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Focus on CNO

CNO Meets Employers

The College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) is reaching out to employers of nurses by holding day-long presentations to highlight issues affecting nurses and care facilities.

CNO’s Executive Director Anne Coghlan and senior staff will speak about the important matters employers face in managing and working with nurses, and what the College can do to help them address these issues.

Employers attending the conference will hear about the importance of practice standards, how to access the Regional Education Network sessions, and how to reach the College’s practice consultants through the practice help line.
Attendees will also learn how to take advantage of the new streamlined Temporary Registration process.

To affirm that employers are key partners in maintaining a safe practice setting, CNO staff will review the employer’s responsibility for reporting terminations, unsafe practice and sexual abuse. The College’s abuse prevention program, One is One Too Many, will also be highlighted as a resource for employers.
A session for employers in long-term care settings took place in early June. Plans for an employer event to be held in Ottawa this fall are underway. For more information and registration details, visit the employer section of the website at www.cno.org.

 

Praising Our Members

To recognize our members’ continued professional commitment and excellence in nursing practice, the College of Nurses placed an advertisement in a special Nursing Week supplement in The Toronto Star.

 

Reaching new students

CNO wants to help student nurses understand the privilege and expectations that come with being part of a self-regulated health profession. Now, a new publication from CNO for nursing students gives an overview on what a new nurse needs to know about nursing regulation in Ontario.

Nursing in Ontario: A Student’s Introduction to Self-regulation is a 16-page resource that answers questions often asked by newcomers to the profession. It defines nursing by explaining the nurse’s diverse roles in health care settings, what education and learning is involved in becoming a nurse, and the differences between RNs, RPNs and RN(EC)s.

The document also discusses what it means to be a self-regulated health professional, the concept of protecting the public’s trust, and the legislation and regulation that affects nursing in this province.

The functions of the College — from Council and statutory committees, to practice standards and College programs such as the Regional Education Sessions, are explained.

Every first-year nursing student will receive a copy of the new document. Nurses can also get a copy by visiting the student section of the Web site at www.cno.org.

 

CNO helps salute award winning nurses

Anne Coghlan, CNO’s Executive Director, took part in selecting the winner of an award for achievements in implementing innovative nursing human resource initiatives.

The Achievement Award in Nursing Human Resources, which is sponsored by the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), recognizes individuals or groups that contribute to creating healthy workplaces for nurses.

Valerie Stove, RN, a senior project coordinator at Halton Healthcare Services, won the inaugural award. Her initiatives focused on developing leadership skills among nurses of all levels of experience. She implemented a series of leadership seminars for nurses, and set up mentorship positions for new graduates.

The award was launched by the National Chair in Nursing Health Human Resources, Linda O’Brien-Pallas, RN, PhD, to highlight successful strategies in improving nursing practice settings. Workplaces that enrich nurses’ professional development in turn improve experiences for clients.

Nurses, administrators and policy makers were all eligible for the award, which was presented to Stove at RNAO’s annual general meeting in April. Next year’s award is planned to be open to nominations from across the country.

Anne also sat on the judging panel for this year’s Nightingale Award, together with RNAO’s Doris Grinspun, RPNAO’s Beth McCracken, Hilary Short of the OHA and senior staff from the award’s sponsor, the Toronto Star. The winner was Linda Campbell, RN, from Markham Stouffville Hospital’s palliative care unit.

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