Comments on: Canadian Nurses Association Lobby Day on Parliament Hill: Insights on Nursing as a Political Act

By: Anne

Anne — Sat, 13 Dec 2014 18:48:03 +0000

If we're all talking about and doing the same thing, we'll never finish anything. I gree with the comments that this was a fine blog.

I thought health care was under provincial responsibility?

By: Sally Thorne

Sally Thorne — Fri, 12 Dec 2014 01:34:45 +0000

The work of advancing the nursing profession so that it can play its rightful role in solving the health challenges of the population must always be fought on many fronts simultaneously. Never an 'either-or' situation. We can be totally proud that BC nurses were so well represented on the Hill for this important occasion, demonstrating the ideas and commitment that we bring to the ongoing dialogue on the future of health systems. And we can also fully empathize with the nurses and physicians confronting the awful situation that occurred in our province, continuing to work in collaboration with our colleagues across all of the nursing organizations to ensure that safe working conditions are always a priority. When we allow division to come between us, we lose the collective power that has the potential to make us strong. I vote for choosing optimism over despair, as it gives us the best possible chance to be the force for change of which we know we are capable.

By: Angie

Angie — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 22:37:16 +0000

In reply to Janice. I disagree with you Janice. Every organization has it's own way of being. I thought the students comments were great.

By: Dibbie Doo

Dibbie Doo — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 22:36:11 +0000

I like that there are some blogs on here that make me think and others that tell me what's going on.

Why not both kinds?

By: Janice

Janice — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 22:15:43 +0000

Last week another B.C. nurse got beaten up at work. BCNU was all over the story and on the news, calling for better protection for nurses, like a mama bear when her cubs are in danger. Nurses appreciate and applaud the Union in trying to make sure that we aren't injured or killed on the job.

ARNBC meanwhile, publishes a blog about how important and special you are? Really?

I've loved many of the thoughtful policy and opinion blogs nurses have contributed here and I look forward to reading them. Instead of bragging, this blog could have been an excellent assessment of hill day - what would you do differently, what worked, what didn't work, what are our plans to replicate this in BC, how do you build an elevator speech. It could have been a blog that mattered to those of us who aren't special enough to be part of your club.

So do better.