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Call on the premier to support Bill 277. RNAO believes that every Ontarian deserves access to mental health supports.

Urge the prime minister to declare Canada’s support for a patent waiver on COVID-19 vaccines.

We call on the premier to honour and respect those who died, the ones who loved them and the ones who cared for them.

The third wave of COVID-19 is a tidal wave that demands urgent and immediate action from our government.

When we needed a full lockdown, the premier gave us something called a “shutdown.” Instead of the public measures necessary to curb the growth of dangerous COVID variants, we got word play.

Join our call for more nurse practitioner (NP)-led clinics and attending NPs in long-term care.

Tell Prime Minister Trudeau that it’s time for universal, single-payer pharmacare!

Nurses call on Premier Doug Ford to act swiftly to suffocate community spread of COVID-19 – now more than ever – given the rapidly spreading new strains.

Ontario’s vaccination roll-out has stumbled out of the gate. Please take a moment to set things right. Join us in urging Premier Doug Ford to start Phase 2 of the roll-out by putting vaccinations into the hands of the thousands of nurses, physicians and pharmacists working in community care across this province.

The COVID-19 pandemic has deepened our province’s opioid overdose crisis.

Mass COVID-19 vaccinations are well underway in jurisdictions around the world. In Ontario, we have fallen behind.

Send an urgent message to Queen’s Park. Demand that Ontario’s Minister of Health to ensure that a supervised consumption site is made available to every community that needs one.

Ontario needs all first responders carrying and trained in the use of naloxone, including police.

Let Prime Minister Justin Trudeau know that Canada needs national standards for LTC now!

Tell the provincial government to stop further action on the College of Nurses of Ontario’s decision that would render the RN and RPN scope of practice identical.

Let the premier and the minister of long-term care know that nursing home residents deserve better care.

This is a one day virtual event for nurse practitioners (NP) to network, engage and learn. We will explore topics related to policy, clinical practice, quality improvement (QI) and patient safety, leadership, and research. Apr 21, 2022, 9:00am - 4:30pm

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RNAO is holding its eighth invitational Nurse Practitioner (NP) Knowledge Exchange Virtual Symposium, titled "Powered by Change." This annual event offers RNAO's NP members a unique opportunity to discuss matters important to their critical role in Ontario’s health system.

The 19th Annual Clinical BPG Institute will be offered via Zoom video-conferencing in fall 2021. The institute will feature strategies and approaches from the new Leading Change Toolkit™ and focus on creating evidence-based practice cultures within the workplace.

The 19th Annual Clinical BPG Institute will be offered via Zoom video-conferencing in fall 2021.

This is our regular monthly NP LTC Council that has been an important forum for NPs working in LTC.

RNAO facilitates open discussions and holds breakout sessions for participants to discuss themes identified in the previous forums, such as dealing with multiple losses, taking care of yourself, burnout and more.

RNAO’s second annual NP Institute is a one day virtual event for nurse practitioners (NPs) to network, engage and learn. We will explore topics related to policy, clinical practice, quality improvement (QI) and patient safety, leadership, and research.

The COVID-19 vaccine will change the course of this pandemic. As millions of people are getting immunized, how can we as health-care workers become champions for this vaccine?