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Issue # 7: September 2011

�dition # 7: Septembre 2011

CASN News / Les nouvelles de l'ACESI 

council 1 CASN COUNCIL MEETING 2011

 Registration Now Open!

Graduate Studies & NP Educators Forum: November 14th, 2011 
 
Early Bird Deadline October 7th, 2011

 

Elections are open 

 

  • CASN Board of Directors (5 positions vacant) 
  • Committee on Nominations and Awards (1 position vacant)
  • CASN Accreditation Bureau (2 positions vacant)
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    Book your Hotel room at the Hilton Lac Leamy by October 12th, 2011 to get our amazing room rate of $149.00.  For more information... 

     

    R�UNION DU CONSEIL 2011

     

    Inscription Ouvertes

    �tudes sup�rieures et Formatrices d'infirmi�res praticiennes: le 14 novembre, 2011
     
    P�riode des inscriptions h�tives le 7 octobre, 2011
     
     

     Les �lections sont ouvertes

    • Mises en candidature au Conseil d'administration de l'AC�SI (5 postes vacants
    • Membre du Comit� des mises en candidature (1 poste vacant)
    • Mise en candidature pour le Bureau d'agr�ment(2 postes vacants)

    R�servez votre chambre d'h�tel au Hilton Lac Leamy avant le 12 octobre 2011 afin de b�n�ficier du tarif de 149,00$.  Suite...

     

     

     

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    CALL FOR ABSTRACT FOR THE NURSING RESEARCH CONFERENCE IS NOW OPEN !!!

     

     

    You are invited to submit an abstract for the upcoming 2012 CASN Nursing Research Conference.

     

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     SPECIAL PROJECTS UPDATE

     

     

    The CASN Palliative and End-of-Life Care project sent representatives to the Canadian Hospice and Palliative Care Conference from September 8-11 in St. John's, Newfoundland. Dr. Cynthia Baker participated as a panelist at the Symposium on Interprofessional Palliative and End-of-Life Care competencies. CASN distributed 200 copies of the newly completed Palliative and End-of-Life Care Entry-to-Practice Competencies and Indicators for Registered Nurses.


    The Nursing Research Consortium (CASN, CNA, CNF, ACEN, and CANR) held a consultation with the Canadian Academy of Health Science nursing fellows on September 16th in Ottawa, Ontario. The Consortium gathered feedback from the CAHS fellows on their proposed strategic directions. 
     

     

    Nursing Notes / Notes infirmi�res

    HEALTHACHIEVE


    With an expected 50 educational sessions and 250 speakers of the highest quality, this year's HealthAchieve will again be the largest event of its kind in North America. Also, don't miss the opportunity to see Michael J. Fox speak at the conference !


    For more information, please visit the HEALTHACHIEVE site

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    2010-2013 QU�BEC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION STRATEGY ANNOUNCED BY THE GOUVERNMENT OF QU�BEC 

     

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    LEAN HEALTH CARE GREEN BELT: ONLINE AND BLENDED LEARNING PROGRAMS 

     

    The Ontario Hospital Association (OHA) in partnership with The Leading Edge Group is pleased to offer this certification course for Lean Health Care Green Belt in either an online format or blended learning (classroom and online) format. 

     

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    LE REGROUPEMENT EN SOINS DE SANT� PERSONNALIS�S: RECENSEMENT DES SOUS-PROJETS POTENTIELS

     

    Suite au financement que le gouvernement qu�b�cois a investit pour appuyer l'Initiative qu�b�coise de soins de sant� personnalis�s (SSP), le Regroupement qu�b�cois en SSP souhaite recenser rapidement les diff�rents sous-projets potentiels dans ce domaine qui pourraient s'inscrire dans le cadre du Projet mobilisateur en SSP.

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    THE QU�BEC NETWORK FOR PERSONALIZED HEALTHCARE: MOBILIZING PROJECTS IN PERSONALIZED HEALTHCARE

     

    Following the funding that the Qu�bec government invested to support a personalized healthcare (PHC) initiative, the Qu�bec Network for personalized healthcare is conducting a Project Census to determine various potential PHC sub-projects driven by specific objectives and which could be carried out as part of the mobilizing project.

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    2011 NATIONAL FORUM "SUSTAINING A HEALTHY FUTURE: FROM INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE TO CULTURAL SAFETY"

     

    This Forum provides opportunities for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Nurses to come together to share, support, and network and link our knowledge across a wide variety of diverse, yet overlapping health topics. 

     

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    ALLERGEN EMERGING CLINICIAN-SCIENTIST RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP AWARD 

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    DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS CANADA: LIVE THE EXPERIENCE!

      

    Both medical and non-medical professionals are invited to afternoon presentations in order to learn more about how they can join MSF's pool of dedicated aid workers.

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    M�DECINS SANS FRONTI�RE (MSF) CANADA: VIVEZ L'EXP�RIENCE!

     

    En tant que professionnel m�dical et non m�dical, vous �tes invit�s � participer � des s�ances d'informations qui vous permettront d'en apprendre davantage sur la fa�on dont vous pouvez faire partie du r�seau de travailleurs humanitaires d�vou�s de MSF.

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    DIABETES EDUCATOR COURSE: FALL 2011

     

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    QUALITY IMPROVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT IN CRITICAL CARE 

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    Upcoming Events / �v�nements � venir

     

    Quality improvement and Performance Measurement in Critical Care 

    October 4, 2011

    Toronto, Ontario

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    2011 Health Care Human Resources Symposium

    October 5, 2011

    Toronto, Ontario

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     Using Social Media in Health Care: an Online Workshop for Managers

    October 17 to November 20, 2011

    Online Workshop

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     Second Interprofessional Forum on Patient Safety Issues for Rehabilitation Professionals

    October 17, 2011

    Toronto, Ontario

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    Excellent Care for All: Evidence Based Practice and

    Quality Improvement Conference

    October 18-19, 2011

    Toronto, ON

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    HealthAchieve

    November 7-9, 2011

    Toronto, ON

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     Nursing Explorations 2011

    November 10, 2011

    Montreal, Quebec

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    Sannam Biennial Conference and AGM

    November 16-19, 2011 

    Gaborone, Botswana

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    The Development of Children's Mental Health: How

    do we become who we are?

    February 2-4, 2012

    Vancouver, BC

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    Fifth National Biennial Conference on Adolescents

    and Adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

    April 18-21, 2012

    Vancouver, BC

    More...

     

    Child and Youth Mental Health Matters

    May 6-8, 2012

    Vancouver, BC

    More...

     

    International Nursing Conference - Nursing:

    Caring to Know, Knowing to Care

    June 4-7, 2012

    Jerusalem, Israel

    More...

     

    NETNEP 2012 - 4th International Nurse Education

    Conference

    June 17-20, 2012

    Baltimore, USA

    More...  

     

     

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