Two Ontario nursing organizations are using National Nursing Week (May 12-18th), to

highlight the nursing shortage and the efforts needed to keep nurses working 

and to draw more people into the profession.

With thousands of nurses eligible to retire in the next decade, Ontario nurses will be hard pressed to meet the public’s health-care needs unless efforts are made to retain nurses at work and draw more people into the profession.

 More than 1,200 posters will be displayed on Toronto Transit subway cars and buses, GO trains and billboards across Ontario. Advertisements will also be placed in more than 100 Ontario newspapers. The posters feature real nurses who work everywhere from home care and pediatrics to correctional facilities under the tagline “Nursing. A World of Possibilities.”

RNAO President Wendy Fucile says the campaign is an opportunity to show young people how much you can do as a nurse. “The richness of opportunity within nursing is extraordinary,” she says. “I’ve worked in several different sectors throughout my 30-year career. I know from experience that this is a field that offers dozens of options to explore.”

• Public Awareness Campaign Press Release
• View Slideshow of posters

To celebrate Nursing Week, RNAO wants to hear about what nursing means to you by sending us your photos and personal stories.

• Nursing Week events
• Celebrate your profession by sharing your stories
• Enter RNAO’s Inaugural Nursing Week photo contest: 'Show' us what nursing means to you
• You can also make your own Nursing Week poster to promote your event | View a blank version of the poster

Registered Nurse Journal - March/April 2008
In this issue:

» 10 Years of BPGs
» A Conversation with RNAO's Next President
» RNs View Queen's Park Differently After Visiting with MPPs

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