Nurses Rally During CFNU Biennium

Approximately 800 nurses from across Canada participated in 2 walks/rallies during the CFNU Biennium in Toronto. PEINU delegates took part in a 7 kilometre ”healthy walk” with the Ontario Health Coalition for better health care on Tuesday, June 4th and a walk and rally on June 5th for mental health in the work place.

Participate in the NP Awareness Campaign!

NURSE PRACTITIONERS: IT’S ABOUT TIME! As some of you may know, on April 29th the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA), along with the support of the Association of Registered Nurses of Prince Edward Island (ARNPEI), launched a Nurse Practitioner (NP) Awareness Campaign to raise awareness and understanding of the NP role to the general public and… (read more)

PEINU Represented at ICN Conference

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ICN 25th Quadrennial Congress: Equity and Access to Health Care The ICN 25th Quadrennial Congress is in Melbourne, Australia from May 18th – 23rd. It is a federation of more than 130 national nurses associations, representing more than 13 million nurses worldwide. Operated by nurses, ICN works to ensure quality nursing care for all, sound health… (read more)

Update re: Bursary Information

The following items were approved at the most recent PEINU AGM with regard to Bursaries: Two (2) $1,000 bursaries for children of PEINU members who are students attending a post-secondary institution. The application and guidelines can be found in the Members Only section of this website under “Applications & Forms”. Increase in the number of… (read more)