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  • SARS Unmasked
    September 29, 2003

    The Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) has prepared this submission to the Independent Commission to Investigate the Introduction and Spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) to ensure nurses’ voices are heard. The submission is a snapshot of RNAO’s full report to be released later this year.

  • The RN(EC)-GP Relationship: A Good Beginning
    May 22, 2003

    Introduction



    The Ontario Medical Association (OMA) and the Registered Nurses
    Association of Ontario (RNAO) are interested in defining effective
    strategies, which can then be used to optimize the working
    relationships between General Practitioners (GPs) and Nurse
    Practitioners with the RN(EC) designation RN(EC)s or NPs. (Note: In the
    report the terms RN(EC) and NP are used interchangeably in all cases
    the individual has an RN(EC) designation).

  • Survey of Casual and Part-Time Registered Nurses in Ontario
    May 12, 2003

    In recent years, upwards of half of working RNs have not had full-time
    employment. This is a most unusual circumstance for any profession,
    and serves as a stark contrast with other jurisdictions, like the
    US, where 71.6% of RNs are full-time. This disproportionate amount
    of part-time and casual work is a threat to the quality of patient
    care, to the viability of the health care system, and to the nursing
    profession itself.

  • RNAO responds to Romanow Commission Report
    December 2, 2002

    General Comments

  • Tracking the Nursing Task Force (1999): RNs Rate Their Nursing Work Life
    November 7, 2002

    Background

    In January 1999, the Nursing Task Force presented its report, Good
    Nursing, Good Health: An Investment for the 21st Century. The Ontario
    government accepted all the recommendations of the Task Force and
    moved to implementation. The Nursing Research Committee of RNAO
    decided to find out nurses' perceptions of changes in practice settings
    since the release of the report.

    Purpose

  • Earning Their Return - When & Why Ontario RNs Left Canada, and What Will Bring Them Back
    February 23, 2001

    Introduction

    The past decade has been extremely challenging for Ontario’s registered nurses. Dramatic fluctuations in employment opportunities, driven by funding cuts and short-sighted policy initiatives 1, led many RNs to leave the province, the country and even the profession. By 1998, Ontario ranked last in the country in the ratio of nurses per population.

    In 1999, the Ontario government committed to funding 12,000 new, permanent nursing positions (registered nurse and registered practical nurse) before the end of 2000.