PHOTO: Kevin van Paassen, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Clarice Shen finds her passion and confidence while caring for Canada’s first COVID-19 patient.
COVID-19
Feature
by: Madison Scaini
When June Prokop, a retired nurse and current resident at Sault Ste. Marie’s F.J. Davey Home, was asked why she wants to receive four hours of direct care, she responded: “It gets lonely here sometimes, so having the support of the staff makes it easier.”
Prokop is just one of the many seniors who call long-term care (LTC) “h...
Column
by: Dr. Doris Grinspun
During a Nov. 13 virtual media conference, RNAO called on Premier Doug Ford to immediately impose a 28-day lockdown in all COVID-19 red zones. The government heard our call and announced a lockdown starting Nov. 23.
RN Profile
by: Kimberley Kearsey
PHOTO: Jacob Ferguson, The Ottawa Hospital Foundation
Retired advanced practice RN Robin Morash gives up retirement to help during a global pandemic.
In the End
by: Eram Chhogala
Draw up 100 mg of Propofol and 50 mg of Rocuronium. That’s a size 7.5 ETT, secured at 22 cm at the lips with a PEEP of 10 on 100 per cent. We have arterial, peripheral and central lines, all in situ, with vasopressin, epinephrine and levophed all infusing.
Feature
by: Kimberley Kearsey
Tracie Risling and Richard Booth, PhD-prepared associate professors of nursing in Saskatchewan and London, Ontario, respectively, have both done substantive research on different types of health technologies powered by artificial intelligence (AI). The two RN experts have spent the last year co...
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by: Victoria Alarcon
In the city of Niagara Falls, 24-year-old public health nurse (PHN) Austin White walks through the quiet hallways of an elementary school with a public health inspector, another PHN, the principal and members of the school board. All are physically distanced and wearing masks. Dressed casually ...
Column
by: Dr. Doris Grinspun
It was March 11 and RNAO was among a group of stakeholders at a face-to-face consultation organized by ministry of long-term care (LTC) staff to discuss recommendation #85 of the Long-Term Care Homes Public Inquiry.
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by: Marion Zych
The nursing profession lost one of its own this spring when 57-year-old Brian Beattie died from COVID-19. He had been an RN for 23 years and is believed to be the first nurse in Canada to die from the virus.
At the time of his death, Beattie was working at Kensington Village, a long-term car...
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by: Kimberley Kearsey
Systemic neglect and archaic staffing and funding policies in long-term care (LTC) have put thousands of older adults at risk during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Ontario, more than 1,800 LTC residents have died from COVID-19. In a few short months, more than half of the province’s 626 LTC faciliti...