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December 7, 2017

Ontario government announces nurses to be covered under PTSD presumptive legislation

Media Release

ONA Celebrates Win for Front-Line Nurses:
Government announces nurses to be covered under PTSD presumptive legislation

December 6, 2017

The Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) is celebrating an announcement by the provincial government that nurses will be included in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) legislation.

“We are ecstatic that the government has decided to do the right thing and include front-line nurses in the presumptive legislation,” said ONA Provincial President Linda Haslam-Stroud, RN. “ONA has always known that nurses are in every way first responders and vulnerable to developing post-traumatic stress disorder. It’s a great day for nurses who work so hard to provide quality patient care.”

To read the full media release, visit ONA’s website.