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    • Collaborative Nursing Practice: RNs and LPNs Working Together
    • Hospital Nurses’ Attitudes toward Patients with a History of Illicit Drug Use
    • From the Ground Up
    • Growing Tomorrow’s Leaders
    • The Public’s Perception, the Nurse’s Reality
    • The Evolution of Primary Care in Alberta
    • What’s for Dinner?
    • Retirement: Finding the Right Time to Go
    • Adverse Events Following Immunization: Evaluating an Enhanced Nursing Role for PHNs
    • Helen Mussallem: In her own words
    • Making Sense of Indicators
    • Improving Oral Care Practice in Long-Term Care
    • Canadian Nurses Foundation: Fabulous at 50
    • More time for care
    • Get on Board with the Research Ethics Review Process
    • Prescribing in Alberta’s Influenza Assessment Centres
    • Energy at work
    • Who Is the Clinical Nurse Specialist?
    • Nursing in New Brunswick: On the Cusp of Change
    • The Constant Flame
    • Unauthorized Medication Collections on Inpatient Units
    • On the Same Team? Nurse-Physician Communication
    • Adding Insult to Injury
    • Hospital Noise
    • Advocacy Inside the Maze
    • Focusing Your Care
    • Life Changers
    • From Where I Stand
    • Info in your pocket
    • Blogging the Nursing Life
    • Introducing Handheld Computers into Home Care
    • Pilot project to provincial program: Sustaining Safe Babies
    • Fertility Nurses: Giving Mother Nature a Helping Hand
    • A Collaborative Approach to Fall Prevention
    • Students and International Nursing Shock
    • Certification Comes of Age
    • Targeted
    • Mastering all you survey — Part 2
    • Mastering all you survey — Part 1
    • Act II: A new career direction
    • Who gets your vote?
    • “I think my colleague has a problem...”
    • Journal clubs: A forum for discussion and professional development
    • Health literacy: More than just the three Rs
    • NP-led clinics: Ontario leads the way
    • Patient decision aids help answer “What’s best for me?”
    • Renewal, reform and personal responsibility: An interview with Judith Shamian
    • Fatigue: Stories from the front lines
    • Nursing Educators: The View from Here
    • Accent on Manitoba
    • Celebrating National Nursing Week
    • Caring in Corrections
    • Exploring the Role of RNs in Family Practice Residency Training Programs
    • An invitation from CPHA
    • In Conversation about Nursing Research
    • Socio-economic status and rates of hospital admission for chronic disease in urban Canada
    • Challenge, Opportunity and Adventure: Stories from Newfoundland and Labrador
    • Setting A New Standard of Care in Nursing Homes
    • What Clinical Learning Contracts Reveal about Nursing Education and Patient Safety
    • Waiting in Line for Health Care
    • Nursing in Nunavut, Part II
    • Waiting to Be Weighed: A Pilot Study of the Effect of Delayed Newborn Weighing on Breastfeeding Outcomes
    • Societal Abuse in the Lives of Individuals with Mental Illness
    • Tributes to Nurses Who Made a Difference
    • Nursing in Nunavut
    • Gaining Insite: Harm Reduction in Nursing Practice
    • Comparing Notes on Workload, Patient Care and the Use of IT
    • Enhancing Ethical Climates in Nursing Work Environments
    • Level of Acceptance of Different Models of Maternity
    • BMI: A Vital Sign For Patients And Health Professionals
  • @CNA
  • President's Message
    • Strength and sustainability
    • A profession of leaders
    • Engaging with the data: The new imperative
    • The essence of nursing
    • CNA is here to stay
    • Florence would be proud
    • Meaningful membership
    • A national voice rings loud
    • Collective efforts yield results
    • Passing on the torch
    • The power of our profession
    • Change in flight plan
    • Grassroots groundswell
    • New blood, bright future
    • Made in the U.S.A.? No thanks!
    • Of our own accord
    • The old and the beautiful
    • Principled decisions
    • Nursing’s voice rings true
    • Builders and stewards of better health and understanding
    • Would you encourage your child to become a nurse?
    • Just say yes!
    • Leadership must come back in style
    • Health systems research: Good in theory, good in practice
    • The determinants factor
    • Turning motherhood statements into reality
    • A pledge to serve…a promise to act
    • Another coming of age
    • Something to celebrate
    • Valuing our relationships
    • CNA aims high
    • Strategic planning on the move
    • A shot in the arm for collaboration
    • Lest we forget
    • The safety imperative
    • With the presence of a lion…
    • Connecting to the energy within
    • More than meets the eye
    • A difficult month
    • Safety through social identity
    • The spirit of innovation
    • Taking inspiration from an ancient custom
  • CEO Outlook
    • Answering the ‘nursing call to action’
    • Our profession is a leading force for change
    • Care to be the best
    • Building momentum on health for all
    • A leading force for change
    • Working for nurses, working for Canadians
    • Movement on mental health issues
    • Healthy nation leads to strong economy
    • A nursing call to action
    • A welcome way of working
    • Communicating well
    • Your workplace, your health
    • Steadfast determination
    • CNA’s global health future
    • Embracing social media
    • Nurse practitioners: It’s about time!
    • Nurses: Movers and Shapers
    • Nurses speak up
    • Health: We stand on guard for thee
    • Collaborative power
    • Let’s not lose Insite
    • Give hope to women everywhere
    • Extending our reach
    • Electing for change
    • Who’s really walking the talk?
    • Aging with grace: the evolution of health care
    • A bountiful summer harvest
    • The torch passes, our work continues
    • In the public interest
    • Taking the pulse
    • An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
    • A call to action
    • A team approach to better care
    • As the year comes to a close
    • United we must stand…for better medicare
    • Health-care infrastructure a sound investment
    • Let’s start a conversation
    • Bringing nurses and ideas together
    • Speak out about the value of nursing
    • Budget delivered some good news
    • Specialty groups’ work enriches us all
    • Back to the heart of Canadian nursing
  • CareerTalk
    • Building successful mentoring relationships
    • Career Resiliency 101
    • You asked us: Questions from rural and remote communities
    • Innovative approaches are needed to support practitioners
  • Special Features
    • Role Models
  • Commentary
    • Blurred boundaries: Double duty caregiving
    • Choose your words wisely
    • Baby-Friendly designation: Honouring a commitment to best practice
    • Nursing your community garden
    • Protecting the health of travellers
    • Is Baby-Friendly certification nurse friendly?
    • Immunization: Are you ready to take a stand?
    • Enhancing geriatric care in the emergency department
    • Reducing post-nominal mix-up
    • Does nursing research have a future?
    • Opening up about mental illness
    • It’s all about the attitude
    • In times of transition, seize the opportunity
    • Chronic illness is one part of a life story
    • Coming of age
    • Entering long-term care doesn’t mean one’s sexual life is over
    • Tipping the balance toward healthy lifestyles
  • Feedback
    • Influenza vaccination
    • Fit enough for nursing?
    • Finding the right words
    • Promoting good health
    • Why the retro message?
    • A revelation about hospital food
    • A painful transition
    • To the next generation…
    • Busier than ever
    • Collaboration counts
    • Proper identification
    • Upholding the legacy
    • Taking responsibility
    • Food for thought
    • TB has never gone away
    • Lagging behind on AEFI reporting
    • More green coverage
    • Bringing focus to hypertension
    • A final word on “Energy at Work”
    • Normal life processes
    • On side for straight talk
    • Parking peeve
    • Rally cry
    • Gaining a global perspective
    • “Time to reinstate the basics”
    • Oral care in LTC
    • Flu shot debate
    • Mandatory flu shot
    • Therapeutic touch works
    • A question of balance
    • What nurses are wearing
    • Rounding resulted in fewer falls
    • Knowing who we are
    • Turn down the sound
    • Stand up against abuse
    • Model support
    • Uniforms for RNs
    • Let’s talk
    • Determinants of health
    • Not accommodated
    • Watching our language
    • Recognition for OHNs
    • Elder-friendly hospitals
    • Poor treatment
    • “Advocacy Inside the Maze”
    • Mental health nursing
    • Clients with vision loss
    • Valuable lessons
    • Red flag
    • Grateful for the privileges
    • Opportunity to be heard
    • Keep RN entry exam Canadian
    • Technology Challenge
    • “Made in the U.S.A.? No thanks!”
    • A matter of best practice
    • Respect for choices
    • Committed to seniors
    • GENs ARE GEMS!
    • Proper order
    • Math Aids
    • Out of harm’s way
    • Diagnosing Grief
    • A troubling association
    • The weight of credentials
    • Promise in new practices
    • Right on target
    • Movement for health
    • Your responses to “Targeted”
    • “Would you encourage your child to become a nurse?”
    • Don’t be afraid to speak up
    • Dress code policy clarified
    • UNEs have recommendations
    • Speaking up for leadership
    • CJNR looks for support
    • Regulatory bodies critical for overcoming addiction
    • Further insight on Insite
    • Career direction: Nursing!
    • Dress for respect
    • The human story
    • For all to see…
    • Keep sharing those ideas!
    • Talking about leadership
    • More for the rest of us
    • Assessing literacy at a distance
    • Journal club stays connected
    • Tears of recognition
    • Someone who inspires
    • A solution that isn’t
    • Maternal mental health matters
    • Look back brought pleasure
    • Consider codependency
    • NP-led success
    • A good reminder
    • Adding to the stigma?
    • Do you hear what I hear?
    • Nurses not valued or respected
    • Graceful aging requires good primary care
    • Accentuate the positive
    • More on social justice, please
    • Speaking of attitude…
    • University of Calgary update
    • 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
    • Paying tribute to a mentor
    • Allow other options for accessing health care
    • Missing milestones
    • “Am I losing my nursing voice?”
    • Finding terms that fit
    • Educating specialists in continence care
    • “With glowing hearts”
    • Cover nursing’s diverse opportunities
    • Time to address poverty, adopt pharmacare
    • More on continence nursing education
    • Choose your words carefully
    • “Managing Arthritis from a Position of Strength”
    • Protecting the right to make choices about care
    • Reading our readers: Results of our survey
    • With our thanks…
    • The root of the problem
    • NP enjoying the challenge
    • Better protocols and practices for vaccinating children
    • Questioning campaign ethics
    • Hard on the eyes
    • Compassion for our colleagues
    • “Claire’s Story”
    • Liked the look
    • Frozen out of the job market
    • Jaundice program support expands across Alberta
    • Good nursing is ageless
    • "Preparing Students For the World"
    • Reflections on Uganda challenged
    • Circumpolar congress inspires
    • Quality of journal deteriorating
    • Tools effective only if we have access to them
    • Leadership lauded
    • Advocating for those whose voices aren’t heard
    • Straight talk about life in long-term care
    • Nursing shortage challenged
    • Freezing in Alberta
    • Get informed about HPV vaccine
    • Where have all the mentors gone?
    • IT hurdles not easy to clear
    • Ready to pass the torch
    • Choice of photo questioned
    • HPV vaccination program questioned
    • Health-care providers too quick to declare the enemy
    • Focus of care in the NICU shouldn’t be nurse centred
    • Expanding our view of the health-care system
    • A more positive spin on the provision of maternity care
    • Hospitals should practise what we preach
    • Experience in the NICU was eye opening
    • New Ottawa clinic provides much-needed support
    • Positive outcomes of holistic nursing practice
    • Let’s not be so quick to close the door
  • CNA’s Cross-Country Tour
  • Legal Matters
    • Will an apology prevent a lawsuit?
  • Nurse to Know
    • Baby friendly
    • Off the beaten track
    • No place like home
    • Healing trauma, inside and out
    • Like one of the family
    • Creative expression in abundance
    • A path well chosen
    • Fighting the good fight
    • Optimistic about new directions in mental health
    • Staying true to self
    • Grounded energy
    • Community connections
    • Cancer and sex: Out in the open
    • “A dream job”
    • Life’s turning points shape a career — or two
    • Good business practices
    • Rose Lopetrone: The changing face of heart disease
    • Rookie MP jumps in with both feet
    • When loss leads in new directions
    • Diane Doran: Research wins out
    • On double duty in Labrador City
    • A young career in high gear
    • Keeping it real: Putting “patients” and medical students through their paces
    • An entrepreneurial spirit soars
    • Earning trust and building strength
    • Getting the message out about HIV/AIDS
    • Nancy MacFadyen’s enrichment course
    • Taking the road to yes
    • Always ready to answer the call
    • Julie Lys’s nursing career begins – and continues – at home 
    • Angela Cooper-Brathwaite: Driving change in public health
    • Finding a niche in research
    • Managing arthritis from a position of strength
    • On a mission to prevent the preventables
    • Young leader looks forward to the future
    • Activist builds on nursing’s privilege and potential
    • Couple find their place in a home away from home
    • A powerful advocate for medical-surgical nursing
    • Mixing nursing and politics for the good of our health
  • On the Job
    • Think you know perioperative nursing?
    • The changing image of radiology nursing
    • Six weeks on an Arctic icebreaker
    • B.C.’s research brokers
    • Scope for a stimulating career
    • Linked by blood
    • Mindful matters
    • In it for the long term
    • On the lookout for human trafficking
    • Creating a lasting impression of a short life
    • Reaching out to people who hoard
    • Moulding the next generation of researchers
    • Mental health nursing in Afghanistan
    • MSF puts skills and experience to use around the world
    • Bringing health care to where it’s needed
    • A healthy start for new Canadians
  • Perspectives
    • Fight for refugee health continues
    • Our readers have their say
    • A national perspective lost?
    • Putting a dollar value on EMRs
    • Butter is better?
    • CIHI looks at in-hospital cancer deaths
    • From coast to coast to coast
    • June 15 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
    • Healing by design
    • Managed nurse migration
    • A surprisingly popular practice
    • Keeping track of asbestos
    • R U OK?
    • Adverse events in hospital: New data on kids
    • The impact of austerity measures
    • May is Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month
    • Room for improvement
    • If you can’t speak for yourself
    • So gaming isn’t a complete waste of time?
    • Cuts start at the top
    • Gonorrhea becoming more difficult to treat
    • Humidity a foe of flu viruses
    • Eating disorders affect people with Y chromosomes, too
    • April 22-28 is National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week
    • Stepping up security
    • A shift in family-centred NICU care
    • Promoting mental health at work
    • A step toward legal physician-assisted suicide
    • Sounding a warning on energy drinks
    • VIPs don’t wait in line in Alberta, apparently
    • A reminder to report adverse drug events
    • Private insurance faster at covering new meds
    • March 24 is World Tuberculosis Day
    • Giving food the attention it deserves
    • Drug shortages back in the news
    • Live long and prosper?
    • Making wishes known earlier
    • Aboriginals overrepresented in HIV infection numbers
    • More proof that dogs are…awesome
    • A potentially deadly combination
    • Feb. 20 is World Day of Social Justice
    • Finding ways to go green
    • Is spending under control?
    • How do you say hepatitis in Inuktitut?
    • Expanded prescribing authority
    • More than meets the eye
    • Low-tech treatment for C. difficile infections
    • Ancient Chinese secret
    • Obese patients more likely to make it through pneumonia
    • Feds say yes to oxycodone manufacturers
    • Jan. 27 is Family Literacy Day
    • Parking: Who should pay?
    • Clinical champions wanted
    • Nurse burnout linked to increase in infections
    • Untreated cancer pain a global problem
    • So that’s what kept them going
    • Better tracking for surgical items
    • November is Osteoporosis Month
    • New flu shot policy raises concerns
    • Mental illness in the workplace costs billions
    • What’s new in patient safety
    • Legionnaires’ disease in Quebec
    • Is it a heart attack or something else?
    • Unravelling a sticky mystery
    • Head traumas more deadly on weekends
    • The next generation of sanitation
    • Birth control for malaria mosquitoes
    • October is Eye Health Month
    • Shining a spotlight on health care under fire
    • Agreement reached with feds
    • The ripple effect of bullying
    • The return of whooping cough
    • More money for nursing research
    • Another look at smoking cessation and weight gain
    • Dieting? Change your plate colour
    • September is Muscular Dystrophy Awareness Month
    • Convention preview: Promoting Community through Kids in Sport
    • Bringing the community together to beat TB in Nunavut
    • Public health issues should trump politics, advocates of safe injection sites urge
    • Extent of off-label prescribing in Quebec revealed
    • Excessive gestational weight gain can be risky
    • Radiation treatment time for gynecological cancers reduced
    • Global measles death rate drops
    • Better mental health in the workplace
    • June is Brain Injury Awareness Month
    • Convention preview: Cancer Care Ontario
    • RNAO calls for alternatives to using patient restraints
    • Nova Scotians want to see nurses in uniform, survey says
    • Pharmacists’ advice popular in Canada
    • Advances in cystic fibrosis research
    • Chickenpox vaccine harmful during pregnancy
    • Daily meditation alleviates depression in caregivers
    • Oncology nurses launch new website
    • “I want her to be a nurse”
    • May 1 is World Asthma Day
    • Convention preview: Red Deer Primary Care Network
    • Tapping into the power of perception
    • Catalyst for action on mental health
    • Closing schools may ease pandemics
    • Discovery could mean more effective vaccines
    • New source for key medical isotope production
    • Hospital exercise programs proposed for cancer-related fatigue
    • HPV vaccine: Group wants equitable funding
    • April 28 is the National Day of Mourning*
    • Ferguson-Paré appointed to Order of Canada
    • NP numbers up, but employment trends concerning
    • Fast answers with new device
    • Faster genome sequencing
    • Deep brain stimulation eases Parkinson’s symptoms
    • Mid-career surgeons provide best results
    • Red wine health benefits questioned
    • Prescribing antipsychotics for insomnia a dangerous choice
    • March is National Nutrition Month
    • Bridging the gaps
    • Exploring music’s healing powers
    • Survey: Longer waits for treatment
    • Shifts in practices seen in maternity units
    • New glucose test uses tears
    • Better room sterilization with gas
    • Another option for treating mitral valve failure
    • Calling all writers!
    • Feb. 29 is Pink Shirt Day*
    • EXTRA program revamped for 2012
    • Checking your vitals? There’s an app for that
    • NPs: Gains and hurdles
    • Exposure to bacteria may prevent allergies
    • Surge in numbers of male nursing students
    • Quebec nurses vote for higher educational standards
    • Overweight people don’t die prematurely
    • Assessment tool predicts which patients will become violent
    • Jan. 16-22 is National Non-Smoking Week
    • Smart shirt: A wireless approach to patient monitoring
    • MedRec: It’s up to everyone
    • Gamers help scientists
    • Less blue light, less sleep
    • GE virus targets tumours
    • Antibiotic resistance not so new
    • Sudden cardiac arrest more likely in poorer neighbourhoods
    • Probiotic bacteria may help ease depression and anxiety
    • Nov. 20 is Universal Children’s Day
    • Groundbreaking guidelines for treatment of new Canadians
    • Canadian docs to perform face and limb transplants
    • Word play makes you smarter
    • Social tipple may benefit your brain
    • Aging population not to blame for rising health-care costs
    • Better mattresses mean better care
    • Oct. 17 is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
    • New members of the Order of Canada
    • Early, regular mammograms save lives
    • Does online dating increase STIs?
    • A skin patch for peanut allergies
    • Text messaging can help smokers quit
    • Invest in copper!
    • Oct. 2-8 is Mental Illness Awareness Week
    • Taking the pain out of pediatric procedures
    • Another first for Ontario’s NPs
    • The next step in virtual simulation
    • Manitoba at work on workplace safety
    • Informed consent for circumcision
    • Measles on the upswing across Europe
    • Is it grief or a mental disorder?
    • Access to health care a challenge for migrant workers
    • Smelling cancer on your breath
    • June 14 is World Blood Donor Day
    • A head start on recruiting Inuit nurses
    • Paying tribute
    • Study examines the culture of silence
    • Is self-regulation under threat?
    • Tracking multiple sclerosis patients
    • Pandemic performance panned and praised
    • Mental health research on the move
    • The healing power of laughter
    • Large-scale studies hide potential conflicts of interest
    • Chronic pain costs the economy
    • May is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month
    • What do those stats really mean?
    • HIFA2015: Working to prevent needless deaths
    • Standing up to Goliath
    • Bringing the patient’s perspective to health care
    • Hip fracture linked to early death
    • African parasite nearly eradicated
    • Poorer health for low-income coastal populations
    • New dress code angers some
    • “Bouncy” floors reduce injuries from falls
    • April 22 is Earth Day
    • ICU study points to the benefits of single rooms
    • Nurses in the media: And the winners are…
    • An end to malaria?
    • More money to fight TB in Nunavut
    • Tablet splitting is inaccurate, possibly dangerous for patients
    • Look to the web during outbreaks
    • Kidney transplants save money
    • H1N1 flu survivors may hold key to universal flu shot
    • March 8 is International Women’s Day
    • Behind the latest workforce numbers
    • Canada a leader in cancer survival rates
    • Earlier discharges recommended for late preterm babies
    • New eHealth agency for Saskatchewan
    • A national vaccination registry?
    • Quebecers are least satisfied with health-care system
    • February is Heart Month
    • Canada trailing in coverage of leading-edge drugs
    • Feds announce funding for MNCH program
    • Making maternal mental health a priority
    • Prescription drugs need better safety measures
    • Canadians want better access to after-hours care
    • More dying of cancer than cardiovascular disease
    • Technology a time saver for nurses
    • January is Alzheimer Awareness Month
    • New EMR funding to benefit NPs and physicians
    • November is Diabetes Awareness Month
    • It pays to invest in employees’ health
    • The ongoing struggle of Haiti’s nursing profession
    • Three nursing leaders appointed to Order of Canada
    • Report links patient safety to worklife quality
    • Closing the gap in cancer screening for women
    • Gear up for patient safety
    • Declaring war on pain
    • Help wanted: Building better citizens
    • Campaign puts public in the know about EHRs
    • Study reveals inconsistencies in support for ANP roles
    • A rich resource on the history of medicare
    • A deeper look into opinions on health-care issues
    • CASN paper a call for action
    • Physicians’ Rx for health-care reform
    • CFNU report does the math on health-system sustainability
    • Nursing Care Partnership program: project summaries
    • Qmentum gains momentum
    • Anesthesia diploma a first for NPs
    • Nursing Care Partnership program: project summaries
    • McGill’s nurse practitioner programs get a boost
    • Paying tribute to RNs who have died in the line of duty
    • Nova Scotia nurses celebrate proud history
    • Nursing Care Partnership program: project summaries
    • Medical marijuana for pain: an emerging field
    • Red tape holds up wound-healing wonders
    • Nursing Care Partnership program: project summaries
    • Nursing Care Partnership program: project summaries
    • Where the rubber meets the road
    • CARNA campaign promotes the value of RNs
    • Nursing Care Partnership program: project summaries
    • Torchbearers spread the Olympic spirit
    • IDF and Canadian diabetes guidelines in step
    • Nursing leaders among Canada’s most powerful women
    • Development, diplomacy and eliminating health disparities
    • Chronic disease by the numbers
    • Promoting your voice and vision with Canadian Nurse
    • Aboriginal students awarded prestigious scholarships
    • SHN teams report success
    • Good health care starts with good communication
    • Assessing our impact over half a century
    • Voices for the north
    • From gift to the community to gift to the world
    • Nursing pioneer honoured
    • In conversation with David Benton
    • Disappointing progress on pharmacare program
    • Making it easier to apologize
    • Checklist improves surgical safety
    • Study quantifies economic value of nursing
    • A fresh take on an old idea
    • World failing to live up to promise of MDGs
  • Promising Practices
    • Developmental service workers: New members on the team
    • Most kids don’t: Changing perceptions about tobacco use
    • Transitioning youth with cecostomy tubes to adult care
    • Group insulin pump starts in a pediatric diabetes program
    • The Care Utilizing Evidence Initiative
    • A new approach to retaining older workers
    • Wiki where you work: Supporting professional practice activities
    • Guelph General Hospital’s HHHRQT
    • Pathways to Housing: A response to homelessness in Calgary
    • A new model of care for low-risk postpartum families
    • Bedside capnography: Better management of surgical patients with obstructive sleep apnea
    • Teaming Up
    • The faces of polypharmacy
    • Taking the weight
    • Back to basics: Building math competency in nursing students
    • Hand hygiene project pays off
    • The Women’s Healthy Heart Clinic
    • Off-label prescribing of the nicotine patch for psychiatric patients
    • Becoming a facilitator: Tips for the uninitiated
    • Practicum sheds new light on gerontology placements
    • Program helps in early identification and treatment of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia
    • Clinical Pathways: The Ottawa Hospital Experience
    • Better access to health care through system navigation
    • Improving patient care in orthopaedic oncology
    • New technology enhances expertise of vascular access team
    • A shared staffing model for two critical care environments
    • Evaluating nursing staff mix decisions in long-term care
    • Using multiple mini-interviews to assess nursing school applicant
  • Reflection
    • Power up your leadership: Straight talk for nurse managers
    • Coming to terms with ECT
    • Get the job done: Straight talk about scope of practice
    • Breastless and braless by choice
    • Straight talk: Why we need to do better
    • The birthday party
    • Rethinking the meaning of literacy
    • Small-town nurses think big
    • Stopping verbally abusive patients in their tracks
    • Battles with Bicycles
    • With a R.C.A.M.C. Casualty Clearing Station
    • The power of empathy
    • Going the distance: Marathons and nursing
    • Life and loss in the Year of the Ox
    • Stress care: Turning failure into triumph
    • From the pages of The Canadian Nurse
    • Forty-five years in mental health
    • Claire’s story
    • Preparing students for the world
    • Lessons from family caregivers
    • Knowledge and advocacy yield sweet results
    • The importance of family-centred care in the NICU
  • The Last Word
    • Supporting sexual activity and intimacy in care facilities
    • Where does the leadership come from?
    • The risky business of influenza
    • Leaving employees to their own devices
    • The timeless wisdom of Florence Nightingale
    • What will U.S. health-care reform mean for Canada?
    • Recognition of the wider health effects of military service
    • Recognizing refugees as human beings
    • Primary health care leads to better health
    • Shared responsibility? Family caregivers and home care nurses
    • When life dares you to complain…
    • How work environment metrics can improve health-care performance
    • Relationships are the antidote to toxic stress
    • If the answer is “more nurses,” what is the question?
    • Broadband access equals better connections
    • Make sure you ask the question
    • Giving the best day possible
    • The perils of credential inflation
    • Private labs: A cautionary tale
    • EMR: A brave new world?
    • Getting to know you
    • Sharing the lessons of activism
    • A mission to defend, protect and act
    • A team designed to meet patients’ needs
    • A healthier health system is ours to create
    • So many voices, so little voice
    • From witness to social justice advocate
    • A time for unity and a strong voice
    • Awareness campaigns do make a difference
    • Beyond the Band-Aids: what is “good” international aid?
    • Has our diversity become a stumbling block?
    • Nursing research wants its due
    • Wounded by sodium levels: where the rub is
    • A catastrophe in health care
    • Should influenza vaccination be mandatory?
    • Can We Swing the Pendulum Back to Centre?
    • Getting on with the job of supporting research
    • Celebrate your knowledge and skill this National Nursing Week
    • Treatment and harm reduction professionals need to make peace
    • Real help for those who have been morally wounded
    • New grads have left me shaken...and stirred!
    • The votes are in, and there’s lots of work to do
  • Research in Practice
    • EXTRA help bringing change to the workplace
    • Opening new doors
  • Ask the Expert
    • Health coaching a natural fit
    • The warning signs of violent behaviour
    • Unreported incidents, wellness program strategies
    • Using social media to market yourself
    • Taking control of your financial future
    • Recovering from mergers, uprooting resistance
    • When it’s time to expand your circle
    • Confronting the negativity devil head on
    • Landing a new job; getting support for continuing education
    • Workplace change: The good, the bad and the ugly
  • The Research File
    • Terminology 101: Odds ratio
    • Terminology 101: Relative risk
    • Critical Read: The benefits of child obesity prevention programs
    • Prevalence
    • Shift work and risk for type 2 diabetes
    • Journal Club Spotlight: MTBI discharge teaching
    • Terminology 101: Cumulative incidence and incidence rate
    • Caesareans by request
    • Journal Club Spotlight: Scripted rounding
    • Terminology 101: Confidence intervals: Part 2
    • Critical Read: Gender and TB: Illness narratives
    • Journal Club Spotlight: Expanding the care team to improve drug adherence
    • Terminology 101: Confidence intervals: Part 1
    • Critical Read: Bed sharing and SIDS: Understanding the risks
    • Journal Club Spotlight: Range of emotions: Caring for victims of spousal abuse
    • The significance of p values
    • “Time for your meds”
    • Improving emergency management of febrile neutropenia
    • Understanding how patients cope with chronic kidney disease
    • On the street and on the web: A site for nurses working with homeless people
    • Nurses’ role in health promotion in schools
    • Reflecting nurses’ decision-making in EHRs
    • Patient simulation or online presentation: Which is better?
    • RNs exposed to cancer drugs: More questions than answers
  • Q&A
    • B.C.’s professional association: Reinvented and renewed
    • Building strength and engagement
    • A commitment to improving employee health
    • The ripple effect
    • Funding delivery, finding value
    • On a mission to listen
  • Editor-in-Chief
    • The satisfaction in teamwork
    • Stories and voices that inspire
    • Great expectations and changing realities
    • Food for thought
    • Changing the world, one idea at a time…
    • “Carry on”
    • Guest editorial: Time to reinstate the basics
    • This issue has attitude
    • New president, new horizons in nursing
    • A province rich in RN resources
    • Talking points
    • Is your workplace working for you?
    • Good health, one determinant at a time
    • A nurse’s guide to the galaxy
    • Happy New Year!
    • Counting on the care of nurses
    • Lifelong engagement
    • New season, new look
    • Sections
• Indexes