Interest Group Email Archive

Welcome RetNIG members!

Attached you will find the spring/summer 2025 newsletter.

Have you ever thought of nursing in a different country? or going on a short trip to another country with other Nurses to help out? 

Join Adrienne Kappes, RN, as she shares her adventures as part of a team bound for Guatemala this past February. She will fill you in on the pros and cons of her experience. Adrienne is an experienced travel nurse and retired military nurse. 

There will be a very short RetNIG AGM prior to the event.

No matter what age we are, many nurses have experienced Anxiety and Stress. Health issues, family issues, financial issues, work issues and self-expectations all increase the possibility of burnout. Once in the cycle, it is not easy to shake off. Acknowledging the problem exists, and seeking knowledge of why it is happening ,is the first step to living a more peaceful and happier life!

Join the Retired Nurses' Interest Group in welcoming back Pastor Dave Larmour.

Welcome RetNIG members and Happy New Year!

Attached you will find our winter newsletter. In this newsletter we had RetNIG member Sheila Gingras give us a book for RetNIG Reads and a recipe. Hope you enjoy both!

If you would like to send us a favourite book review or a recipe we would love to hear from you. Send the recipe or book review to retnig21.rnao@gmail.com

Upcoming webinar: 

Nursing has always got through hard times using our unique sense of humour and yet in today's world laughter is infrequent and smiles sometimes forgotten especially amongst adults. Maybe we need a reminder of the benefits of laughter. 

Join the Staff Nurse Interest Group and the Retired Nurses' Interest Group in welcoming:

Neil Stephen CD.RN CNP(Q), a registered nurse and a certified nurse psychotherapist (Q) who worked in paediatric psychiatry and harm reduction before starting his independent practice. Neil will be sharing his thoughts on this topic: 

Join the Retired Nurses' Interest Group in welcoming Ishan Abeywardena, Director, Information Management & Technology at RNAO for Beware of scams! 

Welcome to all returning and new members of the Retired Nurses' Interest Group. We hope you all are in good health and have had a good summer. We certainly have been blessed with great weather so far this fall.  Attached is our fall newsletter.

Check out the newsletter to meet our executive for 2025. We also feature call outs for a Student, Communication ENO and a Social Media ENO, as well as a great breakfast recipe and a good book to read.  

The question is not how to survive, but how to thrive with passion, compassion, humour and style.” — Maya Angelou

Thriving is much different than just surviving because they offer entirely different experiences. If you only survive in life, you’ll feel like you’re barely getting by, and you won’t experience much joy. However, if you are thriving, you’ll feel like you live a fulfilling and meaningful life. - Author unknown

Join the Staff Nurse Interest Group, the Retired Nurses' Interest Group, and the Windsor-Essex and Waterloo Chapters to welcome:

Do you enjoy speaking out for nurses, health and health care? Would you like to assist us in our mission to promote the awareness on the careers of registered nurses and nurse practitioners, who has retired or who is considering retirement? This includes mentoring and supporting nurses at all stages of their careers, education and political action.

We welcome members to join the Retired Nurses Interest Group (RetNIG) Executive. 

Dear member,

Do you enjoy speaking out for nurses, health and health care? Would you like to assist us in our mission to promote the awareness on the careers of registered nurses and nurse practitioners, who has retired or who is considering retirement? This includes mentoring and supporting nurses at all stages of their careers, education and political action.

We welcome members to join the Retired Nurses Interest Group (RetNIG) Executive. 

Hi members!

Please Join the Retired Nurses’ Interest Group and the Staff Nurse Interest Group  for a short joint AGM and a hybrid Zumba Gold Session.

Join us online via zoom or in person at the Toronto Hilton Hotel in downtown Toronto. Wear your comfy clothes. Breakfast will be served for our in-person participants!

Date: Saturday, June 22, 2024

Location: Hilton Hotel Meeting Room or online via Zoom (register to obtain the Zoom link).

Time:

Welcome Members!

Attached you will find our Spring /Newsletter for this year! 

Enjoy RetNIG Reads, and our Recipe which although simple is tasty! 

The executive looks forward to a planning meeting and finding zoom topics for the 2024-25 year! If you have any suggestions please send them to retnig21.rnao@gmail.com  or any comments on our Newsletter ! 

We have noticed lately that more and more airlines and trains are now charging more for checked baggage. So, unless we want hefty fees, we must learn to travel light. It can be done! 

Join the Retired Nurses' Interest Group in welcoming back Sonya Heath who will give us tips on how to pack efficiently with a carry on.

Date: May 6, 2024, 7 to 8 p.m

Register Now!

Join SNIG and RetNIG for a lunch and learn. Guest: Rob Samulack – Chair of the Ontario Nurses For The Environment interest group

Spend your lunch break with the Staff Nurse Interest Group and the Retired Nurses' Interest Group and gain valuable knowledge on the environment and what we can do individually to bring about change. 

Rob Samulack, our speaker, will share insights on COP 28 (the United Nations Climate Change Conference which took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in late 2023)  and challenge us on how we can make changes that matter. 

Let's take action! Step by step and hand in hand. Together, using our political voices we can achieve a better and more sustainable health-care system! 

Learn how to make your voice more effective especially as we head to Queen's Park. Nurses know the problems and likely have a good idea of the solutions necessary. We need to get the policy makers to listen!

Join the Staff Nurse Interest Group (SNIG) and Retired Nurses' Interest Groups (RetNIG) for a webinar and discussion featuring Dr. Irmajean Bajnok, senior policy analyst at RNAO, 

Happy new year! Welcome to 2024.

Attached you will find our winter newsletter; enjoy our RetNIG Reads and RetNIG Recipe! Also see all of our events planned until spring.  If you have any suggestions for topics, please write us at retnig21.rnao@gmail.com and please give us your feedback on our newsletter. We would love to hear from you. 

Are you planning to move or Moving to a smaller residence or thinking of moving? Most of us if downsizing are overwhelmed with the scope of how to get the house ready for viewing and where do you get rid of all the accumulated stuff that doesn't fit?

Join the Retired Nurses' Interest Group in welcoming Sharon Crann (who unfortunately was sick when we had her booked in September) to help us navigate the downsizing problem.

How many of us resort to gift bags or gift cards for the major events that require gifts as we just don't know how to wrap a present? 

Join the Retired Nurses' Interest Group as we welcome back Sonya Heath. She will again help us sort our the wrapping dilemmas that we face! Any who saw her last year know she is a guru of present wrapping. She'll try to teach us the secrets of wrapping a pretty gift that we can be proud of. 

Join the Retired Nurses' Interest Group (RetNIG) in welcoming Dave Larmour to speak to us on the topic "Loneliness! Are You Lonely?" 

Monday,  Oct. 30, 7 – 8 p.m. ET via Zoom

Register through this link: https://myrnao.ca/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=1484

More information about the session: 

Dear members,

Due to speaker's illness we've had to can tonight's webinar on Moving! How to deal with downsizing.  We hope to rebook in the near future.

Have a great day!

RetNIG Executive