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Public Health Nurses-What are they up to?

Submitted by Pat Atherton on May 6, 2013 - 4:18pm

Blog post by InspireNet Leadership Council member, Sabrina Wong

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Official Proclamation of LPN Day

Submitted by Pat Atherton on May 6, 2013 - 3:38pm

Blog post by InspireNet member Teresa McFadyen

Recently the LPNABC (Licensed Practical Nurse Association of BC) received an official proclamation from the government of BC stating that May 13 is recognized as LPN Day. Licensed Practical Nurses play a vital role in healthcare. With an expanding scope of practice, greater education and more stakeholders using the healthcare system, LPN’s play a crucial role in providing care.

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The VCH Research Challenge: Developing a research program for point-of-care clinicians

Submitted by Pat Atherton on April 19, 2013 - 12:31pm

Blog post by Aggie Black, Nursing Research Facilitator for Providence Health Care and Vancouver Coastal Health, and Kerri Abramson, Coordinator, Research Education & Internal Awards at VCH Research Institute

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Get Your Research Out! Connect 2013

Submitted by Pat Atherton on April 4, 2013 - 2:08pm

Blog post by Monica Redekopp, Conference Chair, and Pat Atherton, InspireNet Project Manager

Connect 2013 - it’s hard to believe that we’re into our 4th annual conference! On behalf of the conference planning team, we extend a warm invitation to all InspireNet members to consider submitting an abstract for the conference, to be held September 16 in Vancouver.

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Looking back at Connect 2012: A NRF perspective

Submitted by Pat Atherton on November 30, 2012 - 12:58pm

Blog post by BCNRI-funded Nursing Research Facilitators

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

150 nurses and our colleagues gathered in Vancouver on November 5, 2012, to listen, network, learn and get energized as we continue our efforts to improve patient care though nursing research and encourage nurses to become involved in and inspired by research.

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Canadian Nursing Students Association (CNSA) Western and Prairie Regional Conference

Submitted by Pat Atherton on October 3, 2012 - 2:47pm

Blog post by InspireNet member Janine Lennox

The Canadian Nursing Students Association (CNSA) is holding their first ever conference in British Columbia this October 19-21, 2012 in Vancouver. Details: http://www.cnsa.ca/english/conferences/western

The conference theme, Beyond the Bevel, focuses on the Vancouver Four Pillars Model of Harm Reduction. Students have organized an incredible line up of speakers who will provide students from Manitoba to BC with insights into advocacy and social justice as part of the role of nursing.

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A Palliative Approach in Chronic Illness: An emerging imperative

Submitted by Pat Atherton on August 28, 2012 - 3:39pm

Blog post by InspireNet members and iPANEL leaders Kelli Stajduhar and Judy Lett

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Looks to me like a Burning Platform for Change! Advanced Practice Nursing (APN) Roles Can Improve Access to Primary Care

Submitted by Pat Atherton on August 2, 2012 - 5:09pm

Blog post by Optimal Utilization of Advanced Practice Nursing Roles Action Team Co-Leader and member of InspireNet's Leadership Council, Linda Sawchenko

Accessing Primary Care is Getting Harder

Currently, four to five million Canadians do not have a family physician. Over one-third of all Canadian physicians are over the age of 55. Many will either retire soon or reduce their practice workload. A bulk of physician practices are at capacity, unable to take on new patients (CMA Report, May 2012).

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This Changed My Practice: Harm Reduction

Submitted by Pat Atherton on July 5, 2012 - 1:03pm

This post is a trial to determine whether InspireNet members are interested in learning about examples where evidence has changed nursing practice. We look forward to your input as we explore this idea for future blog posts. What do you think of the idea? Do you have an experience you'd like share via the blog? Contact us.

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Argue? Who, Me?

Submitted by Guest on April 24, 2012 - 10:03am

Blog post by InspireNet member Madeline Walker

What, you might ask, has argument to do with you? Nurses and social workers have traditionally prided themselves on conflict resolution, empathic listening, and reaching common ground with clients and co-workers. Argument may seem antithetical to these skills as it suggests confrontation, win-lose situations, and even patriarchy. And yet classical argument—persuasion through stating a thesis or claim followed by evidence and a rebuttal of the opposition—remains a cornerstone pattern in social science and humanities writing and publication.