Spring 2020

Year
2020
Volume
32
No.
1
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Cindy Baker-Barill with Grade 7 students at Markham’s St. Patrick Catholic Elementary School
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Cindy Baker-Barill with Grade 7 students at Markham’s St. Patrick Catholic Elementary School
Members voting
Feature
Vote on issues that affect the current and future direction of your professional association
by: Staff
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News
RNAO’s #TogetherWeCanDoIt campaign gains huge momentum
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To show their support for nurses and other frontline workers fighting COVID-19, people from Ontario and across Canada are cheering them on every night at 7:30 p.m. local time.

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Meeting with LTC minister Fullerton
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POLICY AT WORK: Meeting with ministers and MPPs on key issues
by: Marion Zych
A visit with Ontario’s minister of long-term care On Jan.16, RNAO CEO Doris Grinspun and policy director Matthew Kellway met with Merillee Fullerton, Ontario’s Minister of Long-Term Care. As readers may know, the health and long-term care portfolio was split into two with the cabinet sh...
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RNAO CEO Doris Grinspun spoke with TV reporter Sébastien St-Francois (right) from Radio Canada on Jan. 27 about COVID-19. RNAO has spoken out about the lessons learned from the 2003 SARS outbreak and the need to follow the precautionary principle.
News
RNAO speaks with media about COVID-19
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Each year, nursing students from across Ontario have the opportunity to complete a placement with RNAO’s board and assembly. They learn about the work of RNAO as well as attend a board meeting. The students also attended Queen’s Park Day in Toronto on Feb. 20. From left to right: Cody Mount, Sarah Devoe, Megan Wood, Rodolfo D. Lastimosa Jr., Julia Schafrick, Maryan Mohamad, Chajan Sathiyeswaran, Susan Hwang and Hanan Benabdalla.
News
Nursing students attend 20th annual Queen’s Park Day
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RNAO president-elect Morgan Hoffarth (left) gives the flu shot to Western student Julia Teasdale. This photo was used during the annual flu campaign on RNAO.ca as well as the association’s social media platforms. RNAO encourages everyone to protect themselves during flu season.
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RNAO president-elect administers the flu shot
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Column
Making the most of your RNJ
by: Kimberley Kearsey

RNJ's shift to digital is still very much in progress as readers continue to familiarize themselves with our new platform and explore the best ways to navigate it. We all know this kind of change takes time.

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The roller coaster of change
Feature
Leading change through social movement
by: Dr. Doris Grinspun, Janet Squires, Katherine Wallace, Shelly-Anne Li, Susan McNeill
For over two decades, RNAO’s strong, evidence-based documents have positioned the association and its members for success. Whether best practice guidelines (BPG) or well-researched policy documents, the evidence RNAO provides is robust and impactful. Yet, as explained in chapter 18 of RNAO’s book Transforming Nursing Through Kno...
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County of Elgin Homes at LTC-BPSO orientation
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BPG CORNER: Becoming a BPSO in long-term care
by: Kimberley Kearsey
Over the last six years, 52 nursing homes have joined and are actively participating in RNAO’s Long-Term Care Best Practice Spotlight Organization (LTC-BPSO) designation program.* The road to LTC-BPSO designation is a rigourous one. It requires a three-year pre-designation period during which each organization has to meet agreed...
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Column
COVID-19: An invisible war that together we will win
by: Dr. Doris Grinspun

Seventeen years ago, Ontario nurses were rattled by the arrival of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), and the blatant dismissal of our expertise and insight during a scary time for Ontarians.

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