WeRPN’s Five-Step Action Plan for Government Policymakers and Healthcare Leaders

Establish a harmonized provincial framework to ensure consistency in salary and benefits for RPNs across all health sectors, including Hospitals, Long-Term Care, and Home Care, to support robust recruitment and retention.

Establish a provincial strategy to adopt maximum nurse-to-patient staffing ratios and transparent workload reporting requirements across all healthcare settings to ensure patient safety and professional sustainability.

Require all healthcare employers to adopt a zero-tolerance framework that includes mandatory public reporting of violent incidents and protects nurses from professional reprisals when they speak out.

Provide permanent, provincial funding for specialized, barrier-free mental health and trauma supports tailored to the unique needs of the nursing workforce

Commit to the long-term, multi-year sustainability of the Nursing Education Initiative (NEI) and the Bridging Educational Grant in Nursing (BEGIN) to ensure RPNs have uninterrupted access to career advancement and specialized clinical education.