THE CVAA
Newsletter of the Canadian Vascular Access Association
Spring 2023
President’s Message “You can’t pour from an empty cup.”
simultaneously mentoring our junior staff; something that all organizations should These past few years have be prioritizing to ensure a taken a toll on many healthcare knowledgeable workforce into providers’ physical and the future. We need to normalize emotional well-being. Many have the creation of psychologically resigned from their fields. Larger safe environments and focus on workloads, continued staffing relationship building again. Only shortages, wage suppression then will it allow us to inspire legislations, disruptions to and mentor the next generation organizational processes, and of vascular access champions tense interactions between to advocate for continued best colleagues, patients, and practices and clinical outcomes. families. To say that we are As we start to see workplaces expert vascular access experiencing unprecedented and businesses return to usual association that we are on this challenges in our healthcare operations, I’m reminded of how world stage. My hope is that this, system is an understatement to far we’ve come. along with other CVAA webinars say the least. These increased and learning events that will This year not only marks our pressures have led to many happen throughout the year, first in-person conference since healthcare providers feeling will help to refill your cup and the COVID pandemic, but also depersonalized from their work to keep you feeling fulfilled in our first time partnering with and families. Frankly, we are your practice as we continue to WoCoVA to host the World emotionally exhausted. work together in advancing this Congress on Vascular Access. A New Normal is a term that specialty. With so many international I’m hearing a lot more of these delegates this year, it is an days, as many have shifted excellent opportunity to share their attention to healing after Canadian perspectives and to experiencing organizational help advance the scholarship of Janny Proba, RN, BScN, MEd, EdD(c), CON(C), CHPCN(C), trauma. Part of this includes vascular access. It is certainly CVAA(c) purposeful efforts to retain our an honour for CVAA to be CVAA President exhausted workforce while recognized as the international
Janny