Dear CHNIG members, As an interest group advocating on issues that affect the work of Community Health Nurses and the public they serve, we would like our members to review the following the resolution on sexual education which will be brought forward at the RNAO Annual...
Membership renewal for 2019 is now open. Log in to cno.org to renew now. The renewal fee for members in the General and Extended Classes is $305.10 ($270 plus HST). Council approved the fee at its June meeting. Read the fee increase FAQs to find out why. IMPORTANT REMINDER The College’s...
Missed last months' Professional Practice Meeting? View Dr. Hyndman's presentation on policy change here. Agenda: Overview of key policy change theories Tips for overcoming counter arguments to policy change Questions/Discussion Check out our Facebook page or website for Professional Practice Meetings led by CHNIG Professional Practice Directors Kay McGarvey and Karen...
Dear CHNIG members, You are invited to contribute! The Community Health Nurses of Canada (CHNC) is engaging in a Delphi process for community health nurses to come to consensus on the revision of the Canadian Community Health Nursing (CCHN) Standards of Practice. This work is being done...
If you have yet to renew or wish to join, please go to myRNAO.ca/join or call us at 1-800-268-7199: $256.36 if you are an RN or an NP that works full-time $175 if you belong to ONA $87.83 if you are an RN or an NP that works part-time (15...
Informative podcast featuring CHNIG's very own Felicia Kontopidis, Policy and Political Action Director. Robot doctors are still years away, not least because of their cold hands and stilted bedside manner. Yet the transformational power of technology is nowhere more obvious than in healthcare, where data...
We would like to invite all CHNIG members to participate in our Professional Practice Committee presentation featuring Dr. Brian Hyndman. Dr. Hyndman will be discussing Using policy change theories to influence and predict policy decisions: An overview. Please join the meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone...
The National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools’ (NCCMT) Evidence-Informed Decision Making Casebook Issue 2 and Peer-to-Peer Webinar Series. Are you a public health professional interested in using evidence to inform public health practice, programs or policy? The newly launched second issue of the Evidence-Informed Decision...
The College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) has updated their Professional Standards, Revised 2002 practice standard to include specific examples of legislation that requires nurses to report instances of abuse. Professional Standards lays out nurses’ accountabilities to ensure their practice and conduct meet legislative requirements and the standards of...
Thanks to RNAO’s strong advocacy, the Nursing Graduate Guarantee (NGG) initiative has been restored. The program provides 3months of funding for new graduate nurses to receive fulsome orientation and mentorship as they transition to practice with the guarantee of a permanent full-time position after the program ends. On July...