Victoria Alarcon

Victoria Alarcon

Victoria Alarcon is communications officer/writer for RNAO. 

RNAO president Angela Cooper Brathwaite with members at Queen's Park day.
Feature
Queen’s Park Day 2019
by: Alicia Saunders, Jonathan Sher, Victoria Alarcon
While power changed hands at Queen’s Park in June of 2018, and a new Conservative government took the reins after 15 years of Liberal government, RNAO’s advocacy remains as passionate and as effective as ever. That was evident at Queen’s Park Day on Feb. 21, when 160 RNs, NPs and nursing stu...
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Andy Clutton (right) says support from family and friends made the experience of donating a kidney much easier.
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Faith and friendship
by: Victoria Alarcon
As a palliative care nurse in Grimsby, Andy Clutton always strives to ensure language is never a barrier to good health. So when newcomer Ghulam Akbar Momand and his family arrived in Canada from Afghanistan in 2012, and moved into the same apartment building, Clutton didn’t shy away from welcoming the family with open arms. “I...
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Brandi Milko
RN Profile
The call of the north
by: Victoria Alarcon

At 21, Brandi Milko was prepared to become a doctor. She had finished her bachelor’s degree in health sciences, was on the waiting list for the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM), and was working on her master’s degree in biology at Carleton University. But she says she felt like her life wasn’t headed in the direction she wanted.

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Kayla King
RN Profile
Filling the gap and giving back
by: Victoria Alarcon

Growing up, Kayla King didn’t always know she wanted to be a nurse. Undecided between hairdressing, cooking and nursing, she took a chance on the latter when she saw the options for growth and the connection to science – a long-time interest.

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Best Practice Guideline spotlight organisation
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Growing a Program
by: Victoria Alarcon
In the beginning, the notion of using  best practice guidelines (BPG) to bring evidence-based nursing to health-care settings across Ontario was nothing more than an idea (or seed) in the minds of RNAO CEO Doris Grinspun and former Best Practice Guideline (BPG) Program director Tazim Virani.  As the association’s BP...
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Photo of Louise White
RN Profile
FAR from home
by: Victoria Alarcon

At toronto’s mount sinai Hospital, RN and lactation consultant Louise Lemieux White reviews the chart for a new mom who has just had her first baby and is struggling with breastfeeding. It says she uses cannabis. 

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Amalia Silva-Galleguillos (second from right), who has conducted BPSO training in Chile, Colombia and Portugal, says the experience has opened doors to new career opportunities.
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How BPSO trainers support evidence-based nursing globally
by: Victoria Alarcon
As a Best Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO) co-ordinator and RN for Toronto Public Health (TPH), May Tao sees the impact she is making every day supporting the implementation of RNAO’s best practice guidelines (BPG) at her workplace. In her role, Tao collaborates with staff to come up with plans to implement BPGs and eva...
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