Registered Nurses’ Union Celebrates Nursing Week Amidst Calls to Address Staffing Crisis
St. John’s, May 9, 2022 - The Registered Nurses Union (RNU) is proud to celebrate registered nurses (RNs), nurse practitioners (NPs) and all nursing providers during Nursing Week 2022, which...
Canada’s nurses mark pandemic anniversary with our public health system still in crisis
Silas: “After two years of pandemic, health care workers don’t need sympathy, we need concrete, lasting solutions to dire health worker shortages.” March 9, 2022 (OTTAWA, ON) – March 11 marks two...
Government and Nurses Collaborate to Help Address Challenges Facing the Nursing Profession
Executive Council Health and Community Services March 1, 2022 Today, the Honourable Andrew Furey, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the Honourable John Haggie, Minister of Health and Community...
News Release For Immediate Release St. John’s – The Registered Nurses’ Union Newfoundland & Labrador (RNU) says addressing health human resource challenges must be prioritized for successful transformation of the...
Governments need to act now: nurses are hanging on by a thread
February 2, 2022 (OTTAWA, ON) – It’s no wonder many of Canada’s nurses want to call it quits. For months, nurses have been sounding the alarm on the impact insufficient staffing...
CFNU and CNA: Federal Govt action is needed to support and retain nurses past Omicron wave
January 20, 2022 — For 22 months nurses and other health workers have shouldered the enormous burden of the pandemic. They are burnt out, demoralized, and have little left to...