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April 1, 2011: Federal Election: CNA Call to Action

March 24, 2011: Supporting our Japanese Colleagues

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Nov 4, 2010: Join the Health-Care Debate

ONGOING UPDATES

ARNBC Interim Board of Directors 2010

MAY 19, 2010 MEETING OF THE RN NETWORK OF BC
Click Here to View Meeting Webcast

IN TRANSITION

As of July 2010, the ASSOCIATION OF REGISTERED NURSES OF BC has been established and is now in the process of ongoing consultations with BC nurses as well as working with partner organizations to develop its implementation framework. In the interim, until such time as its communication and membership mechanisms are in place, the RN Network will remain as the key communication and consultation resource for the Association. Because this web page constitutes an important historic record of the emergence of the Network as well as its transition into the Association, we plan for it to remain a permanent accessible part of the Association’s records.

What We Do

• Facilitate dialogue with the College of Registered Nurses of BC, the BC Nurses Union, the Canadian Nurses Association and others to interpret and articulate scope and boundaries of current structural gaps in professional nursing policy engagement in BC.
  
  
• Serve as an informal network in which interested individual nurses and groups of nurses can be informed and involved in the ongoing process of creating the appropriate organizational structure to best serve the nursing profession on a permanent basis.
  
  
• As possible, serve as a point of contact for the most relevant group about issues outside the current mandate of existing organizations that may benefit from a nursing lens toward obtaining the most effective public policy.
  
  

Who We Are

• Interested nursing groups
• Interested individual nurses

2009-2010 Interim Steering Committee

Co- Chairs: Heather Mass, Sally Thorne
Members: Lynette Best, Paddy Rodney, Maureen Shaw, Sharon Toohey, Jo Wearing

How You Can Get Involved

To be on our membership list for regular updates, individual nurses are invited to send us your name and contact information.

To be part of our networking community for ongoing consultation, nursing groups are encouraged to send us a designated contact person.

Send your name and email address to Ms. Owen Dukay at admin@arnbc.ca

Implications of Membership

The RN Network is a transitional organization of individuals and groups aiming toward addressing a matter of concern to all nurses in BC. Those who have joined the coalition of interested nurses have signaled their desire to work together to explore the creation of a permanent forum for the expression of a BC nursing perspective on matters of public policy, whether they be local, national, or global. Members will receive regular updates on Interim Steering Committee progress, and will be notified of general meetings.