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.
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.
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.
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.
