As we bring you new content for RNJ, we also mark the start of a new membership year at RNAO. The fall is always an exciting time at home office, with all staff on deck to renew existing members and welcome new ones.
Kimberley Kearsey
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by: Kimberley Kearsey
Two world-recognized nursing events – Sigma International Nursing Research Congress (INRC) in Calgary and the International Council of Nurses (ICN) Congress in Singapore – exposed nursing and health-care leaders from around the world to RNAO’s influential best practice guidelines (BPG) as well as its powerful Best Practice Spotl...
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by: Kimberley Kearsey
RNAO members were actively involved in many different activities in the run-up to October’s federal election. Whether co-hosting community debates or panel discussions, participating as a voice for nursing in those discussions, or knocking on doors as candidates, members raised their concerns and set expectations for elected off...
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by: Jonathan Sher, Kimberley Kearsey
RNAO members began their 94th Annual General Meeting (AGM) by listening to the soaring voices and rhythmic drumming of contemporary Indigenous performers at the opening ceremonies on the evening of April 11.
“We as a collective of committed members have advanced Ontario’s health system by speaking out for nursing and speaking...
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by: Kimberley Kearsey
This issue of the journal marks a significant milestone in the history of RNAO. It is the last print edition of a member resource that dates back more than 90 years.
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by: Kimberley Kearsey
As people continue their insatiable appetite for information and resources at their fingertips, those of us in publishing have been in the throes of a shift from traditional paper products to digital offerings. Monthly journals, magazines and newspapers that once occupied office shelves and filing cabinets of the average reader ...
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by: Kimberley Kearsey
Last fall, RNAO’s communications and IT staff gave a presentation to assembly members and the board of directors about the planning and initial design for RNJ digital (RNJ.RNAO.ca).
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by: Kimberley Kearsey
When The Registered Nurse was re-envisioned in 1989, the member communications cluster – a group specifically created to shape and direct RNAO communication with its members – decided to shift from a members-only publication – focused on RNAO issues – to a publication that addressed a broad range of nursing roles and workplace i...
Feature
by: Kimberley Kearsey
When The Registered Nurse was re-envisioned in 1989, the member communications cluster – a group specifically created to shape and direct RNAO communication with its members – decided to shift from a members-only publication – focused on RNAO issues – to a publication that addressed a broad range of nursing roles and workplace i...
Feature
by: Kimberley Kearsey
Public health units, primary care clinics, home health organizations, hospitals and long-term care homes that have already achieved or are working towards Best Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO) designation have been successfully implementing RNAO’s best practice guidelines (BPG) for years, many for well over a decade. Last ...