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Nurses for Planetary Health: A Call to Action
Indigenous people in Canada remain steadfast in their resurgence and desire to reclaim traditional lands and protecting resources to support the restoration of community wellness through Indigenous sovereignty.
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Mandatory Influenza Immunization for Health Care Workers: A Recent Policy Change
In 2012, the Government of British Columbia implemented a mandatory influenza immunization program for healthcare workers. This public health policy implemented a requirement for healthcare workers to either receive the influenza immunization each year or…
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Why Nurses Care About the Charter Challenge: Standing Up Against the Threat to our Publicly Funded Health Care System
BC nurses have been closely watching the case of Dr. Brian Day, CEO of the for-profit Cambie Surgeries Corporation, who has been challenging the constitutionality certain key provisions within our BC Medicare Protections Act, the…
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What BC Nurses Need to Know About “Death by a Million Paper Cuts”
When the Canadian National Inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) released its Final Report in June 2019, it referenced Canadian Indigenous peoples as “victims of a race-based genocide empowered by colonial structures.” Immediately,…
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Nursing Students Raise the Alarm on the Future of the Profession
Financial strains on health care, the mass exodus of retiring nurses and a high attrition rates of nursing graduates will continue to have serious implications on our health care system. As nursing students and future registered nurses (RNs),…
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Nurses and Shiftwork: Sleep Well to Be Well
It’s estimated that most people spend one-third of their lives sleeping, but until recently, the links between sleep and health were not well understood.