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BY Sonia NizzerSpring 2025
Amplifying RPN leadership in home and community care through co-design
RPN leaders in the home and community care sector support large clinical teams, including personal support workers (PSWs), home support workers, and other community-based providers. Their role is multifaceted, integrating critical tasks like onboardi
BY Sonia NizzerSpring 2025
The Power of Mentorship
From transitioning from the classroom to clinical settings to exploring specialized practice areas, the career trajectory of an RPN is rarely a straight line. One powerful resource that can make all the difference? Mentorship. What Makes Mentorship M
BY WeRPNSpring 2025
The Road to Retirement
Retirement is a major milestone, but for many RPNs, it raises questions about financial security, emotional readiness, and life after nursing. While some eagerly anticipate their next chapter, others feel uncertain about when and how to retire. Bet
BY WeRPNSpring 2025
Mid-Career Moves: A Guide for RPNs
For many Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs) in Ontario, career paths are not always linear. While some remain in the same role for decades, others find themselves seeking new challenges, exploring different specialties, or even pivoting to entirely n
BY WeRPNSpring 2025
Starting Out Strong
Beginning a career as a Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) in Ontario is both exciting and challenging. With nursing shortages and a complex healthcare landscape, new nurses enter environments shaped by the lingering effects of COVID-19 and systemic ch
BY WeRPNFall 2024
Exploring Career Pathways for RPNs
As healthcare continues to evolve, so do the roles within it. Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs) play a vital one, providing skilled and compassionate care across diverse healthcare settings. RPNs have access to a wide array of fulfilling and special
BY WeRPNSpring 2024
Liability Insurance: the Best Defence
NAVIGATING the dynamic and challenging nursing profession involves contending with diverse obstacles inherent to in-patient care. Safeguarding one’s professional standing is paramount, given the potential for malpractice claims. WeRPN distinguishes
BY WeRPNSpring 2024
Place to BEGIN
Leveraging the BEGIN program to chart new career paths. The BEGIN program was designed to empower nurses to overcome obstacles so they can evolve their skills and contribute to improving the healthcare landscape. BEGIN provides tuition grants to stud
BY WeRPNSpring 2024
Using Advocacy to Strengthen Nursing Education in Ontario
If you want to change the status quo, you have to be willing to speak up. WeRPN has worked with the provincial government to address Ontario’s nursing shortage through various efforts. One of the most innovative programs to-date has been the Bridgi
BY WeRPNSpring 2023
The ABCs and FAQs of PLPs
Everything you need to know about PLP (but may have been afraid to ask) Most nurses get Professional Liability Protection (PLP) to be compliant with the College of Nurses of Ontario requirements. Then, like most insurance policies, promptly forget ab
BY WeRPNSpring 2023
Care in Motion
The RPNs on ICHA’s regional mobile teams provide care for those experiencing homelessness in the GTA. It’s true that no day in nursing is alike. For the RPNs at Inner City Health Associates, where they are working changes daily too. These nursesâ
BY Emilija Stojsavljevic, RPNSpring 2023
Navigating career milestones through mentorship
After receiving her RPN designation in 2016, Emilija Stojsavljevic quickly excelled to become Assistant Manager of Resident Care and Education Lead at a long-term care community in Ontario. She attributes her success, in large part, to the mentorship
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