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. You can also subscribe to the FPNANS-News Mailing List to receive occasional updates by e-mail. If you have any suggestions for news that might be of interest to FPNANS Members - please contact us.
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FPNANS Calendar of Events - May - June 2010 [PDF]
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Posted: 08.25.10
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The Family Practice Nurses of Nova Scotia will hold their 4th annual Education Day and AGM “Harvest Time”, Saturday, September 25th at the Holiday Inn, 437 Prince St, Truro, Nova Scotia from 8:30-15:30. Topics include GERD, Chronic Pain, and Breastfeeding Issues and Challenges. Registration costs are: $60.00 for FPNANS members, $90.00 for non members, and $25.00 for students.
For those requiring overnight accommodation, a limited number of rooms have been set aside at a conference rate of $119.00 plus tax for the night of September 24th. The deadline for booking rooms at this rate is September 16th. Call 1-866-863-3351 to make your reservation. Directions can be found on the hotel website.
To register please send a cheque payable to Family Practice Nurses of Nova Scotia to: Corinne Hodder Malloy, RN Professional Development Center , Room 235, Bethune Building, VG Site, 1276 South Park St., Halifax, N.S. B3H 2Y9. Email Corinne.hodder-malloy@cdha.nshealth.ca.
Please join us for this wonderful education and networking opportunity!
Download the Brochure & Agenda in PDF format.
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Posted: 08.24.10
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Yarmouth Centre for Sexual Health and Public Health Services in partnership with the Nova Scotia Association for Sexual Health is presenting the ‘Healthy Sexuality Is…….’ Conference NOVEMBER 17 and 18, 2010.
Topics will include: examining our values and judgments about sexuality, creating safe spaces, tools for teaching sexuality to youth or people with intellectual disabilities, hypersexualization, sexual health trends, supporting our youth to make informed sexual health decisions, and more.
For more information please contact:
Michele: yarmouth@nssexualhealth.ca
or Nanette: ncomeau@swndha.nshealth.ca
or visit www.nssexualhealth.ca
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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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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 2 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:
Nancy MacNeil - chair
Daralynn MacLean - treasurer/project developer
Patsy Smith - past-chair
Carol Todd
Tanya Magee
Tracey Longley
Sharon Lawlor
Patricia MacEachern
Tammy Roode
Denise Penny
Corinne Hodder-Malloy
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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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Contact FPNANS
35 Basinview Drive, Bedford
Nova Scotia Canada B4A 3W9
Tel (902) 835-0162
Fax (902) 832-7100
info@fpnans.ca
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