Kimberley Kearsey
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by: Kimberley Kearsey, Marion Zych
On Sept. 20, Canadians voted for a minority liberal government in the federal election. Two RNAO members – Aisha Jahangir and Bert Laranjo – were among the candidates vying for a seat in the House of Commons. Jahangir ran for the NDP and took third in her Guelph riding. Laranjo, a Conservative candidate, came in second in his ri...
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by: Kimberley Kearsey
On April 30, 2021, Ontario's Long-Term Care (LTC) COVID-19 Commission released its final report with 84 recommendations for change in a sector that has found itself grappling with challenges exacerbated by the pandemic. The commission, announced on May 19, 2020 by Merrilee Fullerton, then Minis...
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by: Kimberley Kearsey
David* is an NP at a walk-in clinic in his area. Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, he met Jane, a young mother of two who called the clinic to talk with him about a concerning discharge and palpable lumps in her breasts. A few months prior, she had seen her primary care provider (PCP) with the same concerns and was ordered a mammo...
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by: Kimberley Kearsey
Cora Constantinescu, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Alberta Health Services, was keynote speaker at RNAO’s Feb. 8 COVID-19 webinar, the 20th in its ongoing series. As millions of people are getting immunized across the country and around the world, a pressing question has emerged:...
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by: Kimberley Kearsey
Reta, 95, lives in a retirement home across the street from Newmarket’s Southlake Regional Health Centre. Judy Smith, her daughter-in-law, is not her substitute decision-maker, but the person Reta wants all health decisions to go through. Smith has seen first-hand the impact and value of person...
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by: Kimberley Kearsey
PHOTO: Jacob Ferguson, The Ottawa Hospital Foundation
Retired advanced practice RN Robin Morash gives up retirement to help during a global pandemic.
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by: Kimberley Kearsey
Tracie Risling and Richard Booth, PhD-prepared associate professors of nursing in Saskatchewan and London, Ontario, respectively, have both done substantive research on different types of health technologies powered by artificial intelligence (AI). The two RN experts have spent the last year co...
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by: Kimberley Kearsey
Systemic neglect and archaic staffing and funding policies in long-term care (LTC) have put thousands of older adults at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Ontario, more than 1,800 LTC residents have died from COVID-19. In a few short months, more than half of the province’s 626 LTC faciliti...
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by: Kimberley Kearsey
RNJ's shift to digital is still very much in progress as readers continue to familiarize themselves with our new platform and explore the best ways to navigate it. We all know this kind of change takes time.
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by: Kimberley Kearsey
Over the last six years, 52 nursing homes have joined and are actively participating in RNAO’s Long-Term Care Best Practice Spotlight Organization (LTC-BPSO) designation program.* The road to LTC-BPSO designation is a rigourous one. It requires a three-year pre-designation period during which each organization has to meet agreed...