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Opinion
BY Dianne MartinSpring 2024
Nurturing Positive Change Together
Although my natural inclination is to start this message by wishing you all well – which I do, I also know that many of you are struggling as you deal with the complex and very real challenges in our healthcare system. These challenges affect you a
BY Dickon WorsleySpring 2024
Fostering Resilience and Unity: A Call to Reclaim the Essence of Nursing
The pressing challenges from the evolving nursing landscape have cast a shadow upon our once unshakable sense of pride in the nursing profession. The fabric of our community has been frayed, revealing the need for collective introspection, support an
BY Dianne MartinFall 2023
Fostering a More Inclusive Future for all Nurses
As the voice for Ontario’s registered practical nurses (RPNs), we are committed to fostering a culture of inclusivity, equity and empathy within our profession. This summer, during a gathering of the International Congress of Nurses (ICN) in Montr
BY Dickon WorsleyFall 2023
Rebuilding our Sense of Self
The past several years have been some of the more trying times for our profession; we’ve put our lives and the lives of our loved ones at risk throughout the pandemic, battled exhaustion, working long hours with increased workloads amidst critical
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 nurses
BY Dickon WorsleySpring 2023
We Are Stronger Together
I am honoured by the opportunity to represent Ontario Registered Practical Nurses as President of WeRPN. I entered nursing later in life. Throughout my ten years as a firefighter and first responder, I was eager to broaden my skill set and pursue fur
BY Dianne MartinSpring 2023
Four Decades of Evolving Advocacy Needs
I arrived at a new job early in my career as a Registered Nursing Assistant (RNA). As I reported to the nursing station, I realized I was in for a challenge. Although RNAs were expected to be in the room, the report itself was between the night and d
BY WeRPNFall 2022
The State of Nursing in Ontario: A 2022 Review
Nursing in Ontario is in a state of crisis. In May 2022, WeRPN commissioned a study to examine the issues currently facing nursing professionals in the province. The findings prove what many of us already fear: that for most nurses in Ontario,
BY Anne McKenzie and Trae RobinsonFall 2022
Finding Resilience in Nature
Distress and burnout have plagued healthcare professionals (HCP) in recent years. A review of literature revealed consistent reports of stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms in HCPs as a result of COVID-19¹ Support for HCPs has included psychologi
BY WeRPNFall 2022
A patient’s perspective
It was a normal February evening for Michael*— until it wasn’t. After developing chest pain, shortness of breath and heavy sweating, he was taken in an ambulance to the ER. He was having a heart attack. His wife was told she couldn’t come wit
BY WeRPNFall 2022
Flatlining: The critical state of health care in Ontario
Steven Cedrone could be any patient. He suffered a spinal cord injury in April and was taken to the emergency room of an Ontario hospital with severe back pain. Although he first arrived at the ER with normal feeling and function in his legs, bladd
BY Dianne MartinFall 2022
Enough is Not Good Enough
This summer, the pressures placed on nurses in Ontario reached a boiling point with ER closures in communities across the province. Our Minister of Health was shockingly out of touch, saying the closing of ERs was “not unprecedented,” especially
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