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Five nurses' residences (the Ann Baillie Building, [2] Begbie Hall, [3] the Hersey Pavilion, [4] the Pavillon Mailloux [5] and the St. Boniface Hospital Nurses' Residence [6]) were designated in commemoration of the growing professionalism of nursing and of the expanded role of nurses in health care over the course of the 20th century.
Across North America during the post-World War II years, there was a serious shortage of registered nurses. [1] By the mid-1940s in Canada, the nursing shortage was approximately 8,700 and it was increasing along with health services in Canada and the number of hospital beds and hospitalizations. [15]
The Canadian Nurses Association (CNA), known in French as the Association des infirmières et infirmiers du Canada (AIIC), is the national professional association representing registered nurses, nurse practitioners, licensed and registered practical nurses, registered psychiatric nurses and retired nurses across all 13 provinces and territories in Canada.
Hospitals have consistently been the top healthcare expenditure representing 26.6% of total healthcare expenditures in Canada in 2018. [32] Hospital capacity in Canada peaked in 1970. Since then, per-capita hospital bed capacity has been reduced by 63%. [107] Hospital care is delivered by publicly funded hospitals in Canada.
This is a list of hospitals in Canada. [1] Alberta. For a list sorted by facility name see List of hospitals in Alberta. Banff. Banff Mineral Springs Hospital;
Hospitals in Canada The Health Sciences Centre ( HSC ), located in Winnipeg , is the largest health-care facility in Manitoba and one of the largest hospitals in Canada. It serves the residents of Manitoba, Northwestern Ontario , and Nunavut as both a teaching hospital and as a research centre .
In 1968, the inaugural Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) was appointed in Canada. [3] The first CNO was Verna Huffman Splane. [4] The role's scope was expanded in 1999 with the establishment of the Office of Nursing Policy within Health Canada's Strategic Policy Branch.
The Niagara Health System, or Niagara Health (NH), is a Canadian multi-site hospital amalgamation, comprising five sites serving over 450,000 residents across the 12 municipalities making up the Regional Municipality of Niagara, Canada. Niagara Health is one of Ontario's largest hospital systems, with 4,800 employees, 600 physicians and 850 ...