September 2010 • Volume 106 • Number 7

INSIDE THIS ISSUE
	September 2010 • Volume 106 • Number 7

FEATURES
	Special Feature Nursing Educators: The View from Here - Nine Canadian schools of nursing describe changes, challenges, and opportunities.

FEEDBACK
	Retirees fill health-service gaps • Geography lesson • Nurses’ safety matters, too • Let’s speak up, not break up • Move beyond the stereotypes • Call off the word search • A note to readers

PERSPECTIVES
	A rich resource on the history of medicare - A new online exhibit from the Canadian Museum of Civilization traces the evolution of health care in Canada from 1914 to 2007. It’s the latest installation in the museum’s Social Progress Web Gallery. A deeper look into opinions on health-care issues - The Health Care in Canada surveys, conducted annually from 1998 to 2007, polled five groups of Canadians, including nurses, about their opinions on a variety of health-related topics. A new website presents the results. CASN paper a call for action - A new white paper from the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing highlights major trends and challenges in nursing education and calls for action from decision-makers. Physicians’ Rx for health-care reform - The Canadian Medical Association prescribes major changes to Canada’s health-care system, aimed at ensuring its long-term sustainability. CFNU report does the math on health-system sustainability - The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions publishes a report that challenges common notions in the debate on the long-term sustainability of medicare. Nursing Care Partnership program: project summaries - The last in a series highlighting clinical nursing research projects funded by the Nursing Care Partnership program.

COMMENTARY
	It’s all about the attitude - A nurse reflects on the impact, for better or for worse, that practicing nurses can have on student nurses and on those just beginning their careers.

CAREERTALK
	Building successful mentoring relationships - A mentoring relationship benefits from a process and a plan. The Five-Phase Mentoring Relationship Model is a tool that helps mentors and mentees find and use the key ingredients for a successful relationship.

NURSE TO KNOW
	Nancy MacFadyen’s enrichment course - P.E.I. nurse Nancy MacFadyen has enjoyed a career rich in the acquisition and sharing of knowledge. At 55, she continues to love learning, teaching, and nursing.

THE LAST WORD
	From witness to social justice advocate - Benita Cohen outlines how nurses can challenge themselves and others to do more than simply bear witness to poor health outcomes among marginalized and vulnerable populations.

YOUR LINK TO CNA
	PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE A pledge to serve…a promise to act CEO OUTLOOK A bountiful summer harvest ACCESS RNs share ideas and celebrate in Halifax • AAE network holds pre-convention session • Annual meeting delivers important updates, inspires discussion • More than 16,000 certified nurses • Update on CRNBC decision to withdraw from CNA • CMA report on health-care transformation: what nurses should know • An improved tool to gauge social justice • The mix of health-care providers affects the care you provide • Supporting your practice: CNA’s new tools and resources