/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - Ontario Nurses' Association President in Toronto Tomorrow, Celebrates Nursing Week with Sunnybrook RNs/

TORONTO, May 8, 2012 /CNW/ - Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) President Linda Haslam-Stroud, RN will meet with front-line nurses from Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre tomorrow as part of Nursing Week 2012.

Haslam-Stroud will attend an annual Nursing Week dinner and meet with ONA members.

Nursing Week is held each year to coincide with the birthday of nurse Florence Nightingale. ONA has chosen the theme "Value the Invaluable" for Nursing Week 2012, and Haslam-Stroud will be reminding members and the public to recognize that dollar for dollar, nurses are the best value in health care today. Nurses are under more pressure than ever as austerity measures squeeze health care budgets.

ONA is the union representing 59,000 front-line RNs and allied health professionals and more than 13,000 nursing student affiliates providing care in Ontario hospitals, long-term care facilities, public health, the community, industry and clinics.

Who:	Ontario Nurses' Association President Linda Haslam-Stroud, RN
What:	Meet & greet, Nursing Week dinner with front-line RNs from Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
When:	Wednesday, May 9, 2012 from 6:30 to 9:00 pm
Where:	Spirali's Banquet Hall, 888 Don Mills Road, Toronto, ON

 

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Ontario Nurses' Association:

Sheree Bond [phone], ext. 2430; cell: [phone]; e-mail:[email protected]

Melanie Levenson [phone], ext. 2369; e-mail: [email protected]