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  • Letter on the Prescription Drug List: Naloxone File number: 16-100479-342
    mars 18, 2016

    Dear Members of the Prescription Drug Status Committee,

    The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) is the professional association representing registered nurses, nurse practitioners, and nursing students in all roles and sectors across Ontario. RNAO appreciates this opportunity to provide feedback on the proposal to revise the listing of naloxone on the Prescription Drug List to permit the non-prescription use of naloxone.

  • Submission: Response to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care’s Patients First - Proposal to Strengthen Patient-Centred Health Care in Ontario
    mars 16, 2016

    The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) is delighted to provide feedback to Ontario's Minister of Health and Long-Term Care Dr. Eric Hoskins' Patient’s First Discussion Paper. We begin with a brief summary in the form of a table to facilitate a high-level overview of RNAO's responses to the various proposals in the Minister's paper. This brief executive summary is followed by the full submission, which provides a more detailed analysis of each component of the paper, along with identified enablers for success.

  • Speaking notes on Bill 119: Health Information Protection Act, 2015
    mars 4, 2016

    Good Afternoon. My name is Tim Lenartowych and I am a registered nurse and the director of health and nursing policy at the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO). We are the professional association representing registered nurses, nurse practitioners and nursing students in Ontario. Joining me today is Andrea Baumann, a registered nurse and policy analyst at RNAO. As the largest regulated health workforce, RNs and NPs are deeply affected by Bill 119, which is why we welcome this opportunity to provide input to the Standing Committee.

    SCHEDULE 1

  • Letter to Kathleen Wynne: RNAO Urges Province to Use Public Health Evidence to Inform a Comprehensive Provincial Alcohol Strategy
    mars 3, 2016

    RE: RNAO Urges Province to Use Public Health Evidence to Inform a Comprehensive Provincial Alcohol Strategy

    Dear Premier Wynne,

  • RNAO Submission on Bill 119: Health Information Protection Act, 2015
    mars 2, 2016

    The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) is the professional association representing registered nurses (RN), nurse practitioners (NP), and nursing students in Ontario. RNAO advocates for healthy public policy and we welcome this opportunity to provide input to the Standing Committee on Justice Policy regarding Bill 119, the Health Information Protection Act, 2015.

    SCHEDULE 1

  • Submission - Transforming Ontario's Correctional Services: Starting, But Not Stopping, with Segregation
    février 22, 2016

    The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) is the professional association representing registered nurses (RN), nurse practitioners (NP), and nursing students in all roles and sectors across Ontario. Since 1925, RNAO has advocated for healthy public policy, promoted excellence in nursing practice, increased nurses' contributions to shaping the health system, and influenced decisions that affect nurses and the public they serve.

  • Ontario Pre-Budget 2016: A Time to Change the Channel
    février 1, 2016

    RNAO Pre-Budget Submission 2016 - Moving Forward on Deficits: Social, Health, Environment and Infrastructure

    The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) is the professional association representing registered nurses (RN), nurse practitioners (NP) and nursing students in all settings and roles across Ontario. It is the strong, credible voice leading the nursing profession to influence and promote healthy public policy. We know that public policy is a major influence on health, and that it is largely determined by budgets. Thus, we welcome this opportunity to participate in the pre-budget consultation.

  • 2016 Pre-Budget Consultation (Ottawa) - Doris Grinspun and Kim Jarvi
    février 1, 2016

    Good Afternoon:

    My name is Doris Grinspun and I am the CEO of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO), the professional association representing registered nurses, nurse practitioners and nursing students in Ontario. Joining me today is Kim Jarvi, RNAO's senior economist.

  • 2016 Pre-Budget Consultation (Ottawa) - Wendy Pearson
    janvier 22, 2016

    Good Afternoon:

    My name is Wendy Pearson and I am a member of the Board of Directors of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO), the professional association representing registered nurses, nurse practitioners and nursing students. The region that I represent encompasses the Ottawa-Carleton area and is home to thousands of these dedicated professionals. We thank the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs for the opportunity to offer guidance as the government engages in its pre-budget consultation.

  • 2016 Pre-Budget Consultation (Windsor) - Deborah Kane
    janvier 19, 2016

    Good Morning:

    I am Deborah Kane and I’m here representing the Board of Directors of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO). We are the professional association representing registered nurses, nurse practitioners and nursing students in Ontario. The region that I represent includes Windsor-Essex, Chatham-Kent and the Lambton area. I thank you for the opportunity to offer RNAO’s recommendations on two important issues facing RNs: The first is to mandate that employers stop replacing RNs with less qualified providers and the second is to expand the scope of practice of RNs by moving forward with independent RN prescribing.