Victoria Alarcon
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by: Victoria Alarcon
Nurses are continuing to speak out about the staffing crisis and the ways it is causing increased workloads, stress and burnout. As part of RNAO’s annual Fall Tour, members from 11 different communities across the province met virtually and in person with RNAO’s president, immediate past-president and CEO between Sept. 12 - 23, ...
RN Profile
by: Victoria Alarcon
Nurse practitioner Mae Katt shares some of the challenges and successes she experienced on her path to becoming the clinician she is today.
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by: Victoria Alarcon
In Aesop’s fable about the tortoise and the hare perseverance wins. Steady determination can be an effective force. RNAO has that kind of determination and is pleased to see results.
You may know that for a long time, RNAO has encouraged nurses to run for election at all levels of government, ensuring our voices are being hea...
RN Profile
by: Victoria Alarcon
Persistence, growth and connections assist Jocelyn Hezekiah in her 43-year nursing career.
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by: Victoria Alarcon
For RNAO nursing graduate members Hilda Oni and Kelly-Ann Reid, receiving the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) Award for Indigenous and Black Nursing Students was the opportunity of a lifetime during their fourth-year of study. As part of the award, they were each given a $5,000 bursary an...
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by: Victoria Alarcon
Since she was six-years old, Wendy McNeil always knew she wanted to be a nurse to care and advocate for patients and ensure they receive the best care possible. However, since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, she says working as a nurse has become impossible.
“It just felt like there...
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by: Madison Scaini, Victoria Alarcon
RNAO has welcomed two new interest groups that are helping to create culturally safe environments in health care, the nursing profession and beyond.
The Indigenous Nurses and Allies Interest Group (INAIG) aims to increase Indigenous representation and education in nursing and health-care settings to create more inclusiv...
RN Profile
by: Victoria Alarcon
Perseverance and hard work help nursing student Homayra Ahmed overcome homelessness.
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by: Madison Scaini, Victoria Alarcon
It was an Annual General Meeting (AGM) to remember.
A dynamic video highlighting the achievements of nurses and RNAO throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. A song performed by a First Nation elder in recognition and remembrance of the residential school children whose tragic deaths have come to ...
RN Profile
by: Victoria Alarcon
RN Aaliyah Hoo Kim-Baker finds purpose in advocating for less privileged communities.