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Registered Nurses Journal May/June 1 6/1/07 4:46 PM Page 1 New tool measures nursing outcomes • AGM 2007 • Male nurses form new interest group Registered NurseMay/June 2007 JOURNAL AASENSESENSE OF OF MISSIONMISSION SENDSSENDS RNsRNs OOVERSEASVERSEAS RNs Robyn Love (left) and Stephanie de Young (centre) venture far afield to offer care. 21 6/1/07 4:47 PM Page 2 Now I know why thousands of nurses have chosen HUB! I used to think insurance was insurance and The HUB representative also asked whether never gave much thought to where I bought I had upgraded or added on to my home. it – I assumed it was the same everywhere Now, my home has been undergoing and all that mattered was finding the best extensive renovations for some time, but it price. Was I ever wrong! I heard about HUB had never occurred to me that those Personal Insurance from a colleague at work. upgrades could affect my insurance policy, She mentioned that HUB offers RNAO or more specifically, any claim I may have members great rates on home and auto while these changes are taking place. HUB insurance, but it was her comment on the brought me up to speed on what to include outstanding service that made me decide on my homeowners policy immediately and to find out for myself. made further recommendations for when the renovations are completed. When I contacted HUB, I spoke to an insurance advisor immediately – no pushing I was impressed. I now realize insurance a million buttons or leaving a voicemail is not the same everywhere. There are message. The advisor assessed my insurance differences in product features, pricing, needs and gave me a no-obligation quotation and most importantly, in the people and on the spot. The savings were significant and I the advice they provide. really appreciated the great additional benefits Thank you to the RNAO and HUB for HUB offers. I switched to the HUB plan for taking care of me! Now I know what the RNAO members right away! HUB is all about! Contact HUB today. Call 1 877 466 6390 or visit www.hubvalue.com Toni Sammut, R.N. You spend your time taking care of others. Now let us take care of you. Call for a no-obligation-quotation and you could WIN pampering for 2 at a spa of your choice! 2786_HUB_AD 6/13/06 3:27 PM Page 1 1 6/1/07 4:49 PM Page 3 Now I know why thousands of nurses have chosen HUB! Registered Nurse JOURNAL Volume 19, No. 3, May/June 2007 I used to think insurance was insurance and The HUB representative also asked whether never gave much thought to where I bought I had upgraded or added on to my home. it – I assumed it was the same everywhere Now, my home has been undergoing and all that mattered was finding the best extensive renovations for some time, but it price. Was I ever wrong! I heard about HUB had never occurred to me that those Personal Insurance from a colleague at work. upgrades could affect my insurance policy, FEATURES She mentioned that HUB offers RNAO or more specifically, any claim I may have members great rates on home and auto while these changes are taking place. HUB WHAT’S THE SCORE? insurance, but it was her comment on the brought me up to speed on what to include 10 By Shannon Landry,RN, BScN, MN, Peggy White, RN, MN, and Dorothy Trimble, RN outstanding service that made me decide on my homeowners policy immediately and New measurement tool offers nurses the opportunity to to find out for myself. made further recommendations for when the conduct more comprehensive patient assessments. renovations are completed. When I contacted HUB, I spoke to an insurance advisor immediately – no pushing I was impressed. I now realize insurance RN PROVIDES CARE, SUPPORT TO a million buttons or leaving a voicemail is not the same everywhere. There are 11 IMMIGRANT WOMEN message. The advisor assessed my insurance differences in product features, pricing, By Jill Scarrow needs and gave me a no-obligation quotation and most importantly, in the people and Veronica Shillingford talks about her work at Women’s Health in Women’s Hands,a community health centre in on the spot. The savings were significant and I the advice they provide. Toronto. really appreciated the great additional benefits Thank you to the RNAO and HUB for HUB offers. I switched to the HUB plan for taking care of me! Now I know what the SENSE OF GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP SENDS RNAO members right away! HUB is all about! 24 12 RNs OVERSEAS By Anila Sunnak Contact HUB today. RNs offer their views on nurses’ moral responsibility to Call 1 877 466 6390 or visit THE LINEUP engage in international nursing. www.hubvalue.com EDITOR’S NOTE 4 AGM 2007 PRESIDENT’S VIEW 5 17 By Kimberley Kearsey and Jill Scarrow More than 600 nurses look back at RNAO’s EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S DISPATCH 6 accomplishments of the past year. NURSING IN THE NEWS 7 CHALLENGING THE STEREOTYPES OUT & ABOUT 8 24 By Jill Scarrow POLICY AT WORK 25 RNAO’s new Men in Nursing interest group sets out to change perceptions of the role men can play at the bedside. NEWS TO YOU/NEWS TO USE 26 CALENDAR 27 Toni Sammut, R.N. You spend your time taking care of others. Now let us take care of you. Call for a no-obligation-quotation and you could WIN pampering for 2 Registered Nurse Journal 3 at a spa of your choice! 1 6/1/07 5:45 PM Page 4 The journal of the REGISTERED NURSES' Editor’s Note ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO (RNAO) 158 Pearl Street Toronto ON, M5H 1L3 Phone: 416-599-1925 Toll-Free: 1-800-268-7199 Fax: 416-599-1926 Nurses’ tales of travel offer Website: www.rnao.org E-mail: [email protected] Letters to the editor: [email protected] insight on the challenges of EDITORIAL STAFF Marion Zych, Publisher Kimberley Kearsey, Managing Editor international nursing Jill Scarrow, Writer Tiffanie Ing, Editorial Assistant In this issue of Registered EDITORIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Patricia Stiles, Chair Nurse Journal you will PAT GRIFFIN Joseph Gajasan, Anne Kelly, Connie Kuc, December 25, 1945-May 6, 2007 Holly Lake, Sylvia Rodgers, Shannon Landry, meet some very special On May 6, Pat Griffin, an RNAO Rosanna Wilson RNs who are finding ways member and Executive Director DESIGN, ART DIRECTION, PRODUCTION to help vulnerable popula- Dean Mitchell/Fresh Art Design Inc. of the Canadian Association of tions around the world Schools of Nursing (CASN), ADVERTISING Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (page 12). I have tremen- passed away peacefully at her Phone: 416-599-1925, ext. 211 dous respect for these nurses, and for anyone who home, surrounded by loved Fax: 416-599-1926 chooses to leave the comfort and security of life ones. Griffin, who lived with SUBSCRIPTIONS cancer for four years, was an Registered Nurse Journal, ISSN 1484-0863, is a in Canada and search for the chance to make a benefit to members of the RNAO. Paid subscriptions are active member of RNAO. She welcome. Full subscription prices for one year (six difference elsewhere. most recently agreed to co-chair issues), including taxes: Canada $38.52 (GST); Outside Canada: $42. Printed with vegetable-based inks on I was born and raised in this country, but I’ve the development of the Healthy recycled paper (50 per cent recycled and 20 per cent post-consumer fibre) on acid-free paper. visited South America several times. My sister-in- Work Environment Best Practice Guideline on Practice Education Registered Nurse Journal is published six times a law, who is Columbian, and my brother, who year by RNAO. The views or opinions expressed in the in Nursing. “We will miss Pat editorials, articles or advertisements are those of the lived in Chile for eight years, often remind me authors/advertisers and do not necessarily represent immensely, but her leadership the policies of RNAO or the Editorial Advisory how easy it is to live our lives and forget about Committee. RNAO assumes no responsibility or liability will stay fresh in our memories,” for damages arising from any error or omission or from social challenges in other parts of the world. Executive Director Doris the use of any information or advice contained in the Registered Nurse Journal including editorials, stud- The nurses in our cover story haven’t for- Grinspun said. Irmajean Bajnok, ies, reports, letters and advertisements. All articles and photos accepted for publication become the property of gotten, and have purposefully placed themselves Director of the Centre for the Registered Nurse Journal. Indexed in Cumulative Professional Nursing Excellence, Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature. in unfamiliar and sometimes frightening situa- tions to offer knowledge and skill, and to hold worked closely with Griffin. CANADIAN POSTMASTER: Undeliverable copies “Pat was a treasure in nursing. and change of address to: RNAO, 158 Pearl Street, the hands of those who are suffering. Their sto- Toronto ON, M5H 1L3. Publications Mail Agreement She has left footprints all over – No. 40006768. ries are compelling, and represent only a small whether in academia, educa- RNAO OFFICERS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT selection of tales that are woven into the tapes- tion, service, evidence-based Mary Ferguson-Paré, RN, PhD, CHE try that is international nursing. practice or research. She will be President, ext. 204 greatly missed.” Wendy Fucile, RN, BScN, MPA, CHE I commend them for what they do, and I urge President-Elect, ext. 504 more nurses to share their stories of working in The Dr.
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