healthcare Management

A shortage of operating room nurses at the Royal Victoria Hospital has led to the delay of many operations.

SAINT JOHN, N.B. | In a decision to utilize a single proven process and lower costs when purchasing capital equipment, New Brunswick’s health shared services organization, FacilicorpNB, will join CAPsource.

Nearly one third of hospital workers in British Columbia are not washing their hands regularly, despite strong evidence that it is one of the primary ways to prevent the spread of infection in hospitals.

The B.C. Nurses’ Union wants to scrap an unpopular workplace attendance scheme imposed by the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority and an independent arbitrator has been called in to mediate the dispute.

Nurse Locum Pilot Project will increase nurse recruitment by inviting registered nurses to partake in temporary work arrangements in various locations throughout northern Alberta.

Nurses continue to be in high demand throughout Canada, due to a national shortage of qualified workers. Nowhere is this need for nurses more pronounced than in Quebec.

Almost two-thirds of Saskatoon Health Region employees earning more than $100,000 are registered nurses.