Blog posts | Doris' Covid-19 Blog

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Psychosocial

RNAO’s bi-weekly open forums serve as a heart-to-heart dialogue for nurses looking to share their experiences and challenges during this pandemic. I thank Victoria Alarcon, Communications Specialist at RNAO, for writing the following synopsis of our webinar series.

February 20, 2021

With new variants growing, concerns mount about the premature lifting of restrictions

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RNAO remains extremely concerned about the premature lifting of public health restrictions in large parts of the province as a third wave of COVID driven by enormously dangerous new variants is almost certain to emerge.

February 18, 2021

Anti-Black racism and discrimination in nursing: The power of mentorship in nursing education

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This webinar in the Let’s Talk about Anti-Black Racism and Discrimination in Nursing series was held on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021.

Topic: The power of mentorship in nursing education

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February 13, 2021

Watch a webinar on vaccine hesitancy and effective vaccine communication

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Vaccines

The COVID-19 vaccine will change the course of this pandemic. As millions of people are getting immunized, how can we as health-care workers become champions for this vaccine, and feel empowered to communicate about it with our patients, colleagues, family and friends? To this end we organized on Feb. 8, a webinar on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and effective communication.

February 13, 2021

Continuing the conversation – an open virtual forum for nurses to share how they are feeling during COVID-19

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Psychosocial

Webinar: Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2:30-4:00 pm ET

RNAO is aware nurses across this province – especially those working on the frontlines of COVID-19 – are experiencing tremendous levels of physical and emotional stress and burnout. We know this can affect your mental health and well-being at this challenging time and that you may have less time to devote to your own self-care.

February 13, 2021

RNAO’s letter to the premier on the vaccine rollout and the current context

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RNAO sent the following letter on February 10 to Premier Doug Ford and Minister of Health Christine Elliott to convey our thoughts and priorities regarding the rollout. We also expressed our concerns regarding the premature lifting of the lockdown.

February 06, 2021

RNAO’s continuing media profile: The January report

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UnhealthyDisinformation

We’ve begun a new year with even more determination to address the challenges brought forward by the relentless COVID-19 virus. RNAO continues its central role in the media, speaking about key issues and continuing our advocacy efforts to mobilize change and help bring an end to this pandemic. This is a summary of our January interventions.

February 06, 2021

Use community care providers to ramp up vaccinations!

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Ontario’s vaccination roll-out has stumbled out of the gate. Please take a moment to set things right. Join us in urging Premier Doug Ford to start Phase 2 of the roll-out by putting vaccinations into the hands of the thousands of nurses, physicians and pharmacists working in community care across this province. By making use of existing community care providers and their existing infrastructure, the vaccination roll-out can be accelerated across Ontario.

January 30, 2021

Please complete this 15 minute survey from RNAO on work and wellbeing

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