N.S. providing nurses $10,000 bonuses to maintain them from leaving well being system – Halifax


Nova Scotia is providing nurses as much as $20,000 in bonuses to maintain them within the province’s public well being system — or to encourage them to return. The “retention incentives” are a approach of thanking Nova Scotia’s nurses and health-care employees, Premier Tim Houston mentioned Monday. “I hope that this cash will make a […]

Nurses awarded $10K retention bonuses from province, different well being staff to obtain $5K


Nurses who labored full-time prior to now 12 months are getting a $10,000 bonus for remaining on the job, Nova Scotia’s premier introduced Monday. “How can we present you, how can we present nurses and well being care professionals the identical stage of dedication that you simply present us?” Premier Tim Houston mentioned at a information […]

‘Cease the bleeding,’ Philippines well being official says about worldwide recruiting of nurses


Rhea Patulay noticed the scarcity of Filipino nurses up shut, sitting by her husband Rico’s hospital mattress as he recovered from a minibus accident. “Nobody there to take care of the sufferers,” she stated lately in an interview in Tagalog by means of a translator. “Docs often take care of you for operations, surgical procedures and […]

Psychological well being 911: Nurses transfer in completely on the RCMP comms centre


In and among the many ringing telephones, dispatching police and calm however agency voices within the RCMP operational communications centre is a desk now completely reserved for a nurse. Crystal Tholl is among the 4 nurses concerned within the partnership between the RCMP and Saskatchewan Well being Authority (SHA). “Psychological well being has all the […]