The province plans to reduce the number of nursing-home spaces this year, despite new figures that show a rising number of Albertans are still stuck in hospital or at home waiting for a bed to become vacant.
Canada has a history of disruptive innovation in healthcare. We need to reconnect with that legacy to make Canada a leader in the knowledge-based global economy
Dianne Dyer, president, College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta, Edmonton and Lesley MacGregor, a nurse practitioner from Edmonton, respond to a letter in the Edmonton Journal saying to “Leave prescribing to physicians”.