The executive of SNIG would like to present to you our theme for 2021-2022 SNIG Leads! The Nursing Journey Beyond the Pandemic! We know that these past months have been hard on all of our members! The issues of staff shortages, burnout, and nurses leaving the profession seem to dominate the news coverage and yet we see with vaccinations that our lives are returning very slowly to a new normal. There is a light at the end of the tunnel!
Welcome SNIG Members,
We would like to thank you for your membership whether new or returning!
Our executive will be having our Planning meeting on October 16th and will put in the hard work to give you an exciting year to look forward to. During this meeting we will develop our theme for 2021-22. Stay tuned.
Come and join the Staff Nurse Interest Group Saturday morning June 26th 2021 from 0830- 1015 for some selfcare!
From 0830 to 0900 SNIG will give a brief AGM and welcome our new executive members!
Then we will partake in a morning yoga session led by Izzy Santos .
If you are in attendance Sat morning SNIG has a small surprise for you as our thank you for attending.
Hope to see you there!
SNIG Executive
Dear SNIG member,
Do you enjoy speaking out for nurses, health and health care? Would you like to assist us in our mandate to:
Calling all RN's NP's and Nursing Students!!
SNIG is offering a 500$ award/busary to a deserving candidate who is invested in Professional Development in Nursing!! to be awarded Friday May 14th !
The winner will be featured on social media and will be emailed of the win.
Requirements:
Your Picture
RNAO and SNIG membership proof
250 word summary on how you will use the money for professional development
Happy Nurses Week ( May 10-16) to all Staff Nurses!
Nurses: A Voice to Lead — Nursing the World to Health.
Dear SNIG member,
Do you enjoy speaking out for nurses, health and health care? Would you like to assist us in our mandate to:
Dear SNIG member,
We apologize, the link in the below email does not work properly.
To apply for the call for nominations please use the following link https://myrnao.ca/cfn_snig_2021
Thank you,
Carrie
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Dear SNIG member,
Do you enjoy speaking out for nurses, health and health care? Would you like to assist us in our mandate to:
Covid has been trying for all of us and we know that Self Care is one way we can Be the Nurse We want to Work With! and to be better with Family and Friends!
Join SNIG for our Zoom webinar in welcoming Piroska Bata (Facilitator Healer) weave knowledge and explain how you can be transformed from Stress to more Bliss!
March 18, 2021 via Zoom from 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.
Save the Date: March 18th 7-8pm via Zoom for :
Reduce your Stress Meter from Survive to Thrive!
Give yourself some self care and join SNIG in welcoming Piroska Bata who with the use of Complimentary Therapies will Lift your spirit and Calm your Soul in these Pandemic Times!
With Covid rampant in Ontario we realize that Nurses are tired ! and although a vaccine is on the horizon Nurses have to function with an indeterminate ending date!
Please join SNIG on Thursday January 14, 2021 at 7pm for a Zoom event entitled Resuscitate Your Nursing Soul!
Presented by Ellen White Jeff & Ellen | International Life and Relationship Coaches
Ellen White :
The executive of SNIG want to wish all Staff Nurses a Happy Holiday Season! Holiday Greetings from the Executive!
Whether you are working or at home remember to take time for Self Care! If you take time for yourself then you have more to give to others!
Save the date of 14 Jan at 7-8pm for an upcoming Zoom event :
Resiliency, Self-Care and Other Important Stuff!
presented by Ellen White :
Co-sponsored by Hospice Palliative Care Ontario and Pro RESP
End of life with ALS and assisted non-invasive ventilation (Bi-level/BiPAP Therapy)
Date Time: Dec 1, 2020 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Nurses are becoming tired dealing with this pandemic, and stress levels at work and sometimes at home can become problematic. Home schooling, spouses working from home, becoming a sandwich generation caregiver, worrying about parents in LTC and being shunned by your neighbor just for being a nurse are just a few of the problems facing nursing today in these pandemic times!
Join SNIG in welcoming Rhonda Seidman Carlson who will be talking about :
Workplace Bullying - The Impact of a Pandemic
Dear members,
Staff nurses have been challenged dealing with this pandemic. More than ever we need to focus on our self-care so that we can properly advocate for our patients/residents as well as ourselves. Nurses are challenged not only in their work environment, but also their home environment as well. Home schooling, sending children to school in uncertain times, spouses and nurses working from home as well as in unpredictable work settings can all add stress. We ask that you take care of yourselves so that you are able to take care of others. We do need a plan.
Staff nurses know the effect that COVID-19 has had on our lives and on our practice.
Come join SNIG and listen to Paula Manuel give a presentation Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 from 7 - 8 p.m.
Register here: https://myrnao.ca/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=886
Welcome to our SNIG members!
We would like to introduce you to our executive for 2020-2021 and give you a little of our backgrounds!
Nominations are now being accepted for the positions below for a two-year office. (Note: at the termination of the two-year term, you are eligible to stand for a second term of two years). Call for nominations closes on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 12pm.
To apply please complete the oline call fro nominations from at https://myrnao.ca/snig_cfn_2020
In my 52 years of Nursing I do not think I have ever been more challenged or have questioned myself for choosing the profession of Nursing as I have in 2020. Covid-19 has seen worldwide healthcare strained to its max. Faces of exhausted nurses fill the pages of newspapers. Nurses cannot get daycare for their children because the public is afraid. There are shortages of PPE. Nurses are afraid of what they might bring home to their families.
Hello SNIG Members:
Writing to you in time of Covid-19. It is a time when the work of nurses is being appreciated by our country. I had planned to retire but I decided to defer for now as I want to be part of the health care workforce. Like most of you I gave fears and anxieties. I work in a psychiatric facility.