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We are proud to launch this social media campaign to connect nurses and support excellence in nursing practice. Here, you will find information about developing your skills, upcoming events, the latest research, and caring for the caregiver. Our goal is to support your excellence in practice, and celebrate your hard work! The purpose of this page is to connect and empower nurses at The Ottawa Hosp

ital, and beyond. The content can be specific to TOH Nurses, but also accessible for a wider health care audience. We include items like upcoming conferences and education days, information about research and professionalism, and professional development tools. We welcome recognition for nurses that go above and beyond in their personal or professional activities, such as photos, recognition notes, etc. This forum is not intended to host discussions pertaining to patients, specific clinical skills, advertising, or union/legal matters. Any posts that address these issues will be removed. It is also not intended for addressing nursing practice concerns; our emphasis is on non-clinical skills and professional development. A reminder that this page is an extension of your work at the Ottawa Hospital, and will be monitored in accordance with the Ottawa Hospital Social Media policy, College of Nurses of Ontario Standards and Guidelines, and the Canadian Nurses Association Code of Ethics. All posts, comments, and other material on this page must adhere to the following:
The Ottawa Hospital Policy SOCIAL MEDIA No:00672 (available by intranet). See also:
http://goo.gl/xzubnL
College of Nurses of Ontario Standards and Guidelines
http://goo.gl/4DrnNF
Canadian Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses
http://goo.gl/9KzaC1
Any posts that do NOT adhere to the above will be removed, and users may be blocked from the page. Employees of TOH may be subject to disciplinary action. Bienvenue aux infirmières de L’Hôpital d’Ottawa! Nous avons le plaisir d’amorcer cette campagne de médias sociaux dans l’espoir de connecter les infirmières entre elles et de soutenir l’excellence des soins infirmiers. Vous y trouverez des renseignements pour vous aider à perfectionner vos compétences et à veiller à votre propre santé, ainsi que les activités à venir et les toutes dernières recherches qui vous touchent. Notre objectif est promouvoir l’excellence de vos soins et de célébrer vos efforts assidus! L’objectif de cette page est de connecter les infirmières entre elles, de les outiller, et bien plus encore! Les annonces et messages peuvent s’adresser spécifiquement aux infirmières de l’Hôpital, mais ils peuvent être également consultés par d’autres professionnels de la santé. Vous y trouverez de l’information sur les conférences et les journées de formation à venir, la recherche, le professionnalisme et les outils de perfectionnement professionnel. N’hésitez pas à y afficher des photos ou des témoignages de reconnaissance mettant en valeur des infirmières qui vont au-delà de l’ordinaire dans leurs activités personnelles ou professionnelles. Ce forum n’est pas conçu pour discuter des patients, des compétences cliniques particulières, la publicité ou des questions syndicales ou juridiques. Tout message qui traite de l’un de ces sujets sera supprimé. L’objectif n’est pas non plus à répondre aux préoccupations en matière de pratique infirmière, mais d’appuyer le développement des compétences non cliniques et le perfectionnement professionnel. N’oubliez pas cependant que ces médias sociaux constituent une prolongation de votre travail à l’Hôpital, et qu’ils feront donc l’objet d’une surveillance, conformément à la politique de l’Hôpital sur les médias sociaux, aux normes et aux lignes directrices de l’Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers de l’Ontario, ainsi qu’au code de déontologie de l’Association des infirmières et infirmiers du Canada. Tout message, commentaire et autre affichage sur cette page doit respecter les règlements suivants :
- Politique no 00672 de L’Hôpital d’Ottawa sur les médias sociaux et
http://goo.gl/sdAF8p
- Normes et lignes directrices de l’Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers de l’Ontario (en anglais seulement)
http://goo.gl/4DrnNF
- Code de déontologie de l’Association des infirmières et infirmiers du Canada
http://goo.gl/OBPTVy
Tout message qui contrevient aux conditions de l’un des règlements susmentionnés sera supprimé, et la personne responsable peut se faire barrer l’accès à la page concernée. De plus, si cette personne est membre du personnel de l’Hôpital, elle pourrait faire l’objet de mesures disciplinaires.

Hey Nurses!  Will you qualify for Partial Tuition Assistance?Visit our TOH Nursing Education Page to find out!  Applicat...
05/25/2023

Hey Nurses! Will you qualify for Partial Tuition Assistance?
Visit our TOH Nursing Education Page to find out!
Applications for the Winter 2023 Term Open May 25, 2023 @ 5:00 pm

THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS JUNE 25, 2023
Application link: https://bit.ly/45wGZv1

A few more photos from Nursing Week! Check out how 6NE and 6NW celebrated Nursing Week together! Friendly competitions o...
05/24/2023

A few more photos from Nursing Week!
Check out how 6NE and 6NW celebrated Nursing Week together!
Friendly competitions of "minute to win it" along with an ice cream party!
Great opportunity for collaboration and team building!

More great pics of the smiles and prizes!!
05/17/2023

More great pics of the smiles and prizes!!

More Nursing Week celebrations!!  We're you a winner???  Check out these happy faces!!!These are just a few beautiful ba...
05/17/2023

More Nursing Week celebrations!! We're you a winner??? Check out these happy faces!!!
These are just a few beautiful baskets/loot bags given away in the random Prize Draw.
A huge thank you goes out to our vendors/sponsors! PRIZES! PRIZES! PRIZES!

Pet visitations and flowers for our nurses during Nursing Week last week!
05/16/2023

Pet visitations and flowers for our nurses during Nursing Week last week!

Timeline Photos
05/15/2023

Timeline Photos

05/15/2023

Thanks to those who participated in the Annual Nursing Week Trivia game! Here are the answers!
1. Bearbrook nursing station
2. More than 3800 nurses
3. Medication scale
4. Ward B
5. More than 10,000 steps
6. Inhaler
Did anyone answer all the questions correctly?

Today's Nursing Week question! What was this used for?
05/15/2023

Today's Nursing Week question!
What was this used for?

05/14/2023

Today's Nursing Week question!
What is the average number of steps walked by an inpatient clinical nurse on a 12-hour shift?
a. Less than 3000 steps
b. 3001 – 5000 steps
c. 5001 -9999 steps
d. More than 10,000 steps.

Flower delivery is happening today at the Civic and General campuses in recognition of Nursing Week! Thank you TOH nurse...
05/13/2023

Flower delivery is happening today at the Civic and General campuses in recognition of Nursing Week!
Thank you TOH nurses for all that you do!

Timeline Photos
05/13/2023

Timeline Photos

05/11/2023

Today's Nursing Week trivia question!
As of January 2023, how many nurses work at TOH?
a. More than 3800 nurses.
b. Between 2000 and 3799 nurses.
c. Between 1500 and 1999 nurses.
d. Between 800 and 1499 nurses.

Check out the Health Tomorrows article celebrating TOH nurses during Nursing Week! https://bit.ly/3M3tnjj
05/10/2023

Check out the Health Tomorrows article celebrating TOH nurses during Nursing Week!
https://bit.ly/3M3tnjj

Timeline Photos
05/10/2023

Timeline Photos

Register now for the upcoming CNE Workshop!For more information and to register: https://bit.ly/2Q3tzQF
05/06/2023

Register now for the upcoming CNE Workshop!
For more information and to register: https://bit.ly/2Q3tzQF

Timeline Photos
05/05/2023

Timeline Photos

Mark your calendars! Please join us on Thursday, May 11th, from 10 am to 2 pm for a virtual career fair in celebration o...
04/28/2023

Mark your calendars!
Please join us on Thursday, May 11th, from 10 am to 2 pm for a virtual career fair in celebration of Nursing Week!
For more information and links to join the sessions: http://bit.ly/2Gi7Lhn

Celebrating nurses during Nursing Week!Join us virtually to hear about some exciting Nursing Research projects at TOH! F...
04/27/2023

Celebrating nurses during Nursing Week!
Join us virtually to hear about some exciting Nursing Research projects at TOH!
For more information and the link to join: https://bit.ly/3mYFww2

Mark your calendars! In celebration of Nursing Week, join the Mindfulness Meditation session taking place on Tuesday, Ma...
04/26/2023

Mark your calendars!
In celebration of Nursing Week, join the Mindfulness Meditation session taking place on Tuesday, May 9th!
For more information and the link to join: http://bit.ly/2Gi7Lhn

Timeline Photos
04/25/2023

Timeline Photos

In recognition of Nursing Week! Register now for the Wellness in Nursing Workshop! https://bit.ly/3L7XNko
04/24/2023

In recognition of Nursing Week!
Register now for the Wellness in Nursing Workshop!
https://bit.ly/3L7XNko

Mark your calendars! Please join us on Thursday, May 11th, from 10 am to 2 pm for a virtual career fair in celebration o...
04/21/2023

Mark your calendars!
Please join us on Thursday, May 11th, from 10 am to 2 pm for a virtual career fair in celebration of Nursing Week!
For more information and links to join the sessions: http://bit.ly/2Gi7Lhn

Celebrating nurses during Nursing Week! Register now for a free yoga session! https://bit.ly/3T3mFMa
04/10/2023

Celebrating nurses during Nursing Week!
Register now for a free yoga session!
https://bit.ly/3T3mFMa

In recognition of Nursing Week! Register now for the Wellness in Nursing Workshop! https://bit.ly/3L7XNko
04/09/2023

In recognition of Nursing Week!
Register now for the Wellness in Nursing Workshop!
https://bit.ly/3L7XNko

Timeline Photos
04/06/2023

Timeline Photos

Register now for the upcoming Nursing Unit Council Workshop!For more information and to register: https://bit.ly/2PHrLf6...
03/22/2023

Register now for the upcoming Nursing Unit Council Workshop!
For more information and to register: https://bit.ly/2PHrLf6

Call for Abstracts! Submission deadline is March 17th! To submit your abstract: https://bit.ly/40ElsOr
03/15/2023

Call for Abstracts!
Submission deadline is March 17th!
To submit your abstract: https://bit.ly/40ElsOr

Celebrating nurses during Nursing Week! Register now for a free yoga session! https://bit.ly/3T3mFMa
03/10/2023

Celebrating nurses during Nursing Week!
Register now for a free yoga session!
https://bit.ly/3T3mFMa

In recognition of Nursing Week! Register now for the Wellness in Nursing Workshop! https://bit.ly/3L7XNko
03/09/2023

In recognition of Nursing Week!
Register now for the Wellness in Nursing Workshop!
https://bit.ly/3L7XNko

Register now for the upcoming CNE Workshop!For more information and to register: https://bit.ly/2Q3tzQF
03/06/2023

Register now for the upcoming CNE Workshop!
For more information and to register: https://bit.ly/2Q3tzQF

Nursing Hero Awards!Nominate now!Submission deadline is April 1, 2023.
03/01/2023

Nursing Hero Awards!
Nominate now!
Submission deadline is April 1, 2023.

Register now for the upcoming Nursing Unit Council Workshop!For more information and to register: https://bit.ly/2PHrLf6...
02/28/2023

Register now for the upcoming Nursing Unit Council Workshop!
For more information and to register: https://bit.ly/2PHrLf6

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What is the face of racism in Canada? After 30 the hospital finally opens the discussion on Racism. I am grateful as it a start to a long battle. I am a proud black woman who has been working in the hospital, as an RN for the past 7 years. 7 years ago I left the french hospital to come to TOH as I though the anglophone cannot be worst than the french. Oh boy, I could never be more wrong. The type of racism at the hospital is the same we, black people, and any racialized people face in all the Canadian organizations. As a black person, you are made to feel that the policies are against us and they are used to keep black people at the bottom of the barrel. Hear me out, when I started 7 years, I was in my second year of my PhD in nursing. The reason I wanted to be part of this big organization was that it's a research hospital and as a part teacher of the University of Ottawa ( which is all a systemic racist institution, that is for another debate). My manger at that knew and she was looking for opportunities for me. She linked me to the Nursing research council. I talked to them on the phone, everything was great until I met them. After the first meeting, I never heard of them. They realized that the PhD candidate is a black RN. The next manager was a white male who saw me as a threat, as my fellow white nurses. The white male manager never talked to black nurses. When I complained to the director who is a while male also, told me it's a communication problem. Why a manager can talk to white staff, but cannot talk to black staff. If I did something it was coded as malicious intentions, if white staff did the same, it was not with malicious intentions. The white male director called me an angry black woman. I complained to HR, where everyone is white, and nothing is done. The only time I was able to be in charge, is if I am the only RN on the unit, otherwise, to be in charge you have to be white RN. As I continue to work in the hospital. I completed my PhD. The hospital gave a flower as a sign of recognition, while all the administration board was clapping, but in their mind, I do not deserve more than that. I applied to multiple positions, which are not floor positions, I never got any. I applied for a Nurse Educator position, which requires the applicants to have a master's degree. I was told that I nailed the interview, that was well prepared, that I am brilliant, but I did not get the position because I did not have experience. I have been teaching at the university level for the past 8 years. The position was given to a white RN with no master's degree, who did have experience. Because that was her first time being a nurse educator. Yet, I see my former classmate when was doing my master's degree, she is a nurse educator because she is not black. I applied for the CLL position, I had the interview, but I never got called back to know the result. I know I did not get it. As a black woman, I am not worthy to be the face of a white hospital. The last drop, was when I applied for a Care facilitator position, again I was told that I nailed the interview, that I was well prepared, but the position was given to a white RN whit a diploma, without a university degree. Meanwhile, as a PhD trained black RN, I am still a floor, bedside nurse. This is the racism, as a black woman that I am facing at the Ottawa Hospital which I call vertical racism. As a black RN, I am conjured to another to horizontal racism, which comes from my fellow white nurses, the microaggression, the conscience, and conscience bias when it comes to abiding by the policies and the procedures. White staff can't do no wrong, but when their mistakes are too obvious, they get away with it. Because their white peers cover for them, they gave excuses as they are tired, or they are going through a lot in their personal lives, or they are the new staff. Me as a black RN, I am not held by the same standard. From my white fellow nurses' perspective, If I make a mistake, it's because I am lazy, I don't care for my patients, or I just want to break the rules, or I am not competent, or I am not skilled. If I dare call them on their double standard then I am an angry black woman, I am difficult to work with, I am aggressive, I am violent, or I am intimidating. Then all the white staff will be mobbing against me and report me to the manager. The white colleagues act in their privileges, they believe they can talk to me disrespectfully and they expect to take silently. If I demand to be treated with respect, I become a violent and aggressive one. The worst is the hospital does not create any place for black staff to voice their struggles. If I say that my white colleagues are being racist by making racist jokes about my hair; like if I am being electrified to have an afro, my skin, my culture, my food. Even if I complained, I have been told by the manager that the intention was not malicious. when being racist was not malicious? My white colleagues told if I am going to play the race card and feel that they are racist, my place is not the Ottawa hospital and I do not belong there. As a black RN, I see my work being questioned by white colleagues who have no knowledge and experience to question my work. The only experience these colleagues have is their skin color. As a black RN, my assignment must be heavier than my white colleagues. As a black RN, I will be called to go do bloodwork and insert IV on black patients as my fellow white nurses cannot see the veins on black patients. And I am not the only one. Yes in 2020, as a black RN with a master's degree and a PhD, I can only be the bedside nurse in a research hospital like TOH while my fellow white RNs with a diploma are in management positions. It's a message the hospital sends me as I am only good to work on the floor, but yet my knowledge and experience are being used and abused. So let me get this straight, a white RN with a diploma is more competent, more skilled, more knowledgeable than a black RN with a PhD. Even as a bedside nurse, I would get the worst shifts after the white nurses get the best shifts This is the systemic racism we need to fight in Canada. Because the system was built to keep black people at the bottom of the barrel. This the type of racism we need to dismantle not only with discussions but with concrete actions. We cannot dismantle racism when you have no inclusion and diversity. I am not talking about affirmative action, where a white institution hires one person of color to say that they are not racist. See as a black RN, I have the administration knee on my neck and I have been trying to breathe at TOH for the past 7 years and I CANNOT breathe. This type of racism is killing black people slowly. We don't die instantly we die with a slow death. This racism breaks me to my core. But yet I have to fake a smile to show up to work, if I don't smile, my white colleagues will call me ANGRY BLACK WOMAN. The institution does everything to make me feel that I don't, belong in their vicinity, that I don't matter, I feel undervalued, underappreciated, underestimated, I feel unwelcomed.
Happy Nursing Week to all of the incredible nurses working tirelessly to protect our community! These challenging times have brought to the forefront how selfless, caring and dedicated nurses are. We can't thank them enough for all that they do, today and every day!

We'll be featuring nurses from The Ottawa Hospital and their stories throughout the week. Stay tuned!

Have you thanked a nurse today?

Read some of The Ottawa Hospital's frontline stories, including nurses, during the COVID-19 pandemic: https://bit.ly/35PUojg

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My neighbour Taiya is making mask straps (that go behind your head to attach mask loops to save your ears!). She is making them out of rainbow looms and has a variety of colours to choose from. She is happily donating these to anyone who can use them. If you are interested please let me know and I will put you in touch with her! 💜
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We’re sharing some gratitude during Staff Appreciation Week!

Some well-deserved gratitude goes to the folks at Gabriel Pizza for providing staff with delicious pizza throughout the week! 🍕

Who are you grateful for?

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That's a wrap on day 1 of Staff Appreciation Week... and we're just getting started!

How many slices will be served this week? Gabriel Pizza will donate over 28,000 slices of pizza to staff at The Ottawa Hospital, as a way of saying thank you for their hard work throughout the year.

Want to win a more pizza? Share a pic of your delicious Gabriel Pizza at Staff Appreciation Week, using the hashtag for your chance to win a $25 gift card to Crust & Crate Fast Fired Pizza Pub or Gabriel Pizza!

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