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May 24, 2024

草莓污视频导航 Nursing brings large contingent to Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing conference

Faculty of Nursing presentations at the 2024 CASN Biennial Canadian Nursing Education Conference May 27-28
草莓污视频导航 Nursing faculty and staff at CASN conference 2024
From left, Stacy Oke, Diana Snell, Sandra Davidson, Jacqueline Smith, Jodie Steffan, Amanda Loates, Bukola Salami. Photo courtesy of Jodie Steffan

Next week, nursing educators, researchers and students from across Canada will be in Calgary for the and representation from 草莓污视频导航 Nursing is stronger than ever.  

In addition to being a prestige sponsor for this year鈥檚 conference, the faculty鈥檚 graduate students, alumni, faculty and staff are prominent presenters at CASN. Dr. Heather Bensler, assistant dean, academic partnerships, is co-chair of this year鈥檚 conference and Dr. Sandra Davidson, dean, is also a volunteer and moderator.  

This year鈥檚 theme is Transforming Nursing Education: Unlearning, Disrupting, & (Re)Learning. 

鈥淥ur goal is to create a forum for鈥痭urse educators to critically reflect on the ways things have been done and dismantle and disrupt beliefs, practices, and structures that uphold colonial violence, oppression, and power,鈥 says Bensler. 

This event, held at the Westin Calgary May 27 to 28, will bring together those working in nursing education to share research, innovations and best practices, all with the goal of transforming the education of the next generation of Canadian nurses.  

Sessions at the conference will explore dismantling harmful colonial legacies, taking action to promote social justice and equity, fostering diversity and inclusion and re-imagining nursing within an鈥痚volving societal and technological context.  

Several Indigenous Elders affiliated with 草莓污视频导航 Nursing including Doreen Spence and Herman Yellow Old Woman will be onsite to open the conference and to provide cultural care support and a few undergraduate nursing students will volunteering in Elder support roles. On both days, Amanda Loates and Dr. Jacqueline Smith from 草莓污视频导航 Nursing鈥檚 Mental Health and Wellness Clinic are also offering conference attendees mental health support.  

Canadian Nursing Education Conference Poster

Here鈥檚 a summary of the presentations offered by the 草莓污视频导航 Nursing community: 

Monday, May 27 

  • Welcome Indigenous opening prayer 
    Elder Doreen Spence and Elder Herman Yellow Old Woman 

Presentations by 草莓污视频导航 Nursing faculty and students 

  • Academic Success in Non-University-Affiliated Polytechnic Nursing Programs  
    Harroop Sharda 
  • Exploring the Evaluation of Leadership Competencies in Undergraduate Nursing Education: A Scoping Review  
    Jodie Steffan 
  • A virtual caring competency framework for nursing education  
    Lorelli Nowell 
    Sara Dolan 
  • Improving students鈥 confidence to support mental health: An interprofessional virtual simulation for therapeutic communication  
    Amanda O鈥橰ae 
    Michelle Cullen 
    Melissa Eastveld 
  • UPLIFT (Undergraduate Peer Leadership in Family Nursing Teams): a cross institutional educational innovation in peer mentorship  
    Diana Snell 
  • This Storied Place: From pre-contact to resurgence, a participatory activity  
    Michelle Scott 
    Heather Bensler 
  • Examining the experience of recurrent acute coronary syndrome in younger men  
    Nancy Clark 

Tuesday, May 28 

  • Two-Eyed Seeing in Nursing Education: Understanding the experience of stigma in M茅tis mothers with Alcohol Use Disorder  
    Melissa Eastveld 
  • Iiyikinaami: Lessons learned from the BN Program at Old Sun Community College 
    Heather Bensler 
    Michelle Scott 
    Debbie Smith, Old Sun Community College  
    Kim Halliday 
  • Building the case for co-collaborative case studies: connecting family nursing to students lived experiences  
    Diana Snell 
    Amanda O鈥橰ae 
  • A Peer Mentor Program for Undergraduate Nursing Students' Mental Health  
    Jodie Steffan 
    Kimberly Shapkin 
    Amanda Loates 
  • Grounded theory about nursing students learning transfer from classroom to clinical practice: implications for nursing education  
    Sandra Carless-Kane 
    Lorelli Nowell 
  • Transforming teaching and learning experiences in nursing education using Turk Talks  Tanis Robinson, University of Regina  
    Michelle Cullen 
  • Transdisciplinary work integrated learning: An innovative approach to virtual clinical practice  
    Stacy Oke 
    Amanda O鈥橰ae
  • Embodying Kis锚w芒tisiwin  
    Michelle Scott 
    Heather Bensler 
    Grandmother Doreen Spence 
  • Educating for an evolving context at Alberta Health Services: the registered nurse prescribing initiative  
    Kirnvir Dhaliwal, Alberta Health Sciences  
    Julia Hews-Girard, Alberta Health Sciences 
  • The Alliance against Violence and Adversity (AVA): The Canadian Institutes of Health Research Training Platform and Women鈥檚 and Girls鈥 Health Hub  
    Nicole Letourneau 
  • Addressing鈥痠ncreasing acuity in healthcare: an innovation in intravenous skills education 
    Megan Keszler