Speakers & Workshop Bios
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Kristen Cameron BA, MEd, Masters of Organizational Leadership
It's the Little Things That Matter
Over the span of my presentation I aim to demonstrate and show how much information, motivation, and strength I gained from my healthcare workers around my accident. Even though things were extraordinarily tough, the support I gained through nurses in particular has enabled me to get where I am today. I sincerely believe that without this support my rehabilitation path would not have been nearly as successful. I will give some background information about myself, briefly discuss my accident, and offer examples or stories of nurses who have made an impact. I also plan to discuss small ways nurses can make significant, positive differences in the lives of their patients. I would also like to field a couple questions from the audience assuming time permits.
Kristen Cameron was born and raised in Charlottetown, PEI. She attended Bowdoin College where she played NCAA hockey and completed her undergraduate degree in psychology. Kristen was named an All American her first year for her outstanding play as a defenseman for the polar bears. Upon graduation from Bowdoin, she pursued her masters in education at Castleton State College, where she was a graduate assistant for the women's hockey program. She later received her second masters degree in Organizational Leadership from Mercyhurst University, where she was assistant coach for the women's team.
On September 12, 2010 Kristen was struck from behind while cycling by a drunk driver who also fled the scene. She now has C-5 complete quadriplegia. Kristen has always felt a strong love and affinity for coaching and aims to continue down this path in the future. She is currently training as a dual sport athlete in both wheelchair racing and wheelchair rugby. She is supported by her parents, Brian as Joanne, siblings Craig and Jennifer, service dog, Fido and her friends. Kristen is a Paralympic hopeful in both sports and continues her athletic career with the same tenacity she was known for in the hockey rink.
Wendy Fucile RN, BScN, MPA, CHE
Nursing Far & Wide
You have spent time with each other over the last several days focused on the themes of pride, advocacy and leadership. I have been asked to pull that time to a close by speaking to these themes in the context of the future – what it may be what, what it could be, what it should be – and to do that in part by reflecting on the lessons learned over what is now more than 40 years in nursing. So …. Let’s see how that exploration goes and what new lands we might find together in the next few minutes.
Wendy Fucile is a lifelong Registered Nurse, committed to advocacy on behalf of patients, nurses and communities in and out of Ontario. Wendy obtained her BScN from the University of Western Ontario and a Masters in Public Administration (Health Care Policy) from Queens University. She is a Fellow in the CHSRF EXTRA program and a Certified Health Care Executive. Her clinical experience was primarily focused on mental health and visiting nursing, which she practiced in both Ontario and Nova Scotia. Early opportunities in management led Wendy into leadership roles in both the hospital and education sectors, including positions as the Vice President, Patient Care at Peterborough Regional Health Centre and first Dean of the Trent Fleming School of Nursing. Her passion for the profession of nursing and her commitment to advocacy as a core element of nursing, led her to serve as President of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario and as a Board Member of the Canadian Nurses Association. Wendy describes herself as ‘mostly retired’ which now includes teaching at Trent University in both first and fourth year courses as well as in the PEAK management certificate program at Fleming College. A long time wife, mother and now grandmother, Wendy enjoys her garden in the summer, curling in the winter and has become a passionate advocate on behalf of turtles, volunteering each week at the Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre. Honoured by the RNAO with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013, Wendy will be drawing on more than 40 years of nursing to reflect on the themes of pride, leadership and advocacy in a nursing profession moving into a rapidly changing and often uncertain future.
WORKSHOP BIOS
Furhan Azmat. Territory Manager at Wolters Kluwer Health for Ontario and Quebec, and Barry Wight, Regional Director at Wolters Kluwer Health, Canada.
Helping You Prepare for the NCLEX Exam
Lippincott PassPoint is the only NCLEX preparation tool officially endorsed by the CNSA. PassPoint provides nursing students a unique blend of content review, practice quizzes/exams and a predictive indicator of success on the NCLEX. This will be an interactive demonstration of Passpoint, a robust NCLEX preparation tool which helps nursing students in all aspects of preparing, writing, and passing the NCLEX exam.
Furhan has been working with Educators and students on how to find the best possible solutions for course and exam preparation for over 7 years. Currently, he is specializing in the field of Nursing and medicine within Ontario & Quebec.
Janson Chan BMSc, BScN Candidate
Autism Teenage Partnership, nursing and social entrepreneurship: How nursing students can make a difference
This workshop will feature a student-initiated program called Autism Teenage Partnership (ATP) in Toronto involving nursing and other professional students. This peer-mentorship model provides a much needed community-based weekly social support for teens with autism. Jansen will share the following:
1. Concepts of nursing and social entrepreneurship: how they intersect to provide a framework for ATP
2. Sharing of the partnership engagement experience for ATP
3. Describe the model of peer-mentorship in ATP
4. Fundraising strategies and social marketing for community-based health initiatives
5. Program developments and delivery for ATP
6. Implication for practice for community health nursing
Janson Chan is a graduate of bachelor of medical sciences from Western University in biochemistry of infection and immunity and currently a second-year student at York University in the second-entry nursing program. Using skills in community development, health promotion, and social determinants of health, Janson has led his team to establish much-needed community supports for teenagers with autism with our program, Autism Teenage Partnership (ATP). We have motivated, and trained university students from various disciplines to support these teens. Through ATP, Janson has engaged over 20 volunteers who regularly support over 25 participants across the GTA. We have had early success as parents and teens alike developed much needed social skills and parents enjoyed much needed respite time. For the past nine years, Janson has worked with the City of Toronto with at-risk children and youth. Inspired by his brother who has autism, he founded a clubs at the Western, York, and Ryerson called Autism Awareness with a membership of over 200 across Ontario. These clubs raised funds and awareness both on campus and the community-at-large. Janson is looking forward to the nursing field and his career where he can advocate for the disadvantaged and give voice to the vulnerable.
Aurrora DeMonte of the Canadian Family Health Collective. Senior Emotional Health Practitioner.
An Education in Emotion
The CFHC firmly believes that emotional health is the primary foundation for physical well-being. Learn how the emotional imprints of our past accumulate to create a patterned stress response in the body. Explore ways to identify these symptoms and several tools to relieve them. This workshop is also an important part of self-care for anyone in the helping profession.
Aurrora De Monte, Senior Emotional Health Practitioner at the Canadian Family Health Collective (CFHC) and is currently providing services at our Peterborough Ontario location. Aurrora holds a Degree from the University of Victoria in Child and Youth Care. She has completed her postgraduate training and internship and is certified as an Emotional Health Practitioner with the CFHC. Aurrora is additionally qualified as a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, a Marriage and Family Therapist, a Narrative Therapist and is a Professor at Sir Sandford Fleming College.
Robert Fraser, BScN MN RN, Principal Consultant – Rob D. Fraser & Associates Inc., Registered Nurse – Toronto General Hospital
Connecting Nurses: Learning How Social Media Can Advance Your Career
Rob’s session will focus on four main ideas:
1. Discuss opportunities and risks of social media
2. Review professional examples of social media
3. Explain how students can develop a professional presence online
4. Explore how social media can used to collaborate
Rob Fraser MN RN is a Registered Nurse, Writer and Digital Tool Strategist. He has experience working on innovation for government, research translation and knowledge mobilization in a healthcare technology start up, and advising hospitals, healthcare organizations, and a pharmaceutical company on the use of social media. He continues to work as a staff nurse in General Internal Medicine at Toronto General Hospital, a part of University Health Network.
While completing his Masters of Nursing, Rob published his first book. The Nurse’s Social Media Advantage, won an American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year award. He was also selected to join the Canadian Nurse’s Association’s inaugural Expert Commission on the future of healthcare, which published it’s report, A Call To Action, in June 2012. Before completing his undergraduate in nursing he created Nursing Ideas, a website for sharing nursing knowledge by connecting nursing students with leaders, researchers and innovators in healthcare.
Rob is a board member for VON Canada, and the National Chair of Emerging Health Leaders. He has also volunteered on local and international community development projects in Trinidad and Tobago, India and Cambodia.
Rob’s passion is working on projects focused on improving the utilization of digital tools to engage providers and patients in improving health and healthcare.
@rdjfraser
robertfraser.ca
Cyndi Gilmer RN DHlthSc, Assistant Professor, Compressed Program Coordinator, for the Trent Fleming School of Nursing
Break Out Session: “Am I a leader? I don’t know! --Demystifying leadership”
Leadership is one of those words we bandy about so frequently that it has almost lost its meaning. There is no one definition and many variations on a theme. As nurses entering the workforce you will be asked in interviews to describe your leadership abilities. Often the first thought is “am I a leader? I don’t know”. This workshop will help you identify leadership skills in yourself and begin to develop a repertoire of words and descriptions that you can use to market your leadership skills to potential employers. Let’s demystify the word and give it some practical meaning.
Cyndi has been a nurse for over 30 years, working in various clinical settings, primarily with a focus on women and children’s health. Her background also includes 15 years in hospital administration in a series of leadership and senior administration roles.
Currently she is a member of the Faculty at the Trent/Fleming School of Nursing, teaching a number of academic courses throughout the curriculum that are focused on leadership, advocacy and professionalism in nursing.
Cyndi is an active community-based researcher with two main areas of interest. The first is examining what supports parents need as they transition to parenthood (birth to 2 years of life) and the second is involves identifying the barriers for people who live in poverty accessing primary health care.
Cathy Graham RN, BScN, MSc.
“Coming out of the closet, and into the light- are you into mitts and shoes?”
Leadership and advocacy are inextricably linked. This interactive workshop will focus on ways of identifying, recognizing and building on your advocacy knowledge and skills in your personal, academic and professional lives. You will come away from the workshop with a clearer understanding and passion for taking advocacy where no nursing student has gone before!
My work in nursing education is informed by my philosophy that the personal is political and the axiom to Walk the Talk. I believe that being informed about the impact of current events is essential, and that students must been given opportunities to broaden their view of how the nursing profession is situated within complex social, political, cultural and economic contexts.
In 2009, the CNSA endorsed a Leadership Development resolution, which included "encouraging students to become involved in nursing leadership at the local, provincial, national and international level whether through CNSA or another nursing organization". The resolution also stated, "We know that nursing leadership is needed more now than ever as healthcare continues to evolve, patient acuity continues to rise and workplace issues steadily become more demanding".
Anya Gwynne, Prevention Services Worker with the Peterborough Aids Resource Network (PARN)
This Presentation is so “Gay”: Exploring Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity
This workshop is meant as an educational tool for service providers, health care workers and students to recognize the connection between marginalized identities and health outcomes. Using the social determinants of health framework we explore why there may be disparities related to health care for LGBTQ people and especially how health services that are not inclusive impact the lives of transgender people.
Anya Gwynne is an educator, writer and queer activist in Peterborough, ON. They currently facilitate the Rainbow Youth Program at PARN Your Community AIDS Resource Network and present dynamic workshops on several topics including safer sex, homonegativity, sexual orientation, gender identity and the development of safer spaces. They enjoy those challenging questions and difficult conversations that lead to new learning. Honors degree from Trent University, Professor at Fleming College, trained facilitator and speaker presenting more than 50 workshops in 2013 and recent outreach worker for LIHN 9 with Rainbow Health Ontario.
Amy Hallaran, RN, MScN
CNO 101 - Beginning Your Journey
Preparing to become a nurse requires an understanding of what it means to be a regulated health professional. In this 45-minute session, you will learn about the role of the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO), and engage in discussion about what it means to be regulated. A brief overview of professional accountabilities, potential contact points with the College that new nurses may have, opportunities for participating in regulation, and CNO resources will be provided to help you identify supports available from the College to inform nursing practice.
Amy’s background includes clinical practice is emergency nursing within community hospitals and tertiary care centres, and supporting professional practice of nurses working within hospitals through roles such as Professional Practice Leader and Director of Professional Practice. Amy has completed undergraduate and graduate education at the University of Ottawa, and continues to pursue education at Queen’s University. An outreach sector specific for Nurses Newly Registered began development in 2012, and is one method the College uses for reaching out to nurses. This sector supports nurses within their first two years of registration. The Outreach Consultant for this sector is Amy Hallaran, RN, who joined the College in 2012.
Monica Hlywka, RN, BScN: Regional Educator, Medical Surgical Services for the Niagara Health System
Professionalism and Professional Branding: Managing Your Practice
Professional image and or Brand is an essential component for the success of all health care providers but is often overlooked or underdeveloped by most. By the end of this engaging lecture you will appreciate the importance of Brand and be able to develop a plan for building your professional Brand The seminar will detail the importance of Brand for healthcare professionals, compare professionals with Brand and those without, outline key components of Brand, and provide strategies on how to build Brand.
Monica is an Honours graduate of Brock University. In her 28 years of nursing practice the majority has been within the critical care specialty. Monica’s current position at the Niagara Health System is to support the learning needs of newly hired and existing health care professionals. Her focus is mainly nurses within the medical, surgical, endoscopy and ambulatory clinics. In addition to her work within the hospital sector Monica works with high risk clients in her personal training and nursing business. She is a lifelong learner and is currently pursuing her Masters in Health Studies with an Education focus.
Christie Lee; BA; CCFE
“The Naked Chicken”- Understanding Vicarious Trauma and Compassion Fatigue
A career in nursing is a very rewarding experience, it has enormous rewards and allows for compassionate care-givers to connect with individuals at their most vulnerable moments. But where do we put this information when we go home to our families at the end of a shift? How do you create that separation from work and home while still staying engaged and compassionate? This workshop will examine the signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue, resiliency factors and practical self care solutions so that we may better be prepared for a life long and rewarding career within the nursing field.
Christie Lee is a certified Compassion Fatigue Educator. She has been employed with the Peterborough Lakefield Community Police Service for the past 14 years, both as a Special Constable and Victim Services Coordinator. Christie has a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Law from York University and is currently completing her Victimology post graduate certificate through Algonquin College. Christie approaches life with an optimistic attitude and everyday attempts to live life with compassion for self in conjunction with compassion for others.
Michele McIntosh, RN, PhD
A Shot in the Dark? The ethics of school-based Gardasil vaccination programs
Canadian girls conflate HPV and HIV. They are also confused about the HPV or Gardasil vaccination, thinking it prevents HIV. Canadian girls between the ages of 16 and 25 represent the greatest number of new cases of HIV infection in Canada. Is there a relationship between poor knowledge of human papilloma virus, human immunodeficiency virus, HPV vaccination and sexual health practices that increase risk of HIV? What are nurses’ ethical obligations within the context of vaccination programs? Are current nursing practices promoting adolescent health within this context?
“We don’t do prostitutes” —Sex work as occupational exclusion from health care.
This session we will discuss the health care needs of sex workers and the mechanisms of their exclusion from the health care system. Health promoting strategies to care for women engaged in sex work will be discussed.
Dr. Michele J. McIntosh, RN PhD is an Assistant Professor at the Trent-Fleming School of Nursing. Her clinical nursing expertise is primarily in the realms of women’s sexual health and pediatric abuse and neglect. A certified Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner she has worked at the Domestic Violence Care Centre at Women’s College Hospital and was on the Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Team at the Hospital for Sick Children. She was among the team recipients of the Excellence in Women’s Health Award at the Bay Centre for Birth Control. She completed a CIHR Strategic Fellowship at the International Institute for Qualitative Methodology and
a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the School of Geography at McMaster University. Her research focuses upon women’s health, qualitative research methodology and ethics. Current projects explore the ethics of the Gardasil vaccination program, Canada’s criminalization of HIV-positive breastfeeding mothers and the barriers to health care faced by sex workers.
Meaghen Regts, RN, BScN, MHSc
Spot The Hazards!
This experience is an introduction to a home health visit. It exaggerates the potential hazards one might find in a home safety assessment. This activity will take place in our simulated apartment. Students engaging in this activity will have the opportunity to practice observational skills and discuss the safety implications of the hazards for both visitors to the home and the individual living there. No previous experience in this field is required to enjoy this learning opportunity.
Labor & Delivery
This experience will take place in our simulated labour and delivery room. Learners engaged in this experience will have the opportunity to support a mother through the various stages of labour. We will be using Noelle our birthing mannequin or Momma Natalie (manual labour belly). Learners will have the opportunity to be hands on during the birthing process working alongside a Labour and Delivery nurse. No previous experience in this field is required to enjoy this learning opportunity.
Meaghen Regts graduated from the Trent/Fleming School of Nursing in 2006. Completed a Master’s Degree in Health Sciences at University of Ontario Institute of Technology in 2012. I have worked in various positions over the years from community visiting nurse to hospital staff RN. Currently I am the Clinical Learning Centre Coordinator at Trent University. I am passionate about engaging learners in various teaching/learning/assessing modalities. My latest project has been working with the MTCU grant for collaboration in simulation with Nursing Schools in Ontario.
Liz Stone, Executive Director Niijkiwendidaa Anishnaabekwewag Services Circle, Traditional Knowledge Carrier
Maada`ookii – Sharing with each other
Honouring cultural worldviews and practices, through culturally informed approaches to health, are the most effective treatment practices for Indigenous peoples (Tempier et al, 2011). Participants will come together in the spirit of sharing our different health philosophies, knowledge and practices with a commitment to being mindful of power dynamics, holding the health & wellbeing of Indigenous communities in our hearts, and providing culturally relevant, competent and safe services. This workshop with begin to offer practitioners from the dominant approaches to wellbeing into traditional health practices and Indigenous life ways here on Turtle Island.
Liz Stone is an Anishnaabe and Lenne Lenape Woman, Turtle Clan, member of Aamjiwnaang First Nation and Biidaassige (Michigan), currently residing in Peterborough ON. Liz has been working in the Aboriginal Community in excess of 20 years. She has worked with children, youth and adults in the fields of sexual abuse, family violence, addiction and mental health, Violence Against Aboriginal Women, the Legacy of Residential Schools, and Indigenous Governance. She is a leader in integrating Traditional and Western healing & wellness practices for the health of Indigenous People and Indigenous Communities. Currently Liz facilitates training session for service providers in the helping fields that assist them in delivering safe, competent and respectful services to Indigenous People of Turtle Island.
Jane Tyerman, RN, BA, MScN, PhD
Evaluation of an unresponsive patient simulation module for undergraduate nursing students.
Despite having CPR and First Aid certification, undergraduate nursing students may not be confident or proficient in performing critical assessments and interventions for an unresponsive patient by graduation. These topics were introduced as non-academic requirements prior to entering the BScN yet many students lacked perceived confidence when asked if they had the skills and knowledge to assess the unresponsive patient. Nursing student may be the first to find an unresponsive patient in a clinical setting. As a result, a high-fidelity patient simulation learning opportunity was implemented undergraduate nursing students on the critical assessment and interventions for an unresponsive patient.
A faculty member of the Trent Fleming School of Nursing, Dr. Jane Tyerman has extensive experience and research in the area of critical care nursing. Her teaching philosophy centers on an active approach that facilitates understanding through the exploration of meaning, application and critical thinking. She believes that students can learn from each other in an environment that balances structure with interactive learning. She is dedicated to the success of nursing students, both in and out of the classroom. It is her goal to improve student achievement with quality and multi-dimensional instruction that prepares nursing students to excel within the field of healthcare. Her work experience as trauma nurse for over 20 years and her teaching background using high fidelity simulation has driven her current research.
Katherine Wallace, RN, RM, MHS, BHc (Midwifery), BScNProgram Manager, Smoking Cessation & Jennifer Tiberio MN, NP-PHC RNAO Smoking Cessation Coordinator
Applying the 4A’s to your smoking cessation intervention
Are you a nursing student who is interested in promoting better health for your clients? If so, you are invited to an educational workshop presented by the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario to assist you in helping your clients go tobacco-free. Learn how to approach the topic of tobacco cessation with your clients and increase your familiarity with smoking cessation best practices. All attendees will receive a copy of the RNAO’s Smoking Cessation Best Practice Guideline and other related resources designed to help you build your skills in smoking cessation intervention. Come join us for this interactive workshop.If we were to do a second workshop we could either repeat this one or do one focusing on pre and postnatal women as this is another component of RNAO’s Smoking Cessation Initiative.
Katherine Wallace is the Program Manager for Smoking Cessation at the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. She is a Registered Nurse with a experience working in a birthing suite at Lakeridge Health Oshawa and previously as a clinical and simulation lab instructor at Trent University. Additionally Katherine is a Registered Midwife and has practiced for over ten years In London, Ontario. She has also taught a research course at Ryerson University at the Midwifery Education Program. She holds a Masters in Health Studies from Athabasca University. Presently she is co-facilitating a series of workshops across the province with RNAO focusing on pre and postnatal women and their families and smoking cessation.
Jennifer Tiberio graduated as an RN from York University in 2006. She subsequently obtained her Master of Nursing Degree from the University of Toronto in 2008 and her Nurse Practitioner Certificate from Ryerson University in 2010. Her experience as both a nurse and nurse practitioner has been primarily in family practice with the North York Family Health Team. She currently works with the RNAO as a Smoking Cessation Coordinator assisting health professionals and organizations to implement and utilize smoking cessation best practices.
Kristen Cameron BA, MEd, Masters of Organizational Leadership
It's the Little Things That Matter
Over the span of my presentation I aim to demonstrate and show how much information, motivation, and strength I gained from my healthcare workers around my accident. Even though things were extraordinarily tough, the support I gained through nurses in particular has enabled me to get where I am today. I sincerely believe that without this support my rehabilitation path would not have been nearly as successful. I will give some background information about myself, briefly discuss my accident, and offer examples or stories of nurses who have made an impact. I also plan to discuss small ways nurses can make significant, positive differences in the lives of their patients. I would also like to field a couple questions from the audience assuming time permits.
Kristen Cameron was born and raised in Charlottetown, PEI. She attended Bowdoin College where she played NCAA hockey and completed her undergraduate degree in psychology. Kristen was named an All American her first year for her outstanding play as a defenseman for the polar bears. Upon graduation from Bowdoin, she pursued her masters in education at Castleton State College, where she was a graduate assistant for the women's hockey program. She later received her second masters degree in Organizational Leadership from Mercyhurst University, where she was assistant coach for the women's team.
On September 12, 2010 Kristen was struck from behind while cycling by a drunk driver who also fled the scene. She now has C-5 complete quadriplegia. Kristen has always felt a strong love and affinity for coaching and aims to continue down this path in the future. She is currently training as a dual sport athlete in both wheelchair racing and wheelchair rugby. She is supported by her parents, Brian as Joanne, siblings Craig and Jennifer, service dog, Fido and her friends. Kristen is a Paralympic hopeful in both sports and continues her athletic career with the same tenacity she was known for in the hockey rink.
Wendy Fucile RN, BScN, MPA, CHE
Nursing Far & Wide
You have spent time with each other over the last several days focused on the themes of pride, advocacy and leadership. I have been asked to pull that time to a close by speaking to these themes in the context of the future – what it may be what, what it could be, what it should be – and to do that in part by reflecting on the lessons learned over what is now more than 40 years in nursing. So …. Let’s see how that exploration goes and what new lands we might find together in the next few minutes.
Wendy Fucile is a lifelong Registered Nurse, committed to advocacy on behalf of patients, nurses and communities in and out of Ontario. Wendy obtained her BScN from the University of Western Ontario and a Masters in Public Administration (Health Care Policy) from Queens University. She is a Fellow in the CHSRF EXTRA program and a Certified Health Care Executive. Her clinical experience was primarily focused on mental health and visiting nursing, which she practiced in both Ontario and Nova Scotia. Early opportunities in management led Wendy into leadership roles in both the hospital and education sectors, including positions as the Vice President, Patient Care at Peterborough Regional Health Centre and first Dean of the Trent Fleming School of Nursing. Her passion for the profession of nursing and her commitment to advocacy as a core element of nursing, led her to serve as President of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario and as a Board Member of the Canadian Nurses Association. Wendy describes herself as ‘mostly retired’ which now includes teaching at Trent University in both first and fourth year courses as well as in the PEAK management certificate program at Fleming College. A long time wife, mother and now grandmother, Wendy enjoys her garden in the summer, curling in the winter and has become a passionate advocate on behalf of turtles, volunteering each week at the Kawartha Turtle Trauma Centre. Honoured by the RNAO with a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013, Wendy will be drawing on more than 40 years of nursing to reflect on the themes of pride, leadership and advocacy in a nursing profession moving into a rapidly changing and often uncertain future.
WORKSHOP BIOS
Furhan Azmat. Territory Manager at Wolters Kluwer Health for Ontario and Quebec, and Barry Wight, Regional Director at Wolters Kluwer Health, Canada.
Helping You Prepare for the NCLEX Exam
Lippincott PassPoint is the only NCLEX preparation tool officially endorsed by the CNSA. PassPoint provides nursing students a unique blend of content review, practice quizzes/exams and a predictive indicator of success on the NCLEX. This will be an interactive demonstration of Passpoint, a robust NCLEX preparation tool which helps nursing students in all aspects of preparing, writing, and passing the NCLEX exam.
Furhan has been working with Educators and students on how to find the best possible solutions for course and exam preparation for over 7 years. Currently, he is specializing in the field of Nursing and medicine within Ontario & Quebec.
Janson Chan BMSc, BScN Candidate
Autism Teenage Partnership, nursing and social entrepreneurship: How nursing students can make a difference
This workshop will feature a student-initiated program called Autism Teenage Partnership (ATP) in Toronto involving nursing and other professional students. This peer-mentorship model provides a much needed community-based weekly social support for teens with autism. Jansen will share the following:
1. Concepts of nursing and social entrepreneurship: how they intersect to provide a framework for ATP
2. Sharing of the partnership engagement experience for ATP
3. Describe the model of peer-mentorship in ATP
4. Fundraising strategies and social marketing for community-based health initiatives
5. Program developments and delivery for ATP
6. Implication for practice for community health nursing
Janson Chan is a graduate of bachelor of medical sciences from Western University in biochemistry of infection and immunity and currently a second-year student at York University in the second-entry nursing program. Using skills in community development, health promotion, and social determinants of health, Janson has led his team to establish much-needed community supports for teenagers with autism with our program, Autism Teenage Partnership (ATP). We have motivated, and trained university students from various disciplines to support these teens. Through ATP, Janson has engaged over 20 volunteers who regularly support over 25 participants across the GTA. We have had early success as parents and teens alike developed much needed social skills and parents enjoyed much needed respite time. For the past nine years, Janson has worked with the City of Toronto with at-risk children and youth. Inspired by his brother who has autism, he founded a clubs at the Western, York, and Ryerson called Autism Awareness with a membership of over 200 across Ontario. These clubs raised funds and awareness both on campus and the community-at-large. Janson is looking forward to the nursing field and his career where he can advocate for the disadvantaged and give voice to the vulnerable.
Aurrora DeMonte of the Canadian Family Health Collective. Senior Emotional Health Practitioner.
An Education in Emotion
The CFHC firmly believes that emotional health is the primary foundation for physical well-being. Learn how the emotional imprints of our past accumulate to create a patterned stress response in the body. Explore ways to identify these symptoms and several tools to relieve them. This workshop is also an important part of self-care for anyone in the helping profession.
Aurrora De Monte, Senior Emotional Health Practitioner at the Canadian Family Health Collective (CFHC) and is currently providing services at our Peterborough Ontario location. Aurrora holds a Degree from the University of Victoria in Child and Youth Care. She has completed her postgraduate training and internship and is certified as an Emotional Health Practitioner with the CFHC. Aurrora is additionally qualified as a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, a Marriage and Family Therapist, a Narrative Therapist and is a Professor at Sir Sandford Fleming College.
Robert Fraser, BScN MN RN, Principal Consultant – Rob D. Fraser & Associates Inc., Registered Nurse – Toronto General Hospital
Connecting Nurses: Learning How Social Media Can Advance Your Career
Rob’s session will focus on four main ideas:
1. Discuss opportunities and risks of social media
2. Review professional examples of social media
3. Explain how students can develop a professional presence online
4. Explore how social media can used to collaborate
Rob Fraser MN RN is a Registered Nurse, Writer and Digital Tool Strategist. He has experience working on innovation for government, research translation and knowledge mobilization in a healthcare technology start up, and advising hospitals, healthcare organizations, and a pharmaceutical company on the use of social media. He continues to work as a staff nurse in General Internal Medicine at Toronto General Hospital, a part of University Health Network.
While completing his Masters of Nursing, Rob published his first book. The Nurse’s Social Media Advantage, won an American Journal of Nursing Book of the Year award. He was also selected to join the Canadian Nurse’s Association’s inaugural Expert Commission on the future of healthcare, which published it’s report, A Call To Action, in June 2012. Before completing his undergraduate in nursing he created Nursing Ideas, a website for sharing nursing knowledge by connecting nursing students with leaders, researchers and innovators in healthcare.
Rob is a board member for VON Canada, and the National Chair of Emerging Health Leaders. He has also volunteered on local and international community development projects in Trinidad and Tobago, India and Cambodia.
Rob’s passion is working on projects focused on improving the utilization of digital tools to engage providers and patients in improving health and healthcare.
@rdjfraser
robertfraser.ca
Cyndi Gilmer RN DHlthSc, Assistant Professor, Compressed Program Coordinator, for the Trent Fleming School of Nursing
Break Out Session: “Am I a leader? I don’t know! --Demystifying leadership”
Leadership is one of those words we bandy about so frequently that it has almost lost its meaning. There is no one definition and many variations on a theme. As nurses entering the workforce you will be asked in interviews to describe your leadership abilities. Often the first thought is “am I a leader? I don’t know”. This workshop will help you identify leadership skills in yourself and begin to develop a repertoire of words and descriptions that you can use to market your leadership skills to potential employers. Let’s demystify the word and give it some practical meaning.
Cyndi has been a nurse for over 30 years, working in various clinical settings, primarily with a focus on women and children’s health. Her background also includes 15 years in hospital administration in a series of leadership and senior administration roles.
Currently she is a member of the Faculty at the Trent/Fleming School of Nursing, teaching a number of academic courses throughout the curriculum that are focused on leadership, advocacy and professionalism in nursing.
Cyndi is an active community-based researcher with two main areas of interest. The first is examining what supports parents need as they transition to parenthood (birth to 2 years of life) and the second is involves identifying the barriers for people who live in poverty accessing primary health care.
Cathy Graham RN, BScN, MSc.
“Coming out of the closet, and into the light- are you into mitts and shoes?”
Leadership and advocacy are inextricably linked. This interactive workshop will focus on ways of identifying, recognizing and building on your advocacy knowledge and skills in your personal, academic and professional lives. You will come away from the workshop with a clearer understanding and passion for taking advocacy where no nursing student has gone before!
My work in nursing education is informed by my philosophy that the personal is political and the axiom to Walk the Talk. I believe that being informed about the impact of current events is essential, and that students must been given opportunities to broaden their view of how the nursing profession is situated within complex social, political, cultural and economic contexts.
In 2009, the CNSA endorsed a Leadership Development resolution, which included "encouraging students to become involved in nursing leadership at the local, provincial, national and international level whether through CNSA or another nursing organization". The resolution also stated, "We know that nursing leadership is needed more now than ever as healthcare continues to evolve, patient acuity continues to rise and workplace issues steadily become more demanding".
Anya Gwynne, Prevention Services Worker with the Peterborough Aids Resource Network (PARN)
This Presentation is so “Gay”: Exploring Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity
This workshop is meant as an educational tool for service providers, health care workers and students to recognize the connection between marginalized identities and health outcomes. Using the social determinants of health framework we explore why there may be disparities related to health care for LGBTQ people and especially how health services that are not inclusive impact the lives of transgender people.
Anya Gwynne is an educator, writer and queer activist in Peterborough, ON. They currently facilitate the Rainbow Youth Program at PARN Your Community AIDS Resource Network and present dynamic workshops on several topics including safer sex, homonegativity, sexual orientation, gender identity and the development of safer spaces. They enjoy those challenging questions and difficult conversations that lead to new learning. Honors degree from Trent University, Professor at Fleming College, trained facilitator and speaker presenting more than 50 workshops in 2013 and recent outreach worker for LIHN 9 with Rainbow Health Ontario.
Amy Hallaran, RN, MScN
CNO 101 - Beginning Your Journey
Preparing to become a nurse requires an understanding of what it means to be a regulated health professional. In this 45-minute session, you will learn about the role of the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO), and engage in discussion about what it means to be regulated. A brief overview of professional accountabilities, potential contact points with the College that new nurses may have, opportunities for participating in regulation, and CNO resources will be provided to help you identify supports available from the College to inform nursing practice.
Amy’s background includes clinical practice is emergency nursing within community hospitals and tertiary care centres, and supporting professional practice of nurses working within hospitals through roles such as Professional Practice Leader and Director of Professional Practice. Amy has completed undergraduate and graduate education at the University of Ottawa, and continues to pursue education at Queen’s University. An outreach sector specific for Nurses Newly Registered began development in 2012, and is one method the College uses for reaching out to nurses. This sector supports nurses within their first two years of registration. The Outreach Consultant for this sector is Amy Hallaran, RN, who joined the College in 2012.
Monica Hlywka, RN, BScN: Regional Educator, Medical Surgical Services for the Niagara Health System
Professionalism and Professional Branding: Managing Your Practice
Professional image and or Brand is an essential component for the success of all health care providers but is often overlooked or underdeveloped by most. By the end of this engaging lecture you will appreciate the importance of Brand and be able to develop a plan for building your professional Brand The seminar will detail the importance of Brand for healthcare professionals, compare professionals with Brand and those without, outline key components of Brand, and provide strategies on how to build Brand.
Monica is an Honours graduate of Brock University. In her 28 years of nursing practice the majority has been within the critical care specialty. Monica’s current position at the Niagara Health System is to support the learning needs of newly hired and existing health care professionals. Her focus is mainly nurses within the medical, surgical, endoscopy and ambulatory clinics. In addition to her work within the hospital sector Monica works with high risk clients in her personal training and nursing business. She is a lifelong learner and is currently pursuing her Masters in Health Studies with an Education focus.
Christie Lee; BA; CCFE
“The Naked Chicken”- Understanding Vicarious Trauma and Compassion Fatigue
A career in nursing is a very rewarding experience, it has enormous rewards and allows for compassionate care-givers to connect with individuals at their most vulnerable moments. But where do we put this information when we go home to our families at the end of a shift? How do you create that separation from work and home while still staying engaged and compassionate? This workshop will examine the signs and symptoms of compassion fatigue, resiliency factors and practical self care solutions so that we may better be prepared for a life long and rewarding career within the nursing field.
Christie Lee is a certified Compassion Fatigue Educator. She has been employed with the Peterborough Lakefield Community Police Service for the past 14 years, both as a Special Constable and Victim Services Coordinator. Christie has a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Law from York University and is currently completing her Victimology post graduate certificate through Algonquin College. Christie approaches life with an optimistic attitude and everyday attempts to live life with compassion for self in conjunction with compassion for others.
Michele McIntosh, RN, PhD
A Shot in the Dark? The ethics of school-based Gardasil vaccination programs
Canadian girls conflate HPV and HIV. They are also confused about the HPV or Gardasil vaccination, thinking it prevents HIV. Canadian girls between the ages of 16 and 25 represent the greatest number of new cases of HIV infection in Canada. Is there a relationship between poor knowledge of human papilloma virus, human immunodeficiency virus, HPV vaccination and sexual health practices that increase risk of HIV? What are nurses’ ethical obligations within the context of vaccination programs? Are current nursing practices promoting adolescent health within this context?
“We don’t do prostitutes” —Sex work as occupational exclusion from health care.
This session we will discuss the health care needs of sex workers and the mechanisms of their exclusion from the health care system. Health promoting strategies to care for women engaged in sex work will be discussed.
Dr. Michele J. McIntosh, RN PhD is an Assistant Professor at the Trent-Fleming School of Nursing. Her clinical nursing expertise is primarily in the realms of women’s sexual health and pediatric abuse and neglect. A certified Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner she has worked at the Domestic Violence Care Centre at Women’s College Hospital and was on the Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Team at the Hospital for Sick Children. She was among the team recipients of the Excellence in Women’s Health Award at the Bay Centre for Birth Control. She completed a CIHR Strategic Fellowship at the International Institute for Qualitative Methodology and
a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the School of Geography at McMaster University. Her research focuses upon women’s health, qualitative research methodology and ethics. Current projects explore the ethics of the Gardasil vaccination program, Canada’s criminalization of HIV-positive breastfeeding mothers and the barriers to health care faced by sex workers.
Meaghen Regts, RN, BScN, MHSc
Spot The Hazards!
This experience is an introduction to a home health visit. It exaggerates the potential hazards one might find in a home safety assessment. This activity will take place in our simulated apartment. Students engaging in this activity will have the opportunity to practice observational skills and discuss the safety implications of the hazards for both visitors to the home and the individual living there. No previous experience in this field is required to enjoy this learning opportunity.
Labor & Delivery
This experience will take place in our simulated labour and delivery room. Learners engaged in this experience will have the opportunity to support a mother through the various stages of labour. We will be using Noelle our birthing mannequin or Momma Natalie (manual labour belly). Learners will have the opportunity to be hands on during the birthing process working alongside a Labour and Delivery nurse. No previous experience in this field is required to enjoy this learning opportunity.
Meaghen Regts graduated from the Trent/Fleming School of Nursing in 2006. Completed a Master’s Degree in Health Sciences at University of Ontario Institute of Technology in 2012. I have worked in various positions over the years from community visiting nurse to hospital staff RN. Currently I am the Clinical Learning Centre Coordinator at Trent University. I am passionate about engaging learners in various teaching/learning/assessing modalities. My latest project has been working with the MTCU grant for collaboration in simulation with Nursing Schools in Ontario.
Liz Stone, Executive Director Niijkiwendidaa Anishnaabekwewag Services Circle, Traditional Knowledge Carrier
Maada`ookii – Sharing with each other
Honouring cultural worldviews and practices, through culturally informed approaches to health, are the most effective treatment practices for Indigenous peoples (Tempier et al, 2011). Participants will come together in the spirit of sharing our different health philosophies, knowledge and practices with a commitment to being mindful of power dynamics, holding the health & wellbeing of Indigenous communities in our hearts, and providing culturally relevant, competent and safe services. This workshop with begin to offer practitioners from the dominant approaches to wellbeing into traditional health practices and Indigenous life ways here on Turtle Island.
Liz Stone is an Anishnaabe and Lenne Lenape Woman, Turtle Clan, member of Aamjiwnaang First Nation and Biidaassige (Michigan), currently residing in Peterborough ON. Liz has been working in the Aboriginal Community in excess of 20 years. She has worked with children, youth and adults in the fields of sexual abuse, family violence, addiction and mental health, Violence Against Aboriginal Women, the Legacy of Residential Schools, and Indigenous Governance. She is a leader in integrating Traditional and Western healing & wellness practices for the health of Indigenous People and Indigenous Communities. Currently Liz facilitates training session for service providers in the helping fields that assist them in delivering safe, competent and respectful services to Indigenous People of Turtle Island.
Jane Tyerman, RN, BA, MScN, PhD
Evaluation of an unresponsive patient simulation module for undergraduate nursing students.
Despite having CPR and First Aid certification, undergraduate nursing students may not be confident or proficient in performing critical assessments and interventions for an unresponsive patient by graduation. These topics were introduced as non-academic requirements prior to entering the BScN yet many students lacked perceived confidence when asked if they had the skills and knowledge to assess the unresponsive patient. Nursing student may be the first to find an unresponsive patient in a clinical setting. As a result, a high-fidelity patient simulation learning opportunity was implemented undergraduate nursing students on the critical assessment and interventions for an unresponsive patient.
A faculty member of the Trent Fleming School of Nursing, Dr. Jane Tyerman has extensive experience and research in the area of critical care nursing. Her teaching philosophy centers on an active approach that facilitates understanding through the exploration of meaning, application and critical thinking. She believes that students can learn from each other in an environment that balances structure with interactive learning. She is dedicated to the success of nursing students, both in and out of the classroom. It is her goal to improve student achievement with quality and multi-dimensional instruction that prepares nursing students to excel within the field of healthcare. Her work experience as trauma nurse for over 20 years and her teaching background using high fidelity simulation has driven her current research.
Katherine Wallace, RN, RM, MHS, BHc (Midwifery), BScNProgram Manager, Smoking Cessation & Jennifer Tiberio MN, NP-PHC RNAO Smoking Cessation Coordinator
Applying the 4A’s to your smoking cessation intervention
Are you a nursing student who is interested in promoting better health for your clients? If so, you are invited to an educational workshop presented by the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario to assist you in helping your clients go tobacco-free. Learn how to approach the topic of tobacco cessation with your clients and increase your familiarity with smoking cessation best practices. All attendees will receive a copy of the RNAO’s Smoking Cessation Best Practice Guideline and other related resources designed to help you build your skills in smoking cessation intervention. Come join us for this interactive workshop.If we were to do a second workshop we could either repeat this one or do one focusing on pre and postnatal women as this is another component of RNAO’s Smoking Cessation Initiative.
Katherine Wallace is the Program Manager for Smoking Cessation at the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario. She is a Registered Nurse with a experience working in a birthing suite at Lakeridge Health Oshawa and previously as a clinical and simulation lab instructor at Trent University. Additionally Katherine is a Registered Midwife and has practiced for over ten years In London, Ontario. She has also taught a research course at Ryerson University at the Midwifery Education Program. She holds a Masters in Health Studies from Athabasca University. Presently she is co-facilitating a series of workshops across the province with RNAO focusing on pre and postnatal women and their families and smoking cessation.
Jennifer Tiberio graduated as an RN from York University in 2006. She subsequently obtained her Master of Nursing Degree from the University of Toronto in 2008 and her Nurse Practitioner Certificate from Ryerson University in 2010. Her experience as both a nurse and nurse practitioner has been primarily in family practice with the North York Family Health Team. She currently works with the RNAO as a Smoking Cessation Coordinator assisting health professionals and organizations to implement and utilize smoking cessation best practices.
Workshop Selection
Closer to the time of the conference, a survey will be sent out to all registrants so that they may put forth preferences for which workshops they would like to attend. Registrants will receive "workshop schedules" for Saturday, October 25th shortly before the conference. Keep posted for updates on all workshops being offered.