Over the years, environmental issues have become a growing public concern. The impacts of climate change, particularly on people, are now recognized and documented. Moreover, since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a United Nations body, was founded in…
Healthcare professionals’ working conditions, and the subsequent consequences of those conditions, regularly make headlines—heavy workload, staff shortages, mandatory overtime, high rate of absenteeism, etc. That is why the mental health of FIQ and FIQP members seemed like the most natural…
The high number of employment injuries among healthcare professionals alone shows just how important it is to take preventive measures in occupational health and safety. When you also consider the ever-growing workload and all of the organizational changes nurses, licensed…
Because of the nature of the tasks that she performs, a healthcare professional is inevitably exposed to hazards, whether they are physical, chemical or biological. It is always preferable to eliminate the danger at the source, but this is often…
When it comes to occupational health and safety, healthcare professionals have rights and obligations. What are they? What is the scope? What are the limits? How can one make sense of it all? Sometimes it’s hard to know. To help…
Everyone knows you shouldn’t believe everything you read or hear in the news. Moreover, you should evaluate the credibility of information based on its source. So, when the government claims that health care cuts don’t affect the quality, safety or…
The term “impaired faculties” is usually used when we are referring to driving a vehicle. However, studies over the last few years have shown that the notion of impaired faculties can be applied in other circumstances. Has it already happened…
One might think, because it is 2016, that sexual harassment is an outdated concept, almost non-existent. One might think that today, the healthcare professionals are immune to this type of violence. That they have all the tools necessary to deal…
Healthcare professionals have been enduring these symptoms and feelings this uneasiness for a long time, but, until recently, it did not have much recognition. Until recently, healthcare professionals had been feeling the symptoms of an unnamed uneasiness. We are now…