ContentSkip to Main ContentAccessibility HelpnewsTop StoriesLocalClimateWorldCanadaPoliticsIndigenousBusinessThe NationalHealthEntertainmentScienceCBC News InvestigatesGo PublicAbout CBC NewsBeing Black in CanadaViolence in workplace key concern of nurses9 hours agoDuration 2:119 hours agoNewsDuration 2:11Nurses from across Nova Scotia are gathering this week for the annual general meeting of the Nova Scotia Nurses Union. While a variety of items are being discussed, violence in the workplace is one of the most prominent. Michael Gorman has the story.Related Stories Overfilled emergency rooms and rising violence are threatening nurses in N.L., union says Thompson General Hospital nurse says pleas for increased security measures ignored amid ER violence Nurse ‘strangled unconscious’ by patient at Vancouver General Hospital, union says Yellowknife nurse supports move to give her profession its own collective agreement Hundreds of nurses rally outside Ontario hospitals to demand safer staffing levelsMore from NewsVideo2:00 Police investigating West Kelowna golf course brawl23 minutes agoVideo1:22#TheMoment a Toronto man honoured his rescuers 57 years after he almost diedThe National 1 hour agoVideo16:58At Issue | Who came off best in the French debate?The National 2 hours agoVideo8:22Mark Carney on the defensive at French-language debateThe National 2 hours agoVideo57:31West of Centre in Medicine Hat, Alta.CBC News 3 hours agoTrending NowVideo2:39Trump still wants Canada as 51st state, White House tells CBC NewsThe National 12 hours agoVideo0:55Norwegian snowboarder Oyvind Kirkhus ‘in disbelief’ after landing 1st-ever quad flip7 hours agoVideo3:53What Canadians should know before crossing the U.S. borderApril 14Video1:30#TheMoment legendary grizzly ‘The Boss’ came out of hibernationThe National April 14Video4:56French-language leaders’ debate | Key moment and takeawaysThe National 5 hours agonow
Violence in workplace key concern of nurses
