RNAO is the professional association representing RNs, NPs & nursing students in Ontario. Our mandate is speaking out for nursing and speaking out for health.
You heard our CEO
@dorisgrinspun
on
@CP24
!
Every night at 7:30 p.m. grab your pots & pans, clap your hands, honk your horn, make NOISE at your doorstep to say
#THANKYOU
to the health-care workers!!🎉🔉👏📢
Share your video of you cheering with the hashtag
#Cheer4HealthWorkers
!
RNAO calls for
#COVID19
#VaccinePassports
now!🚨💉
Prime Minister
@JustinTrudeau
& Premier
@fordnation
, help reopen Canada! Urgently enact vaccine passports while keeping in mind equity and individuals' security and privacy.
Media release:
RNAO calls on the Ontario government to follow the evidence and mandate the physical distance, proper ventilation & masking for all school children that will keep them, their families & our communities safe.
See our letter to CMOH Dr. Williams here:
Today I wrote to
@fordnation
asking to meet across party lines, and with leaders of various organizations in healthcare, education & the economy. The time is now to come together and agree on a vaccine certificate to stop the fourth wave and keep Ontario open.
#onpoli
Check the latest Blog from our CEO Dr.
@DorisGrinspun
which includes
@RNAi
statement on the damaging protests
"Charges must be vigorously pursued against those who attack health workers, engage in acts of violence, or express hate," urges
@RNAO
@CP24
To confront the dangerous triple threat of
#COVID19
, respiratory syncytial virus (
#RSV
) &
#influenza
currently putting children’s lives at risk, Ontario must mandate masks rather than merely recommend them.
Media release:
#MaskMandate
#BringBackMasks
RNAO is deeply disappointed with the Ont. gov't's reopening plan.
Premier
@fordnation
is gambling the ability to control the spread of
#COVID19
as we head into winter. We also need
#MandatoryVaccination
for all HCWs in all sectors & settings!
Statement:
Our hearts are broken on a thousand pieces on the sadden passing of our friend, mentor, nursing leader Charlotte Noesgaard, who suffered a massive brain bleed. Charlotte was the most beautiful human being: kind, generous, feisty, and wise.
#RIPCharlotte
knowing you live in us💔
Ontario Disability Support Program(
#ODSP
) rates have been frozen since 2018.
Sign our
#ActionAlert
to call on Premier
@fordnation
to double
#ODSP
rates to ensure that no one in Ontario with a disability is forced to live in poverty.
#DoubleODSP
RNAO is deeply disappointed by Premier
@fordnation
's decision to not move forward with implementing
#MandatoryVaccination
for all HCWs.
This decision is a disgrace & shows a lack of courage to do what’s right for Ontario’s patients & workers!
Release:
To reopen schools safely & ease on a 4th wave, 17 months into
#COVID19
, RNAO's advice remains:
1️⃣ Improved ventilation
2️⃣ Masking indoors for all
3️⃣ Smaller class sizes
New:
#MandatoryVaccination
for teachers
Read our CEO
@DorisGrinspun
's blog post:
Premier
@fordnation
, Ontario's health system is on the verge of a total collapse! 🚨
Two actions are required IMMEDIATELY:
➡️Move Ontario back to Step One of Ontario’s Roadmap to Reopen
➡️
#RepealBill124
& top up compensation for nurses
Our open letter:
This Thursday, RNAO & 19 health organizations ask the public to remember those who've died from
#COVID19
& reflect on the hope that lies ahead by lighting a candle & sharing tributes on social media with
#Candle4COVID
&
#TogetherWeCanDoIt
.
Media advisory:
"We will be pushing for
#COVIDZero
again...if not, we'll be in a fourth and a fifth
#COVID19
wave. There is no magic, but we know what to do," our CEO
@DorisGrinspun
says.
Premier
@fordnation
, we call on you to act NOW to ensure a safe reopening of Ontario schools!
Every student & teacher must be protected from
#COVID19
.
#onpoli
URGENT! Everyone, add your voice to our
#ActionAlert
:
RNAO is proud to announce that our CEO
@DorisGrinspun
is being honoured with a top international award!
Congratulations, Dr. Grinspun, for being awarded the 2021 Nell J. Watts Lifetime Achievement in Nursing Award by
@SigmaNursing
.
Release:
@KennethDion
RNAO &
@OntariosDoctors
condemn anti-vaccine protests outside hospitals.
We are calling for
#SafeZones
around hospitals & other health settings where patients seek the care they need & where HCWs work.
#COVID19
#onpoli
Read our media statement:
We're heartbroken to hear about 5-year-old Ava-Mae Abram who tragically passed away due to COVID-19.
Our condolences to Ava-Mae's family for a life taken much too soon.
To donate to the GoFundMe:
Thanks to all the nurses & people from the public that helped this happen:
Today, as we celebrate the 1st day of
#NursingWeek
, nurses have been listened to. If that were to happen always, Ont's health system would be stronger.
@fordnation
@celliottability
Premier
@fordnation
, there is an IMMEDIATE need for nurses to be fully vaccinated against
#COVID19
.
Nurses want more than words of gratitude. They want to know that their lives matter to Ontario and to our government.
#onpoli
#NursingWeek
Media release:
Our CEO Dr
@DorisGrinspun
"his decisions appeared to have been politically motivated. Either he didn't have the foresight to use the precautionary principle...throughout the pandemic or the character to say to the premier, this is the way it needs to be."
"This is not about whether you like [supervised injections services or overdose prevention sites] or not, it's about saving lives," said RNAO CEO Doris Grinspun.
#nurses
#savinglives
Just moments ago on
@CP24
CEO
@DorisGrinspun
said staffing issues in Ont hospitals can be solved by repealing Bill 124 & measures to retain RNs who are needed to care for Ontarians. "August will be worse if we don't act."
@fordnation
Join us in urging Premier
@fordnation
to start & accelerate Phase 2 of the roll-out by putting the
#COVID19Vaccine
into the hands of the thousands of nurses, physicians & pharmacists working in community care across Ontario.
#onpoli
Sign our
#ActionAlert
:
Premier
@fordnation
,
#RepealBill124
for the sake of our nurses!
“Nurses are being begged, please stick around, give us one more shift, but if you don’t top up their compensation, they’ll leave,” says our CEO
@DorisGrinspun
.
#onpoli
Read
@spaikin
's story:
Premier
@fordnation
, your gov't didn’t create the pandemic – a virus did. Yet, you did establish
#Bill124
& it is the straw that broke the camel’s back!
This bill is a powerful sign of disrespect & disdain toward the nursing profession.
#RepealBill124
TODAY, premier.
Important read: RNAO calls Ont gov't decision to appeal court ruling on Bill 124 shameful. The decision will only exacerbate an already full-blown nursing crisis.
@DorisGrinspun
@ClaudetteHollow
@morganhoff
Premier
@fordnation
is about to close a program that provides specialized mental health treatment for kids in the youth justice system. Tell the premier not to close the Kinark Child & Family Services Program at Syl Apps Youth Centre!
Sign
#ActionAlert
:
Nurses across the province are standing together to call on Premier
@fordnation
to immediately
#RepealBill124
!
RNAO alongside nurses & other public sector workers will join
@Nursewithsign
in Toronto on Nov. 14 to rally against
#Bill124
.
Media advisory:
Premier
@fordnation
,
#Bill124
caps compensation increases for a range of public sector workers, including nurses, at just one per cent.
#RepealBill124
This means nurses’ incomes are not keeping up with the cost of living!
EVERYONE, sign our
#ActionAlert
:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our CEO
@DorisGrinspun
from everyone at RNAO! 🥳🎉👏
You are a leader.
You are fearless.
You inspire us all.
Thank you for your relentless advocacy.
Ontario government's
#Bill23
will remove environmental standards & weaken tenant protections.
Sign our
#ActionAlert
to call on Premier
@fordnation
to keep
#HandsOffTheGreenbelt
:
Join us in this fight for our health & the environment now.
.
@nationalpost
, nurses are not sex objects.
They are knowledgeable professionals, and at this time, a newspaper that considers itself "respectable" needs to portray nurses for who they are.
Please remove your Halloween guide immediately!
@accessd
Nurses & others, RT THIS!
The lack of respect implied in
#Bill124
is triggering many nurses to leave the profession and yet Premier
@fordnation
has yet to respond to our call to
#RepealBill124
!
#onpoli
He is not
#StandingWithNurses
. We demand ACTION.
There are now 19 days left in our 30-day countdown.
A reporter asked
@DorisGrinspun
about the nurses waiting to help during
#COVID19
.
Her response: “Now is the time! We have 6000 RNs in critical care + general waiting on standby to respond to the call.”
RNAO welcomes the Ontario government's school reopening plan.
However, additional measures are necessary to stave off the effects of a fourth
#COVID19
wave and ensure a safe return for staff and students in September.
#onted
Read our full release:
RNAO's letter to Premier
@fordnation
& Min.
@celliottability
re:
#COVID19Vaccine
rollout stresses:
-community rollout
-prioritizing seniors & vulnerable pop'ns
-not loosening PH measures until 3 weeks post-schools reopening to prevent a 3rd wave
Read it:
RNAO grieves the loss of Stefanie Van Nguyen, a young RN committed to the nursing profession, her family, friends and her partner Jason Parreno. Stefanie left us way too soon.
Read our full statement:
GoFundMe:
"If we're not careful, people waiting for surgeries & procedures will again be postponed because we don’t have enough human resources in the system,” says CEO
@DorisGrinspun
about rising
#COVID19
cases & hospitalizations.
@siomoCTV
's story (
@CTVToronto
):
This has been the most difficult time for nurses in Ontario!
For two years, nurses have endured the
#COVID19
pandemic and continue to remain dedicated to providing care for Ontarians.
Nurses deserve the world!
#Feb3rd
There are 28 days left in our call to Premier
@fordnation
to
#RepealBill124
!
#Bill124
is not only a matter of compensation; it is also a symbol of disrespect. This bill MUST be repealed to keep nurses in Ontario!
EVERYONE, sign & share our
#ActionAlert
:
Our CEO
@DorisGrinspun
tells
@cbcradio
that RNAO is calling for an
@OntarioAuditor
investigation on the increasing use of agency nursing.
"We are NOT at all faulting nurses for going to agencies & looking for better pay because of
#Bill124
, it's not about the nurses..."
🧵1/3
On
@CTVToronto
, our CEO
@DorisGrinspun
says anti-vaccine protesters should protest at Queen's Park and Parliament Hill instead of health-care facilities: "I am quite concerned that next will be our schools."
#SafeZones
#onpoli
Watch
@kateygoalie
's story:
In
@globalnews
, our CEO
@DorisGrinspun
sends a message to the NICU nurse who travelled to D.C.:
“We need nurses in the profession & we need nurses to work based on evidence, based on compassion, not based on conspiracy theories."
@andrewjwgraham
's story:
Right now, nurses in Ont don't have enough protection against COVID-19. Many haven't had their 2nd dose of the vaccine even though they're caring for very ill patients.
Watch RNAO CEO
@dorisgrinspun
explain why this has to change.
Live on
@CP24
Sunday morning at 11:30 a.m.
Premier
@fordnation
, we know that several of your ministers support repealing
#Bill124
. We know the public is
#StandingWithNurses
.
Yet, you continue to ignore our calls. Is it because we are a female-dominated profession? Nobody deserves Bill 124.
#onpoli
#RepealBill124
now!
RNAO is deeply saddened to hear of the tragic passing of RN Lorraine Gouveia of Peel Region, who lost her battle to
#COVID19
.
Read our full statement:
"The decision by Premier
@fordnation
's gov't is a betrayal to nurses, to the profession & to the public, who are witnessing the crumbling of a health system that desperately needs more nurses," says RNAO CEO
@DorisGrinspun
#onpoli
@HRReporter
's story:
We urge all MPPs to
#StandWithNurses
by demanding Premier
@fordnation
#RepealBill124
!
EVERYONE, tell your MPPs to sign our pledge to show their support for the nursing profession. Time is of the essence!
#onpoli
View the MPPs who have signed thus far:
Provincial leadership is urgently needed to ensure a safe school reopening!
In
@TorontoStar
, our CEO
@DorisGrinspun
asks: "Does Premier
@fordnation
& our government have the courage & conviction to do what is needed?"
#COVID19
#onted
Read the story:
Nurses: “We’re the constant throughout people’s lives, in times of health, sickness, birth, or death, & it’s because we value this responsibility that we advocate & push for healthy public policies,” says
@DorisGrinspun
#nursingweek
@RNAO
's CEO
@DorisGrinspun
was officially inducted into the American Academy of Nursing as a 2018 fellow Sat evening. Dr. Grinspun (right) joins an esteemed group of nursing leaders recognized for excellence in research, practice, management, education, and policy.
@AAN_Nursing
RNAO member
@saramfung
speaks out on
@CBCTheNational
.
"The nurses that have hung in day in and day out to where we are now in the 4th
#COVID19
wave are true heroes & the only reward they get is an increased workload."
#NursesVoicesMatter
Watch here:
Nursing Week is almost here! The nurses battling
#COVID19
want to be fully vaccinated against the virus. CEO
@DorisGrinspun
says the gov't needs to demonstrate that their lives matter. WATCH
@globalnews
@ 6 &
@GlobalNational
@ 6:30 for her message to the gov't. Check TV listings
Scientists
@DFisman
&
@NathanStall
are crucial to the
#COVID19
response.
@DorisGrinspun
: It's tragic that when we should be focused on suffocat(ing) this damn virus, we find time for personal attacks on people that've given time everyday to help.
Read it: