2016 Program “Evolve: to change or develop slowly often into a better, more complex, or more advanced state: to develop by a process of evolution” – Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Our 2016 Conference Program is. 5002 jobs in Pittsburgh, PA are available at Snagajob. Pittsburgh employers are now hiring. Find your next job today! Cumberland Valley Manor is a Skilled Nursing and Rehab Center. We are looking for highly motivated individuals who are team players to attend Nurse Aide.
Jobs in Pittsburgh, PA Now Hiring. No saved searches. Save time and take some hassle out of your job hunt. Use filters and keywords to sort and save your popular/favorite searches. And much of this information is conflicting, misleading or just plain crazy. In this presentation, Professor Caulfield will explore why and how health information gets so twisted, including the increasingly important role of celebrity culture. He will also review why this matters (and it does!) and what the best available evidence says about how to live a healthy lifestyle. Wine and Cheese Reception, Exhibits and Silent Auction Open. Thursday, April 2. Registration Opens. Breakfast, Exhibits and Silent Auction. Morning Greetings. Conference Moderator. Valerie Grdisa, Senior Nursing Advisor – Alberta Health. Connecting Nurses: Leveraging digital tools to transform health and healthcare. Robert Fraser, Principal Consultant – Rob D. Fraser and Associates Inc. Explore the evolution of communication technology. Social media is not a passing fad, and is much more than Facebook. Clinicians, educators, regulators and leaders in healthcare need to understand the evolution of technology to prevent being left behind. Nurses have the opportunity to be leaders in the use of new technology due to their understanding of health information and of patients’ needs. Participants will be encouraged to consider how they could use digital tools to improve health and the health care system in new ways. To help start working with these tools advice will be given on how individuals and organizations can get started and work with others to help reach their goals. Break. 9: 4. 5 – 1. Solving Medical Mysteries: The Nurse’s Role. Dr. David Clarke, President – Psychophysiological Disorders Association. When no diagnosis is found for pain or other physical symptoms there is usually a link to one or more sources of psychosocial stress. Austin Mardon, Adjunct Professor – John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre, University of Alberta. Catherine Mardon, Mental Health Advocate. Mental health issues affect almost everyone today, whether it be personally or with the patients we are for. This well- rounded panel brings forward a variety of perspectives on mental health – from the national and provincial levels right down to the core of the patient experience. Join us at this session to learn more about the strategies and initiatives that are in place to not only improve the current mental health system, but also challenge attitudes toward mental health issues. Lunch, Exhibits and Silent Auction. The Sky’s the Limit: Three Decades of LPNs. Tammy Tarkowski, Site Manager – Two Hills Health Centre. Quintin Martin, Staff Nurse, Acute Care Cardiology – Royal Alexandra Hospital. Chloe Kilkenny, General Manager, Age. Care Communities of Wellness – Osteoporosis Canada. Ashley Holloway, Practical Nurse Educator – Bow Valley College. In this session, four LPNs will share their personal career journey, spanning from 4 to over 3. Licensed Practical Nurse experience. Come hear how “The Sky’s the Limit” and pose your questions to explore how each of them has progressed to their current roles. These LPNs will be sure to leave you inspired to continue working to reach your career goals! Health Care on the Brink?: Evolution or Revolution. Steven Lewis, President – Access Consulting. Health care systems, like Nature, always evolve. But the pace of evolution varies – sometimes almost imperceptible and highly stable, sometimes dramatic. This talk will explore current trends, tensions, and pressures in the health care ecosystem and contemplate the kinds of changes that may be required for the system to survive and flourish. Unlike natural evolution, health care evolves because of human intention. Will health care leaders and front- line providers be content with incremental evolution, or are we on the brink of a revolution? Silent Auction Items can be picked up & paid for at the Registration Desk. Exhibits closed. 3: 1. Free Time. 6: 0. 0 pm. Reception (Imperial Room) (Award Nominee Reception 5: 3. Sapphire Room)7: 0. Awards Dinner and Ceremony. Emcees & Entertainment: Jan Randall and Matt Day. Friday, April 2. 9, 2. Breakfast and Association Displays. Morning Greetings and Recap. Nurturing: Our Emotions at Work in Caring – the Future Role of LPNs. David Sheard, Chief Executive Officer and Founder – Dementia Care Matters. Michelle Hansen, LPN – Covenant Care, Villa Marie – Red Deer. The movement towards providing person- centred care is all about individual people being reached on the inside. This requires a newly evolving construct in . The concept of emotional labour sees emotional competency in nurses as their primary competency. It involves a return to the old values of nursing where LPNs are more feeling beings than just thinking beings. In this presentation, Dr. David Sheard, author of Book 4 in the Feelings Matter Most series, Nurturing: emotions at work in staff, will highlight the findings from his UK study of emotional labour in nurses. He will identify what the new concept in nursing of . Michelle Hansen, an LPN who has been working on one of the first three Butterfly Household Projects in Alberta will join Dr. Sheard to share her personal experience with . Sheard, through an interactive exercise, will demonstrate how fundamental our own emotional life histories are on the journey to evolving and creating truly person- centred staff teams in the New Tomorrow. He will evidence how central this concept is in the Butterfly Household Model of Care through giving staff permission to be themselves at work. Avril Kirlew, an LPN who has been working on one of the first three Butterfly Household Projects in Alberta, will join Dr. Sheard to share her powerful story about the emphasis placed on emotional intelligence and emotions through her transition into the Canadian health care system from Jamaica. Celebration Luncheon. Happy Hour Cafe Presentations. After lunch, selected abstract presenters will share their work during 1. You’ll have opportunity to mingle, switch tables and discover several different presentations during this session. Presentations – Round 1. Presentations – Round 2. Presentations – Round 3. Break. 2: 0. 0 – 3: 0. Leader- Ship: Are you on board or walking the plank? Teresa Bateman, Director of Practice & Communications, CLPNAPersonal leadership is a voyage, a continual learning experience of exploration and discovery. Like a ship at sea, sometimes the waters are clear with smooth sailing, and other times there are high winds with the occasional devastating storm. As Teresa Bateman shares her professional and personal journey, you will be encouraged to board your own “Ship” to examine perspectives on leadership, perseverence and resiliency, acknowledging how life’s successes and challenges help to prepare us for what’s ahead. You won’t want to miss this session, as one of our own shares her story and inspires you with her contagious passion and commitment.
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