SIAST Winter Newsletter 2013

Nursing News Degree coming to Swift Current

n Nursing student receives SIAST’s Outstanding Citizenship Award n Alumna thrives in northern Saskatchewan community n Learning, practising, teaching and leading as a nursing graduate n Grants competition funds inquiry, advances scholarship

winter 2012/2013

Published by the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Nursing Division

n Message from the dean

Celebrating the contributions of SIAST Nursing alumni

SIAST Nursing alumni are making a significant contribution that is of tremendous benefit to our students.

The SIAST Nursing Division has been privileged to educate thousands of nurses over the past 42 years – people who are now licensed practical nurses, registered nurses, registered psychiatric nurses, nurse practitioners, critical care nurses and perioperative nurses. These nurses make significant contributions to the quality of care of patients, clients and families. They are also making an invaluable contribution in the advancement of the profession of nursing and nursing education, as well as to the health care system and the communities in which they live.

We are proud and excited to feature a few of the many stories about the success of our alumni and their ongoing contributions. Evidently, their passion for nursing is continually growing stronger.

Many SIAST nursing alumni are fully engaged with our students, as they provide mentorship throughout the program and help students succeed. Many nursing alumni serve as preceptors in their workplace and ensure students in their final practicum experience a rich learning opportunity. They also participate in our program advisory committees and share their knowledge and expertise to ensure the program is current and relevant, and meets the needs of the health care system.

Many of the nursing alumni have returned to SIAST and are providing leadership as members of our team of nursing faculty. Our program heads and faculty are dedicated to excellence in nursing education and to creating a supportive and innovative learning environment. Students are grateful for the support and encouragement of the faculty and the positive impact it has on their success in their programs.

SIAST nursing alumni have also provided strategic leadership in advancing the profession of nursing. Both the president and the president-elect of the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses’ Association, Kandy Hennenfent and Signy Klebeck, are SIAST alumni as well as SIAST nursing faculty.

SIAST nursing alumni have contributed their expertise as leaders, clinical experts, educators and researchers. They have transferred their expert knowledge into practice and collaborated with interprofessional colleagues to promote quality improvement.

Table of contents Message from the dean

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SCBScN program to be offered in Swift Current

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Psychiatric Nursing graduates produce powerful video

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Education and practice build stimulating career

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Alumna serves many generations in northern Saskatchewan

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Internal scholarship grants competition creates supportive and collegial space

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Lise Schultz receives SIAST Student Outstanding Citizenship Award

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Pinning ceremony embraces future nursing professionals 7 Continuing nursing education update

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Continuing education for RNs and RPNs: Enhance your skills and knowledge

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International nurses receive assessment, orientation

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Scholarship of application - awards

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Achievement of degrees, Faculty certificate program graduates, Long-service recognition, Retirements, In Memorium 10 Appointments 11 Scholarship of integration Presentation at conferences 12-13 Scholarship of integration - Publications

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Scholarship of discovery and scholarly projects

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Scholarship of service SIAST nursing programs and services

We are delighted to celebrate their success and look forward to their continued contribution in the future.

Netha Dyck Dean of Nursing

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n Reaching communities

SCBScN program to be offered in Swift Current

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eginning in September 2013, students in southwest Saskatchewan will have the opportunity to engage in nursing education closer to home. SIAST and the University of Regina are extending the delivery of their four-year nursing education program beyond Saskatoon and Regina. A memorandum of agreement was signed by four partners — the Cypress Health Region, Great Plains College, SIAST and the U of R — to deliver the Saskatchewan Collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing (SCBScN) program in Swift Current.

Both theoretical and clinical nursing education will be offered in Swift Current, with the U of R and SIAST delivering the program. Great Plains College will provide the space to deliver the classes, as well as the student support services. The Cypress Health Region will provide clinical practice education opportunities for the students.

This is a significant initiative that benefits everyone involved, particularly the students who will be able to receive their education in their hometown. “Everyone’s really excited about this opportunity. Great Plains College benefits by expanding its range of educational programming within the Swift Current area. It’s an effective registered nurse recruitment and retention strategy for the Cypress Health Region because students who take their education in the community are more likely to stay there when they graduate,” says Netha Dyck, SIAST dean of Nursing.

To SIAST and the U of R, offering the SCBScN in Swift Current allows the educational institutions to increase access to nursing education for students

in more areas of the province. “It helps us in our commitment to distribute education across the province and provide it closer to home,” says Dyck.

David Gregory, professor and dean, Faculty of Nursing at the U of R, says, “There is great potential in the partnership between SIAST and the University of Regina. Offering the SCBScN program in Swift Current is an example of this potential and possibility.

Furthermore, this initiative has come about because of our community-based partners: Great Plains College and the Cypress Health Region. Together, we have the capacity and resources to engage in outreach programming in Swift Current.”

Students will receive their education through a blended delivery method. Some of the classes will be taught on the Great Plains campus by U of R and SIAST faculty or through videoconferencing, and other classes will be offered online. A simulation lab that is now in place at Great Plains College for use in the Practical Nursing program will also be used by SCBScN students.

Students may also travel to Regina on occasion in order to use the high-fidelity simulation lab located at SIAST Wascana Campus.

The clinical practice education component of the SCBScN program will take place at the Cypress Regional Hospital and in various agencies in Swift Current and the surrounding communities of the Cypress Health Region. Eight students will begin taking classes in Swift Current each year, meaning that 32 students will eventually be enrolled in the four-year program at any one time. n

Rachel Hyatt-Hiebert (pictured on front cover) is a part-time staff nurse in the Critical Care Unit of the Cypress Regional Hospital in Swift Current and is the parttime mentorship coordinator for the Cypress Health Region. She received her nursing education through the Nursing Education Program of Saskatchewan (NEPS), which was available only in Regina and Saskatoon. Hyatt-Hiebert said that, had the program been available in Swift Current at that time, it would have reduced the financial burden, workload and stress of living in Regina and commuting home to spend weekends with her husband. Beginning in September 2013, students in southwest Saskatchewan will have the opportunity to engage in the SCBScN program in Swift Current

n Combating stigma

Psychiatric Nursing graduates produce powerful video

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tudents often surprise their mentors through their enthusiasm, effort and achievement, but when Psychiatric Nursing students Kylie Jackson, Beckie Price, Arianna Hedegus and Kelsey Picard completed an assignment together, they communicated a message that would resonate for psychiatric nursing professionals across the province and beyond.

“It was a five-minute video about the stigma faced by children with mental illness that they produced for our Year 2 course Children and Adolescents,” says Sue Myers, program head, Psychiatric Nursing. “They wore paper mâché masks and were dressed in black, there were no spoken words in the video at all, and the students held captions. That text would say, for example, ‘I need help,’ ‘I can help,’ ‘Help spread the word about mental illness,’ ‘Adolescents with mental illness have no future,’ or ‘Why don’t you get a job?’

— these are the voices of psychiatric clients, and the students wanted to increase awareness of what mental health clients go through.” ›

From left to right: Ariana Hegedus, Kylie Jackson, Lisa Horner, Rebecca Price, Carlie McAleese, Kelsey Picard

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n Creating opportunities

Education and practice build stimulating career

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career in nursing can involve assuming varied roles in very different settings. When Terry Hutchinson earned his diploma and entered psychiatric nursing, he could not have imagined that his path would return him to the classroom as both student and teacher, or that his education would unlock so many memorable opportunities.

Hutchinson began his career in the 1970s, when the educational structures were somewhat different than they are now. A student at the Wascana Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences, he completed a two-year diploma program and entered the workforce in 1976.

It was not long, however, before Hutchinson felt the need to return to education, not only to improve his skills and his opportunities, but also to help usher new nurses into the profession. Having worked for almost six years as a psychiatric nurse, he began work on his adult education degree by attending night classes one at a time. In the middle of that process, he stepped into the role of teacher, instructing students in SIAST’s core nursing program for several years.

As his own education advanced, Hutchinson progressed from teaching classes and laboratories to coordinating programs and working in school administration. He obtained his degree in adult education and then a master’s degree in educational psychology.

Eventually, he re-entered the health care practice in time to seize an opportunity that would define his career. “When I went back into the industry, there was a position that became open within the Regina General Hospital (RGH): manager of the Inpatient Mental Health Unit,” Hutchinson says. “At that time, there was an Inpatient Mental Health Unit at Pasqua Hospital and one at RGH, but they were building the service a new unit at RGH, and the two units were merging. So, I became the manager of that whole process. In 2000, I accepted the executive director for Mental Health and Addictions Services position with the Five Hills Health Region.”

Hutchinson’s roles as student, practitioner, teacher and administrator have given him a keen appreciation for the ability of education to enrich one’s life. “Initially, I was going to take my psychiatric nursing and that was it — I wasn’t going back to school,” he says. “However, the more I became aware of all there is to learn out there, the more that I wanted to learn and wanted to have additional opportunities. I like change, and I like variety, and it certainly has paid off well for me because I’ve had lots of learning opportunities and lots of varied work experiences.”

When considering the effect that education will have on one’s career, Hutchinson encourages an approach that creates as many options as possible: “You always need to be aware that there are many work and career opportunities out there, so I always tell people that they really need to think about an education that Terry Hutchinson, director of is going to be able to Mental Health and Addictions Services, Five Hills Health Region broaden their scope or afford them additional opportunities in the future.”

Education is not merely a means to career advancement, however. “The more you learn, no matter what it is that you’re learning, the more life experience that you gain. You’ll become a better, more rounded person, which will allow you to have a better scope of interaction with your peers, with patients, with whoever it is that you’re interacting with,” says Hutchinson. “It’s absolutely critical for you to be able to have that opportunity just to be a better person, to be more self-aware, to have greater self-understanding and to be able to support other people, no matter who they are.”

Hutchinson also encourages nursing students to learn more than just technical theory and practice: “Qualities such as mutual respect, empathy and sincerity are what allow nursing professionals to build strong and open relationships with both clients and co-workers within the collaborative care and interdisciplinary care models.”

In the future, Hutchinson plans to to improve the delivery of health care in his region through system improvements to maximize customer value and minimize waste. He is supporting the “Lean” concepts and initiatives to produce a more efficient and accountable system, while simultaneously being involved in the planning of a new Moose Jaw hospital that embodies “Lean” principles from its inception. n

Psychiatric nursing graduates (continued) Their faculty, Kathy White, was sufficiently impressed with the video that she passed it on to Myers, who was so moved that she screened it at the annual general meeting of Psychiatric Nurses in June 2012. Although students’ assignments typically are kept confidential for the sake of their privacy, she felt that this was an outstanding product that warranted a wider viewership.

The attendees at the AGM immediately responded in a very positive and enthusiastic manner. Many felt that the video was both an excellent reflection of the stigma experienced by mental health clients and a stirring reminder of the challenges of psychiatric nursing.

In addition to the praise, Myers received requests from some attendees for copies of the video for their own public awareness efforts. In the end, the Mental Health Association of Saskatchewan, the Schizophrenic Society and the Registered Psychiatric Nurses Association of Saskatchewan combined their efforts to purchase the publication rights for the video.

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With the legalities settled and the creators compensated, hundreds of copies were produced for October’s Canadian Mental Health Association rehabilitation conference. “The copies were given to each participant, who had the opportunity to use the video however they wanted to increase public awareness about mental health,” says Myers. In the future, the video is expected to reach an ever greater audience: “There’s the World Congress of Psychiatric Nurses coming up in Winnipeg in May 2013, and we’re hoping to be able to make copies available for conference participants.”

Myers attributes the video’s appeal to its highly effective symbolism. “For me, it’s an analogy for mental health clients and how they don’t have voice,” she says. “Throughout the program, we talk about providing voice and about working with your clients to find ways in which to engage them.

“At the end of the video, the papers are dropped and the students walk away hand-in-hand — the problem has been reduced, there’s been reaching out, and as a result of that, there’s more of a collaborative working relationship.

That’s true of psychiatric nursing as well.” n

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n Supporting our communities

Alumna serves many generations in northern Saskatchewan

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ursing education instills knowledge and skills in its students, but those proficiencies scarcely hint at the social influence that a successful SIAST Nursing graduate can have on a community.

Bonita Linklater was able to remain in Pelican Narrows while working towards her education and, ultimately, becoming a licensed practical nurse (LPN). Her presence has served as both a support and an example to the people of her home community.

Linklater was part of the first wave of students to be educated through the SIAST northern online Practical Nursing program, which was delivered to participants in three northern Saskatchewan First Nations communities.

The program was a partnership between SIAST, Northlands College and Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation Health Services, Inc., with the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority providing student support. Linklater graduated in 2009 and is currently working at the Angelique Canada Health Centre in Pelican Narrows.

“As a student, she had high academic standing and was exceptional in her preparation and practice,” said Karen Ullyott, program head, Practical Nursing, SIAST Woodland Campus. “Bonita was nominated for a distinguished alumni award, and she’s an outstanding person in terms of her commitment to her family and her community.”

By virtue of her impressive character, Linklater serves as an exemplar to those around her. Young and old, her family and community look to her as a successful role model and seek her support and guidance in times of need.

“I work for the elders, and I’m very proud of that,” Linklater said. “I work alongside a registered nurse and another LPN, and we provide nursing and support services for the Home and Community Care program. We visit our clients so that they don’t have to come to the health centre, and if they need nursing care or something done, we provide that for them.”

guidance to the youth of her community through the sport of canoeing. She and her family help train youth to participate in Troy’s Youth Canoe Quest, an annual race that her team has competed in for the past three years. The activity helps strengthen both the physical health of the youths and their social Bonita Linklater, LPN, Angelique bonds. Training for Canada Health Centre the race weekend in July begins in May or June, with Linklater, her husband and sister-in-law taking their team of twelve to practise in a sixseat canoe on the local lakes.

Linklater credits the SIAST Practical Nursing program for her current position and good fortune. Its online delivery allowed her to earn her education and complete her certification without relocating from her home community. That stability permitted her to remain with her family while they supported her in her efforts. Now she is able to continue to live and work in Pelican Narrows and enrich the community that she calls home.

Said Linklater, “I just enjoy helping other people — it’s a big part of my life — and, if I hadn’t gone to nursing school, I wouldn’t have been able to help people this way.” n

In addition to taking care of her elders professionally, Linklater provides

n Advancing research

Internal scholarship grants competition creates supportive and collegial space

by Lyle G. Grant, RN, BComm, BSN, MSN, JD, PhD(c)

suggestions are returned to all applicants. In this way, the application and review processes support faculty in ways that strengthen and nurture a culture of scholarship. This year, two research projects received funding.

o help meet the SIAST Nursing Division’s priorities in advancing research, an Internal scholarship grants competition was introduced this year. Faculty are encouraged to apply for funding to support pilot projects, team development, new teaching innovations, small research projects or the work necessary to succeed in larger external grant competitions. While supporting the financial requirements of selected scholarly projects, rigorous application and review processes are also designed to enhance other scholarly capacity gains within Nursing Division.

Principal investigator Madeline Press, along with co-investigators Roslyn Compton and Robert Perry, received funding for a pilot study examining student perceptions of learning environments and experiences when two different delivery modes of nursing clinical instruction are applied.

Press and Compton say the grant competition was a learning experience that helped them to establish new networks with other PhD students and academics at other universities and to build upon interdepartmental collaboration. They say they received ongoing support from the Nursing Division’s Institute for Nursing Scholarship right from the proposal-writing stage, making it easier to conduct research. For this team, the new funding allows them to explore their ideas in a systematic fashion and employ specialized expertise and research assistants to ensure timely and successful completion of their project. ›

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The grant review and adjudication process is conducted within the Nursing Division. Nursing faculty (peers) score applications through careful review, evaluation and discussion. Detailed and supportive feedback and

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n Demonstrating leadership

Lise Schultz receives SIAST Student Outstanding Citizenship Award

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IAST is very proud of the accomplishments and contributions of Lise Schultz . In addition to her studies in the Nursing Education Program of Saskatchewan (NEPS) — a program that, in itself, entails an often daunting workload — she chaired the Canadian Nursing Student Association (CNSA) national conference that saw more than 500 student nurses from northern BC to Prince Edward Island coming together in Saskatoon.

Her caring, enthusiastic manner, along with her ability to maintain her good academic standing and personal commitment to NEPS while planning the huge national event, garnered the attention of her faculty and earned her SIAST’s Student Outstanding Citizenship Award.

Schultz speaks enthusiastically about the tremendous amount of work that was required in planning the conference: “We were responsible for finding and lining up all the speakers for the events, as well as drawing up the contracts for all of the venues that were required for a week’s worth of festivities. We got national sponsorships from major health care associations and licensure bodies. And we planned workshops as well as social activities for the students that were coming.” The conference marked the first time in the CNSA’s 40-year history that the event was held in Saskatchewan, and it became the largest student nursing conference ever held in this province.

As people who volunteer to do amazing things often are, Schultz is modest about her accomplishments. “I had some great help: Ashton Kaczur, who is the prairie regional director and Amanda Schneider, the international director on the CNSA. Amanda was a big part of making the national conference possible. I thank her so much for being so patient and working so hard with me.” Schultz does not, however, downplay the amount of work that was required for the project: “It was a lot of work and a lot of sweat and a lot of tears trying to get it ready, especially since a lot of my school work was at the same time. So trying to write finals when I had my heaviest course load in my program was difficult.” She never considered giving up or abandoning her work on

the conference, though: “It was a case where, when I get involved with something, I want to see it followed through and be the very best it can be. So I just sort of stepped in and said, ‘Okay I’ll help out with this.’

It’s a huge honour and something I did not take on by any means to get an award.”

Now in her third year of NEPS and hoping to complete the program in less than the customary four years, Schultz sets a positive example as a nursing student through her own personal commitment to achieving the standards required in the program. For many, maintaining a good academic standing in NEPS while organizing a national event would be overwhelming, but Schultz’s extracurricular work goes even further. In January 2012, she was elected vice president of the CNSA, a position that also placed her on the board of the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN). The CASN board of directors includes deans, faculty members and program heads from across the country.

A student who works with them has an excellent opportunity for professional development. Schultz takes the extra responsibility in stride. “It’s so exciting and fascinating. I feel very lucky as a student to get to be part of that. I’m the only student on that board from all of Canada,” she said.

In nominating Schultz for SIAST’s Outstanding Citizenship Award, NEPS faculty said that they have observed “her leadership skills, dedication to nursing students, and consistent focus on professionalism and improving the health of the people of Saskatchewan.” They added that “she demonstrated exemplary group leadership in this process, based on a strong belief in the profession of nursing and in the importance of nursing students coming together to share their common goals and challenges.”

SIAST’s Student Outstanding Citizenship Award recognizes students who inspire and encourage others to make positive changes. n

Internal scholarship grants competition (continued) The research team led by co-principal investigators Lynn Sheridan, Emily Harder and Natasha Hubbard Murdoch received funding to examine the mentoring culture within the SIAST Nursing and Science and Health Divisions. With a particular interest in developing ways to foster mentoring cultures at SIAST, Sheridan says, “The funds received helped us retain assistance from a statistician to help advance our own developing skills sets around quantitative analyses.” In commenting about the processes of peer-review, Sheridan says, “The feedback received from the peer-review panel greatly assisted us in clearly writing what we were measuring,” an important part of setting up the study and understanding the outcomes. For this team, comments from the

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peer-review panel contributed to advancing their success.

Dr. Lynn Miller, who was one of six who sat on the volunteer review panel, said that participating in the review “was a great learning experience, both from a team-building perspective critical to advancing our scholarship endeavours, and in seeing what great ideas are incubating within Nursing Division.” She says that participating stirred ideas about her own research and provided a great source of inspiration. Clearly recognizing the capacity-building and supportive aspects of the competition to applicants and peer-reviewers, Joyce Bruce, another volunteer review panel member, said, “The structured process was very

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clearly laid out and really serves to strengthen an ability to undertake research and publication, so I encourage anyone with a scholarship idea to apply.”

The funded teams will contribute to filling important knowledge gaps where little systematic evidence is available. They work will advance applied research to improving learning and teaching environments at SIAST and support and stimulate further research, publication and knowledge dissemination. In introducing the Nursing Division’s Internal Scholarship Grants competition, a supportive and collegial space was created to broaden and enhance faculty engagement in research. n

n Rites of passage

Pinning ceremony embraces future nursing professionals

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t the end of their first term in the Saskatchewan Collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing (SCBScN) program, future nurses participate in a ceremony designed to help define their careers.

This pinning ceremony symbolically inducts the students into the nursing profession and marks the beginning of their lifelong dedication to ethical practice and knowledge.

“The ceremony is intended to commemorate the official launch of the students into the profession of nursing,” said Chris Barlow, program head for the SCBScN program at SIAST Kelsey Campus in Saskatoon. “It’s a formal, professional welcome to the program.” › (Continued on Page 10)

Netha Dyck, SIAST dean of Nursing, Bruno Okoro, SCBScN student, david Gregory, dean of the U of R Faculty of Nursing

n Delivering nursing education in a changing environment

Continuing nursing education update

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ince September 2011, 481 Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) have registered for the NURS 227 Health Assessment for LPNs course and have completed their 12-hour lab at various sites throughout the province. In 2012, a summer session was offered to expedite the mandatory competency deadline for LPN’s Continuing Education. The last course was completed in December 2012.

offers the flexibility to enter the course at any time throughout the year.

SIAST Continuing Nursing Education launched the Canadian Practical Nurse Registration Exam (CPNRE) online prep course in July 2012. This course is designed to prepare Practical Nurses to write their CPNRE exam.

Feedback from students has indicated they appreciate the online format that

An agreement has been reached by Surgical Centres Inc. and SIAST to use the Principles and Practices of Outpatient Procedures (NURS 1658) course and a customized clinical lab to orientate new staff at its Regina facility.

Plans to expand to Saskatoon are expected in the future. n

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Charlottetown, PEI, has selected the SIAST Medical Device Reprocessing courses as its educator of choice. Students from PEI started registering for the courses in May. The managers in PEI have published the course information in a brochure recommending SIAST courses for the entire province.

Continuing education for RNs and RPNs: Enhance your skills and knowledge Cervical Screening for RNs (NURS 1671)

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This course will present essential information that reflects current advances in clinical drug therapy. New research and clinical experience result in ongoing changes in the drug therapy field and, as an experienced health care provider, you will examine the common classification of drugs and review strategies to promote safe, effective and rational drug therapy and non-pharmacological approaches, while considering each client’s unique requirements.

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n Welcoming diversity

International nurses receive assessment, orientation

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he current economic boom in Saskatchewan is producing many spinoffs, and some might find the benefits being reaped through this rapid change to be quite surprising. Thousands of workers are emigrating from across the globe to fill growing numbers of job vacancies, and some are bringing their spouses, many of whom are nurses. This development is helping to fill a pressing need in the province’s health care industry. “We have a nursing shortage, so immigrating internationally educated nurses (IENs) is assisting in alleviating the shortage,” said Sandra Pettit, SIAST nursing program head.

IENs are well-suited to work with newcomers to the province who require nursing care. Saskatchewan is becoming a more multicultural province, and having a mix of IENs and Canadianborn nurses working on a nursing unit enhances the care that patients receive as local nurses become more culturally sensitive to the needs of international patients. IENs are fully educated to work in the nursing profession in their countries of origin, but most require an orientation to prepare them to work in the Canadian health care setting. In order to determine if an IEN meets the nursing competencies in Saskatchewan, the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses’ Association (SRNA) refers the nurses to the IEN Assessment Centre at SIAST. The centre assesses each nurse’s abilities and provides a report to the SRNA. The SRNA determines what (if any) courses the IEN must complete in the bridging program, Orientation to Nursing in Canada for Internationally Educated Nurses (ONCIEN), offered by SIAST. “Through a number of different assessment tools, we determine if they meet the competencies. These involve multiple-choice exams, short answer exams and objective, structured clinical examinations, which assess their skills and theoretical knowledge. We also assess their critical judgment abilities. By considering the results of all of the assessments, we determine where there are gaps in the competencies of the IEN as they relate to the SRNA competencies.

We then send a report to the SRNA, which determines the next steps,” said Pettit.

Nurses from other countries who wish to work in the Canadian health care system find that they must make adjustments to their own approach to nursing. Some will need to improve their medical terminology skills, others will need to increase their English language proficiency, others require familiarization with drug therapy theory and some individuals will need to update their skills in the use of technology. The role of the nurse in Canada is not the same as the role of the nurse in many other countries. The ONCIEN program helps the IENs to learn what aspects of the Canadian nurse’s role are different and to incorporate these into their practice.

The IEN and ONCIEN programs are very multicultural. “We have individuals coming from Africa, Nigeria, the Philippines, Germany, Switzerland, England, the United States, India and Ireland,” Pettit said. “There are always cultural differences. It doesn’t matter what country they come from, there are always differences in the role.”

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Sandra Pettit, program head, ONCIEN

One example in which a background in a different culture could lead to misunderstandings of Canadian customs is the field of elder care. In many developing countries, elderly people stay in the family home and are cared for by members of the extended family, whereas in Canada many seniors live in long-term care facilities. “One of the courses in our bridging program,” said Pettit, “deals with care of the elderly living in a long-term care facility, as well as the support of older adults and their families experiencing issues related to elder abuse. We address issues that they would not necessarily experience in their country.”

Since many of the nurses have additional responsibilities, such as employment and/or caring for their children, they are given up to three years to complete the courses, but many complete them in as few as 18 months. At the end of the program, IENs can take the Canadian Registered Nurse Exam (CRNE) preparation course to prepare for writing the CRNE. By assessing the IENs’ skills and addressing any shortcomings through education, the IEN Assessment Centre and the ONCIEN program help ensure that any IEN who practises in Saskatchewan has a full grasp of all the competencies required by the SRNA. n

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Awards

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Caroline Hoffart, faculty, Psychiatric Nursing, received the Registered Psychiatric Nurses Association of Saskatchewan (RPNAS) Award in recognition of consistent and outstanding contributions made to psychiatric nursing and the profession in the area of psychiatric nursing education in June 2012.

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Lynde McKinley, nursing advisor and academic counsellor, SCBScN/NEPS SIAST Wascana Campus, received her Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt from Aveta Business Institute.

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Michelle Pavloff, faculty, SCBScN/NEPS SIAST Kelsey Campus, received the Myrtle Evangeline Crawford Scholarship.

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Sandra Pettit, program head, Re-entry, Diabetes Education, Orientation to Nursing in Canada for Internationally Educated Nurses and IEN Assessment Centre, received the 2012 Saskatchewan Registered Nurses’ Association Mentorship Award.

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Greg Riehl, Aboriginal nursing student advisor, was a member of the Saskatchewan HIV/HCV Nursing Organization, which was a finalist for the 2012 Saskatchewan Healthcare Excellence Award. Greg was also recognized as a member of the HIV Prevention Technologies project advisory team.

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JoAnne Slinn, faculty, SCBScN/ NEPS SIAST Wascana Campus, received Canadian Nurses Association certification in emergency nursing.

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Perioperative Nursing Team was a finalist for the 2012 Saskatchewan Healthcare Excellence Award.

Maxine Poorman, student, Practical Nursing program with Kawacatoose First Nation, received the 2012 SIAST Outstanding Citizenship Award at SIAST Wascana Campus.

Amanda Schneider, NEPS student, received the CNSA OutpostInternational Placement Award in January 2012.

Saskatoon Chapter NEPS Kelsey received the CNSA regional award in January 2012.

Saskatoon Nursing Students Society received the 2012 SRNA Ruth Hicks Award for Student Leadership.

Lise Schultz, NEPS student, received the 2012 SIAST Outstanding Citizenship Award at SIAST Kelsey Campus.

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Pinning ceremony embraces future nursing professionals (continued from Page 7)

Held at both SIAST Wascana Campus in Regina and SIAST Kelsey Campus in Saskatoon, the pinning ceremony events included speeches from the deans at the U of R and SIAST, the recitation of a nursing pledge by students and the awarding of ceremonial pins to students, as well as a theatrical appearance by a faculty member dressed as Florence Nightingale, the historical figure credited as the founder of modern nursing.

n Recognizing excellence

Achievement of master’s degree • Tarah Eagle, Master of Nursing, Athabasca University

• Denise Gettle, Master of Health Studies, Athabasca University • Stacy Hunt, Master of Science in Nursing, University of Mary, Bismarck, North Dakota • Judy Kreuger-Jones, Master of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan • Cindy Kuster Orban, Master of Nursing, Athabasca University • Sherry McDonald, Master in Psychology and Spirituality, St. Stephen’s College, Edmonton, Alberta • Brenda Mills, Master of Nursing, Athabasca University

Regarding the second annual ceremony, SIAST Wascana Campus faculty member Judy Wagner said, “We are thrilled with the support and interest displayed by the students.”

• Alice Salter, Master of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan

The oath recited by the students was specifically created for the program. It incorporates a commitment to the professional values and ethics that the nursing profession has embodied throughout its history.

“Professionalism is foundational and integral to professional nursing practice,” Barlow said. “It’s about putting patients and families first, making informed decisions based on ethics and values, being openminded and having a spirit of inquiry, committing to lifelong learning, being accountable for the quality of care that they provide and learning to be collegial and collaborative with their nursing colleagues and other members of the health care team.”

Achievement of bachelor’s degree

Wagner agrees: “The oath is based on accountability, integrity and ethics — all foundational values of both the nursing profession and the SCBScN program,” said Mary Martin-Smith, program head for the SCBScN program at SIAST Wascana Campus in Regina.

Students make the pledge at a very particular point in their education and career. By the end of their first term, students will have learned about the importance of professionalism and knowledge. Having absorbed those lessons, the students understand the significance of their professional values and are prepared to take the pledge and enter clinical practice.

“We are imparting the message to all of our students that they, along with all nurses, hold great responsibility to maintain the public trust,” Barlow said. “I can think of few other professions that are so proud to publicly proclaim their dedication to their career, and this ceremony commemorates their step into the profession.” n

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• Jill Thomson, Master of Adult Education, University of Regina

• Margaret Farley, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, University of Saskatchewan

Achievement of doctorate • Dr. Lynn Miller, Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), George Washington University, Washington, DC

Faculty certificate program graduates • Lori Boen • Tamara Burla • Lyanne Faucher • Judith Hill • Carol Hipfner • Signy Klebeck

Long-service recognition 10 years of service

20 years of service

• Theresa Boll

• Joyce Bruce

• Betty Bzdel

• Susan Page

• Heather Gold

30 years of service

• Billy-Jo Howe

• Darlene Scott

• Roxanna Kaminski • John Mitchell • Deb Norton

Retirements • Judy Beedle

• Brenda Ediger • Heather Horner • Rosella McGrane • Heather Shouse

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• Diana McFarlane • Kimberley Montaque • Karrie Orr • Nicole Sanderson • Deanna Youck • Patricia Zip

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In Memorium

• Diana Davidson Dick, former dean (1998-2004)

appointments n Appointments

New appointments

Velna Clarke-Arnault, Aboriginal nursing student advisor, SIAST Kelsey Campus

Greg Riehl, Aboriginal nursing student advisor, SIAST Wascana Campus

Michell Jesse, interim program head, Practical Nursing, SIAST Wascana Campus

Mary Martin-Smith, program head, SCBScN/ NEPS, SIAST Wascana Campus

Lauren Mitchell, program head, CPR/First Aid and Occupational Health and Safety Practitioner

Emily Harder, program head, Simulation Learning

Diabetes Education Programs • Jan Cochrane

Perioperative Nursing

• Margaret Farley Internationally Educated Nurses • Faye Lendrum • Terri Nixey (IEN) Assessment Centre • Janice Douglas Practical Nursing, SIAST • Don Morales Wascana Campus • Lynn Bantle Occupational Health and • Sherri Rudolph Safety Practitioner • Loreli Thibault • Laurie Bonsal • Rhonda Unique • Nolan Horbach

Orientation to Nursing in Canada for Internationally Educated Nurses • Nannette Schnell-Choboter

Practical Nursing, SIAST Woodland Campus • Jolene Kotyk • Lana Moffat • Tracy Stephen

Primary Care Nurse Practitioner SCBScN/NEPS SIAST Wascana • Lynn Miller Campus • Victoria Case Psychiatric Nursing • Kathy Hope • Christa MacLean • JoAnne Slinn

• Diane Clay Lewis • Tammy Nelson • Catherine New • Iain Taylor

Simulation Learning

SCBScN/NEPS SIAST Kelsey Campus • Joanne Gartner • Amina Husnoo Noormahamod

• Christine Doraty • Christopher Isted • Debbie Oesch • Karen Stene • Theresa Wiebe

Expert appointments

Joyce Bruce, program head, Primary Care Nurse Practitioner, is an educational representative on the SRNA RN(NP) Advisory Working Group.

Stacy Hunt, faculty, SCBScN/NEPS SIAST Wascana Campus, was inducted into the International Association of Nurses in March 2012.

Sue Myers, program head, Psychiatric Nursing, was inducted into the Honor Society of Nursing – Sigma Theta Tau International in August 2012.

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scholarly work n Scholarship of integration

Presentation at conferences Ahlquist, E. & Riehl, G. (2012, September). She really pisses me off: Managing lateral violence and its impact during urologic procedures [PowerPoint slides]. Paper presented at the 25th annual Urological Excellence Conference, Regina, SK. Arvidson, S. & Muzychuk, V. (2012, May). The role of community service and the effectiveness of service learning in nursing education. Presented at Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC) World Congress 2012, Halifax, NS. Barrett, P., Salyers, V., Carter, L. & Myers, S. (2012, July). Meaningful E-Learning (MEL): Phase I of an international, collaborative, multiinstitution research project. Poster presentation at Sigma Theta Tau 23rd International Nursing Research Congress, Brisbane, Austraila.

Boyd, D. & Delanghe, M. (2012, October).

Medical Device Reprocessing education. Presented at the Sunrise Health Region, Medical Device Reprocessing Conference, Yorkton, SK. Brown, J. & Delanghe, M. (2012, May). NURS 1673 Leadership and management in perioperative /medical device reprocessing. Presented at the Canadian Operating Room Leadership Network (CORL) Conference, Toronto, ON. Bruce, J. & Klenk, M. (2013, February). A success story: Using electronic portfolios in nurse practitioner education. Oral presentation at the Western North-western Region Canadian Association of University Schools of Nursing (WNRCASN) Conference, Education for Leadership: Imagining the Possibilities, Edmonton, AB. Clubb, R. (2012, June). Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN) influence in clinical instruction.

Poster presentation at 2012 Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region: Research Showcase, Regina, SK. Compton, R. (2012, November). Improving quality of life and well-being through deep listening and intergenerational knowledge: A proposed narrative inquiry. Live video-cast oral presentation at Applied Research Grand Rounds Speaker Series, Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology (SIAST), Saskatoon and Regina Campuses.

Delanghe, M. & Pilipow, J. (2012, June).

Medical device reprocessing education. Presented at the Saskatchewan Materials Management Association Annual Seminar, Good Spirit, SK.

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Duff, E. & Bruce, J. (2013, February). Nurse practitioner curriculum: The link between the Strong Model of advanced practice and Canadian nurse practitioner competencies. Poster presentation at the Western North-western Region Canadian Association of University Schools of Nursing (WNRCASN) Conference, Education for Leadership: Imagining the Possibilities, Edmonton, AB.

Dupuis, J.R. (2012, May). How to coordinate a curricular community service-learning experience for students from the perspective of the academic and community partners. Workshop presented at the Canadian Alliance for Community ServiceLearning (CACSL) 2012 Conference, Saskatoon, SK. Dyck, N. (2012, June). Building scholarly capacity in nursing education: SIAST Institute for Nursing Scholarship. Poster presentation at 2012 Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region: Research Showcase, Regina, SK. Gebhardt, T. & Olexson, C. (2012, May 31June 1). Eureka Moment. Poster session presented at SIMFEST 2012, NAIT, Edmonton, AB. Grant, L.G. (2012, June). Applied research initiatives and finding your own comfort level with research and scholarship. Poster presentation at 2012 Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region: Research Showcase, Regina, SK. Grant, L.G. (2012, June). Applied research initiatives and finding your own comfort level with research and scholarship. Selected as Quick-Pick from submitted abstracts for oral presentation at plenary session at 2012 Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region: Research Showcase, Regina, SK. Grant, L.G. & Banner-Lukaris, D.J. (2011, November). Finding your own comfort level with and getting involved in research projects of interest to you. Breakfast table discussion leads. Part of Northern Health’s Research Days Conference and Presentations. (co-presented).

Hoffart, C., MacLean, C., Myers, S. & White, K. (2012, June). Meaningful E-Learning (MEL): An international, collaborative, multi-institutional research project. Presented at 2012 Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region: Research Showcase, Regina, SK. Hoffart, C., MacLean, C., Myers, S., White, K., Barrett, P., Carter, L. & Salyers, V. (2012, May). Meaningful E-Learning (MEL): Phase I of an international, collaborative, multi-institution research project. Poster presentation at Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) Nursing Research Conference, Toronto, ON.

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Hoffart, C., MacLean, C., Myers, S., White, K., Barrett, P., Carter, L. & Salyers, V. (2012, May). Meaningful E-Learning (MEL): Phase I of an international, collaborative, multi-institution research project. Presentation at Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC) World Congress 2012, Halifax, NS. Hubbard Murdoch, N. & Scott, D. (2011, November). Integration of interprofessional competencies: Building ‘in-house’ college capacity.

Facilitated poster session at Collaborating Across Borders III Biennial Interprofessional Educational Conference, Tucson, AZ. Hubbard Murdoch, N. & Scott, D.J. (2012, June). Utilizing a quality improvement model to improve and prove the value of interprofessional education. Facilitated poster session at 2012 Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region: Research Showcase, Regina, SK.

Luhning, S. & McCrystal Orange, S. (2012, June). Utilizing health assessment online as a preparation tool: Is it a benefit or a burden? Poster presentation at 2012 Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region: Research Showcase, Regina, SK. Myers, S. (2012, June). To degree or not to degree: What is the difference?. Presentation to the Registered Psychiatric Nurses Association of Saskatchewan (RPNAS) AGM, Cochin, SK. Muzychuk, Victoria. The Role of Community Service and the Effectiveness of Service Learning in Nursing Education. Victoria, practice education administrator, SCBScN/NEPS SIAST Wascana Campus, was sponsored by SIAST to attend the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC) Conference in Halifax. Victoria presented on Nasewich, S., Riehl, G. & Stang, L. (2012, May). Advocacy in action. Presentation at the SRNA Annual AGM and Conference, Regina, SK. Olexson, C. (2013, February). Supporting leadership through simulation. A poster presentation at Western North-western Region Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (WNRCASN) Conference, Education for Leadership: Imagining the Possibilities, Edmonton, AB. Poulin, I. & Klenk, M. (2012). Advocating for patient and family focused care. Presented at Saskatchewan Registered Nurses’ Association Conference, Saskatoon, SK.

scholarly work Press, M. (2013, February). Pilot study nursing students’ perceptions of the learning environment in two different clinical education models. Oral presentation at the Western North-western Region Canadian Association of University Schools of Nursing (WNRCASN) Conference, Edmonton, AB.

Scott, D.J. (2012, April). Connecting the dots: Using Web 2.0 tools for IPE faculty development in nursing and science & health programs. Oral presentation at Rutgers College of Nursing 30th Annual International Interprofessional Technology Conference. New Brunswick, NJ, USA.

Riehl, G. (2012, September). Hold On!!! Bladder cancer and men’s health [PowerPoint slides].

Oral presentation at the 25th annual Urological Excellence Conference, Regina, SK.

Scott, D.J. (2012, February). From IPC to IPE and back: Walking the talk, talking the walk. Oral presentation at Nursing Division PD Days, SIAST Kelsey Campus and SIAST Wascana Campuses.

Riehl, G. (2012, June). Networking. Presentation at Options … To help me make an informed choice. Health Canada, Regina, SK. Riehl, G. (2012, April). Check yourself before you wreck yourself. Inspire – Health Care Quality Summit, Saskatoon, SK. Salyers, V., Carter, L., Barrett, P., Myers, S., Mitchell, M., Matus, T. & Veinotte, A. (2012, May). Meaningful E-Learning (MEL): Phase I of an international collaborative, multi-institution research project. Presented at the Canadian Network for Innovation in Education (CNIE) Conference, Canmore, AB. Schigol, M. (2012, June). The psycholosical effects of the Samoa tsunami 29/09/09. Poster presentation at 2012 Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region: Research Showcase, Regina, SK. Schroeder, T. (2012, May). Hospital to home: The effect of transitional care for a person with a new ostomy. Panel presentation. Canadian Association for Enterostomal Therapy, Transforming Wound Ostomy and Continence Care, Vancouver, BC.

Scott, D.J. (2011, November). Challenges and opportunities for collaboration: Development of an imbedded interprofessional education curriculum for health science college programs. Poster presentation at International Interprofessional Education and Practice Conference: Collaboration Across Borders III, Tucson, AZ, USA. Scott, Darlene J. (2013, February). Building bridges with students from health and social care programs toward patient-centred care: Synchronous and asynchronous approaches to interprofessional education. Oral presentation accepted for Western North-western Region Canadian Association of University Schools of Nursing (WNRCASN) Conference, Edmonton, AB. Scott, D.J. & Bruce, J. (2011, November).

Leadership in collaboration: Utilizing needs assessment to embed interprofessional education (IPE) into health sciences college programs. Oral presentation at Collaboration Across Borders III, Biennial Interprofessional Educational Conference, Tucson, AZ.

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Publications

Scott, D.J. & Hubbard Murdoch, N. (2012, April). Building bridges with health care students toward patient centred care: Synchronous and asynchronous problem-based approach to interprofessonal education (iPBL). Oral presentation at Rutgers College of Nursing 30th Annual International Interprofessional Technology Conference. New Brunswick, NJ, USA.

Scott, D.J. & Hubbard Murdoch, N. (2011, November). Building faculty capacity for student interprofessional education: Preparing faculty to facilitate IPE. Poster presentation at International Interprofessional Education and Practice Conference: Collaboration Across Borders III, Tucson, AZ, USA. Scott, D.J. & Hubbard Murdoch, N. (2011, September). Building faculty capacity for student interprofessional education: Preparing faculty to facilitate IPE. Oral presentation at European Interprofessional Practice and Education Network Conference, Ghent, Belgium.

Smith, Y. (2012, October). Combining simulation and the case study method. Oral presentation at Canadian Association of Practical Nurse Educators (CAPNE) Conference, Victoria, BC. White, T., Tremble, W. & Norton, D. (2012, October). An interprofessional adventure into the world of dementia. Oral presentation at Canadian Association of Practical Nurse Educators (CAPNE) Conference, Victoria, BC. Whiteley, T., Grant, L.G. & Zimmer, L. (2011). Supporting family caregivers of those with dementia-related aggression. Poster presentation and published abstract. 16th National Conference of the Canadian Gerontological Nurses Association, Mississauga, Ontario.

Banner, D. & Grant, L.G. (2011). Getting involved in research. “Canadian Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 21(1), 31-39.”

P. S. & Grant, L.G. (Eds.), “Leading and Managing in Canadian Nursing. (1st Cdn ed.).”

Toronto, ON: Elsevier.

Scott, D.J. (2012). “Programs collaborate on interprofessional education.” SIAST Nursing New (Winter 2011-2012), p 11.

Found, J. (2012). Developing competency in baccalaureate nursing education: Preparing Canadian nurses to enter today’s practice environment. “Canadian Journal of Nursing Informatics, 7(2).” Retrieved from http://cjni.net/journal/?p=2277

Lamarche, K., Justin-Muldoon, B. & Miller, L. (2012). You don’t know where you’re going until you get there – An expository narrative of novice Nurse Practitioner educators. “International Journal of Nurse Practitioner Educators 1(1), 1-12.”

Scott Barss, K. (2012). “Building bridges: An interpretive phenomenological analysis of nurse educators clinical experience using the T.R.U.S.T. model for inclusive spiritual care.” International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship 9(1), 1-17. doi: 10.1515/1548-923X.2389

Grant, L.G. (2012). The impact of smokefree policies on inpatient psychiatric units: An ethnographic study. (Unpublished PhD dissertation). University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Rabyj, L. & Ryan-Nicolls, K.D. (2012). Mental health promotion: Competencies for Registered Psychiatric Nurses. “Canadian Journal of Psychiatric Nursing Research 1, 11-19.”

Yoder-Wise, P. S. & Grant, L.G. (Eds.) (in press). Leading and Managing in Canadian Nursing. (1st Cdn ed.). Toronto, ON: Elsevier.

(L.G. Grant is Canadian editor).

Regan, S. & Grant, L.G. (in press). Patient focus. In Yoder-Wise, P. S. & Grant, L.G. (Eds.), “Leading and Managing in Canadian Nursing.”

(1st Cdn ed.). Toronto, ON: Elsevier.

Yoder-Wise, P.S., Regan, S. & Grant, L.G. (in press). “Thriving for the future. In Yoder-Wise, P. S. & Grant, L.G. (Eds.),” Leading and Managing in Canadian Nursing. (1st Cdn ed.). Toronto, ON: Elsevier.

Grant, L.G. (in press). “Legal issues.” In YoderWise, P. S. & Grant, L.G. (Eds.), Leading and Managing in Canadian Nursing. (1st Cdn ed.).

Toronto, ON: Elsevier.

Hagler, D., Grant, L.G. & Hanson, S.E. (in press). Managing your career. In Yoder-Wise,

Scott, D. (Spring 2012). Faculty development project with IPE. “SIAST Instructional & Leadership Development Centre News, V(1)6.”

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scholarly work n Scholarship of discovery

Engagement in research and scholarly projects Myers, S. (principal investigator), Hipfner, C., Hoffart, C., MacLean, C. & White, K. (coinvestigators). Meaningful Electronic Learning (MEL) project. Funded by SIAST Applied Research Grant: $15,000 (2012-13).

Barrett, P., Carter, L., Salyers, V. & Myers, S. Meaningful Electronic Learning (MEL) project.

Funded by Sigma Theta Tau/National League of Nursing: $ 5,000 (July 2012).

Press, M. (principal investigator), Perry, R. & Compton, R (co-investigators). Pilot study: Nursing students’ perceptions of the learning environment in two different clinical education models. Funded by Nursing Division Internal Scholarship Grant: $2,500 (November 2012).

Scott, D. (project lead). SIAST Interprofessional education core curriculum implementation plan project. Funded by SIAST and Interprofessional Health Collaborative of Saskatchewan: $10,000 SIAST and $10,000 IHCS (January – December 2012).

Scott, D. (project lead). SIAST Interprofessional education faculty development and facilitation project. Funded by SIAST and Interprofessional Health Collaborative of Saskatchewan: $10,000 SIAST and $10,000 IHCS (January – December 2012).

Sheridan, L., Harder, E. & Hubbard Murdoch, N. (co-investigators). SIAST Nursing and Science & Health Divisions’ Mentoring Culture. Funded

by Nursing Division Internal Scholarship Grant: $2,500 (November 2012).

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Sherry Arvidson, faculty, SCBScN/NEPS SIAST Wascana Wascana, wrote a chapter in the Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing text on “Balancing Rest and Sleep.”

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Chris Barlow, program head, SCBScN/ NEPS SIAST Kelsey Campus, was appointed as a Saskatchewan representative on the executive for the Western North-Western Region Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing.

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Joyce Bruce, program head, Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program, is the vice-chair, Canadian Nurse Practitioner Exam Committee. She was also a member of the SIAST Learning Manager Selection Committee.

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Jodi Found, faculty, SCBScN/NEPS SIAST Wascana Campus, was invited to speak at the CASN Infoway Informatics Symposium.

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Denise Gettle, faculty, Psychiatric Nursing program, was an item writer for the Registered Psychiatric Nurses of Canada (RPNC) examination.

Caroline Hoffart, faculty, Psychiatric Nursing program, is a volunteer with the Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region Parent Mentoring Program.

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Maureen Klenk, faculty, Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program, was appointed president-elect of the Canadian Association of Advanced Practice Nurses for a two-year term.

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Martine Legare, faculty, Occupational Health and Safety Practitioner program, went to Jordan for a two-week deployment in January 2012 to teach Occupational Health and Safety Practitioner courses she developed the previous year.

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Lynde McKinley, nursing advisor and academic counselor, SCBScN/NEPS, SIAST Wascana Campus, was appointed to the board of directors, Saskatchewan Brain Injury Association.

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Dr. Lynn Miller, faculty, Primary Care Nurse Practitioner program, was appointed communication director of the Canadian Association of Advanced Practice Nurses for a two-year term. She is also secondary review panel member of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society 2012 CCS Dyslipidemia Guidelines Update.

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Sue Myers, program head, Psychiatric Nursing, was appointed as editorial board member for the Canadian Journal of Psychiatric Nursing Research. Sue was also a chapter reviewer for Varcarolis. Canadian Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing.

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Teri Schroeder, faculty, SCBScN/ NEPS, SIAST Kelsey Campus, was a chapter reviewer for the FA Davis Co. Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing text. Teri is also a committee member of the Canadian Association for Enterostomal Therapy, Continence Committee: Do Patients have a Choice in Their Care? which is developing a patient decision aid for self-catheterization.

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Darlene Scott, IPE coordinator, is a Peer Abstract Reviewer for the Collaborating Across Borders (CAB) IV Interprofessional Collaboration: Transformative Change from the Classroom to Practice Conference. Vancouver, June 2013.

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Sharon Staseson, faculty, SCBScN/NEPS SIAST Wascana Campus, participated on the 2012 selection committee for the Saskatchewan Healthcare Excellence Awards. She was appointed to the Board of Directors for the Schizophrenia Society of Saskatchewan and was the SRNA appointee to the Transitional Council of the College of Midwives of Saskatchewan.

Sharon was also the anchor and host of Election 2012, providing live election coverage of the Regina Civic Election on October 24, 2012.

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Lorna Weisbrod, program coordinator, SCBScN/NEPS, SIAST Wascana Campus was appointed chair of the SIAST Applied Research Review Committee. She was also appointed to the SRNA Registration and Membership Committee for a three-year term.

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Patricia Zip, faculty, SCBScN/NEPS, SIAST Kelsey Campus invigilated CNA certification exams.

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Nursing SIAST Nursing Division delivers innovative and relevant nursing and health education, generating and disseminating knowledge through scholarship and interprofessional collaboration.

Degree programs

•S askatchewan Collaborative Bachelor of Science in Nursing (SCBScN) (www.sasknursingdegree.ca ) •N ursing Education Program of Saskatchewan (NEPS)

Post-degree advanced certificate program • Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

Diploma programs • Practical Nursing • Psychiatric Nursing

Nurse re-entry programs

• Nursing Re-entry • Practical Nurse Re-entry • Psychiatric Nursing Re-entry •O rientation to Nursing in Canada for Internationally Educated Nurses

Post-RN and -LPN advanced certificate programs • Basic Critical Care Nursing • Perioperative Nursing/LPN • Perioperative Nursing/RN

Health sector education programs •D iabetes Education for Health Care Professionals advanced certificate •D iabetes Education for Health Care Providers applied certificate •O ccupational Health and Safety Practitioner applied certificate •O ccupational Health and Safety Practitioner certificate

Nursing continuing education

• Oral Anti-hyperglycemic Agents in Diabetes Management

• Mental health courses • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

• Mood Disorders • Psychosocial Assessment • Psychotropic Agents • Schizophrenia • Therapeutic Communication Skills

• Practical Nursing Certificate to Diploma program • Foot Care: Principles and Practices course • Leadership and Management in Perioperative / Medical Device Reprocessing course • Principles of Nursing Practice for Outpatient Procedures course

Health sector continuing education • CPR and First Aid courses • Medical Device Reprocessing courses • Occupational Health and Safety workshops • Safety Training for Supervisors

• Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG) Train the Trainer • WHMIS Train the Trainer

• Transfer, Lifts and Repositioning (TLR)

Services offered

• Aboriginal Nursing Student Achievement Program (ANSAP) Tutorial • Simulation learning at SIAST Kelsey •C anadian Practical Nurse Registration Exam Campus, SIAST Kelsey 4th Ave Centre, Preparation Workshop SIAST Wascana Parkway Centre, SIAST •C anadian Registered Nurse Exam Wascana Campus and SIAST Woodland Preparation Workshop Campus •B ridging option to Practical Nursing • I nternationally Educated Nurses (IEN) program for Continuing Care Assistants Assessment Centre • Diabetes education courses •C ampus nurse practitioner services • Diabetes Mellitus: Classifications and at SIAST Kelsey Campus and SIAST Diagnosis Wascana Campus • Insulin Therapy in Diabetes Management • Exam preparation • Canadian Nurse Practitioner Exam Prep

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