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'Wednesday, March 1,/1989 TERRACE BAY/SCHREIBER NEWS - Page 9 Nurses to Nurses are to have a greater voice in the administration and planning of their hospital's activi- ties, Health Minister Elinor Caplan has announced. Under an amendment to the reg- ulation which governs hospital administration, Ontario's 223 pub- lic hospitals will be required to pass bylaws to include representatives from both nursing administration and staff nurses on various hospital committees including those of patient care, utilization review, and emergency planning. : Nurses will also take part in implementing and operating hospi- tal programs including occupation- al health and safety and health surveillance. In addition, they will sit on the new fiscal advisory com- mittees which hospitals are required to establish under another amendment to the regulation. Staff nurse representatives will be elected to the committees by nursing staff to ensure a full partici- patory process. "A successfully run hospital is a partnership in decision-making between the administration and the professional staffs. Giving staff nurses a voice in administrative, financial, operational and planning decisions in their hospitals will Strengthen the partnership and broaden the base from which deci- sions are made," Caplan said. Four reports were recently received on nursing issues from the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, the Hospital Council of Metropolitan Toronto, the Ontario Nurses' Association, and the Ministry's Advisory Committee on play Nursing Manpower. All four addressed the workplace issue. "One very important way to improve worklife quality is to give people a voice in decision-making," said Caplan. "It is also a very good way of getting valuable input into a hospi- tal's administrative decisions." The minister also said that addi- tional nursing involvement in hos- pital decision-making will be con- sidered under the wide-ranging Inquiry will take place into} review of the Public Hospitals Act which is about to begin. The introduction of a fiscal advisory committee arosé out of the conjoint review which looked into hospital operations in July 1988. . The review committee recom- mended that hospitals develop strengthened financial planning capabilities. It also emphasized the need for hospitals to operate as a partnership of their administrative staff and their care-giving staff. greater role in running of hospitals - Minister The financial advisory commit tee, composed of representative from the administration, the medi- cal staff and the nursing staff, will make recommendations to the hos- pital board on a wide range of mat- ters relating to the operation and staffing of a hospital. "This committee will help address both the need for enhanced financial planning capability and the fostering of a partnership withi hospitals," Caplan said. school's religious educatio Dr. Glenn Watson, former direc- tor of education for the Brant County Board of Education, will conduct a Ministerial Inquiry into religious education in the public elementary schools, Education Minister Chris Ward has announced. "This government believes there is an important role for religious education in the public elementary schools," Mr. Ward said. "While this view is shared by many reli- gious groups, parents and educa- tors, opinions differ on what should be contained in an appropriate poli- cy on religious education." "I have asked Dr. Watson to conduct extensive consultation with interested parties during his inquiry, and it is my expectation that he will solicit their input through a public process." The regulation governing reli- gious education in public schools was introduced in 1944, and a review, in consultation with the many groups which make up Ontario's multicultural society, is "timely, appropriate and useful," Ward said. The need for a review is under- lined by recent developments, including the creation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, its interpretation by the courts, and the passage last year of a resolution by the Legislature to consider for Ontario schools a multi-grade, multifaith religious education curriculum. Dr. Watson's will complete: * A review of the existing poli- cy with respect to religious educa- tion; * The identification of curricu- lum options for an appropriate reli- gious education policy for the pub- lic elementary schools which responds to the multicultural and multifaith nature of the population of the province; * The identification of appropri- ate teacher preparation strategies to support the teaching of religious education; and * The delivery of recommenda- tions with regard to the adoption of an appropriate religious education 'policy for Ontario. Dr. Watson will report and make recommendations to the minister by January 31, 1990. "This mandate outlines a very interesting project, and I am both pleased and excited to have the opportunity to be involved in this challenging task, which focuses on an important issue in education today," Dr. Watson said. Dr. Watson's inquiry office is at 1200 Bay Street, 11th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, MSR 2A5. 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