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Publish date: Tuesday, January 19, 2016
Health and safety, MNU President, Sandi Mowat, Workplace issues/practices
Over the coming months, a new workplace safety and health policy will go into effect in Winnipeg emergency rooms. The new regulation, based on one of MNU’s recommendations from a 2011 report - Violence against nurses in Manitoba, will give nurses the ability to place an alert on the medical charts of patients deemed to be violent or verbally abusive.
Publish date: Friday, January 15, 2016
Health care
The Supreme Court of Canada has granted the federal government a four month extension to draft legislation and regulations for physician- assisted death. The extension includes an exemption clause affording anyone, who meets the criteria, the right to ask a judge to end their life earlier.
Publish date: Monday, December 28, 2015
Union news
The Minister of National Revenue recently announced that she has waived Bill C-377's reporting requirements for unions and labour trusts.
Publish date: Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Health and safety, MNU President, WCB
As of January 1, 2016, legislation recognizing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as an occupational disease will go into effect in Manitoba.
Publish date: Thursday, December 17, 2015
CFNU, Health care
MNU president Sandi Mowat was part of the CFNU delegation which recently hosted and participated in a round table discussion, comprised of more than 40 Canadian health experts and professionals, about priorities and strategies for negotiating the new Canada Health Accord.
Publish date: Tuesday, December 8, 2015
CFNU
The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions publishes an electronic newsletter focusing on nursing and health care issues at the federal level.
Publish date: Friday, November 20, 2015
Education, Health and safety, Workplace issues/practices
MNU president Sandi Mowat has been raising awareness about the prevalence of PTSD in the nursing profession.
Publish date: Friday, November 13, 2015
Education, Health and safety, Sandi Mowat, WCB, Workplace issues/practices
MNU president Sandi Mowat will be presenting MNU's PTSD report to ER nurses on Thursday, November 19, 2015.
Publish date: Friday, November 6, 2015
Workplace issues/practices
MNU is currently lobbying the provincial government to include the recognition of psychosocial and psychological hazards in Manitoba’s Workplace Health and Safety Regulation.
Publish date: Monday, October 26, 2015
Health and safety, MNU President, Nursing profession, Sandi Mowat, Workplace issues/practices
MNU president Sandi Mowat took part in an in-depth discussion titled Wounded Healers: Acknowledging the Emotional Work of Nurses facilitated by Dr. Carol Taylor, Professor, Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies and Senior Clinical Scholar, Kennedy Institute of Ethics.
