July / August 2018
Every health sector faces unique nursing challenges, but there’s one strategy that supports best practices unconditionally and spans them all: RNAO’s Best Practice Spotlight...
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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...
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Explore the fascinating, informative history of how RNAO’s best practice guidelines (BPG) came to be with Transforming Nursing Through Knowledge: Best Practices for Guideline...
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Twenty-two years ago, RNAO – and by extension, Registered Nurse Journal (RNJ) – was experiencing a shift with the arrival of Doris Grinspun as its new executive director in April...
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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...
Elaine Santa Mina
RN Profile
Elaine Santa Mina will tell you she’s not a very good career planner: “Many nurses have a well-defined career trajectory, but that’s not been me.” However, for someone who has worked in nursing for…
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In the End
The final semester is done and my master’s degree complete. As i reach this academic milestone, I can’t help but reflect on how the journey to an MN has shaped my nursing career perspective. Ongoing…
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The early adopters of BPSO designation may tell you the unprecedented undertaking simply made good business sense 15 years ago. In the words of RN Shirlee Sharkey, president and...
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According to RN Kathryn Hayward-Murray, senior vice president, patient care services, and chief nursing executive for Trillium Health Partners (THP), becoming a BPSO while also...
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Oh sure, embarking on becoming a Best Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO) comes with the massive perk of RNAO support, resources and funding, but what does that really...