Ensure greater representation of Black nurse practitioners

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) support the mentoring, recruitment and retention of Black nurse practitioners (NP) to address the persistent inequities and obstacles in accessing culturally safe, inclusive and sensitive health care in Ontario.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that RNAO advocate to set a yearly target of Black registered nurses (RN) admitted into NP programs; and provide funding to attract Black RNs to become NPs and to provide funding for activities to mentor, network and retain them in the profession in collaboration with Ontario’s Ministry of Health (MOH), the Council of Ontario University Programs In Nursing (COUPN), and others.