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2023-2024 CHNC Professional Development Webinar Series

CHNC is pleased to announce the 2023-2024 CHNC Professional Development Webinar Series! Between April 2023 to April 2024, the Community Health Nurses of Canada will host a series of webinars as a lead up to the National CHNC Conference in 2024 (date and location forthcoming). 
 
The purpose of the webinar series is to provide professional development opportunities for community health nurses in Canada and provide an opportunity for CHNs to network. Presenters will share their work followed by time for questions and answers at the end of the webinar. The webinars will be recorded and posted on the CHNC YouTube site for those who are unable to attend. There is no charge to attend the sessions.

Upcoming Webinars

CHNC is pleased to announce our next webinar for October, which is part 3 of the Vaccines Across the Lifespan Webinar Series.

 

There is no charge to attend the webinars, and all are welcome to join! Please feel free to share this webinar information widely.

 

Part 3: Title of Webinar:

RSV Burden of Disease in Infants: The use of Nirsevimab as a Prevention Strategy.

 

Date: Wednesday, October 25, 2023

Time: 12-1 pm ET (9-10 am PT; 10-11 am MT; 11 am - 12 pm CT; 1-2 pm AT)

 

To register for this webinar, click here

 

Learning objectives for this webinar:

  1. Understand the burden of RSV disease in all infants by reviewing the epidemiology and clinical factors for infection.
  2. Review current and emerging RSV preventative strategies, with a focus on passive immunization with Nirsevimab.
  3. Discuss the role and impact that nursing professionals can have on the management and prevention of RSV in infants.

Bio:

Erin Fleischer is a Paediatric Nurse Practitioner at the Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre. She completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing with University of Victoria and went on to complete her Master of Nursing and Acute Care Nurse Practitioner certificate with the University of Toronto in 2009. Erin has been the Nurse Practitioner for the Paediatric Respirology division since 2011 where she built and runs the centralized RSV prophylaxis clinic. Her other areas of clinical interest are, childhood asthma, for which she is a certified asthma educator, and paediatric cystic fibrosis. Erin is active in research and participated in the CARESS registry, a Canadian database which followed infants receiving RSV prophylaxis.

These webinars have been generously supported by an unrestricted educational grant from:


Archived Webinars

Our past webinars are available on the CHNC YouTube Channel
 



October 25, 2023
RSV Burden of Disease in Infants: The use of Nirsevimab as a Prevention Strategy.

Erin Fleischer
Paediatric Nurse Practitioner
Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre
Webinar


Sep 21, 2023
Vaccines Across the Lifespan: Getting Ready for Fall and Respiratory Infections

Dr. Vivien Brown
Family Physician
 
Please note: Due to the currency of the information presented in this webinar, it will be available for viewing through October 21, 2023 only.  


June 15, 2023
System transformation: positive disruption to address the structural & social determinants of health

Dr. Claire Betker
National Collaborating Centre for Determinants of Health (NCCDH)
Webinar


May 23, 2023
Vaccines Across the Lifespan: It's Time to Talk: Increasing HPV Awareness and Prevention

Dr. Nancy Durand
Sunnybrook Hospital
Part 1 of a three-part series on "Vaccines Across the Lifespan," generously supported by an unrestricted educational grant from Pfizer, Merck, and Sanofi.
Webinar 


May 10, 2023
Adopting Indigenous Cultural Safety, Humility, and Anti-Racism into Community Health Nursing (2/2)

Dawn Tisdale
BC Children & Women’s Hospitals Indigenous Health Program
These webinars have been generously sponsored by the First Nations Health Authority.
Webinar 


April 10, 2023
Adopting Indigenous Cultural Safety, Humility, and Anti-Racism into Community Health Nursing (1/2)

Dawn Tisdale
BC Children & Women’s Hospitals Indigenous Health Program
These webinars have been generously sponsored by the First Nations Health Authority.
Webinar 


February 22, 2022
COVID-19 and Inequities: Amplifying CHN Impact Through Social Justice Approaches

Aliyah Dosani, RN BN MPH PhD, CHNC Award of Merit 2021
Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mount Royal University, Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Webinar | Presentation Slides



March 24, 2022
Public Health Nursing Postgraduate Program

Ruth Schofield, RN, MSc(T)
Assistant Clinical Professor
McMaster University
Webinar



CHN Practice Model & Standards: In Stories We Find Clarity about Living our Standards of Practice

The CHNC Standards and Competencies inform the practice of CHN to meet the goal of creating a health Canada.
Presented by: CHNC Standard and Competencies Committee:
- Karen Curry RN, MN CHNC(C)
- Cheryl van Daalen-Smith RN, PhD, CCHN(C), CCNE
- Patricia King RN, BN, MN
- Lori Boen, RN, CCHN(C), CCCI, LNC
Webinar | Presentation Slides



May 12, 2022
Health Inequities and Moral Distress Among Community Health Nurses During the Pandemic

This is a collaboration of CHNC Leadership Standing Committee, Brandon University, and National Collaborating Centre for the Determinants of Health (NCCDH):
- Ruth Schofield, Co-Principal Investigator (ethics approval)
- Dr. Catherine Baxter (Brandon University and member of the CHNC Leadership Standing Committee) from Brandon University
- Claire Betker (NCCDH and Member of Leadership SC)
- Leadership Standing Committee Members: Francoise Filion, Genevieve Currie, Mary-Ann Taylor, Morag Granger, May Tao, & Patti Gauley.
Webinar | Presentation Slides