RNAO member and Western University nursing student Elliott Hegel, in partnership with a friend who studies computer science at Carleton University, has developed a website that allows Ontarians to record their COVID-19 rapid test results.
COVID-19
Feature
by: Patricia Baker
The following is an excerpt from a column published in The Sault Star on Sept. 21, 2021
Reprinted with permission.
Column
by: Morgan Hoffarth
The past 18 months have been a time of great challenge for all health-care workers. There is virtually no sector within the health system that has been untouched by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Column
by: Dr. Doris Grinspun
Ontario is now in the throes of a fourth wave of COVID-19, driven by an aggressive Delta variant with unvaccinated or partially vaccinated persons, often younger, being hospitalized and admitted to ICUs.
Column
by: Jane Letton
Taking another look at some common legal questions during COVID-19 (see the first column on this in our Summer 2020 issue)
Feature
by: Kimberley Kearsey
On April 30, 2021, Ontario's Long-Term Care (LTC) COVID-19 Commission released its final report with 84 recommendations for change in a sector that has found itself grappling with challenges exacerbated by the pandemic. The commission, announced on May 19, 2020 by Merrilee Fullerton, then Minis...
Column
by: Dr. Doris Grinspun
As I write this column, I think about how much nurses and other health-care workers have given to our province. I think about how many hours we all owed back, at some point, to our families. And I think about the lives lost, including those of our own loved ones.
Feature
by: Madison Scaini
It’s no secret that nurses across Ontario are facing tremendous physical and emotional burnout due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And because of their commitment to caring for others, they have less time to devote to their own health and wellbeing.
As RNAO continues its unrelenting call on the federal and provincial governme...
Feature
by: Kimberley Kearsey
David* is an NP at a walk-in clinic in his area. Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, he met Jane, a young mother of two who called the clinic to talk with him about a concerning discharge and palpable lumps in her breasts. A few months prior, she had seen her primary care provider (PCP) with the same concerns and was ordered a mammo...
Feature
by: Kimberley Kearsey
Cora Constantinescu, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Alberta Health Services, was keynote speaker at RNAO’s Feb. 8 COVID-19 webinar, the 20th in its ongoing series. As millions of people are getting immunized across the country and around the world, a pressing question has emerged:...