by Nurses have voted to accept a five-year contract with the province.
The Nova Scotia Council of Nursing Unions represents a total of over 10,000 LPNs, RNs and nurse practitioners in the Nova Scotia Nurses Union, NSGEU, CUPE and Unifor.
The council says about 87.5 per cent of those who voted supported the new agreement that was reached during conciliation.
It says the agreement offers a competitive wage package that should help retain nurses and potentially recruit nurses from outside the province.
It also says the deal addresses many of the challenges nurses faced during the pandemic and continue to face today, including working short-staffed.