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Winter 2022
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2022
Volume
34
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1
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by: Dr. Doris Grinspun
We have now finalized many engaging and user-friendly changes to the RNAO website – live and available for all to explore. One fundamental update is the addition of a new In Focus feature. This is much more than just a change to existing content.
Feature
by: Madison Scaini, Victoria Alarcon
RNAO has welcomed two new interest groups that are helping to create culturally safe environments in health care, the nursing profession and beyond.
The Indigenous Nurses and Allies Interest Group (INAIG) aims to increase Indigenous representation and education in nursing and health-care settings to create more inclusiv...
Feature
by: Kimberley Kearsey
With promising news early in 2021 that Ontario universities saw a 17.5 per cent increase in applicants to nursing programs, it is easy to envision a future generation of RNs and NPs eager to provide expertise on the frontlines. These motivated individuals are absolutely needed, but they won’t get through the rigours of nurs...
Feature
by: Alicia Saunders
Sept. 30, 2021 marked Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a federal statutory holiday. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada published 94 calls to action in 2015, and among them (#80) was the call to establish a day to honour residential school survivors, their families and communities. Also kno...
RN Profile
by: Victoria Alarcon
Perseverance and hard work help nursing student Homayra Ahmed overcome homelessness.
Feature
by: Kimberley Kearsey
Bill 37 falls short on addressing long-standing issues in LTC
In November 2021, RNAO CEO Dr. Doris Grinspun presented virtually to the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly regarding Bill 37, Providing More Care, Protecting Seniors, and Building More Beds Act, 2021. Long-term care (LTC) homes bore the brunt of...
Feature
by: Patricia Baker
The following is an excerpt from a column published in The Sault Star on Sept. 21, 2021
Reprinted with permission.
Feature
by: Dr. Doris Grinspun, Dr. Shanoja Naik, Kimberley Kearsey
Publisher’s note: More than 1,000 health service and academic organizations on five continents are actively engaged in the Best Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO)* program. They have formal partnerships with RNAO to implement and measure the impact of multiple best practice guidelines (BPG) on patient outcomes, as well as or...
In the End
by: Valerie Rzepka
As the sun set on a stifling Port-au-Prince day in August 2021, a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter landed beside two others on the tarmac at the airport in the Haitian capital.