Isabelle Wallace found her voice as a nurse and advocate at the bedside of a patient who had lost his legs to diabetic amputation.
Jonathan Sher
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by: Jonathan Sher
Registered Nurse Journal (RNJ): What is your research telling you about the relationship between nurse practitioners, health outcomes and costs?
Peter Buerhaus (PB): The cost for the services provided by nurse practitioners is (10 to 30 per cent) lower than that provided by physicians, even when controlling for fact...
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by: Jonathan Sher
Ten months after RN Lhamo Dolkar gave birth to her fourth child and began to battle depression, she went public, fighting tears to share her story, hopeful that she can help others avoid an illness that can sometimes consume the lives of mothers and children.
Dolkar spoke of her struggles in October, when RNAO announced the r...
RN Profile
by: Jonathan Sher
It may seem quite the hike from Rwanda to Western University in London, Ontario, but for nursing student Amy Olson, the trip takes minutes thanks to the technological wizardry of a professor, RN Richard Booth.
RN Profile
by: Jonathan Sher
Just one of the many lessons Mireille “Mimi” Mitchell has taken to heart as an RN in the community and elsewhere.
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by: Jonathan Sher
Registered Nurse Journal: Tell me about your first-year practicum as a nursing student last year. What did that involve?
Danielle Kane (DK): I worked in geriatric rehab at Lakeridge (Health) Whitby. Most (clients/patients) had falls of some kind and had broken hips. I had to do things like bathe them, help them with their lun...
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by: Jonathan Sher
Born an ocean apart, Birgit Umaigba and Danny Wang arrived at RNAO with vastly different experiences to inform their practice. Umaigba escaped violence in Africa for a life in Canada, while Wang experienced a culture shift of a different sort when switching from the study of medical sciences to nursing. Both recent nursing gradu...