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Thank you to everyone who has sponsored, presented and attended the live CACCN webinars and those who have watched the recorded webinars in 2024. We appreciate your support!

Download the 2025 schedule (subject to change)

2025 Events

February 27 @ 1200 hrs ET: CACCN Webinar – Open to all nurses – members and non-members

• Wound Care Series: Pressure Injury Prevention (PIP): A Bundled Approach for Success
• Sponsored by Smith+Nephew
• Learning Objectives:
  • Identify lessons learned and best practices from OR PIP bundle and implications for International PIP.  
  • Analyze case studies (OR, ICU and ER) and practical strategies for prevention of pressure injuries
  • Apply evidence-based insights to enhance pressure injury prevention in your clinical setting
• Presenters: Lilibeth Acero, Alison Anger, and Kaylem Boileau
• Register today – limited seats available! The webinar will have open access availability for a week following the presentation.
• Register by February 26 @ 1200 hrs ET: Registration Form

March 12 @ 1500 hrs ET (1300 hrs MT): CACCN Alberta Chapter Webinar

• The Deteriorating Pediatric Patient
• Speaker: Dr. Gurpreet Khaira, MD, Stollery PICU Invesivist
• All welcome to attend
• Register by emailing caccnalberta@caccn.ca

March 13 @ 1200 hrs ET: CACCN Webinar – Open to all nurses – members and non-members

• Paula Price Memorial Education Series 2025 – Patient and Family Centred Care – Session 1
• Designing tomorrow’s critical care complex: A holistic framework for adaptive intensive care unit (ICU) environments.
• This presentation will embark on a transformative journey into the realm of healthcare innovation and intensive care unit (ICU) design by unveiling the meticulous process one organization embarked on to design a 60-bed “critical care complex” that seamlessly integrates versatility, safety, collaboration, and social justice. Attendees will delve into the strategic use of modular design, inclusive principles, and evidence-driven decision-making, ensuring adaptability to diverse patient populations and will witness the synergy between innovation and organizational values, shaping the blueprint for the next generation of critical care facilities.
• Presenters: Vininder Kour Bains and Lena Farina
• Register today – limited seats available! The webinar will have open access availability after the live presentation.
• Register by March 12 @ 1200 hrs ET: Registration Form

March 26 @ 1400 hrs ET: CACCN Webinar – Open to all nurses – members and non-members

• Revising the Canadian Association of Critical Care Nurses (CACCN) Standards for Critical Care Nursing Practice.
• The Canadian Association of Critical Care Nurses (CACCN) Standards for Critical Care Nursing Practice have undergone several revisions since inception.  This presentation will share how the 5^th edition of the Standards were revised using a systematic review and a modified-Delphi consensus process.  The methodology and subsequent methods will be underscored to provide a reproducible process for future revisions.  The session will conclude with a presentation of the 6^th edition of the CACCN Standards for Critical Care Nursing Practice.
• Presenters: Dr. Brandi Vanderspank-Wright and Sarah Crowe
• Register today – limited seats available! The webinar will have open access availability after the live presentation.
• Register by March 24 @ 1600 hrs ET: Registration Form

March 26 @ 1500 hrs ET (1300 hrs MT): CACCN Alberta Chapter Webinar

• Behind the Heartbeat: Fireside Chat with a CVICU Nurse
• Speaker: Maddie Koller, RN, BScN
• All welcome to attend
• Register by emailing caccnalberta@caccn.ca

April 10 @ 1200 hrs ET: CACCN Webinar – tentative

April 10 @ 1500 hrs ET (1300 hrs MT): CACCN Alberta Chapter Webinar

• Revolutionizing Patient & Family Journeys: The Role of ICU Diaries
• Speaker: Carly Hickey, RN, ACE Planning Company
• All welcome to attend
• Register by emailing caccnalberta@caccn.ca

May 8 @ 1200 hrs ET: CACCN Webinar – tentative

May 22 @ 1200 hrs ET: CACCN Webinar – tentative

• Wound Care Series – Session 3
• Sponsored by Smith+Nephew
• Register by April 8 @ 1600 hrs ET: Registration Form to follow

June 12 @ 1200 hrs ET: CACCN Webinar – tentative

June 26 @ 1200 hrs ET: CACCN Members only webinar

• Paula Price Memorial Education Series 2025 – Patient and Family Centred Care – Session 2
• Reimagining family-centered care (FCC) in the context of post-intensive care syndrome-family (PICS-F): A call for renewed focus.
• In this presentation, critical care nurses will delve into the multifaceted realm of post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) and post-intensive care syndrome-family (PICS-F). Attendees will learn about PICS-F within the context of critical care nursing practice. Attendees will gain insight into the pivotal role of informal caregivers, defined as individuals providing unpaid care to family members or friends with illness or disability, and the unique challenges they face within the healthcare system. Through a critical examination of existing resources and literature gaps, opportunities for enhancing support systems tailored to the needs of family caregivers affected by PICS-F will also be presented.
• Presenter: Angie Grewal
• Register by June 24 @ 1600 hrs ET: Registration Form

September 11 @ 1200 hrs ET: CACCN Members only webinar

• Paula Price Memorial Education Series 2025 – Patient and Family Centred Care – Session 3
• Beyond the intensive care unit (ICU): Post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) severity and survivorship strategies.
• This presentation will discuss patient-reported symptoms of post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) in the intensive care unit (ICU) Survivorship Clinic in Edmonton, Alberta.  Discussion will include post-intensive care syndrome (PICS), its prevalence, assessment, and treatment. A descriptive analysis of PICS symptoms and severity reported by patients referred to the clinic will be presented along with results of the PICS assessment.
• Presenter: Carmel Montgomery
• Register by September 9 @ 1600 hrs ET: Registration form

October 9 @ 1200 hrs ET: CACCN Members only webinar

• CACCN O-Lab Simulation
• Description to follow
• Presenter(s): Caroline Penner, Chair and CACCN Professional Development Committee
• Register by October 7 @ 1600 hrs ET: Registration form to follow

October – date to be determined: CACCN Annual General Meeting

November 13 @ 1200 hrs ET: CACCN Webinar – tentative

November 25 @ 1200 hrs ET: CACCN Members only webinar

• Paula Price Memorial Education Series 2025 – Patient and Family Centred Care – Session 4
• From chaos to clarity: The therapeutic potential of journals and diaries to recall the intensive care unit (ICU) journey.
• Critical care diaries and journals are significantly underutilized in the clinical setting and yet provide significant therapeutic benefit. Applicable to all critical care areas and demographics, the benefits of this creative outlet for both families and patients has been explored greatly. This presentation will summarize the evidence behind encouragement of journaling during the critical illness experience; educate about positive outcomes for patients, families, and care teams; identify barriers to implementation; and provide project implementation strategies for units and families at all accessibility and budget levels.
• Presenter: Carly Hickey, ACE Planning Company
• Register by November 23 @ 1600 hrs ET: Registration form to follow

Past Events / Recordings List – “Members Only”

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• Webinar and Journal Club Events Listing – 2022 to present (with links)
• Continuing Learning Hours: 1 hour webinar = 1 CL Hour.
  • CL Certificates are not provided by CACCN for webinars.
  • Track your hours using the CNA Continuous Learning for Certification Renewal: Activities and Competencies.
• Questions: Please contact: caccn@caccn.ca