A nurse rolls her eyes when you ask her for help. A new nurse is given the most difficult patient on the floor so others can, “See what she’s made of.” A circulator doesn’t tell the scrub nurse that the ...

The first doctor I ever knew had his jet-black hair slicked back in a way that made him look like Dracula. For many years my younger sister and I went to him for checkups. His hair aside, what I remember ...

Happiness is a skill. One day. Twenty-four hours. 1,440 minutes. 86,400 seconds. How much time do you dedicate to your own happiness in one day? For Velta Vikmanis, at least 30 minutes.  Vikmanis, Coordinator, Nursing Transitions and Commitment, University Health Network (UHN), wears many hats while ...

This past March, Providence Health Care (PHC) in Vancouver was selected by Mediacorp Canada Inc. as one of the 35 Best Employers for New Canadians for 2011, a designation that recognizes the nation's best employers for recent immigrants. A great ...

Only six months out of the gate, London Health Sciences Centre’s (LHSC) pilot fitness program is delivering big rewards to participants. The pilot fitness program was launched in response to a Healthy Workplace Team Report along with feedback from focus ...

St. Michael’s Hospital opened the most advanced simulation centre in Canada this fall – and has already added new equipment, a simulator for practicing 3-D surgery. The Allan Waters Family Simulation Centre will allow students and health care workers from a ...

Simone Robinson, Co-operative education student from Henry Street High School in Whitby, comes to Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences (Ontario Shores) every day, eager to face the patients she works with and learn more about working in mental ...

Like a fine wine, Hospital News is getting better with age. As we commemorate 25 years of being Canada’s Health Care Newspaper, we are celebrating (with you our loyal readers) with the launch of a brand-new, completely redesigned website. If we were ...

Ontario has launched four online learning courses to help health care providers respond to patients’ questions about immunization and Ontario’s expanded publicly funded immunization schedule. “Earlier this year, we added more free immunizations to protect babies and children from serious infectious ...

Thanks to improvements being made to the Rouge Valley Health System musculoskeletal program, fewer staff members at the hospital’s two campuses are experiencing job-related injuries. The most recent statistics show that musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries – typically injuries sustained in the hands, ...