We represent the nursing profession in Ontario, speaking out for health and speaking out for nursing.

Our mission is to pursue healthy public policy and to promote the full participation of registered nurses in shaping and delivering health services now and in the future. We believe health is a resource for everyday living and health-care a universal human right.

We cultivate knowledge-based nursing practices, we promote quality of worklife, and we promise excellence in professional development services.

Respecting human dignity, we are a community committed to diversity, inclusivity, democracy and voluntarism. We make leadership our mandate, working with nurses, the public, health-care providers and governments to advance individual and collective health.

RNAO's Strategic Directions:

• RNAO influences public policy that strengthens Medicare and impacts on the determinants of health.
• RNAO speaks out on emerging issues that impact on health, healthcare and nursing.
• RNAO advances nursing as a vital, significant and critical contributor to health.
• RNAO influences the public to achieve greater engagement in health care.
• RNAO inspires every RN and undergraduate basic nursing student to be a member.