Nurse practitioners

According to the B.C. Nurses’ Union, 85 per cent of nurses report they are working short-staffed. (Stock photo)

National Nursing Week recognizes how nurses change lives for the better

B.C. Nurses’ Union cautions about challenging and even hazardous working conditions

 

Demand for MAID is growing across the country but, like many provinces, Ontario does not have a mechanism for nurse practitioners to take on independent work and be paid for it. A patient has his hand held, in Minneapolis, Monday, May 3, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS-David Joles-Star Tribune via AP

Medical assistance in dying demand outpacing Canada’s ability to keep up

Some nurse practitioners in Canada not being paid for administering MAID

 

L-R: Regional District Hospital Board Chair Loyal Wooldridge, Interior Health Authority President and CEO Susan Brown, B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix, Kelowna Mayor Tom Dyas, Kelowna-Mission MLA Renee Merrifield, Kelowna-Lake Country MLA Norm Letnick. (Gary Barnes/Capital News)

Minister Dix announces urgent care centre coming to Kelowna

The new centre will open in the fall at 110 Highway 33