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Nurse staffing issues at crisis level in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, says union The president of the Registered Nurses’ Union of Newfoundland and Labrador says the situation for RNs working in Happy Valley-Goose Bay has reached crisis level, while Labrador-Grenfell Health says it’s working to address issues. Debbie Forward, president of the union, said last week that there are significant concerns about staff shortages

Why Britain needs the immigrants it doesn’t want The British government is seeking to slash the number of immigrants from the European Union following its departure from the bloc in March 2019. It’s planning tougher controls despite warnings that more EU workers are needed to harvest the country’s crops, build homes for its citizens and build its next startup. The

US nursing shortage may again spur recruitment from PH A The New York Times editorial in 1956 warned that “The nationwide shortage of nurses is likely to reach crisis proportions.”  Now over six decades later, the shortage again seems far from being resolved due to a rising elderly population, a large number of retiring nurses and the challenge to recruit new

The right mix of staff is as important as the right number As new roles are established to fill nursing shortages, how do we ensure we have the right nursing skill mix on each shift to maintain high standards of care and prevent burnout of qualified staff? Arriving on my ward for an early shift, I went to speak to

NHS staff shortages could triple in a decade, think tanks warn NHS staff shortages could triple in a decade, without a radical boost to recruitment efforts, major thinktanks have warned. Analysis by the King’s Fund, the Health Foundation and the Nuffield Trust suggests the health service could be short of more than 350,000 staff if it continues to lose staff

Demand for nurses in Oregon continues to rise, even as hospitals use contract labor Demand for nurses continues to grow in Oregon, especially in long-term care, home health and hospice and public health, according to a new survey from the Oregon Center for Nursing. While the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services predicted a small nurse surplus in Oregon by 2030,

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A group of nurses won the lottery but gave their winnings to two colleagues who needed it more Stephanie Brinkman (middle) organized a lottery pool for the NICU staff at Mercy Children’s Hospital in the St. Louis area. When the group won $10,000, they decided to give the cash to Gretchen Post (left), whose 17-year-old son died by suicide the

Is there a coming shortage of nurses Earlier this year, a Gallup poll found that for the 16th year running, nurses were the most trusted profession in terms of honesty and ethical standards, with 82 percent of Americans describing nurses’ ethic as high or very high. Nurses are skilled health care professionals who look after us when we’re most vulnerable,

South Dakota nurses rank 51st in average pay The nursing industry is under pressure in South Dakota as an aging population, fewer nursing students and an older workforce are combining to create staffing shortages. But the state has an added challenge in filling open nursing positions — pay. National nursing studies show RNs in South Dakota earn less than their counterparts