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BY WeRPNFall 2022
Queen’s Park Dispatches
With the Ford government winning their second majority mandate and Minister Christine Elliott not running for re-election, changes were expected throughout the Ministry of Health.
BY WeRPNFall 2022
Meet Lydia: Recipient of RExPN support
In her first year of nursing school, Lydia Mead saw a posting for a WeRPN board member position. Now working as an RPN in in-patient surgery, she began her one-year term as Student Representative in October 2021. Despite her heavy workload, Lyd
BY WeRPNFall 2022
Board of Directors
Region 2 Deanna Clatworthy Acclaimed Deanna Clatworthy is a nurse, health educator and public speaker who is passionate about equitable, accessible and holistic healthcare for marginalized communities. She has extensive training in HIV, infecti
BY WeRPNFall 2022
WeRPN Announcements
Dr. Leigh Chapman named CNO of Canada Canada once again has a Chief Nursing Officer (CNO). Dr. Leigh Chapman was elected to represent nurses at the federal level and provide strategic advice to Health Canada. The CNO position was disconti
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 WeRPNFall 2022
BEGIN a new career path
Meagan Carter has wanted to become an RPN ever since she took an aptitude test in grade 8 that concluded she should be a nurse. Although she started in the RPN program, she switched to the personal support worker (PSW) course after only one semester
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
BY Suzanne SchellFall 2022
We are Grateful
This will be my final President’s address, and it’s been the hardest one to write. I will step down in October and another President will take my place. I am grateful to have the opportunity to serve one more year as past president before leaving
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