January/February 2019

PNIG has changed its name to Faith Community Nursing Interest Group (FCNIG) after receiving approval from RNAO’s board of directors and consulting with its members through an online voting process.

Long-time RNAO member Doreen O’Sullivan (seated) was sworn in as a municipal councillor for North Grenville in December. The RN campaigned on a platform to improve sidewalks, bike paths and trails to encourage citizens to be active. 

We continue to hear stories about Canadians without access to a family doctor. Linda Silas, an RNAO member and president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, co-authored an editorial in the Hamilton Spectator (Dec.

Kindness and inclusivity by clinicians have a bigger impact than some may believe, say researchers at Western University and the University of British Columbia. A new study, published in The Milbank Quarterly, a journal for population health and health policy, shows a clear link between an equity-oriented health-care approach (e.g.

Three Toronto nursing schools have teamed up to provide their nursing students with skills-building opportunities in practice areas they may not be exposed to during clinical placements.

As hallway health care continues in hospitals across Ontario, the provincial government is getting ready to implement changes to the system that it says will alleviate some of the pressure.

Tackling hospital overcrowding is never easy, but Carol Young-Ritchie, vice-president and chief nursing officer for London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), is looking to a new discharge lounge as a potential solution.

Hoping to promote good health among seniors, the Sault Area Hospital (SAH) has launched a pilot project as part of Health Quality Ontario’s IDEAS (Improving & Driving Excellence Across Sectors) program. Patients arriving on the hospital’s medical units are given a baseline functional assessment to identify gaps in their health.