Implantable Cardiac Devices: Overview (April 2017)

Objectives:

• Provide an overview of the functions of implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICD) and cardiac re-synchronization therapy (CRT)
• What populations receive these devices and why
• Practical Tips for Caring for patients with ICD and CRT devices
• End of Life Planning

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Occlusion Management Guidelines for CVADs: A Home Care Perspective (November 2015)

Objectives:

• The purpose of this presentation is to review the assessment, management and prevention of CVAD occlusions, as presented in the Guideline.

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Understanding the Relationship between Therapeutic Self-Care and Adverse Events for Home Care Clients in Ontario (Apr 18, 2013)

Objectives:

• Describe the relationship between a client’s therapeutic self-care ability and the occurrence of adverse outcomes in home care.
• Identify opportunities for community health nurses to increase their focus in improving client self-care functioning and disease management at home.
• Increase  the understanding of the need for community health nurses to shape change in their practice to advance quality of care for better client outcomes by mitigating clients’ safety risks and improving their health safety at home.

Care Planning and Coordination in Home Health Nursing (June 21, 2012)

Objectives:

• Discuss how home health aligns with the health care service delivery team.
• Provide a brief overview of the Community Health Nursing Standards and how the role of the Home Health Nurse has evolved as a specialist.
• Discuss the realities and challenges in home health care by sharing a day in the life of home health nurse.

Healthy Sexuality and Our Aging Population (October 2016)

Objectives:

• To increase awareness and knowledge of issues of healthy sexuality and aging including typical age related changes and common sexual dysfunctions.
• To increase knowledge of STIs, HIV and reproductive health considerations in our aging population.
• To increase awareness and skills for working with sexually and gender diverse people and their families.

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Primary Health Care (Feb 16, 2012)

Objectives:

• The values and principles of primary health care and how they relate to community and acute care nursing practice
• The differences and similarities between primary care and primary health care
• The key concepts of primary health care reform in Canada

Beyond Descriptions: Fostering Action to Improve Social Determinants of Health (May 9, 2012)

Objectives:

• To Increase knowledge and understanding of the social determinants of health and health equity
• To Increase awareness and understanding of how community and public health nurses can take action on the social determinants of health to support and advance health equity

Community Management of Heart Failure: Optimizing Self Care (April 2017)

Objectives:

Discuss patient and family education strategies to optimize self-care in people with heart failure that includes:

• Self care maintenance
• Symptom monitoring
• Management of changes in signs or symptoms

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Vulnerable Adults and Seniors Team: Who We Are (February 2016)

Objectives:

• To understand the role of the Vulnerables Adults and Seniors Team (VAST) within Toronto Public Health (TPH).
• To gain insight into the impact of social determinants of health faced by residents with increased vulnerability.
• To increase awareness of the need for advocacy, an integrated service delivery approach and compassionate care for vulnerable people.

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Addressing Health Inequities through Community Health Nursing Practice (October 2013)

Objectives:

• Describe how the determinants of health play out among vulnerable populations
• Discuss the potential contribution of CHN to reducing health inequities
• Describe the potential contribution of communities in health promotion

Incorporating Mental Health Promotion into Everyday Nursing Practice (Sept 20, 2012)

Objectives:

• Provide a brief outline of the strategic directions of the Mental Health Strategy of Canada
• Review the realities and challenges of assessing & documenting the mental health of your Client(s)
• Understand the predisposing safety risk factors in your Client(s) with mental health illness(es)

Cultural Safety (Jan 19, 2012)

Objectives:

• Cultural safety education and how it applies to nursing practice with Aboriginal clients
• The history of the residential school system and its impact on Aboriginal communities
• The concept of intergenerational trauma
• The importance of relationship building with Aboriginal clients and communities

Health Care Consent and Advance Care Planning in Ontario: What You Need to Know (June 2016)

Objectives:

• To increase knowledge and skills in applying the Health Care Consent Act and the Substitute Decision Making Act in relation to Advance Care Planning in Ontario.
• To increase awareness of resources available in relation to Advance Care Planning.

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From Patient Advocacy to Public Policy: Exploring the Impacts of Childhood Obesity (Feb 21, 2013)

Objectives:

• To discuss how nurses can turn patient advocacy into public policy
• To provide nurses with an inside look into the development of policy, programming, and regulations
• To share the parameters of the Healthy Kids Panel and discuss some basic findings

Nurse-led health promotion interventions improve quality of life in frail older home care clients: Lessons learned from three randomized trials in Ontario (Jan 18, 2013)

Objectives:

• To describe the burden of frailty among community-living older adults using home care services and the need for health promotion and preventive care in this population
• To present a framework for evaluating the effects and costs of complex, nurse-led health promotion and preventive care interventions
• To summarize the main findings of three randomized controlled trials evaluating the effects and costs of complex, nurse-led health promotion and preventive care interventions among frail older adults using home care services
• To describe the lessons learned as they relate to using results to inform practice, policy, and future research.

Beyond Descriptions: Fostering Action to Improve Social Determinants of Health (May 9, 2012)

Objectives:

• To Increase knowledge and understanding of the social determinants of health and health equity
• To Increase awareness and understanding of how community and public health nurses can take action on the social determinants of health to support and advance health equity

Organisational Readiness for Youth Engagement in Health Promotion (April 19, 2012)

Objectives:

• Provide an overview of youth engagement
• Describe organisational factors to consider in creating a youth-friendly working environments within health organisations
• Review assessment tools from RNAO Best Practice Guideline: Enhancing Healthy Adolescent Developing for assessing organisational readiness for engaging/working with youth

Let’s Get Social! Part III – Moderation of Social Media, Evaluation and Nursing Implications (October 2017)

Objectives:

1. Understand the meaning and importance of social media moderation.
2. Practice developing and responding to social media messages using examples from PH campaigns.
3. Explore the impact of a Public Health Campaign using evaluation results.
4. Increase understanding of the benefits and risks of using social media in the nursing profession.

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Let’s Get Social! Part II – Social Media Platforms (October 2017)

Objectives:

1. Explore 5 different social media platforms – Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Snapchat, and YouTube.
2. Discover the benefits and disadvantages of each platform when used for health promotion.
3. Learn how each of these platforms can be used through current Public Health campaign examples.

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Let’s Get Social! Part I – Why Social Media? (October 2017)

Objectives:

1. Increase understanding of social media use and how to develop a campaign.
2. Explore why social media can be a great health promotion tool.
3. Discover ways to engage nursing students as a means to stay current with social media.
4. Learn about the significance of a hashtag and their role in creating a social environment.

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A Brief Guide to Community Health Nursing (April 2017)

Objectives:

1. Increase participants’ knowledge and understanding of the practice standards, emerging topics and professional roles in community health nursing.
2. Build participants’ proficiency in applying concepts central to community health nursing to a variety of case scenarios.
3. Enable participants to more effectively plan a future career in community health nursing through increased awareness of resources and educational opportunities.

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Facilitating Learning Effectively: Social Constructivism, Health Literacy and RNAOs New L.E.A.R.N.S  Model (Mar 21, 2013)

Objectives:

• Identify five key components of social constructivism learning theory, a learner-centred theory.
• Promote health literacy in their nursing practice.
• Incorporate the RNAO’s L.E.A.R.N.S Model into their nursing practice.

Your Role in Knowledge Transfer for Health Promotion: Tips for Writing a Successful Conference Abstract  (Oct 18, 2012)

Objectives:

• Inspired to share work at conferences.
• Gain the skills required to submit a conference abstract.
• Be enabled to find support to successfully submit a conference abstract.