RNAO did not let a global pandemic stop us from moving ahead on the popular and decades-old tradition of celebrating our profession during Nursing Week, May 11-17. We marked the occasion with numerous virtual events. These included: hosting our 20th annual Take Your MPP To Work visits, releasing our groundbreaking Enhancing Community Care for Ontarians (ECCO 3.0) report, unveiling our Oral Health: Supporting Adults Who Require Assistance, Second Edition best practice guideline, providing career tips and insights to nurses with a tour of the newly designed RN Careers website, and showcasing the ongoing, universal gratitude and appreciation for nurses through a social media campaign of thank-you messages to those whose knowledge, compassion and courage were evident for all to see. We even launched a new awards program. The inaugural Nursing Now Ontario Awards were presented on May 12, in partnership with the Ontario Nurses’ Association and WeRPN.    

We take a look at these energizing events and the remarkable turn-out despite a challenging and stressful time for nurses and other health professionals.