A question, friends. If a medicine (benadryl) is described as anti-cholenergic, does that mean it is more likely to relieve or cause nausea or colon spasm? I understand it doesn't exactly mean either, but after trying to read the Wikipedia article, and other pages, I still don't really get it. Thx. #questions #medicine #healthcare #health #nurses

... If our #health care was #privatized, this wouldn’t happen. The #Doctors and #Nurses would have to make their own way, or not, with resulting possible #shortages of staff in the #hospitals.

This situation high-lights yet another reason why it’s vital that we keep the #NHS as a National Health Service.

https://theorkneynews.scot/2026/01/09/letter-if-it-wasna-for-the-workers/

#Orkney #Scotland #SaveOurNHS #PeopleNotProfits

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Letter : If It Wasna’ For The Workers

Dear The Orkney News, Our neighbour works as a Nurse in the Balfour Hospital.  When our road was blocked with snow, but the top road had been cleared, it was arranged that a Coastguard vehicle…

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For every 100 nurses hired, Manitoba lost 57, provincial data shows
Turnover is erasing more than half of the nurse hiring gains Manitoba is making, a provincial document shows.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/nurses-100-hires-57-leaving-9.7133460?cmp=rss

NHS staff refusing to use Federated Data Platform (FDP) over Palantir ethical concerns.

https://www.freevacy.com/news/financial-times/nhs-staff-refusing-to-use-fdp-over-palantir-ethical-concerns/7272

FDP: https://www.england.nhs.uk/digitaltechnology/nhs-federated-data-platform/

"Palantir's involvement in the US defence sector and its leadership's political affiliations have made the partnership contentious."

#palantir #nhs #data #democracy #BuyEuropean #government #UK
#nurses #doctors #society #england #technology

NHS staff refusing to use FDP over Palantir ethical concerns

A growing number of NHS staff are reportedly refusing to work on the Federated Data Platform (FDP) due to ethical concerns with its US-based provider, Palantir. The US technology company was...

Nurses, midwives in P.E.I. now under the same college after merger of two regulatory bodies
Island nurses and midwives are now overseen by a single regulatory body after two separate colleges merged to form the P.E.I. College of Nursing and Midwifery.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-nurses-midwives-regulatory-body-9.7151126?cmp=rss
Nurses evacuate area, extinguish fire at Sarnia's Bluewater Health, fire official says
Nurses evacuated patients from a ward at Bluewater Health Wednesday night due to a fire in one of its rooms, according to Sarnia's chief fire prevention officer.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/nurses-evacuate-area-extinguish-fire-at-sarnia-s-bluewater-health-fire-official-says-9.7151151?cmp=rss
For every 100 nurses hired, Manitoba lost 57, provincial data shows
Turnover is erasing more than half of the nurse hiring gains Manitoba is making, a provincial document shows.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/nurses-100-hires-57-leaving-9.7133460?cmp=rss
Petition calls for easier path for licensed practical nurses to become registered nurses
A Manitoba nurse says there are several barriers along the path for licensed practical nurses to become registered nurses and is calling on the province to bridge the gaps.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-licensed-practical-nurse-petition-9.7149426?cmp=rss
London Health Sciences Centre cuts more than 200 nursing jobs, Ontario nurses union says
More than 200 registered nursing (RN) jobs are being cut at southwestern Ontario's largest hospital network, according to a union representing nurses across the province.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/london-health-sciences-centre-cuts-more-than-200-nursing-jobs-ontario-nurses-union-says-9.7148655?cmp=rss
Updating union certification process could be good for N.W.T. public servants, analyst says
As the N.W.T. government works to update the Public Service Act, one labour relations analyst says updating the legislation around union representation for N.W.T. public servants, including nurses, could be a change for the better.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/n-w-t-nurses-separate-representation-public-service-act-9.7143256?cmp=rss