The Canadian Nurses Association has added new dates for Community Health Nursing certification applications.  Please see attachments for further details:

Looking for a way to cap off your celebration of National Nursing Week?  How about a obtaining a copy of the revised Canadian Community Health Nursing Professional Practice Model & Standards of Practice?
 
CHNC is excited to announce that this document is updated for 2019 and is now available!
 
This revised document defines the practice of a registered nurse in the specialty area of community health nursing and provides a guide for CHNs and their employers to evaluate their practice.
The publication features:
a) The components of the professional practice model and the graphic that describes the structure, process and values that support the community health nurse's control over the delivery of nursing care and the environment in which care is delivered.
b) Eight standards of practice that represent a vision for excellence in community health nursing. The Standards of Practice also provide a foundation for national certification and research in community health nursing.
c) Updated Appendices, including the glossary of terms used in the document.

You can view this document on the CHNC website.
You can also purchase your own personal copy here (English) or here (Français). Print copies in English only and downloadable pdf copies in English or French are available for purchase. 

Attention employers/educators: You can help your nurses/students celebrate Nursing Week, and community health nursing throughout the year, through bulk orders of either print or pdf copies at reduced pricing.  Orders can be placed by emailing info@chnc.ca

CHNC has undertaken an enhancement to our e-commerce site to support pdf purchases.  As with any new system that is implemented it is possible that we could experience a few minor glitches along the way in spite of our best efforts to avoid this. If you should encounter any difficulties when ordering, please contact dave@lifelinedesign.ca

The agenda and materials for the CHNC 2019 Annual General Meeting are now available for members to review prior to the meeting. Members may log-in to view these materials. 

A CHNC Webinar in collaboration with CNA Winter 2019 Leadership Webinar Series

This webinar will delve into transformational leadership in public health nursing, exploring its key elements, biggest challenges and best practices. You’ll learn strategies for strengthening leadership that can lead to system transformation.

Register today!
 
Presented by: Josephine Etowa, PhD, MN, BScN, RN, RM, FWACN, FAAN
Professor and Loyer-DaSilva Research Chair in Public Health Nursing,
School of Nursing, University of Ottawa

Josephine Etowa is a professor and Loyer-DaSilva research chair in public health nursing at the University of Ottawa. As well, she is a senior investigator with the Centre for Research on Health and Nursing and a founding member and past president of the Health Association of African Canadians. Her research program includes studies on health equity, perinatal health, HIV/AIDS, nurses’ work-life balance and community health nursing.

We are conducting a research study to explore attitudes towards addressing sexuality among health professionals in the United States of America, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Singapore and South Africa.

We would like to invite you to complete a survey which measures attitudes and barriers to including sexuality in stroke rehabilitation.

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE
If you are a physician, nurse, occupational therapist, physiotherapist speech pathologist, psychologist, social worker or rehabilitation counsellor working in stroke rehabilitation in Australia, New Zealand, USA, UK, Ireland, Canada, Singapore or South Africa we are looking for people like you!

WHO IS RUNNING THE STUDY
Dr Margaret McGrath, Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney
Dr Emma Power, Associate Professor at the University of Technology Sydney
Michelle Anne Low, Honours student at the University of Sydney

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Please read the Participant Information Sheet 

IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE: Survey Link 

Community Health Nurses of Canada (CHNC) Nominating Committee is seeking experienced, committed, skilled individuals, who are passionate about community health nursing, as nominees for the CHNC Board of Directors to lead CHNC into the future.
 
The Call for Nominations is for the following Director positions for two-year terms of office beginning at the time of the Annual General Meeting held in conjunction with the National Community Health Nursing Conference, May 27-29, 2019 in Saint John, NB.
 
The following positions are open for nominations:
Communications Officer (member of Executive Committee and Board)

Provincial/Territorial Reps from:
Ontario
Yukon
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island

New Brunswick

 
More information is available here.

March 12, 2019 Ottawa, ON Public Health Agency of Canada
OTTAWA, ON - As Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer, I am very concerned to see vaccine-preventable diseases, particularly those as serious and highly contagious as measles, making a comeback in Canada and around the globe. From my perspective, even one child dying of measles is unacceptable.

In an era where, thanks to the success of vaccines, we are no longer familiar with these dangerous illnesses, some parents have come to fear the prevention more than the disease.

Seeds of doubt are often planted by misleading, or worse, entirely false information being spread in campaigns that target parents on social media and the internet. It is no wonder some parents are confused and concerned.
Parents want only the best for their children, always. Some parents may question, hesitate or delay vaccinating their children for a variety of reasons, but they all want to protect their children from harm.

Yet over the past few weeks, we have heard Canadian parents speak to the media about watching their children suffer through a vaccine-preventable disease. Some have spoken of difficult recoveries that have taken weeks or months, sometimes leaving permanent disabilities, and heartbreakingly, some have spoken about losing their children.

Sadly, as a paediatric infectious disease specialist, I have witnessed the devastating effects of vaccine preventable diseases on the lives of children and their families.

Healthcare providers are on the front lines of this battle between truth and misinformation. We must support parents as they tease apart fact from fiction. How we talk to parents who have questions about vaccines can have a direct effect on improving their confidence and supporting them in getting their children vaccinated.

I urge my fellow healthcare provider colleagues to take the time to answer the questions of concerned parents, and in turn, I urge parents and guardians to ask questions and seek out trusted and reliable sources of information to help guide them. To that end, I am including links to some top Canadian websites providing credible information on vaccines.

Keeping Canadians, especially our children, healthy and free from disease is our shared priority.
In the weeks and months ahead, I will work with partners and stakeholders to continue to address the misinformation around vaccines. The health of our children and of our country deserves nothing less.
Dr. Theresa Tam
Chief Public Health Officer of Canada

 

Associated links
The Public Health Agency of Canada
Immunize Canada
Canadian Paediatric Society

 
Details to be posted with the agenda at a later date.

Call for Resolutions
Please submit any resolutions on or before March 31, 2019 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time to the Governance Standing Committee at ed.chnc@gmail.com.   For Resolution Guidelines click here.