Tag Archives: Nurses

As it stands now, health-care workers on the front lines of COVID-19 may have to wait to get a vaccine. But that wasn't the original plan, according to Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) president Tra...

Hospitals in Saskatoon are on high alert as COVID-19 cases increase in the province. On Thursday afternoon, the City of Saskatoon's Emergency Management Organization issued a warning across the city w...

  Working on the front line of healthcare is having a devastating effect on nurses. That's what has become apparent from a new study done by researchers at the University of Regina. Spearheaded b...

Years ago, Saskatoon communicable disease medical health officer Dr. Johnmark Opondo says he was working in New York, helping to locate and contact people who contracted sexually transmitted diseases....

Many nurses working in northern Saskatchewan are extremely concerned right now. With a large COVID-19 outbreak declared in La Loche — and other outbreaks in hospitals in Lloydminster, Meadow Lak...

Former members of the Saskatchewan College of Paramedics (SCoP) can now apply for a pandemic emergency licence to help during COVID-19 uncertainty. The 90-day licence is available for inactive, non-pr...

In the last several weeks, at least 60 non-practising or retired nurses have received their emergency licences, according to the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses Association's executive director, Cindy ...

The analogy Saskatchewan Union of Nurses (SUN) President Tracy Zambory describes is simple: you wouldn't go skating on a pond that has just started to freeze over, or you'll fall through. You need to ...

A pregnant nurse in Regina is raising concerns about the risk of being exposed to COVID-19 on the job and what she feels is a lack of accommodations to protect her. The woman requested her identity be...

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is hitting pause on developing an anonymous whistleblower hotline. In an emailed statement, the SHA’s Lisa Thomson said they’re withdrawing a reques...