Hello members,
It is with great pleasure and excitement that I am pleased to announce that RNAO has accepted our resolution for assistance in obtaining funding for additional RNFA positions in Ontario (see below). It is an exciting process and one which I believe is vital for the future expansion of the RNFA position in Ontario.
We are now waiting to hear back from RNAO about next steps, but I am hoping to get a start on this process by getting some evidence that Ontario hospitals need more RNFA positions. I would like to ask all RNFAs who are presently employed to try to get a letter of support from their surgeons, nurse managers and/or directors of nursing to show that the RNFA position is valued in their hospital. I would also like to get members who are not presently working as an RNFA to try to get letters of interest from their surgeons, nurse managers and/or directors of nursing describing their interest in obtaining funding for the RNFA position. My hope is to gather as many as possible and have RNAO present them all as evidence that the RNFA position is valued and needed all across Ontario.
Please help me in getting as many letters of support and interest as possible. I need your help to further this vital work.
Forward all letters to me at jradey@vianet.ca
Thank you in advance for your assistance!
Jane
Jane Radey RN, RNFA, CPN (C)
RNAO RNFA Interest Group Chair
Resolution
Whereas the Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) assists with patient care throughout a patients entire perioperative experience and works collaboratively with the surgeon and the entire surgical team to produce positive outcomes for the patient, and …
Whereas the Ontario government funding model presently funds approximately (still trying to get this exact number) permanent RNFA positions in the province, and …
Whereas funding from the provincial government does not provide for any new positions that have evolved or the need been recognized since the last funding grant in 2012,
Therefore be it resolved that the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario lobby the provincial government for ongoing funding for the creation of new RNFA positions in Ontario when and where needed.