Spring-Summer 2024
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As a member of the executive for RNAO’s Indigenous Nurses and Allies Interest Group (INAIG) in 2021, RN Chantal Byrnes Leadbeater, who identifies as an ally, wanted to do more for...
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John Edwards has always been a storyteller. A natural performer, the RN and secretary of RNAO’s Rainbow Nursing Interest Group (RNIG) initially went to school for musical theatre, receiving his…
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Members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community experience high rates of stigma and discrimination both outside and inside the health system. According to John Edwards, an RN and member of the...
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As RNAO’s first practising nurse practitioner (NP) president, Lhamo Dolkar recalls what RNAO CEO Dr. Doris Grinspun once said to her: “There is always a right president at the...
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For most nursing schools across Ontario, the education offered today is relatively unchanged from when I was a student 10 years ago. Assessment and social skills are acquired and...
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I grew up participating in Boy Scouts, camping as often as I could. I always felt a connection with nature and a need to protect it. My fears about climate change grew after...
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BPSO expansion: On the international stageThe important work of BPG implementation and evaluation continues around the world, and there was special attention this spring on...
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RNAO and members celebrated Nursing Week 2024 with a number of special events. The week began with RNAO’s official launch of the highly anticipated BPG, Clinical Practice in...
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Take Your MPP To Work
Members of provincial parliament (MPP) have been getting a firsthand look at how RNs and NPs are making a difference in the lives of Ontarians....
In the End
I’ve come to realize that nursing can humble you – real fast. I went from being a confident and competent emergency department RN to an insecure nurse trainee in an operating room. Very early in this…
