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May 2024

  • May 23 @ 1200 hrs ET
  • Open to all members and non-members (will not be recorded)
    • Webinar: CACCN Communities of Practice (CoPs): Open Forum: Nurse Managers
    • Presenter: Adam Gagnon, Former CACCN Director, Co-Chair Member Relations Committee
    • This webinar will provide an opportunity for open discussion of topics relevant to Nurse Managers and provide information around the CACCN Communities of Practice. To encourage open discussion, this webinar webinar will not be recorded.
    • Register by May 21, 2024 @ 1600 hrs ET: Registration Form
  • May 23 @ 1500-1600 hrs ET (1300-1400 MST): “Neuroprognostication After Cardiac Arrest
    • Alberta Chapter – open to all CACCN Members from across the country
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    • Register by emailing caccnalberta@caccn.ca.
  • Rescheduled to May 30 @ 1200 hrs ET: Paula Price Memorial Educational Series 2024 – Critical Care Conundrums – Session 1
    • Members Only!
    • Webinar: Obstetrical Emergencies
    • Presenter: Brenda L Morgan
    • Register by May 28 @ 1600 hrs ET: Registration Form

June 2024

  • June 6 @ 1200 hrs ET: Paula Price Memorial Educational Series 2024 – Critical Care Conundrums Session 2.
    • Members Only Event
    • Webinar: Children are not little adults
    • Presenter: Karen Dryden-Palmer, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Hospital for Sick Children and CACCN Past President
    • Register by June 4, 2024 @ 1600 hrs ET: Registration Form
  • June 11 @ 1600-1700 hrs ET (1400-1500h MST): “ICU Survivorship”
    • Alberta Chapter – open to all CACCN Members from across the country
    • Register by emailing caccnalberta@caccn.ca.
  • June 20 @ 1200 hrs ET: Journal Club
    • Members Only Event
    • Article: Specialized inserters and pediatric peripheral intravenous attempt success: Prospective cohort
    • Register by June 18, 2024 @ 1600 hrs ET: Registration Form

November 2024

  • November 18 @ 1200 hrs ET: 2SLGBTQI+ in Critical Care & Organ Donation
  • 2SLGBTQI+ = represents Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and additional people who identify as part of sexual and gender diverse communities
  • Live event open to all members and non-members (95 seats available)
    • This presentation will share issues relevant to the care of 2SLGBTQI+ patients & caregivers admitted to intensive care units (ICUs). Included will be relevant terminology, evidence-based ways to engage in discussions about social identities, develop a framework for cultural humility, and discuss existing inequities in organ and tissue donation relevant to critical care nurses and the steps being taken to address them.
    • Presenter: Murdoch Leeies, sponsored by Canadian Blood Services
    • Register by November 13, 2024 @ 1600 hrs ET: Registration Form

Past Events / Recordings List – “Members Only

Date and PresentationPresenter(s)
April 18, 2024: TTM at Your Hospital: Bundled in Current Evidence or On Thin Ice?   (recording coming soon)Mary Kay Bader RN, MSN, CCNS, CCRN, CNRN, SCRN, FNCS, FAHA, FCCM, Neuro/Critical Care CNS, Providence Mission Hospital Mission Viejo CA USA
Sponsored by BD Canada
April 11, 2024: Acute Kidney Injury in ICU
Slide Deck and recording coming soon!
Dr. Amit Bagga, MD, FRCPC, Division of Nephrology, Windsor Regional Hospital
Webinar hosted by CACCN Alberta Chapter
April 4, 2024: CJCCN Journal Club: Journal Article: The development of a patient-oriented music intervention (POMI) for use in the adult intensive care unit: Acceptability to critical care experts

Download the Article
Asha Pereira, Chief EditorM
Michelle House Kokan, Co-Editor
CJCCN
March 21, 2024: Will artificial intelligence change the role of nursing?Krista Silvaggio, Clinical Education Manager and Integration Specialist, Spacelabs Healthcare (Canada) Inc
January 11, 2024: Enhancing Mental Health Awareness in Critical Care Christine Filipek, CACCN Director, Co-Chair, Member Relations and Co-Chair
CACCN Position StatementCritical Care Nurse Wellbeing
December 7, 2023 – Paula Price Memorial Education Series 2023 – Session 4
Mentorship Panel Discussion
Brandi Vanderspank-Wright, Vice-President, Caroline Penner, Director, Chair Professional Development Committee, Sara Nikolic, Erika Tsang and Amber Wiens
November 9, 2023Joint CACCN and CVAA webinar
Central Line Insertion: Critical Care & Vascular Access Considerations
Chanda MacDonald, CVAA Director
Caroline Penner, CACCN Director
Paul Renick, Critical Care Nurse
October 25, 2023
Coroners Death Investigation
Dr. Akshai Iyengar 
Ontario Coroner
The Ottawa Hospital
October 12, 2023
Paula Price Memorial Education Series 2023 – Session 3

Examining the role of healthcare organizations and their leaders in fostering mentorship in nursing.
Kim McMillan
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Ottawa
June 22, 2023
This webinar is available on the CJCCN Publish with Us – Aim, Scope, Information for Authors page and is open to everyone!
Preparing to Publish

Prepared by The CJCCN Editorial Management Team
Asha Pereira, Chief Editor &
Michelle House-Kokan
, Co-Editor
Canadian Journal of Critical Care Nursing (CJCCN)
June 8, 2023
Paula Price Memorial Education Series 2023 – Session 2
Evidence-based transition to practice support for new graduate nurses in critical care: The role of preceptorship and mentorship programs
Michelle Lalonde
Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Ottawa
June 5, 2023 – webinar available to everyone!
Communities of Practice (CoPs) Informational Webinar

Christine Filipek
CACCN Director
April 25, 2023
Building Partnerships in Crisis

Karen Dryden-Palmer
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Hospital for Sick Children
CACCN Past President
April 13, 2023
Intra-abdominal Hypertension: Back to the Basics

Caroline Penner

CACCN Director
March 30, 2023
Paula Price Memorial Education Series 2023 – Session 1

Preparing for Mentorship: Putting the pieces together

Robin Devey-Burry

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing, Memorial University of Newfoundland
March 9, 2023
CACCN National Journal Club
Article: Virtual reality as an adjunctive comfort measure in the intensive care and coronary care unit: A nurse-led quality improvement pilot project

Katherine Kissel & Andrea Soo
February 16, 2023Joint CACCN and CAAN webinar
Pediatric apheresis and thrombotic microangiopathies (TMA)
Sponsored by Alexion AstraZeneca Rare Disease
Maria Di Mola
President
Canadian Association of Apheresis Nurses (CAAN)
February 9, 2023 – Joint CACCN and CCCN webinar
Recognizing and Managing Abnormally Slow Cardiac Rhythms: Enhancing Nurses’ Clinical Assessment Toolkit
Joint webinar with the Canadian Council of Cardiovascular Nurses (CCCN)
Nancy Clark
Canadian Council of Cardiovascular Nurses (CCCN)
December 2022
SITUATION CRITICAL: New Graduates in High Acuity
Dr. Judy Duchscher
Nursing the Future
November 2022
The Technology of Nursing
Sponsored by Spacelabs Healthcare (Canada) Inc.
Krista Silvaggio,
Clinical Education Manager and Integration Specialist, Spacelabs Healthcare (Canada) Inc.
November 2022
National Journal Club: Review – Canadian Women’s Heart Health Alliance
Article: Review – Canadian Women’s Heart Health Alliance – The Canadian Women’s Heart Health Alliance Atlas on the Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Management of Cardiovascular Disease in Women d Chapter 6: Sex- and Gender-Specific Diagnosis and Treatment.
Lindsey Patterson
CACCN Director
October 2022
Caring for a patient with TMA: A Nursing Perspective
Sponsored by Alexion AstraZeneca Rare Disease
Megan Buckholz
Secretary
Canadian Association of Apheresis Nurses (CAAN)
September 2022
Complex Neurological Determination of Death: Case studies

Karine Allard
CACCN Director
June 2022
CACCN National Journal Club
Article: “Principles of fluid management and stewardship in septic shock: it is time to consider the four D’s and the four phases of fluid therapy”.

Sarah Crowe
CACCN President
May 2022
Nursing Week – National Journal Club
Article: “The core of patient-participation in the Intensive Care Unit: The patient’s views”.

Brandi Vanderspank-Wright,
CACCN Vice President