News - Nurses

Manitobans are invited to take part in public consultations on the regulation of registered nursing in Manitoba as the College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba continues to work towards regulations under the Regulated Health Professions Act.

Manitoba families are benefiting from having more nurses providing front-line health care services, as the number of nurses working in the province continues to grow.

There are more nurses at the bedside in Manitoba providing families with quality health care, Health Minister Erin Selby announced during National Nursing Week.

Nurse practitioner students who agree to work in rural communities after graduating will be eligible for return-of-service grants to fully cover their tuition costs.

The Manitoba government is investing $2 million to protect nurses, doctors, technologists, health-care aides and other health-care staff from workplace violence as well as rolling out a new provincial violence-prevention policy for all health facilities.

Health Minister Theresa Oswald introduced legislation which would expand the role of nurse practitioners and midwives in the delivery of health care to Manitobans by allowing them to admit patients to hospitals.

New investments in Budget 2013 will help train more nurses to meet the growing demand for health care across the province, Premier Greg Selinger announced.

The role of nurse practitioners in the delivery of health care to Manitobans has been expanded to allow them to independently authorize magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) diagnostic tests for their patients.

Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, announced that family doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners and residents in family medicine in more than 4200 rural communities across Canada could be eligible for Canada Student Loan forgiveness.

The College of Registered Nurses of Manitoba will launch consultations with its members on proposed regulatory changes to expand the prescribing authority of nurse practitioners.