As the daughter of a physician and RN, Meredith Muscat was always inspired by her parents and the care they provided to others. She recalls some people in her small town approaching her dad to thank him for the impact he had on their lives, or the lives of their loved ones.
Best Practice Guidelines
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by: Victoria Alarcon
In the beginning, the notion of using best practice guidelines (BPG) to bring evidence-based nursing to health-care settings across Ontario was nothing more than an idea (or seed) in the minds of RNAO CEO Doris Grinspun and former Best Practice Guideline (BPG) Program director Tazim Virani.
As the association’s BP...
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by: Lesley Young
Oh sure, embarking on becoming a Best Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO) comes with the massive perk of RNAO support, resources and funding, but what does that really translate into for an organization implementing best practice guidelines (BPG)? During the BPSO Symposium at RNAO’s spring AGM, seven organizations from around...
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by: Lesley Young
Every health sector faces unique nursing challenges, but there’s one strategy that supports best practices unconditionally and spans them all: RNAO’s Best Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO) program.
While earning BPSO designation gives organizations a leg up within their sector– enabling them to be leading examples ...
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by: Lesley Young
According to RN Kathryn Hayward-Murray, senior vice president, patient care services, and chief nursing executive for Trillium Health Partners (THP), becoming a BPSO while also going through a merger in 2012 united more than 10,000 employees and volunteers at three sites toward the same goal: improving patient care.
It was Ha...
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by: Lesley Young
The early adopters of BPSO designation may tell you the unprecedented undertaking simply made good business sense 15 years ago. In the words of RN Shirlee Sharkey, president and CEO for SE Health (formerly Saint Elizabeth), “…it was a no-brainer. At that time, there was a lot of focus on…being a ‘knowledge organization.’ We felt...
In the End
by: Leanne Paquette
The final semester is done and my master’s degree complete. As i reach this academic milestone, I can’t help but reflect on how the journey to an MN has shaped my nursing career perspective.
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by: Lesley Young
Elaine Santa Mina will tell you she’s not a very good career planner: “Many nurses have a well-defined career trajectory, but that’s not been me.” However, for someone who has worked in nursing for over 46 years, and managed to “fall in love” with what she does, Santa Mina has had tremendously good luck, and an eerily good sense of intuition.
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by: Victoria Alarcon
As a Best Practice Spotlight Organization (BPSO) co-ordinator and RN for Toronto Public Health (TPH), May Tao sees the impact she is making every day supporting the implementation of RNAO’s best practice guidelines (BPG) at her workplace.
In her role, Tao collaborates with staff to come up with plans to implement BPGs and eva...