VON celebrates 100th anniversary CMAJ 1997;156:629 © 1997 Canadian Medical Association The CMA has extended congratulations to the Victorian Order of Nurses, which marked 100 years of community nursing in Canada during National VON week in January. Perhaps best known for its in-home care, the VON's 7000 nurses visit thousands of Canadian homes each year to provide general nursing, palliative care, intravenous therapies, care for new mothers and postsurgery patients, and other services. Health promotion and support services are other important functions. Its second century will bring unprecedented challenges, the VON said in a news release, as cuts to health care funding force more sick and recovering patients into the community without a corresponding budget increase for home and community care. Send a letter to the editor responding to this article Envoyez une lettre à la rédaction au sujet de cet article | CMAJ March 1, 1997 (vol 156, no 5) / JAMC le 1er mars 1997 (vol 156, no 5) | / >