Social and environmental determinants of health
Feature
by: Marion Zych
Modernizing the home and community care legislative regime
In June, RNAO provided feedback on the government’s efforts to reform the home and community care sector. Bill 175: Connecting People to Home and Community Care Act, 2020 repeals the 1994 legislative framework and integrates home and community care with the res...
Feature
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 ...
Feature
by: Marion Zych
It was an annual general meeting (AGM) like no other.
There was a visitor from nursing’s past, a beautiful tribute in the form of a song and a dynamic keynote presentation to inspire nurses about the power of their voices.
These were just a few key moments of RNAO’s 95th AGM, which t...
Column
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.
Feature
by: Wendy Glauser
Public health RNs raise awareness among youth that vaping is more dangerous than they think.
Feature
by: Kimberley Kearsey
RNAO members were actively involved in many different activities in the run-up to October’s federal election. Whether co-hosting community debates or panel discussions, participating as a voice for nursing in those discussions, or knocking on doors as candidates, members raised their concerns and set expectations for elected off...
Feature
by: Wendy Glauser
The opioid crisis continues in full force, with recent data showing young people to be most at risk of opioid deaths. But places where youth live, study and party – college and university campuses – have been slow to respond, due to stigma and liability concerns. Now, nurses and other harm reduction a...
RN Profile
by: Victoria Alarcon
At 21, Brandi Milko was prepared to become a doctor. She had finished her bachelor’s degree in health sciences, was on the waiting list for the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM), and was working on her master’s degree in biology at Carleton University. But she says she felt like her life wasn’t headed in the direction she wanted.