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InspireNet Members Survey

You are cordially invited to participate in a members survey to provide your feedback into InspireNet's operations. Your input is extremely valuable, given your direct experience with InspireNet and your understanding of this online community. Thank you for your participation - we appreciate your insights!

Take the survey here: http://www.inspirenet.ca/survey_2012

Added: Apr 11/12

InspireNet's Fall Conference

Announcing

Connect 2012: Making Research Partnerships Work: What does it take?

Monday, November 5, 2012
Coast Plaza Hotel & Suites
1763 Comox Street at Denman, Vancouver

Details: http://www.inspirenet.ca/Connect-2012

ePosters Call for Abstracts

InspireNet wants to help you get your nursing health services research out to your fellow members, and to this end is providing a fun and inspiring venue to do so!

Winners will:

• Have their eposter promoted on InspireNet's ePosters webpage
• Present their eposter electronically at our annual conference, Connect 2012, on November 5
• Have an opportunity to present their eposter via webinar organized through InspireNet, recorded for future reference (not mandatory)
• Be acknowledged in InspireNet's eNews, sent to all members and archived on our website

Deadline: July 13/12

Details: http://www.inspirenet.ca/ePoster-Presentation-Program

What's new on the Blog?

InspireNet member and Assistant Professor and Writing Scholar, School of Nursing, University of Victoria, Madeline Walker, discusses the importance of learning to write an argument for nurses.

Read the InspireNet Blog »

Forthcoming Action Team Sessions

eHealth, eTechnologies and Informatics Action Team
Webinar: The Impact of Social media in Healthcare: Rhetoric versus Reality
Dr. Peter Murray, PhD, RN, MSc, CertEd, FBCS CITP
May 22, 2012
12:00-1:00pm

Note that participation in e-Health, e-Technologies and Informatics events can be counted towards the CRNBC continuing competencies for nurses. (Participants are responsible for maintaining their own record of attendance).

Healthy Workplace Climate Action Team
Webinar: Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention in Residential Care: An Evidence based approach
Helen Tam, Vancouver Coastal Health
May 30, 2012
2:00-3:00pm

iPANEL Action Team
Webinar:  A PORT in the Storm: Bringing a Palliative Approach to the Street
Grey Showler RN BA BSN MSN(student); Cool Aide Community Health Center, Victoria
May 22, 2012
2:00-3:00pm

NEARR Action Team
Webinar: Fostering Cultural Safety In Nursing Practice With People Who Use Drugs
Speakers: Jane McCall and Bernie Pauly
May 24, 2012
2:00-3:00pm
Venue: New Lecture Theatre Conference Centre, Level 1 Providence Bldg., St. Paul’s Hospital
and via webinar

Note that participation in NEARR events can be counted towards the CRNBC continuing competencies for nurses. (Participants are responsible for maintaining their own record of attendance).

Nurse Educators' Scholarship Action Team
Webinar: Continuing the Conversation: Nursing Education Connections and Collaboration
June 7, 2012
11:00-12:00pm

Optimal Utilization of Advanced Practice Nursing Roles Action Team
Webinar: TBA
June 25, 2012
1:30-3:00pm

Sessions are recorded and archived on their team's eCoP.

Interested in attending via webinar or reviewing the recording? Three easy steps:

1. Join InspireNet if you're not already a member (link at top right hand corner of home page)
2. Join the Action Team (use the link under My Teams)
3. Visit the team's eCoP for WebEx login information at the session time, or visit the archives in the Team's eCoP after the session.

Tips for connecting to WebEx webinars are available here:
http://www.inspirenet.ca/Participate-Webinar

Webinar Recordings Available

Action Team webinars are available as archived WebEx recordings. To access a recording, join the appropriate Action Team: login to this website and select it from the My Teams list. Once you've joined the Action Team, you can select a recording (audio & video) from the archive for review - just like being there.

eHealth, eTechnologies and Informatics Action Team
►An Educational Strategy For Teaching Nursing Standardized Languages
Arlene Farren
►Promoting Health Equity Through Informatics
Suzanne Bakken
►Evaluating the Benefits of a Health Mentoring Programme Supported with a Web and Mobile Phone Based Self-Monitoring Application
Elizabeth Cummings
►Use of a fully electronic system for nursing documentation (a European experience)
Matthias Odenbreit
► Informatics and Nurses: From Few to All
Lynn Nagel
►Journal Club: Agreement between common goals discussed and documented in the ICU
Leanne Currie
►Nursing Outcomes – C-HOBIC and beyond
Kathryn Hannah
►Nursing Informatics in BC: introduction to the issues and the role of CNIA
Susan Sepa, Jacqui Phillips & Eithnie Richert

Healthy Workplace Climate Action Team
►The Looming nursing retirement tsunami: How to plan and
implement a human resource strategy for your program
John Tully
►Grievances; lessons learned going through the process
John Tully
►Running a staff meeting: what is the draw to bring people in
John Tully
►Dealing with Bullies
John Tully
►Connecting, trust & relationships: building a team
John Tully
►Getting to Know Your Workplace Culture
John Tully

iPANEL Action Team
►Exploring who, what, why and how of a palliative approach: An iPANEL presentation
Carolyn Tayler & Della Roberts

NEARR Action Team
►Building Bridges: Partnerships in HIV/AIDS Nursing Care
Scott Harrison
►Pain Management in Selected Patient Populations and Settings: Emergency Department, Older Patient and Community
Janice Muir & Anne Dewar
►Developing Nursing Leadership
Maura MacPhee
►Wound Care Update: Treating Infections
Leah Shapera
►A Public Health Approach to Falls Prevention in Canada
Vicky Scott
►Substance abuse: tips for nurses navigating clients' recovery
Marlee Groening
►Delirium Management: Nursing Strategies to Improve Prediction, Identification and Prevention
Peggy Simpson & Priscilla Taipale
►Implementing a Palliative Approach in Residential Care: Utilizing RAI data and care planning triggers
Mark Turris & Jo-Ann Tait
►Engaging Learners in Changing Current Practice: An evidence-informed approach
Chris Salgado & Anne Beetstra
►Unstable Angina to MI: Better Understanding for the Non-cardiac Nurse
Martha Mackay
►Nursing Informatics: Supporting Nurse Decision-making
Leanne Currie
►Embracing the Chaos: Chart Review as a Tool in Responding to the AIDS Epidemic
Irene Goldstone

Nurse Educators' Scholarship Action Team
►That's NICE: We are all Geriatric Nurses
Rose Doyle and Amandah Hoogbruin, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
►Nursing Education Connections and Collaboration
Penny Cash, Betty Tate, Marion Clauson
►Creating a Culture of Inquiry: An Example of an Inquiry-Based Learning Course
Gloria Bott, RN, MSc, Aurora College, Yellowknife, NT
►Internationalizing nursing curriculum – what does this look like?
Robin Scobie, University of Victoria
►Youth to Youth Violence: Working Together to Care for Youth and Families
Judy Lee and Dianne Symonds
►Through the Curricula Wormholes
Linda Gomez
►Concept-Mapping: An Effective Evaluation Tool for Clinical Practice
Jodi Brennan

Optimal Utilization of Advanced Practice Nursing Roles Action Team
►How Nurse Leaders Identify the Need for and Support APN Roles
David Byres
►A Discussion about Research Priorities and Advanced Practice Nursing
Karen MacKinnon, Esther Sangster-Gormley
►Collaboration between NPs and CNSs at St. Paul’s Heart Centre
Martha Mackay, CNS, AnneMarie Kaan, CNS, Hazel Porteous, NP