Current Campaigns and Initiatives
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Universal Pharmacare
As caregivers, nurses often see first-hand the consequences of not having a national pharmacare program: sicker Canadians and wasted health-care dollars. Now BCNU members can reach out to their local MPs and ask the federal government to implement universal pharmacare.
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Support BC's Nurses
Nurses on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic are at greater risk of contracting the disease due to the nature of their work. As BC begins to lift COVID-19 restrictions and re-schedule postponed surgeries, the health and safety of our nurses and their patients is paramount.
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It’s #thatbad
Violence on the job. Working short-staffed. Overcapacity. Every day, nurses in BC are forced to provide safe patient care in impossible situations.
Is it bad? It’s #thatbad.
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Violence. Not Part of the Job.
Violence in BC health care facilities has reached shocking levels, with nurses on the front line. Nurses are now more likely than law enforcement and security workers to have a violent injury claim. On average 26 nurses a month in BC suffer a violent injury at work.
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Care Model Changes
Across BC, health authorities are looking to save money and provide care in new ways. A favourite line they use is "right place, right time, right provider". The problem is their definition of "right" is often wrong, as it ignores evidence warning against replacing nurses with... READ MORE
Hire a Nurse
The fight for safe patient care has been a long one. But thanks to the determination and dedication of nurses around the province, the BC Nurses’ Union succeeded in reaching an agreement that finally compelled employers to follow through on staffing commitments. READ MORE
Protecting and Improving Medicare
BCNU strongly supports Canada's publicly-funded, publicly-administered and publicly-delivered medicare. Medicare, our public health insurance plan, is the fairest, most efficient way of organizing health care services, with access based on patients' medical need not on income. READ MORE
Updated: 1/20/2021 11:48 AM