Xi
Eta Chapter,
Sigma
Theta Tau International (STTI)
Honor
Society of Nursing
UBC
|
|
17th
Annual Ethel Johns Nursing Research Forum
“Nursing
Innovation: Promoting, Creating, Embracing”
Dates: Friday
February 3, 2012 (Pre-Forum Workshops)
Saturday,
February 4, 2012 (Research Forum)
Place: ’s
Hospital,
Keynote Address: Geertje Boschma, PhD., RN
Innovation in Nursing: Historical Perspectives
Geertje Boschma
is an Associate Professor in the UBC School of Nursing.
Her research focuses on the history of nursing and health care, with special
emphasis on mental health. She studies the development of mental health
services and the transition to community mental health. Boschma also explores
the ways nurses, other health professionals, clients, and families have
experienced these changes and contributed to them. This talk will present a
historical perspective on innovation in nursing and the various ways nurses
engaged with innovating practice as time and circumstances changed.
Endnote Address: Barbara Mildon, PhD., RN, CHE, CCHN(C)
Innovation
in Nursing: Expectation, Experiences and Enablement
Barbara Mildon’s nursing experience spans the
health-care continuum, from hospital to home care, regulation to
research, and bedside to boardroom. She is currently vice president of
professional practice and research and chief nurse executive at the Ontario
Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences in .
A life-long learner, Mildon’s graduate education includes a PhD in nursing from
the . She has a
long record of service to provincial and national nursing organizations and
presently serves as CNA’s president-elect. The recipient of several
awards, including the CNA Centennial Award and the RNAO Award of Merit,
Mildon has published and presented widely. Her abiding joy is speaking and
being with nurses and supporting and celebrating nursing practice excellence.
Concurrent Sessions at the forum will showcase research and projects
of scholarly inquiry from clinicians, nurse researchers, administrators and
students.
Pre-Forum
Workshops (Friday, February 4, 2012)
Workshop A
(9:00 to 12:00): Innovating the Culture of Nurses' Work
Facilitators: Geertje Boschma, PhD, Charlene Ronquillo, MSN & Helen
Vandenberg, PhD (C).
This
workshop explores ideas, experiences, and practices of culture and innovation
in nurses' work. The workshop will address three main areas: Reflect on the
notion of culture in nursing, explore the ways in which immigrant nurses
contribute to renewal of nursing practice, and examine nurses' grassroots
approaches to innovation of practice in mental health. Historical perspectives
and experiences will provide a lens for reflecting on current approaches of
renewal and innovation in (your) nursing practice.
Workshop B (1300-1600): Innovation
in Nursing: Expectations, Experiences and Enablement
Facilitator: Barbara Mildon, PhD., RN, CHE, CCHN(C)
This workshop
will begin by describing the drivers that have established innovation as an
expectation at the health system and care delivery levels. Thereafter,
experiences of nurses in leading innovation including those profiled by the
Canadian Nurses Association in various publications such as the “Ideas that
Work” series and “Registered Nurses on the Front Lines of Wait Times” (2009)
will be discussed. Lastly, key enablers for innovation will be reviewed
including tools, technology, research, and rewards.
To
register go to: www.karelo.com
For more
information visit: http://thecircle.sigmanursing.org/XiEtaChapter/Home/
Early
bird registration until January 13, 2012, and online registration closes
January 27, 2012.
Refreshments and lunch included. Updates and syllabus will be emailed to
registrants and posted on our website.
Go Green!! Bring your transit receipt and travel mug to
enter a draw!
For more
information contact:
·
Sherri
Kensall (Co-Chair Xi Eta Research Committee) Sherri.Kensall@fraserhealth.ca
·
(Co-Chair, Xi Eta Research Committee) barbaraboyle@shaw.ca
Registration Fees Xi Eta Members Non-Members
With a valid student number,
student will receive a 50% discount