Special 25th anniversary issue: Celebrating the BPG Program
The next provincial election will take place on Feb. 27 and RNAO is calling on all political parties to share their plans to improve the health and wellbeing of nurses and their patients, clients and communities.
In December 2024, the Ontario government announced legislation that would introduce the NP clinical director role in long-term care. Clinical directors oversee and evaluate residents’ overall care and help identify and address health-care issues related to quality of life.
On Jan. 10, the Federal Minister of Health Mark Holland issued a letter to provincial and territorial ministers of health to confirm a Canada Health Act policy requiring them to create a public funding model for NPs and other regulated health professionals by April 1, 2026.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced a new Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program at Ottawa’s Carleton University on Nov. 5, 2024. It has been two decades since a new university-based nursing program has been created in Ontario.
Undergraduate nursing students were given the unique opportunity Nov. 13 to 16, 2024, to see the work of RNAO firsthand as participants in the association’s student placement. They attended an orientation session at home office and heard presentations from department representatives about their work on behalf of members.
The Children’s Hospital at London Health Sciences Centre is offering the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) vaccine to infants who do not have a family doctor. NP and RNAO member Erin Fleischer, who works in the clinic, says RSV can make children extremely sick.
The newest editions of two best practice guidelines (BPG) were released in the Fall of 2024. Diabetic Foot Ulcers: Prevention, Assessment, and Management (third edition) was published on Oct.
RNAO closed out its 2023/24 membership year on Oct. 31, 2024, with an impressive 54,400+ members strong. The current 2024/25 membership year marks the association's 100th anniversary.
