“Nurse Practitioners Week is being marked in Ontario from November 12 to
18,” notes ONA President Linda Haslam-Stroud, RN. “ONA is proud to recognize the
invaluable work they do, providing high-quality services and primary care to
their patients.”
Haslam-Stroud says that Nurse Practitioners Week is also a chance to
raise awareness of the scope of practice of our RN-extended class front-line
care providers.
“ONA has been advocating on behalf of Ontario Nurse Practitioners (NPs)
on a number of issues,” she said. “We have made progress in standardizing
provincial salary grid equity for our highly educated and skilled NPs. We are
also making progress in ensuring that Ontario NPs are able to practice to the
full extent of their scope without barriers.”
In Ontario, Nurse Practitioners work in every sector of health care. With
their advanced university education, NPs provide personalized health care to
their patients, and work independently and in partnership with physicians, RNs
and pharmacists.
“Ontarians are lucky to have dedicated and highly skilled NPs working to
care for them in so many settings,” said Haslam-Stroud. “Let’s celebrate our
Nurse Practitioners, this week and every day.”
ONA is the union
representing 65,000 registered nurses, Nurse Practitioners and health-care
professionals, as well as 16,000 nursing student affiliates, providing care in
hospitals, long-term care facilities, public health, the community, clinics and
industry.
