FPNANS News & Events
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In this area you will find news items from various sources and information on FPNANS events throughout the year. If you have any suggestions for news that might be of interest to FPNANS Members - please contact us.
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Posted: 03.31.11
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With many family practice teams across the province adopting electronic medical records (EMR) in family practices, some concerns related to how the system records nursing documentation have come to the forefront. Family practice nurses (FPN) have expressed concern that the EMR records documentation in such a manner that it might appear that the FPN has prescribed a drug or made a diagnosis. The reason for this is that in some EMRs the FPN’s name is attached to these activities. This has resulted in some nurses feeling uncomfortable in documenting the diagnosis or printing the prescription. In these highly collaborative team practices, this can have an impact on patient care, efficiency, and productivity.
In response to this concern, key stakeholders from the Department of Health and Wellness (including PHIM) were consulted about the best approach.
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Posted: 02.07.11
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To join our Mailing List or advertise an event, workshop, share resources, information or just a good news story in the Breastfeeding Community of Practice’s E-Newsletter, please let us know by emailing keely.fraser@cdha.nshealth.ca or phone (902) 481-5886.
Our Next Community of Practice Meeting is February 17, 2011 (1-4pm)
Chebucto Community Health Team Office
Spryfield Shopping Centre
16, Dentith Road, Spryfield, NS, B3R 2H9
Tel: (902) 487-0690
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Updated: 09.22.10
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In October, 2007, the Family Practice nurses professional practice council was established with the assistance of an "Improving nursing practice grant" from Capital Health. With the leadership of an energetic group of family practice nurses from diverse practices (Health centres, academic centres and fee for service practices) much has been accomplished.
Over the past 3 years, the group has been working on defining the need for medical directives and developing these medical directives to be shared with nurses from around the province. These directives will provide a valuable resource for nurses working in family practice. These are available through this website and will also be included in the Canadian Nurses Association online Toolkit for nurses in family practice.
Currently the group is working on defining practice around INR management and insulin adjustment. The committee has worked closely with the College of Registered Nurses (CRNNS) and would like to thank Anne Fraser for her support and expertise.
Current members are:
Daralynn MacLean - chair
Carol Todd
Tracey Longley
Jane Vallee
Trish MacEachern
Corrine Hodder-Malloy
Denise Penny
Tammy Roode
Patsy Smith
Sharon Lawlor
Nancy MacNeil
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Posted: 06.04.10
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The CFPNA would like to remind members that our website (www.cfpna.ca) will soon become the primary communication tool for the CFPNA. New information is posted on the blog almost daily. If you have not had a chance yet, please check out our blog and consider creating a shortcut to the blog on your computer desktop.
Instructions to do this are posted on the blog. With one easy click every day you are able to do a quick check in to see what going on in the news, learn about new resources, find health tips and sometimes the occasional inspirational story.
All members are welcome to forward items to post on the blog to mallard@sbgh.mb.ca.
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Emergency Preparedness: A Starting Point is now available as an e-leaRNing module on the College of Registered Nurses of Nova Scotia website. Click on the e-learning button below and check it out. We look forward to your feedback
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Vol. 1 Issue 3 - November 2009
The CVHNS Bulletin has been created to share information about the program's activities, related cardiovascular health initiatives, and ideas from around the province - including resources for FPNs and updates on guidelines that may be helpful for curriculum updates.
For more information please visit the CVHNS website
at http://www.gov.ns.ca/health/cvhns/
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The Canadian Nurses Association, with the support of the Canadian Family Practice Nurses Association and other health-care partners, has launched CNA's Primary Care Toolkit. This online resource is easy to use and full of informative links that will help you build collaborative teams and optimize your primary care setting. For more information, please contact Lisa Ashley, nurse consultant.
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The Family Practice Nurses of Nova Scotia held their 3rd Annual Education Day and AGM titled "Harvest Time" October 17th, 2009 at the Holiday Inn in Truro N.S. Over 35 nurses from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Ontario were in attendance.
Topics featured included Infection Control, Pandemic Planning, Depression and Holistic Approaches to Menopause. A panel discussion featuring experts on Pandemic Planning, and the implementation of the H1N1 immunization program for Nova Scotia was a highlight of the day, and could not have come at a better time!
The AGM ushered in a new executive for the term of 2009-2011, who are eager to get to work planning next year’s event. Their contact information is posted on this website and please feel free to pass on your questions, suggestions and comments.
Special thanks to our industry partners and sponsors for the day. We could not have achieved this successful event without you. See you all in October 2010 - date TBA!
Erin MacDonald & Shirley Mack
Education Co-Chairs 2007-2009
See Also: Education Day Presentations
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[MP3 - RUNS 28:04 min - Right Click to Download]
It's not hard to find something to complain about in our health care system. Many people have no family doctor, for instance. And those who do often have trouble getting in to see them when they need to. A problem made worse by the panic over swine flu. This week on White Coat, Black Art, we look at some innovative steps taken by GP's to give quicker, and better, care. Nurses in family practice? Max loading? Group visitations, anyone?
For more visit: http://www.cbc.ca/whitecoat/index.html?copy-podcast
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This is a one-year, national interdisciplinary research training program funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) with representation from the disciplines of: Family Medicine, Nursing, Psychology, Social Work, Epidemiology, Pharmacy, Sociology and Education.
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It is time for us to celebrate as our association has reached an exciting milestone.
As many of you will remember, it was 2 years ago this June that a small group of dedicated family practice nurses gathered together in Truro, NS to establish the FPNANS. What a tremendous 2 years it has been!
We have 30 members to date this year with hopes that many more nurses will join. So much has been accomplished provincially and the momentum is growing nationally. The national Canadian Family Practice Nurses Association now has reached 100 members strong and other provinces like Manitoba and Alberta are beginning to organize and establish provincial family practice nursing associations....
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The Nationally recognized "Nursing in Your Family Practice" program is a program of support and resources for family practice nurses and physicians in family practice. Since the program was launched in March, 2007, 41 teams are now involved in the program from across Nova Scotia. For more information, please contact Primary Health Care @ 473-5645.
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