A significant increase to the nurse practitioner (NP) workforce in Ontario is long overdue. RNAO’s Vision for Tomorrow puts forward eight recommendations for expanding and supporting the supply of and use of NPs in Ontario. Integrating more NPs in the health-care workforce and expanding their roles and scope will increase health equity and access to health care in our province. NPs can play a critical role in achieving the government’s health system transformation goals and meeting the objectives of the quadruple aim: improved patient experience, improved patient outcomes, lower cost of care and improved provider experience.
Nurse Practitioner Interest Group (NPIG)
NPIG endeavours to strengthen the NP role in Ontario’s health-care system by supporting and representing action on behalf of NPs in collaboration with RNAO's board of directors. Visit NPIG's website.
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Nurse practitioner position statement
Increasing the number of nurse practitioners working to full scope across all sectors and settings is critical to increasing access to health care and health equity in Ontario. Read our position statement below and watch our video.
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RNAO’s Nurse Practitioner Task Force report: Vision for Tomorrow
On Feb. 25, 2021 RNAO released the Nurse Practitioner Task Force report, Vision for Tomorrow. The report features eight recommendations that reflect RNAO’s unwavering advocacy for increased NP supply, utilization and scope. The implementation of these recommendations must begin immediately with co-ordinated action from government, academic, health service and association stakeholders.
Vision for Tomorrow: Political action bulletin
RNAO has developed evidence-based political action bulletins on our priority issues for QPOR meetings with MPPs. The Vision or Tomorrow political action bulletin provides an overview of NP effectiveness, NP share of the nursing workforce and RNAO’s recommendations to provincial government for optimization of the NP role in an integrated health system.
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