I had been a registered nurse for 10 years and was working in the emergency department of a 250-bed community hospital in Ohio on Christmas Eve. It was 1994 and I was assigned to the “Code Blue” team that day, which meant I could be called upon to provide care anywhere in the hospital so long as I had the portable defibrillator.
Winter 2021
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2021
Volume
33
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1
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Feature
by: Victoria Alarcon
This past fall, RNAO’s president and CEO connected with members from 12 communities to speak with RNs, NPs and nursing students from chapters, regions and interest groups across the province. Due to the pandemic, the visits took place via Zoom.
President Morgan Hoffarth spoke with members from Durham Region, Kawartha La...
RN Profile
by: Victoria Alarcon
PHOTO: Kevin van Paassen, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Clarice Shen finds her passion and confidence while caring for Canada’s first COVID-19 patient.
Feature
by: Madison Scaini
When June Prokop, a retired nurse and current resident at Sault Ste. Marie’s F.J. Davey Home, was asked why she wants to receive four hours of direct care, she responded: “It gets lonely here sometimes, so having the support of the staff makes it easier.”
Prokop is just one of the many seniors who call long-term care (LTC) “h...