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In August 2003 the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO) organized their first OpenSpace-Online® conference. The professional association is representing 20,000 registered nurses in Canada, Ontario.

Michelle Cooper, Change Facilitator and President of Integral Visions Consulting, approached RNAO with the concept of OpenSpace-Online®. The idea for organizing the real-time meeting was inspired by the SARS Hotline set up by RNAO. It came to their attention that many nurses were showing symptoms of "SARS Stress Disorder," which are similar to post traumatic stress. The title of the conference was: "After SARS: Coping in the New Health-Care Normal". The discussions during the event were rich and informative. The extensive OpenSpace-Online® conference documentation with all discussions and results was used by RNAO to plan professional development activities to support nurses and to inform the RNAO´s report on the nursing experience with SARS. And one more good news is, that RNAO is planning to use OpenSpace-Online® again.

The "Registered Nurse Journal" of RNAO published the following article about this event:

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