May 12 and 13, 2009 BCNU National Nursing Week Conference
Sharing Our Successes: Thriving & Surviving at Work

TUESDAY MAY 12, AM:        INTRODUCTION       BARBARA FRY        BEST OF B.C. INNOVATIONS


TUESDAY MAY 12, PM:        VIOELNCE PREVENTION       BEST PRACTICES NORTH TO SOUTH

                                              MENTAL HEALTH       ABORIGINAL HEALTH       CLOSE


WEDNESDAY MAY 13, AM:  INTRODUCTON        ADWOA BUAHENE

                                              HARM REDUCTION STRATEGIES       FOSTERING GENERATIONAL UNDERSTANDING


WEDNESDAY MAY 13, PM:  IEN INITIATIVES       LINDA SILAS, CFNU       CLOSE

highlights from

"Thriving and Surviving at Work"

with Barbara Fry, Workplace Relationship Consultant

"Best of B.C. Innovations"

with

• Provincial Nursing Workload Project ( PNWP ):  Ashifa Ahmed, RN, PNWP site lead for Richmond Hospital, Acute Care, and Patti Samson, PNWP site lead for Brock Fahrni, Complex Care
• Legacy Mentors Project:  Heather Straight, Vancouver Coastal Health Regional Advisor, Legacy Mentors Project, and Jane Mossop, RN, Legacy Mentor
• 80/20 Research Project:  Tracy Quewezance, BCNU steward, Royal Inland Hospital, Kamloops, and April Ferguson, RN

"Best Practices North to South"

with

• Jacqueline Arnold, Integrated Health Network
• Annette Floyd, BScN, Bridge Refugee Clinic
• Karen Roth, Burnaby New Canadian Clinic
• Ros Derry, RN, BSN, MORE^OB

"Violence Prevention"

with

• Violence in the Workplace:  Christine Manzano, BSN
• VIHA Social Marketing Campaign:  Holly Anderson, Pacific Rim OH&S representative, Regional Violence Prevention Committee, Violence Prevention Advisory Group, and Tracy Larsen, active advocate of violence prevention

"Mental Health"

with

• Pam Campbell, RPN, Early Psychosis Intervention Program
• Pat Steene, RN CPMHN(C), Acute Home Treatment Program Coordinator
• Rachel Watson, RPN, Helping Elders Adapt in Residential Transitions ( HEART ) Team, and Elisabeth Drance, MDFRCP(C), HEART Team
• Deborah Lewis, Mackenzie Care North Coordniator

"Aboriginal Health"

with

• Lucy Barney, RN BSN MSN, Aboriginal Doula Training Program, Provincial Health Services Authority
• Dion Thevarge, Aboriginal Patient Navigator Program, Vancouver Coastal Health
• Joanna Fraser, RN BScN MCE, North Island College, and Paul Wiley, Wuikinuxv First Nation - Aboriginal health nursing elective

"Harm Reduction Strategies"

with

• Mary Ives, RN BSN MHS CCFE, Public Health
• Kathy Wrath, Public Health and Street Nurse
• Patsy Thorpe, From Grief to Action
• Nichola Malim Hall, From Grief to Action

"Fostering Generational Understanding"

with

• Angela Wolff, Fraser Health Authority, PhD cadidate in the UBC School of Nursing
• April van Gaalen, BCIT Nursing Student
• Sandy Rajwan, BSN, BCNU Workers of Colour Caucus

"Internationally Educated Nurses Initiatives"

with

• Jacqueline Hanna, Regional Clinical Educator for Supported Transition Entry to Practice ( STEP ), and Yuanping Long, STEP graduate, internationally educated
• Lori Shortridge, RN MScN, Professional Development Program for Educators of IENs, Train the Trainer, BC IEN Assessment Service
• Peter Manalo, RN, internationally educated
• Morjgan Borzueh, cardiac RN, internationally educated

Linda Silas

President, Canadian Federation of Nurses' Unions