Ontarians have faced some of the toughest obstacles of this pandemic and RNAO has remained determined to alleviating some challenges through its policy work. 

In July, RNAO launched its #FullyVaccinated social media campaign to encourage everyone to receive both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. To take part in the campaign, people are asked to share photos of themselves and their loved ones before, during or after receiving the vaccine and tag @RNAO on Twitter and @registerednurses on Instagram with #FullyVaccinated, as well as their reason for getting vaccinated.

The main goal: to increase the number of fully vaccinated Ontarians so we can come out of this long, relentless pandemic. 

To learn more and to download #FullyVaccinated images to share on social media, visit RNAO’s COVID-19 portal.

In addition to the #FullyVaccinated campaign, RNAO also called for the Ontario government to mandate COVID-19 vaccination for all health-care workers, especially those working directly with patients. To increase vaccination rates, the provincial government should make it easier and faster for health-care workers to get fully vaccinated by:

• bringing vaccinations to workplaces
• providing an additional two paid sick days for workers to be vaccinated

Read RNAO’s media release for more information. Check out some of the posted tweets so far.