The fifth annual Nursing Now Ontario Awards (NNOA) is accepting nominations for Ontario-based nurse practitioners (NP), registered nurses (RN) and registered practical nurses (RPN) who have demonstrated high professional standards, superior evidence-based and compassionate clinical practice.
Nominations are open for the 2023 Nursing Now Ontario Awards. The Awards provide an opportunity to showcase nursing excellence and celebrate exceptional individuals for their contributions to Ontarians and our health system. The awards recognize a registered practical nurse (RPN), a registered nurse (RN) and a nurse practitioner (NP) who demonstrate the qualities of an exceptional nurse — high professional standards, superior clinical skills and a compassionate practice.
COVID-19 has shown us the tireless and selfless work nurses do every day caring for Ontarians during a global pandemic. That’s why we have joined our nursing partners to celebrate the knowledge and compassion nurses deliver to people across the province through the Nursing Now Ontario Awards.
WeRPN together with the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) and Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) have launched the Nursing Now Ontario Awards to celebrate the work of nurses in the province.
After years of advocacy from WeRPN, we’re thrilled that the Ministry of Health has listened to the feedback from Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs) and directed the College of Nurses to move forward with important changes to RPN scope of practice by June 2020.
Dr. Andrew Jameton, the University of Nebraska professor who literally wrote the book on professional nursing with his Nursing Practice: The Ethical Issues in 1984, was one of the first to recognize the problem of moral distress among professional nurses.
In this op-ed for the Toronto Sun, Dianne Martin highlights how the Long-Term Care Inquiry has shone a much-needed spotlight onto some of the gaps in our health system.
The College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) released a statement indicating that it, along with British Columbia, will be seeking to proceed with the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, an American company, to develop a new examination for practical nurses in Ontario that would replace the Canadian Practical Nurse Registration Examination (CPNRE) currently in use.
The Registered Practical Nurses Association of Ontario (RPNAO) is committed to supporting excellence in healthcare. Today, RPNAO was very encouraged by the release of the Long Term Care Home Public Inquiry Final Report and the recommended actions put forward by Commissioner Gillese.
As nurses we are familiar with current practice of controlled substances where medical cannabis is prescribed, but legalization of non-medical cannabis will require nurses to have a greater understanding of our role and the patient implications of non-medical cannabis.
