Every tweet you post about nursing and health care increases the profile of issues that matter most to nurses. Thank you to every RNAO member who stays engaged on social media to speak out on important topics and encourage the government and other decision-makers to take action where it’s needed most. All forms of engagement – tweets, retweets, favourites and quote tweets – raises nurses’ collective voice. 

Here are some tweets from RNAO members in April:

• RNAO President Morgan Hoffarth shares why mandatory masking is important in long-term care
• RNAO President-Elect Dr. Claudette Holloway on the importance of masks to protect against COVID-19
• Debra Lefebvre on Ontario having the lowest RN-to-patient ratio in Canada and the preventable nursing crisis
• Josalyn Radcliffe on the upcoming provincial election and the need to address the environmental crisis
• Nancy Halupa on the overwhelmed health-care system
• Vikky Leung shares that she signed RNAO’s Action Alert to keep mandatory masking in high-risk settings
• Emily Rowland on doctors calling for the repeal of Bill 124
• Beth Sweeney shares a media story featuring RNAO member and RN psychotherapist Tara Tourloukis
• Cayden Sutherland on why he will continue to wear a mask once the mandate is lifted

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