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March 2014 Features Comments

CNA/Mental Health Commission of Canada Mental Health Series, Part 2: Suicide Prevention and Postvention Initiatives

“Suicide is so final,” says Judy Dunn, whose son died by suicide. “You can’t take it back. It leaves a wake of devastation and countless people in great pain, becoming part of your life forever.” Dunn is an outreach manager with the Mood Disorders Association of...

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March 2014 Ask the Expert Comments

When a child’s weight is the focus

Q: How do I start a conversation with the parents of a six-year-old concerning her rapid weight gain? A: These can be uncomfortable interactions, especially when the parents/caregivers are overweight or obese themselves or don’t view their overweight child as having a weight problem. However,...

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March 2014 CNA now Comments

Let’s put health in all policies

CNA has been hosting a series of workshops with nursing and health-care stakeholders to develop a national action plan for promoting the Health in All Policies approach, a key recommendation of the National Expert Commission. We have long been championing the notion that a person’s health is...

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March 2014 CNA now Comments

Special Meeting of Members

On January 29, nearly 150 members gathered together virtually for our special meeting of members ― a milestone for us, as it was the first time we’ve ever used remote electronic voting. By also simultaneously hosting live webcast and teleconference, meeting participants were able to have an...

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Ticket of Nominations

Every two years at CNA’s annual meeting and biennial convention, elections are held for the position of president-elect. This year, delegates attending CNA’s annual meeting (June 16), in conjunction with the biennial convention (June 16-18) in Winnipeg, will have the opportunity to...

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Leadership in Primary Health Care Series: Part 9 of 10 Bringing relief to a B.C. community

The Comox Valley Nursing Centre has created a completely different experience for many of the community’s residents. In 1993, seven nurses came together to respond to a call for proposals from B.C.’s health ministry, nursing association and nursing union. Soon after, the Comox Valley...

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Resources + other member benefits

PROGRESS IN PRACTICE WEBINARS If you weren’t able to participate in our webinars in January, you can go to webinar.cna-aiic.ca to watch recordings of the following: Learn more about advancing public health nursing in schools CNA certification: Care to Be the Best and be...

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March 2014
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We called, you answered!

We were thrilled by members’ enthusiastic response to our call for talent for the upcoming RN public awareness campaign. We thank you for answering our call in December with such gusto! Quick facts: We received 166 applications Candidates represented a variety of practice...

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March 2014
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The challenge to go paperless: Act 2

How Studying Human Factors Improves Patient Safety

On call in Nunavut

A message for our readers

CNA/Mental Health Commission of Canada Mental Health Series, Part 2: Suicide Prevention and Postvention Initiatives

When a child’s weight is the focus

Let’s put health in all policies

Special Meeting of Members

Ticket of Nominations

Leadership in Primary Health Care Series: Part 9 of 10 Bringing relief to a B.C. community

Resources + other member benefits

We called, you answered!

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