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Have you signed up for the upcoming 'Legal Issues in Nursing' one-day sessions in southern Ontario? Space with CEO Chris Rokosh is filling up for the workshops in Toronto (this Mon. Oct. 30); Tuesday, Oct. 31 (Ottawa) and Nov. 6 in London.

More info is available here (click on 'workshops by province'): http://bit.ly/2y8R3OX

This story made headlines over the weekend after an Ontario court refused to allow an American doctor who says he doesn't believe in brain death to serve as expert witness in the case of a woman whose family is is fighting to keep her alive. "In my view, Dr. Byrne is more of an advocate than an independent witness, said the judge.

U.S. doctor not impartial enough to testify in Ontario life support case: judge An American doctor who says he doesn't believe in brain death should not be allowed to serve as an expert witness in the case of a woman whose family is fighting to keep her on life support, a Toronto-area court heard Friday.

We're always proud of the nurses we work with. This article via the College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta (CARNA) is a great example of how nurses save lives - in Alberta but also in distant war-wracked nations.

Alberta RN saves lives in war-torn Iraq | CARNA Emily Way, RN, is no stranger to the intensity of trauma care and treating patients under difficult circumstances, having worked on a trauma unit and treated prisoners in Calgary. But practising in war-torn Iraq, she says, was a completely different level of trauma nursing than she had ever experien...

This story made headlines after a nurse in Utah was hauled away by police after she told them they could not draw the blood of an unconscious patient without a warrant. She was handcuffed, arrested, and forcibly moved from the hospital's burn unit into a patrol car. This is an American story, but it raises important questions about our own workplaces and what policies are in place to ensure you never have to face this kind of situation.

Utah Nurse Arrest: The Legal Questions, Answered Could what happened in Utah happen in your hospital? Here we answer the legal questions and offer ways for nurses and hospitals to review their policies on interactions with law enforcement.