Retired Brant Community Healthcare System (BCHS) nurse manager and RNAO member Barbara Longo received a Hospital Donation Champion Award from the Trillium Gift of Life Network. The award is given to health-care professionals who are exceptional advocates for organ and tissue donation.
Winter 2021
Year
2021
Volume
33
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Feature
by: Victoria Alarcon
In downtown Toronto, street nurse Roxie Danielson is meeting with new clients at a shelter. Sitting at a small table and equipped with a surgical mask and face shield, Danielson is separated from them by plexiglass. She is conducting her assessment and goes through some standard questions. Do you have a primary care provide...
Feature
by: Marion Zych
RNAO members connect virtually with their MPPs for QPOR
Column
by: Dr. Doris Grinspun
As I write this column, I think about how much nurses and other health-care workers have given to our province. I think about how many hours we all owed back, at some point, to our families. And I think about the lives lost, including those of our own loved ones.
Column
by: Morgan Hoffarth
In my first RNJ column, I spoke about how much I was looking forward to connecting with some of the over 46,000 members that make RNAO such a powerful collective. One of the joys about being part of an association is the ability to meet, network and learn from each other.
Feature
by: Alicia Saunders, Madison Scaini
As one of RNAO’s annual signature political action events, this year’s iteration looked a bit different due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Participants joined President Morgan Hoffarth and CEO Dr. Doris Grinspun for a four-hour afternoon event that included remarks from the premier, min...
Feature
by: Madison Scaini
It’s no secret that nurses across Ontario are facing tremendous physical and emotional burnout due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And because of their commitment to caring for others, they have less time to devote to their own health and wellbeing.
As RNAO continues its unrelenting call on the federal and provincial governme...
Feature
by: Kimberley Kearsey
David* is an NP at a walk-in clinic in his area. Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, he met Jane, a young mother of two who called the clinic to talk with him about a concerning discharge and palpable lumps in her breasts. A few months prior, she had seen her primary care provider (PCP) with the same concerns and was ordered a mammo...
Feature
by: Ashley McLellan
Publisher’s note: RNAO’s Best Practice Champions Network enlists thousands of nurses and other health professionals across the province to share their passion for evidence-based practice and RNAO best practice guidelines (BPG). These “champions” participate in virtual workshops and e-learning to acquire t...
Feature
by: Kimberley Kearsey
Cora Constantinescu, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Alberta Health Services, was keynote speaker at RNAO’s Feb. 8 COVID-19 webinar, the 20th in its ongoing series. As millions of people are getting immunized across the country and around the world, a pressing question has emerged:...