Health policy

RNAO provides federal and provincial governments with budget advice RNAO provided the federal government with a set of recommendations to consider as it prepared its spring budget. While the country’s economy continues to be affected by after effects due to the pandemic, including high inflation, RNAO argues those mo...

At any given moment, nurses can connect to important conversations, mobilize change in our profession and health care, and influence decision-makers. This is where the power of social media – namely, Twitter – plays an important role. The September/October 2015 RNJ issue featured a story about how nurses are using social media, ...

For more than 20 years, London-based RN Aaron Clark has dedicated himself to helping people struggling with mental illness and addiction, but lately he’s felt a sense of hopelessness. He sees too many people falling through the cracks of Ontario’s health system, even though he’s trying his best to keep people alive while advocat...

Nurses work in every sector of care and at all stages of people’s lives. They understand the many factors that contribute to individual and collective health, and they know what system changes are needed to address the social and environmental determinants that impact health.  But they can’t push for this change alone.&n...