The positive energy and enthusiasm at this year’s five-day International Council of Nurses (ICN) Congress – hosted in partnership with the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) in early July – was palpable. More people gathered and chatted in the venue hallways than I’ve seen ever before.
Research and education
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by: Tanya Smith
In March 2020, when the pandemic shut the world down, I had just completed orientation for the first clinical placement of my first year of nursing school. I never got to work at the long-term care home I selected, and I was forced to finish the term from my home computer. Over the next two years, the pandemic would continue to ...
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by: Larry Sawyer
Each year, Queen’s Park Day (QPD) brings nurses from across Ontario together in a powerful display of unity. It provides a unique platform for RNAO’s board of directors and assembly of leaders to voice key priorities, showcase their political action skills and engage in meaningful discussions w...
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by: Victoria Alarcon
With more than 500 fellows, RNAO’s Advanced Clinical Practice Fellowship (ACPF) program has reached new heights over the last two decades. Refreshed in 2022, the program now provides opportunities for RNs and NPs to develop their knowledge, skills and expertise in four different fellowship streams, each with an overarching goal ...
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by: Larry Sawyer
On May 12, 2022, RNAO held a media conference to release Nursing Through Crisis: A Comparative Perspective. Florence Nightingale’s 202nd birth anniversary was chosen as the release date for this landmark report because Nursing Through Crisis announced crucial findings: the health of all Ontarians depends on creating a sustainabl...
RN Profile
by: Victoria Alarcon
Nurse practitioner Mae Katt shares some of the challenges and successes she experienced on her path to becoming the clinician she is today.
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by: Victoria Alarcon
For RNAO nursing graduate members Hilda Oni and Kelly-Ann Reid, receiving the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) Award for Indigenous and Black Nursing Students was the opportunity of a lifetime during their fourth-year of study. As part of the award, they were each given a $5,000 bursary an...
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St. Lawrence College is offering a new, four-year bachelor of science in nursing degree. This is part of Ontario’s recent change to allow universities and colleges to offer their own baccalaureate degrees in nursing to increase opportunities for students. The first cohort of nursing students at St.
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by: Dr. Doris Grinspun
We have now finalized many engaging and user-friendly changes to the RNAO website – live and available for all to explore. One fundamental update is the addition of a new In Focus feature. This is much more than just a change to existing content.
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by: Kimberley Kearsey
With promising news early in 2021 that Ontario universities saw a 17.5 per cent increase in applicants to nursing programs, it is easy to envision a future generation of RNs and NPs eager to provide expertise on the frontlines. These motivated individuals are absolutely needed, but they won’t get through the rigours of nurs...