Spring-Summer 2025
For a century, RNAO has been a values-driven and evidence-based organization. From our earliest days, our mission has been clear: to advance nursing in the service of health for all.
Nursing is an intricate dance of empathy, skill and collaboration, much like the competitive dance routines I was part of growing up. My journey from the stage to the bedside was guided by the same principles of teamwork and continuous improvement that I learned as a dancer.
It is such an honour to be president during RNAO’s 100th anniversary year. I admire the women who, a century ago, had the vision and courage to lay the foundation for a professional nursing association. It was an idea fuelled by passion and backed by motivation to grow the profession.
RN Maria Jenevieve Pasicolan can still recall the first time she worked as a nurse at a Canadian hospital.