Spring-Summer 2021
Year
2021
Volume
33
No.
2
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Feature
by: Madison Scaini
For the second time in RNAO’s history, Nursing Week (May 10 – 16, 2021) was celebrated virtually amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. With the theme of Protecting Ontarians and Leading Change: Nurses and RNAO During COVID-19, the association hosted a variety of fun and informative virtual events to honour the profession and celeb...
Column
by: Jane Letton
Taking another look at some common legal questions during COVID-19 (see the first column on this in our Summer 2020 issue)
Feature
by: Kimberley Kearsey, Marion Zych
On Sept. 20, Canadians voted for a minority liberal government in the federal election. Two RNAO members – Aisha Jahangir and Bert Laranjo – were among the candidates vying for a seat in the House of Commons. Jahangir ran for the NDP and took third in her Guelph riding. Laranjo, a Conservative candidate, came in second in his ri...
Feature
by: Victoria Alarcon
RNAO is profoundly saddened by the passing of nursing leader, past president and long-time member Charlotte Noesgaard on May 14.
As president of RNAO (1997-98), Charlotte put a lot of time, attention and hard work into promoting the baccalaureate degree as a requirement for entry-to-practice. In 2000, her hard work was recogn...
Feature
by: Heather McConnell, Peta-Gay (PG) Batten
For the past year, health systems around the world have been under severe strain combating a deadly virus to save lives. Admirably, despite the pandemic, the important work of implementing BPGs to advance evidence-based care has continued at home and abroad. RNAO’s Best Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO) program welcomed man...
In the End
by: Enxhi Kondi
Before COVID-19, most people had a severely limited and incorrect perspective of the role nurses play in our health-care system. I too was misinformed before I entered nursing school five years ago. At that time, my view of nursing was shaped by the media and widespread belief that nurses were simply doctors’ assistants.
Feature
by: Kimberley Kearsey
On April 30, 2021, Ontario's Long-Term Care (LTC) COVID-19 Commission released its final report with 84 recommendations for change in a sector that has found itself grappling with challenges exacerbated by the pandemic. The commission, announced on May 19, 2020 by Merrilee Fullerton, then Minis...