Longwoods eLetter May 17, 2005

“Constant attention by a good nurse may be just as important as a major operation by a surgeon.” Dag Hammarskjold

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The Pulse of Renewal: A Focus on Nursing Human Resources. 15 report summaries with specific Calls to Action. http://www.nursingleadership.net/renewal/ | À l’écoute dur renouvellement : Pleins feux sur les ressources humaines infirmières http://www.nursingleadership.net/renewal/

Canada’s first comprehensive picture of the nursing human resources situation in Canada. http://www.buildingthefuture.ca/e/study/phase1/reports/PhaseI-Final-Report.pdf

New Strategies for Developing Leadership. How do we ensure we have the leaders we need? Download PDF | Go to Article

New University Nurse Graduates: Perspectives on Factors of Retention and Mobility | Go to Article

Staff nurses perceive their work to have more efforts than rewards. | Go to Article

Organizational change processes, strategies and tactics for a healthier and more productive working conditions. Download PDF | Go to Article

Nurses' experiences of violence and abuse in the workplace and the ways in which those experiences influence their abilities to care for patients. Go to Article

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May 30. Next Breakfast with the Chiefs: 7:30 – 9:00. The need for Leadership and a systems approach to children's healthcare. NEW IDEAS with policy implications from Mary Jo Haddad CEO, Hospital for Sick Children. At Sick Kids. Register: Healthcare providers, policy managers and other members of the HealthcareBoard can register with Lina Lopez at: llopez@longwoods.com. Forward this to anyone involved in the delivery of children’s healthcare.

Dr. Adalsteinn Brown’s presentation: Information Management in Building a System We Can Count On is here: http://www.longwoods.com/events/breakfast/BC05_May11/index.html

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Here is our weekly jobsheet: http://www.longwoods.com/jobsite/JobSheet.html. . . and our Nursing opportunities Nursing Leadership Careers (PDF)

Featured Careers

Vice President, Clinical Services - Royal Ottawa Health Care Group
Chief of Professional Practice & Nursing - Vancouver Island Health Authority
Primary Care Nurse - Edmonton Southside Primary Care Network
Challenging Opportunities - The Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Chief Information Officer - St. Michael's Hospital
Director of Surgical Services/Processing - Calgary Health Region

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OHA Presents . . .

1. Pandemic Planning: Are you Ready? June 3, 2005. Toronto

2. Security and Emergency Preparedness: A Look Ahead June 9, 2005. Mississauga.

3. Emergency Departments: Easing the Congestion Join us on June 15, 2005. Toronto.

www.oha.com/conferences for complete agendas and on-line registration.

Sept. 14. First National CNIA conference. Nurses & Informatics: Transforming Healthcare. http://www.cnia.ca/CFP.html Book now.

June 20. Rethinking Development: Local Pathways to Global Wellbeing

St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS Canada, Keynote address by Jigmi Thinley, Home Minister and former Prime Minister of Bhutan, whose King declared that "Gross National Happiness is more important than Gross National Product." Delegates from more than 20 countries. For more information and a complete speaker line-up visit www.gpiatlantic.org/conference/conference.shtml

September 18. The CAHSPR Conference (register with pcharbonneau@cahspr.ca) will be held in Montreal just prior to the International Conference on the Scientific Basis of Health Services (ICSBHS) and following the University of Montreal’s Jean-Yves-Rivard Conference.

May 30. The Honourable Joe Cordiano, Dr.Alan Bernstein, The Honourable Gary Filmon, Peter Finkle, Dr. Leslie Levin, Julian Fantino and Hilary Short. Visit Health Care Markets: Emerging Commercial Opportunities for agenda details.

June 1. Association of Ontario Health Centres: Annual conference: http://www.aohc.org/article_display.asp?ArticleID=567

June 24. Pediatric Patient Safety Symposium. Sick Kids. June 24, 2005. http://www.cme.utoronto.ca/PDF/PAE0508.pdf

TRANSITIONS
Matthew Morgan to Courtyard Group

Dr. Richard Seeley to Chief of Staff at St. Peter’s Health System, Hamilton

Rt. Hon. Don Mazankowski honoured by the naming of the Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute

Michele Lahey to Senior Vice President, Health Services, Capital Health, Edmonton

Lindsay Healey to Senior Director, Healthcare Business Development, TELUS

Dr. Kellie Leitch, Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario at London Health Sciences Centre and The University of Western Ontario’s Schulich School of Medicine to Canada’s Top 40 Under 40.

Karen McGrath to Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario

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NEWS

Canada Health Infoway developing $100-million case management system

Mount Sinai Hospital digitizes ambulatory patient data

Microsoft seeks Canadian users for health portal

St. Michael's begins push towards open source with server rollout

ReSOURCES

Healthcare Law & Governance. Searchable database. http://www.longwoods.com/hl/index.php
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