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J O U R N A L
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THE LINEUP
EDITOR’S NOTE 4
PRESIDENT’S VIEW 5
MAILBAG/OBITUARY 6
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S DISPATCH 7
NURSING IN THE NEWS 8
POLICY AT WORK 27
CALENDAR 28
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FEATURES
VOLUME 17, NO. 4, JULY/AUGUST 2005
EXPRESS ADMITTING
HELPS EASE ER WORKLOAD
By Jill Shaw
RNAO member Mary Timms reflects proudly on being one
of only two nurses on Peterborough Regional Health
Centre’s (PRHC) Patient Express Admitting Team.
LHINS: BRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME
By Anila Sunnak
What’s up with Ontario’s new Local Health Integration
Networks (LHIN)? Will Ontario’s shift to regional health
care live up to its promise?
BPGS: FROM BOARDROOM TO BEDSIDE
By Jill Shaw
RNs across Ontario and around the world share success
stories about nursing best practice guidelines and
offer inspiration to nurses confronting the challenge
of implementation.
AN EXERCISE IN EXPRESSION
By Jill Shaw
Nursing students harness their artistic abilities and share
personal reflections about nursing practice through art.
Q&A WITH SUZANNE GORDON
By Kimberley Kearsey
In her latest book, Nursing Against the Odds, author
Suzanne Gordon ponders the problems and challenges
that confront nurses as they care for their patients.
NURSING EXHIBIT ELICITS PRIDE, AWE
By Anne Gilchrist, RN, MSc(A), and Cynthia Toman, RN, PhD
RNAO member Anne Gilchrist takes us through a nursing
exhibition, and guest curator Cynthia Toman explains how
she sought to “show” more and “tell” less.
SURVEY MEASURES NURSE
RESPONSES TO WORK
By Ann Tourangeau, RN, PhD, and Lisa Cranley, RN, MN
Two University of Toronto researchers share the findings of
The Nurse Survey 2003, which helps us understand how
nursing care and work environments affect patient outcomes.