CNO’s commitment to public safety is your commitment, too. In a recent report CNO submitted to the Ministry of Health, you can find details of the ways we all worked to protect patients in 2021.

In June, CNO will welcome 15 nurses to its committees. These nurses will help CNO protect the public through safe nursing practice by assisting with essential CNO work.

This National Nursing Week, held from Monday, May 9 – Sunday, May 15, CNO joins its partners in the health care system in thanking nurses for all their contributions to safe patient care.

Nursing Week is arriving at an extraordinary time for Ontario’s 183,785 nurses and the public who relies on them for quality care. COVID-19 continues to impact the health care system in many different ways and Ontario’s nurses are continuing to answer the call — the theme of Nursing Week 2022 — with a deep commitment to patient safety in communities across Ontario.

CNO is expanding its Supervised Practice Experience Partnership (SPEP) program to include nurses returning to practice. Initially offered to new applicants in January, SPEP now includes nurses returning to practice, to help increase nursing resources across the province.