RPN

Stampede Celebrates Tenth Anniversary of World-Class Butcher Certification Program with Game-Changing Expansion, Elevating Skills of 500+ Employees

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Partnership, University, NMSU, Stampede, New Mexico State University, Investment, RPN, Certification, Family, Nightclub, Management, Drug

Through a one-of-a-kind partnership, the expanded certification program leverages New Mexico State University's state-of-the-art facilities and educators to offer an unprecedented scale of training opportunities to every Stampede employee, regardless of role or experience.

Key Points: 
  • Through a one-of-a-kind partnership, the expanded certification program leverages New Mexico State University's state-of-the-art facilities and educators to offer an unprecedented scale of training opportunities to every Stampede employee, regardless of role or experience.
  • Stampede's growing Butcher Certification Program was founded at the Stampede headquarters in Bridgeview, Illinois, in 2013 and continues to operate there today.
  • "Stampede has a deep and very personal learning commitment to each and every team member who entrusts their career with us.
  • The opportunity to build on an already impressive set of butcher skills is a real privilege," said Stampede President and CEO Brock Furlong.

New Nursing Survey Finds Ontario is at Risk of Experiencing Greater Loss of Care: Ongoing Staff Shortages and Increased Workloads Are Eroding Nursing Pride and Driving Nurses From the Front Lines and the Profession

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Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Hospitals, Health, Nursing, Guard, Bleeding, Landing slot, Education, Workplace, Research, Multimedia, Government, Thought, School, Workplace violence, Health care, Patient, Risk, RPN, Workload, RN, Knowledge, Morale, Mental health, Franco-Ontarians

Together, the harsh realities have led to a steep decline in pride in the nursing profession.

Key Points: 
  • Together, the harsh realities have led to a steep decline in pride in the nursing profession.
  • “As our population ages and the needs of patients become more complex, we have an urgent need for more nurses.
  • Ontario’s nursing profession is in jeopardy: Over 6 in 10 nurses (62 per cent) will, or are considering leaving nursing.
  • Guard against cost inefficiencies and privatizing healthcare: Reduce over-reliance on for-profit nursing agencies with the development of more strategically planned full-time nursing positions.

Wejo and Rekor Announce that Wejo has Joined the Rekor Partner Network to Revolutionize Incident Detection and Response Through Real-Time Connected Vehicle Data

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Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Congestion, Life, Intelligence, CVD, Transport, Smart mobility, RPN, Death, Pedestrian, Rail transport by country, Safety, Cryptocurrency, Drug, Road, Rekor, Wejo

The RPN facilitates and streamlines roadway data collection and analysis for transportation agencies, corporations, and private firms, enabling them to gain valuable insights quickly.

Key Points: 
  • The RPN facilitates and streamlines roadway data collection and analysis for transportation agencies, corporations, and private firms, enabling them to gain valuable insights quickly.
  • Rekor utilizes Wejo and other connected vehicle data (CVD) to identify road incidents that may not have been reported, resulting in a 23% increase in detection rates.
  • "We are excited to partner with Rekor and make Wejo's CVD accessible to Rekor's customers," said Richard Barlow, Found and CEO of Wejo.
  • By working together, Rekor and Wejo aim to make our roads safer, smarter, and more efficient, ultimately improving the lives of all road users."

Hospital Staff and Paramedics to Reveal Number of Staff Needed Just to Maintain Service Levels at Toronto Hospitals: Media Conference Tuesday, Scarborough Hospital (ER)

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Monday, September 26, 2022
Mental Health, Human Resources, Labor, Hospitals, Public Policy, Government, Healthcare Reform, Professional Services, Health, State, Local, RPN Arangkada Balita, Occupational burnout, COVID-19, Nursing, Emergency department, Hospital, Population, Merriman, Health, Government, Patient, City, Canadian Union of Public Employees, Scarborough General Hospital (Toronto), RPN, CUPE, Duke University Hospital unionization drives, PC, Emergency, 2011 New Year Honours (New Zealand), Medicine

In Ontario hospital staff turnover rates have doubled and paramedics are struggling due to rapid increase in call volumes.

Key Points: 
  • In Ontario hospital staff turnover rates have doubled and paramedics are struggling due to rapid increase in call volumes.
  • With an ageing and growing population here in Toronto, the provincial government is on a course to cause untold suffering for patients and front-line hospital staff.
  • The hospital staffing crisis is contributing to ambulance unavailability, as offload delays for paramedics prevents timely response to 911 calls.
  • At Tuesdays media conference, Verch and Merriman will be joined by staff working at the Scarborough General Hospital (3050 Lawrence Ave., East) and paramedics from Toronto and other communities across Ontario.

Ontario Health Coalition response to Ford government’s plans to move seniors out of hospitals & privatize hospital diagnostics and surgeries to for-profit clinics and hospitals

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Thursday, August 18, 2022
IHF Council, LTC, Ontario Health Coalition, Canada Health Act, Intensive word form, Legislation, GLOBE, Policy, CT, Baillie–PSW primality test, Hospital, RPN, Government, OHIP, Nursing, Critical care, Health, Patient, Intensive care unit, COVID-19, Long-term care, Medicare, The Weather Network, RNS, Pressure, Ford Motor Company, Protecting a Sustainable Public Sector for Future Generations Act, 2019, Physician, Coalition, Magnetic resonance imaging, Life expectancy, Ontario Health (agency), MRI, Bed, Complaint, Health insurance, Medicine, Pharmaceutical industry

They continue to ignore entirely the critical shortage of health professionals (MRI, CT and Laboratory Technologists, Respiratory Therapists and others).

Key Points: 
  • They continue to ignore entirely the critical shortage of health professionals (MRI, CT and Laboratory Technologists, Respiratory Therapists and others).
  • Despite the governments repeated announcements, the staff have not materialized and Ontarios hospital critical and emergency care are now in an unprecedented staffing crisis.
  • In the Ontario Health Coalitions fifty years of existence, the widespread closures we are seeing this summer have never happened before.
  • The Ontario Health Coalition held 20 press conferences in the months leading into the election warning that the Ford government was planning to privatize surgeries and diagnostics.

Take immediate action to implement five-point plan to staff up and keep Ontario hospitals open, unions urge province

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Friday, August 5, 2022
Public Policy, Government, Nursing, Health, Other Policy Issues, Healthcare Reform, Hospitals, Advocacy Group Opinion, Other Health, Â, CUPE, SEIU, Main Building (Statistics Canada), Female, 2011 New Year Honours (New Zealand), PSW, Hospital, RPN, RN, Workforce, Environment, Government, Nursing, Health, Patient, Long-term care, Ageing, Canadian Union of Public Employees, SEIU Healthcare, RNS, ERS, Ford Motor Company, Franco-Ontarian, Protecting a Sustainable Public Sector for Future Generations Act, 2019, Population growth, Intensive care unit, Solution, Duke University Hospital unionization drives, ONA, Medicine, Health insurance

With aging and population growth, an extra 100,000 health-care workers will be needed in just a few years to maintain services.

Key Points: 
  • With aging and population growth, an extra 100,000 health-care workers will be needed in just a few years to maintain services.
  • There is no plan from the provincial government to invest in the people required to quality care today or in the future.
  • With more hospitals potentially closing units, ICUs, and emergency departments, that the government still has no comprehensive plan to staff up our hospitals is unacceptable.
  • Its time for this government to end the excuses, listen to nurses and health-care professionals and take immediate action.

Unsafe Workloads Being Normalized in Provincial Healthcare Systems, Warns Head of Registered Practical Nurses Association of Ontario

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Tuesday, August 2, 2022
MPPs, Association, Time, Environment, Morale, Health, Social media, Government, Workforce, Protecting a Sustainable Public Sector for Future Generations Act, 2019, Risk, Meal, RPN, Public policy, Safety, COVID-19, Franco-Ontarian, Long-term care, Leadership, Policy, Review, Mental health, Patient, Health care, Shock, Medicine, Hospital, Nursing

WeRPN is sharing its findings with government leaders and policymakers, calling attention to the perilously declining situation for nurses in Ontario.

Key Points: 
  • WeRPN is sharing its findings with government leaders and policymakers, calling attention to the perilously declining situation for nurses in Ontario.
  • Nurses today are working more hours, with more responsibilities, and handling more patients per nurse, all without appropriate adjustments to their wages.
  • From May 1to 9, 2022, an online survey was conducted among 762 registered practical nurses across Ontario by the Registered Practical Nurses Association of Ontario (WeRPN).
  • The Registered Practical Nurses Association of Ontario (WeRPN) is the professional voice of Ontario's 55,000 Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs).

Reltio Launches Global Partner Program and Advisory Council to Accelerate Growth

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Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Marketing, Education, Data Management, Communications, Technology, Software, Training, CTO, Feedback, Marketing, RPN, Human, Program, Goal, Content, Software as a service, Partner, Cryptocurrency

This streamlined, growth-focused partner program helps customers rapidly accelerate their sales initiatives and improve their end-customer experiences.

Key Points: 
  • This streamlined, growth-focused partner program helps customers rapidly accelerate their sales initiatives and improve their end-customer experiences.
  • With the RPN, Reltio introduces a high-touch engagement model and framework to help partners attain their goals and enhance end-customer satisfaction.
  • Features of the RPN include:
    Improved Partner Portal capabilities/features - Dashboards, Event Calendars, Content, Tracking/Reporting
    In addition, Reltio is launching a strategic Reltio Partner Advisory Council to give Partners a voice to share their feedback and help shape the direction of Reltio products and the Partner Alliance Program.
  • The launch of the Reltio Partner Network marks an important milestone in delivering on our promise to our clients and partners to expand our partner ecosystem value.

“Will You Stand With Us and Call for the Repeal of Bill 124?” Ask Ottawa Area Health Care Workers Protesting Monday 11 a.m. at MPP Lisa MacLeod’s Office

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Sunday, March 13, 2022
Nursing, Managed Care, Other Health, Health, General Health, State, Local, Women, Infectious Diseases, Hospitals, Public Policy, Government, Consumer, SEIU Healthcare, Government, Greenbank, Eastern, Trauma, Duke University Hospital unionization drives, Infection, SEIU, Nursing, Protecting a Sustainable Public Sector for Future Generations Act, 2019, CUPE, RPN, Woman, Hospital, Patient, PSW, RPN Arangkada Balita, Female, COVID-19, Police, PC, Male, Medicine, Nepean, N95

On Monday March 14 they will be at MacLeods Nepean office, protesting and asking her to stand with them, not against them and to help push her government to repeal Bill 124.

Key Points: 
  • On Monday March 14 they will be at MacLeods Nepean office, protesting and asking her to stand with them, not against them and to help push her government to repeal Bill 124.
  • We think most Ontarians are on the side of health care workers.
  • Since March 1, 1,600 health care workers have contracted COVID-19 at work, one of the highest rates of infection during the pandemic.
  • WHO: Ottawa hospital and long-term care workers including registered practical nurses, personal support workers (PSWs), trades, administrative and cleaners
    WHERE: MPP Lisa MacLeods Constituency Office - 250B Greenbank Rd., Nepean

WeRPN Announces Renewal of the Nursing Education Initiative (NEI)

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Friday, March 4, 2022
Patient, Government, Knowledge, COVID-19, Association, Nursing, CEO, RPN, Program, Education, Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration, NEI, Medicine, Health

Over the years, the Nursing Education Initiative (NEI) has become a WeRPN signature program that registered practical nurses (RPNs) can access when undertaking professional development course(s) and/or program(s) that enhance the quality of care and services provided in Ontario.

Key Points: 
  • Over the years, the Nursing Education Initiative (NEI) has become a WeRPN signature program that registered practical nurses (RPNs) can access when undertaking professional development course(s) and/or program(s) that enhance the quality of care and services provided in Ontario.
  • Benefits of continuing education accrue to not only the nurse, but to their employers, the patients they care for, and the entire healthcare system.
  • "Our government is proud to support the Nursing Education Initiative, which makes it easier for nurses to engage in professional development and further their education," said Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health.
  • WeRPN builds the profile and professional capacity of RPNs so they can better care for patients and better support their fellow health-care worksers.