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Join us in Toronto for the

National Emergency Nurses’ Affiliation Pan-American Conference 2014

“CONNECTED BY CARING ACROSS THE AMERICAS”

Many countries will be represented at this three day event of learning, networking and

exploring in Ontario’s Capital City.

April 27-29, 2014 Sheraton Centre, Downtown

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sunday, April 27, 2014

0645 – 0730: Hot Breakfast & Registration

0730 – 0800: Opening Ceremonies

0800 – 0900: PLENARY SESSION: Body Art Gone Wrong – Part 1 Care of the Patient with Body Modification Jeff Solheim MSN, RN-BC, CEN, CFRN, FAEN – Oregon, USA The psychology of body modification, why people do it and how it affects their health care.

0900 – 0950: PLENARY SESSION: Infection Prevention & Control – Let’s Get Back to Basics Sue Cooper MLT CIC – Regional Infection Control Network South Eastern Ontario, Public Health Ontario Review the basics, revisit routine practices, how "bugs" are spread and protection from "today's scary infectious diseases".

0950 – 1020: Refreshment Break & Exhibitors

1020 – 1100: CONCURRENT SESSIONS 1

A. Family Presence During Resuscitation – Where Would You Want to Be? Karen Johnson RN BHSc, BSN (E/CC), ENC(C), M.Ed – Trillium Gift of Life Network, Ontario

Is family presence good for the family? Good for the caregivers? Good for both?

B. Patient and Family Teaching is SAP – Simple, Appropriate and Pertinent Anne Walsh RN, CEN – Doctor Everett Chalmers Hospital, New Brunswick Only 9% of information provided by nurses will be retained. Five simple steps to maximizing SURVIVAL teaching in the ER.

1100 – 1110: Move to next session

Saturday, April 26, 2014 0900 – 1500 (lunch included) CTAS National Working Group Workshop for CTAS Instructors This interactive session will include networking with other CTAS Instructors from across Canada. Participants will have a chance to share ideas on innovative ways to deliver CTAS education through a round table of discussions, issues and suggestions. Place: Sheraton Centre, Downtown Limited to 25 participants Educational Hours: 5.5 CECH Cost: $50.00

PRE-CONFERENCE PROGRAM

CONFERENCE PROGRAM Visit

Casa Loma

Hear the ROAR Niagara Falls


A. How LEAN is Your Front Door? Joanne Baird BN, RN, CNCC(C) & Tonya Ryan RN – Grand Falls, Windsor, Newfoundland The strategies and struggles of the LEAN journey to transform a rural Newfoundland ED.

B. Period of Purple Crying Sharron Lyons RN – NENA Past President, Vancouver, British Columbia Understanding normal infant crying and its link to Shaken Baby Syndrome. Learn what to say to parents in this frustrating period.



A. With Every Breath You Take Hilda Swirsky RN, BScN, M.Ed – Canadian College of Family Physicians

The detrimental impact of outdoor air on ED patients including asthmatics, diabetics and patients with respiratory impairments.

B. T-REX – RNs and Dinosaurs, Are We on the Path to Extinction? Caroline McGarry-Ross RN, ENC(C) – Flight Nurse with Keewatin Air, Nunavut Lifeline Churchill, Manitoba The effects of new models of care on the role of the RN in Canada and possible solutions to avoid going the way of the dinosaur.

1240 – 1340: Lunch & Exhibitors


A. North of 60o – Flight Nursing in the Canadian Arctic Denise Devison RN, BScN, ENC(C) & Caroline McGarry-Ross RN, ENC(C) Flight Nurses with Keewatin Air, Nunavut Lifeline Churchill, Manitoba

The flight nurses of Canada’s “NORTH”, their roles, our Inuit population, our medevac system and the countless unique challenges.

B. Development and Implementation of the Geriatric Emergency Nursing Flowsheet Kassandra Johnson RN, BScN – Queensway Carleton Hospital, Ottawa, ON

A geriatric nursing assessment and discharge planning support tool for frontline ED Nurses.



A. “But I am Allergic to all Non-Narcotics!” Jeff Solheim MSN, RN-BC, CEN, CFRN, FAEN – Oregon, USA

Nursing challenges when caring for the chemically dependent patient.

B. “What Have You Been Drinking?” Carole Rush RN, M.Ed., CEN, FAEN – Okotoks Urgent Care, Calgary, Alberta

Consumption of highly caffeinated energy drinks combined with alcohol and new trends in methods of binge drinking and alcohol absorption.


1530 – 1630: PLENARY SESSION: Body Art Gone Wrong – Part 2 Jeff Solheim MSN, RN-BC, CEN, CFRN, FAEN – Oregon, USA Medical aspects of body modification – common complications and medical implications.

1630 – 1730: PLENARY SESSION: Caring For the Caregiver Maria de Graca Piva RN & Tatiana Piva Porto RN – Brazil Nursing requires hard work and much energy. We must recharge our batteries and remain healthy to provide humanized care.

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Home of the TORONTO Blue Jays

Monday, April 28, 2014

0700 – 0730: Continental Breakfast & Registration

0730 – 0745: Day 2 Remarks

0745 – 0845: PLENARY SESSION: “SEPSIS – Sorting it Out” AnnMarie Papa DNP, RN, CEN, NE-BC, FAEN, FAAN – Past President Emergency Nurses Association, USA Early goal-directed therapy for sepsis, SIRS criteria, early warning systems and hospital wide response for best possible outcomes.

0845 – 0930: PLENARY SESSION: Obstetrical Emergencies – Outside Emergency Nurses’ Comfort Zone Maradi Antonia Matos RN – Venezuela Situations and crises making it unsafe to send a pregnant patient “directly upstairs”.



A. Understanding the Legal Consequences of Treating the Chronic Pain Patient Alfred Kwinter B.A., J.D., C.S. – Singer Kwinter Personal Injury Lawyers, Toronto, Ontario

Managing chronic pain in the ED, the realities of ignoring patients symptoms, improper charting and disregarding the fundamentals of taking a proper history.

B. Myth Busters for the Bedside Nurse Colleen Brayman RN, BScN – Interior Health High Acuity Response Team, British Columbia

Evidence based information to bust 10 medical/nursing assessment myths that are still being used and taught.



A. Complexities, Challenges and Excitement of ORIENTING Staff for a Newly Opened ED Rosemary Schmidt RN, BScN, ENC(C) & Cathy Buick RN, BScN – South Health Campus, Calgary, Alberta

Opening the ED in a new hospital without any inpatient support (no ICU, surgical or obstetrical resources). The staffing mix, cooperation and orientation required for the “unknown factor”.

B. Citizenship and Immigration to Canada, Nursing in Canada Karen Kwan Anderson BA, LLB – Pace Law Firm, Toronto, Ontario

Immigration and the process of applying for Canadian citizenship and the ability to practice Nursing in Canada.

1130 – 1300: Lunch & NENA Annual General Meeting – All Welcome

Sunday Social Event – April 27, 2014 Sail into the Sunset at 1900hrs

See Toronto waterfront at night from the Kajama

Dinner Cruise Including a three course meal, musical entertainment & cash bar

Dinner Cruise Tickets – $75.00 per person Boat Capacity 225 guests

1300 – 1340: PLENARY SESSION: Bystander CPR – Can Emergency Nurses Make a Difference? Sherry Stackhouse RN, BSN – ENABC President & Todd Warren RN – NLENA President Cardiac arrest survival rates with CPR and novel ways to engage bystanders to begin CPR.

1340 – 1430: PLENARY SESSION: International Travel and Communicable Diseases Domingo Munoz Arteaga RN – Spain The connection between ever-increasing international travel and the spread of communicable disease around the world.

1430 – 1500: Refresh�ment Break & Exhibitors


A. Seniors’ Health Capacity Building: Our Journey to a Registered Nurses Association of Ontario Best Practice Spotlight Organization Designation Angela Chan RN, BScN, MN GNC(C) & Judy Smith RN, BScN, Med (DE), ENC(C)

MacKenzie Health, Richmond Hill, Ontario Engagement and capacity building strategies of the ED, focusing on seniors’ health and their support networks, leading to empowered patients and families.

B. Professional Standards: Do You Know Them? Do You Meet Them? Ruth Ciavaglia RN – Legal Expense Assistance Plan Team, Ontario Nurses Association

Are you familiar with the standards of the Nursing profession, including expectations and accountability?


1550 – 1630: PLENARY SESSION – Paediatric and Adolescent Mental Health Ruth America Aliaga RN – Peru The variety of issues and challenges in providing Emergency nursing care to these unique patients.

1630 – 1730: PLENARY SESSION: AMI – Just One Heartbeat Away AnnMarie Papa DNP, RN, CEN, NE-BC, FAEN, FAAN – Pennsylvania, USA Best practices related to the care of patients with AMI, diverse patient symptoms, early interventions and strategies to manage DOOR to BALLOON time.

Time to Explore Toronto – by bus, train or sky

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

0645 – 0730: Hot Breakfast & Registration

0730 – 0815: PLENARY SESSION: Human Trafficking – An International Crisis Gerardo Jasso Ortega RN, BSN – Mexico The growing reality of world-wide human trafficking.

0815 – 0900: PLENARY SESSION: Burn Fluid Resuscitation – Too Much or Too Little? Carole Rush RN, M.Ed, CEN, FAEN – Okotoks Urgent Care, Calgary, Alberta Pathophysiology of fluid shifts in major burn trauma, dangers of under and over hydration, ABLS guidelines for adults and paediatric burn patients.

CN Tower Walking Tour Experience – $30.00 per person An Adventure at Every Level!

The Tower Experience offers admission access to your choice of thrills. The glass faced elevators, with glass floor panels, will whisk you to the top in a mere 58 seconds. Enjoy breathtaking views of up to 160

km (100 miles) from the indoor and outdoor observatories. Attractions included in your Admission ticket are film, motion theatre ride, information displays, with 8,000

square feet of unique souvenir shopping, an arcade, and souvenir photos. www.cntower.ca

0900 – 0945: PLENARY SESSION: What’s Infectious & Hot in 2014? Dr. Gary Garber MD, FRCPC, FACP, FIDSA, CCPE Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control Division, Public Health Ontario 2014 Infection Update.

0945 – 1015: STRETCH Break & Exhibitors


A. Alberta Health Sciences – Emergency Nursing Provincial Education Program (ENPEP) Margaret Dymond RN, BScN, ENC(C) & Monique Fernquist BSN, Med., ENC(C) – Alberta

A blended learning approach for RNs & RPNs to reduce variation in orientation practices across a province with the potential to influence retention, confidence, job satisfaction and ultimate quality of patient care.

B. Drugs, Alcohol and Sexual Assualt Lianne Ritch BSN – B.C. Women’s Hospital, Sexual Assault Service, Vancouver, B.C.

There has been a dramatic increase in the number of drug facilitated sexual assaults seen in EDs. Learn about the emotional responses, the drugs and useful strategies for patients.



A. Emergency Department Response to the Forensic Patient Population Sheila Early RN, BScN – Forensic Health Sciences, British Columbia Institute of Technology

An overview of forensic nursing sciences, collaboration of ED and Forensic Nurses in caring for a patient with forensic implications.

B. Legal and Ethical Issues for Emergency Nurses Alexander M. Voudouris – Pace Law Firm, Toronto, Ontario

Duty to provide proper care, informed consent, responsibilities of health care professionals, charting and testifying.



A. ED Presentation of Thoracic and Abdominal Aneurysm Dissections and Ruptures Pat Mercer-Deadman RN ENC(C) – Grey Nuns Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta

Different patient presentations to the ED and ways that nurses can be led “astray” during our assessments.

B. Bleeding Disorders and the Emergency Department Challenges Sherry Purcell RN – Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Ontario

Factor: What Number? Who? How Soon?

1235 – 1250: Refreshment Break

1250 – 1330: PLENARY SESSION: Emergency Nurses – Their Role in Emergency Preparedness Roxanna Obando RN – Peru Emergency Nurses are on the front line as Emergency receivers around the world. 1330 – 1415: PLENARY SESSION: Healing the Healers AnnMarie Papa DNP, RN, CEN, NE-BC, FAEN, FAAN – Pennsylvania, USA

Nurses help each other deal with tragedy, loss, joy and pain. We make life and death decisions and we must be supported now and beyond.

1415 – 1430: CLOSING CEREMONIES

Simultaneous Translation Available

English, French, Spanish & Brazilian Portuguese

HOW TO REGISTER ONLINE: https://ers.snapuptickets.com/UHN/NENA2014/ Register online with your payment by VISA or MasterCard EMAIL: [email protected] PHONE: NENA Conference 2014 Chair – 613-923-5539

To ensure course materials are ready for you at the conference registration must be received prior to April 20, 2014.

REGISTER by Monday, March 3, 2014 to take advantage of the EARLY BIRD Rate

NENA RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE SUBSTITUTIONS FOR ANY SPEAKER OR TOPIC.

REGISTER EARLY

REGISTRATION FEES

Conference fee includes registration, breakfasts, refreshment breaks, lunches and conference materials.

Continuing Education Certified 20.7 Hours Credited

EARLY BIRD PRICE

Before March 3, 2014 After March 4 to April 20, 2014

NENA Members $475.00 $575.00

Non-Members $575.00 $675.00

Student Rate* $400.00 $400.00

One Day Rate $250.00 $250.00

Pre-Conference CTAS Workshop $50.00 $50.00

Sunday Social Event $75.00 $75.00

CN Tower Tour ** $30.00 $30.00

* Student rates require proof of full-time enrolment. Please submit your student ID # with your registration. ** CN Tower Tour pricing – only available with a minimum of 20 participants.

In case of cancellation contact NENA Conference 2014 Chair A $50.00 processing fee will be deducted from any registration refund.

No refund will be issued after April 1, 2014.

CTAS Workshop, Social Event, CN Tower Tour NOT included in conference cost.

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123 Queen Street West Toronto, Ontario, Canada

M5H 2M9

1-888-627-7175

www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/END24A

NENA Special Conference Rate Prior to March 24, 2014

Conference Code END24A

$189.00/night (+ taxes) Based on single or double occupancy

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