2011 Program

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Wednesday, November 30th Thursday, December 1st Friday, December 2nd
  7:00 am - 8:00 am
Registration
7:00 am - 7:45 am • Breakfast / Viewing of Exhibits & Poster Boards  
    7:45 am - 8:15 am
Welcome & Opening Remarks - Valerie Eden, RN, BN MDE & Judy Boychuck Duchscher, RN, BScN, MN, PhD
Canadian Nurses’ Association Greetings - Dr. Judith Shamian, President & Ms Rachel Bard, CEO
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Breakfast / Viewing of Exhibits & Poster Boards
CNA Round Table Breakfast
9:00 am - 10:30 am
Panel Discussion: Contemporary Issues in Healthcare
Moderator: Sarah Painter
Panel: Jylene Simmons-Gaudet
Shauna Snow
Carrie Ellis-Driscoll
Donna Denney
Janet Hazelton
10:30 - 11:00 am
Refreshment Break / Viewing of Exhibits & Poster Boards
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Round Table Dialogue on Research / Innovation / Capacity Building
Moderator: Judy Boychuk-Duchscher
Panel:
Willena Nemith – Innovation
Lisa Covey & Leanne Mackeen – Capacity Building
Monica Adamack & Jason Gordon- Research
Innovation:
Evaluation of a Nursing Practicum Focussed on the needs of senior Nursing
Students preparation for Transition into the Registered Nurses’ Role

Research:
A toolkit of Evidence for New Graduate Transition Best Practices
Capacity Building:
Building a New Grad Support Network: The Nova Scotia Examplar
1:00 pm
Closing Remarks
Valerie Eden, RN, BN MDE , Judy Boychuck Duchscher, RN, BScN, MN, PhD
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Post Conference Workshop
The Nova Scotia Government Employee Union (NSGEU) presents
“Bully Free Workplace”
 
  8:15 am - 9:15 am • Nurses Without Borders - Nurses as agents of change in the 21st century
Keynote Speaker - Laura Archer
  9:15 am - 10:15 am • Choose, change and Become - Renewing our Vision and Strategy of Nursing!
Workshop facilitated by Gobi Patal and Judy Johnson
  10:15 - 11:00 am • Refreshment Break / Viewing of Exhibits & Poster Boards
  11:00 am - 11:30 am - Concurrent Sessions
  Innovation
Infusing Sustainable Happiness into
Nursing for Positive Workplace
Environments
Research
Employment and Practice Trends of
New Registered Nurses of Nova
Scotia
Capacity Building
Bridging the Gap using TBL in Critical
Care Nursing Education to Transition
New Graduates
New Grad Workshop
The Scoop on the Scopes
  11:30 am - 11:45 am • Delegates Change Rooms
  11:45 am - 12:15 pm - Concurrent Sessions
  Innovation
Improving New Graduate
Transitions: An Innovative Approach
to New Graduate On-Boarding
Research
The Experience of Choosing
Nursing as a Career: Narratives
from Millennial Nurses - Sheri Price
Capacity Building
BSN Co-op Education Transition
Model - Heather Straight
New Grad Workshop
Nursing a New Career: The
Resume, The Search, and The
Interview
  12:15 pm - 1:15 pm • Lunch / Viewing of Exhibits & Poster Boards
  1:15 pm - 1:45 pm - Concurrent Sessions
  Innovation
Support Them…Grow Them…
Keep Them…Embedding the PEER
Support Model to Ensure Smooth
Induction and Retention of New
Nurses and Midwives
Research
Unique and Experiential Learning
Opportunities Build Capacity for
Leadership in Nursing Students
Capacity Building
Building a New Grad Support Network
- The Nova Scotia Examplar
New Grad Workshop
Casual Talk
  1:45 pm - 2:00 pm • Delegates Change Rooms
  2:00 pm - 2:30 pm • Concurrent Sessions
  Innovation
Who Takes Care of You?
Learning to Live a Nurses’ Life:
Professional Self Care Education
Research
The Experience of New Graduate
RN’s Transitioning to Critical Care
Units
Capacity Building
Rural Mentorship Initiative
New Grad Workshop
Moving Day!! Making an Easy
Transition to Your Professional
Nursing Role
  2:30 pm - 3:00 pm • Refreshment Break / Viewing of Exhibits & Poster Boards
  3:00 pm - 4:30 pm • New Graduate Panel
Moderator: Phuong Nguyen
Panel: Krista Smith, Erika Swansburg, Marianne Seeley & Kyle Arnold
  5:00 pm - 6:30 pm • Moments with Mentors - Wine & Cheese
Speed Dating – Nursing Style!
Waterfront Warehouse - $17.25/student or new grad - $28.75/experienced nurse
5:30 - 7:30 pm
Registration &
Opening Reception

with Guest Speaker Gopi Patel