Nurse Entrepreneurship, Influence and Advocacy with Dr Sharrica Miller

Today on the podcast we are honoured to be joined by Mike Villeneuve, RN MSc, the Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Nurses Association.

With four decades of progressive experience, Mike has participated in health care delivery as a nursing attendant, staff RN, nurse-in-charge in a remote First Nation, clinical instructor, clinical nurse specialist, manager, researcher, lecturer, consultant, author and administrator. As CEO, he leads CNA’s operations which include 139,000 members across all 13 Canadian provinces and territories and the headquarters team in Ottawa. In his role, he is leading implementation of a forward-leaning vision for professional nursing in Canada and the services needed in the future at CNA to support that transformation.

Episode Highlights

We start by talking about Mike’s early introduction to nursing through his mother and go on to discuss:

How the CNA advocates for the profession * The importance of volunteering on boards * Taking advantage of workshop opportunities * How not only doctors provide primary care * Policy solutions for the next generation of nurses * Speaking with confidence on a particular subject