March/April 2018
1998 After decades of hard work and advocacy, Feb. 18, 1998 was a day to celebrate. Bill 127 was proclaimed during an event at RNAO home office, making Ontario the first...
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Why did you become a nurse? I became a nurse because I wanted to help people and make a difference in their lives. My mom was a community health nurse, and she would tell us...
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When the Registered Nurse published Volume 1, No. 1 in 1989, its cover feature was a Q&A with then health minister Elinor Caplan about the nursing shortage. When asked...
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In the End
The sun is setting as I circle a house looking for a back entrance to where I’m told a young man lives. Knocking and calling out loudly, I enter a crawl space that doesn’t allow me to stand up…
Brandi Milko
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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…