Spenceley said that CARNA held a variety of events for the centennial. “We have one hundred centennial nurses who were nominated by their peers for their excellence in practice and their contributions to the profession, so that was a major announcement. We had a major research conference Edmonton last March, celebrating nursing knowledge and celebrating nursing’s contribution to health and health policy. There was a contest for nursing students to create a multimedia presentation about the history of the profession and moving into the future. And there’s a couple of big celebratory galas coming up in October, in Calgary and Edmonton.”
Spenceley said that she thinks the future of nursing will come with a return to community nursing. “Now as I look forward in the profession, I think we’re rediscovering that in order to promote health things need to come full circle, with a return to the community. We’ve always been in the community, but the bulk of registered nurses tend to work in the hospitals, and now we’re starting to see much more of a push back towards community, back towards where people live and work, which is the whole primary care reform movement” said Spenceley. “I think over the next twenty-five years there’s going to be a real renaissance in community based care.”
“Nursing’s history is Alberta’s history, and every step of the way nurses have been there. There have been some tough times in Alberta, and we’re going through some tough times. But registered nurses step up. We’re there, and we always will be.”
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