CRITICAL CONNECTIONS. CACCN TORONTO CHAPTER NEWSLETTER Have you registered for Evolutions 2014? Spring Inside this issue:

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1 CRITICAL CONNECTIONS CACCN TORONTO CHAPTER NEWSLETTER Have you registered for Evolutions 2014? Spring 2014 Inside this issue: Evolutions Notification 1 Officers Messages 2/3 Chapter Update 4 General Info 5 Upcoming Events 6 Executive Officers Interim President Ingrid Daley President Elect Vacant Secretary Christine Minerva Treasurer Natalia Lavrencic Newsletter Editor Teresa Robitaille Education Coordinator Alicia Jones Pediatric Consultant Vacant Member Services Primrose Mharapara Evolutions Conference Chair Karen Bennett Web Developer Sharran Wong Graphic Artist/Web Consultant Matthew Villagonzalo

2 Page 2 CRITICAL CONNECTIONS President s Message Hello Members, it has been a very busy year for the Executive members of the Toronto Chapter. The fiscal year has come to an end. Over the last year our Chapter offered four successful workshops for the CNA Critical Care review exam and for colleagues looking for a general review and of course a successful Evolutions 2013 conference. We will continue to strive for improvement from the member s suggestions and feedback. The members are who make the Toronto Chapter so please continue to support your Chapter and bring forth your great ideas. Many of our Toronto Chapter colleagues received great award honours at Dynamics Please continue doing great work everyone no hard work every goes unnoticed. We are in the process of preparing for Evolutions 2014 at a great new intimate venue centrally located with accessibility to the Yonge/Bloor Subway line, Go-Transit or driving if you wish. We are encouraging you to spread the word about Evolutions 2014 to members and non members. Please take a moment to browse our new updated website at for further information on Evolutions and the Toronto Chapter. The theme for Evolutions 2014 & the Toronto Chapter for is Knowledge is Power and as critical care nurses we definitely showcase this across our region. Sharing knowledge, networking with peers, colleagues and mentors in the critical care community is a major reason why the Toronto Chapter of the CACCN is here for our members to keep you abreast of what s new in critical care. The Toronto Chapter covers a large area; from East to Peterborough, West to Guelph, North to North Bay, GTA, Toronto and Southwest to Hamilton. The upcoming year will continue to be challenging. As a Chapter as we continue to have challenges with retention and recruitment of membership. We have had a drop in membership but Toronto Chapter Executive is committed to meeting the challenge of increasing our numbers. We will continue to recruit new members and entice current members to stay on and have a voice for the Executive and to bring practice issues and knowledge to the critical care community locally & across Canada. The Executive will continue to offer professional development sessions but our goal for the year is to be able to offer multimodal educational methods (on-line, in-person, and hybrid system possibly) to meet the needs of all our members to get them the knowledge they entrust on us. Critical Care is no longer hospitals working independently and no one knows what one institution is doing from another. Critical Care is now a close knit community where we share, exchange and network together to ensure we provide each one of us with evidence based knowledge and up-to-date practice issues to enhance our care to improve on quality indicators, patient safety, family, clients and staff well-being. The Toronto Chapter Executive is committed to listening, mobilizing knowledge, innovation and adapting to the changing needs of this intergenerational profession and community. If you have any suggestions for your Executive team to make us even better or suggest improvements please feel free to us at torontocaccn@gmail.com. On behalf of your Toronto Chapter Executive for (Ingrid, Karen, Natalia, Teresa, Alicia, Sharran, Primrose, Christine) we would like to extend a heartfelt thank-you to our members who continue to support the success of the Toronto Chapter. Please check us out on Face-book and Twitter. Thanks Ingrid Daley Reflective Thought for upcoming session : We don t accomplish anything in this world alone and whatever happens is the result of the whole tapestry of one s life and all the weavings of individual threads form one to another that creates something Sandra Day O Connor

3 CRITICAL CONNECTIONS Page 3 Message from our Evolutions Chair Karen Bennett It's that time of year again as we look forward to the Evolutions Conference - Knowledge Is Power. We have a diverse group of speakers discussing current issues within Critical Care. This year we have a new intimate venue located at The Bram & Bluma Appel Salon at the Toronto Reference Library. It is easily accessible by subway from the Bloor Danforth line, and has accommodation for 400 people. The Marriot Hotel is near by allowing you to come early or stay late and spend the night. Look forward to seeing you all there. The Toronto Chapter would like to thank all sponsors and vendors for their ongoing support. The Chapter is pleased to announce Gluckstein and Associated as our platinum sponsor for Evolutions starting and on wards. Message from our Education Chair Alicia Jones Canadian Association of Critical Nurses (CACCN) Toronto Chapter experienced a wonderful year. We were able to have two workshops in the fall and winter. The reviews were focused on the neuroendocrine and cardiovascular systems. Overall, it was well attended by critical care nurses, emergency room nurses, stroke and rehabilitation nurses, telemetry nurses, students, new grads and nurses preparing for the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) exam. The Education Chair will continue to plan workshops in the winter. Articles have been added to our website for your own convenient reading. Message from our Web Master Sharran Wong It has been a busy and productive year so far for me. With feedback from the Executive Committee, We came up with a clean, crisp and professional design for our web site, which is now complete. Several changes have been made to make navigating throughout the website easier and clearer. More pictures will be added soon. We hope you enjoy it. Message from our Editor Teresa Robitaille Being the Editor for the Toronto Chapter has been a very rewarding experience. I have met many people during my four years, and have made changes to the way in which we communicate to our members. The Go Green platform had many aches and pains. This initiative allowed the Chapter to cut out the cost of postage and envelopes for quarterly newsletters as well as save on unnecessary usage of paper. With the help of the Executive, I was able to successfully develop a newsletter that was sent via to all members. The newsletter was produced quarterly, until recently when it was decided that the newsletter would be produced twice a year (April and October). We have maintained good communication with our chapter members via our Gmail account. As I end my four years as Chapter Editor I would like to thank all of the past and present Executive members for their encouragement and assistance, but also a big thank you to our members for your continued support. I wish you all the best in your future endeavours.

4 Page 4 CRITICAL CONNECTIONS What s happening at the CACCN Toronto Chapter As executive officers of the Toronto Chapter we are committed to represent our chapter for a two year term, March 31st, 2014 marked the end of the two year term for three of our members. Ingrid Daley-President, Teresa Robitaille-Editor, Education Chair-Alicia Jones and Pediatric Consultant-Vacant. The Executive and its members would like to thank them for their hard work and commitment over the past two years. We would like to wish them well in their future endeavors. The Toronto Chapter is looking for eager individuals who would like to become an Executive Member of the Toronto Chapter CACCN. Nominations will be accepted by to Ingrid.Daley@uhn.ca The Toronto Chapter Executives would like to extend a heartfelt thanks to Ingrid Daley. Ingrid has been on the Executive holding various positions for the last 6 years. Most recently she has been the President of our local chapter and volunteered to extend her position, as our President Elect had to resign for personal reasons. Ingrid s time and effort has not gone unnoticed. She has always put the Chapter first, ensuring that our members were satisfied. She could always be reached no matter what time of the day to help out or to answer questions. More importantly she always made sure individuals had the opportunity to be involved in our Chapter. Thank you Ingrid! Thank You Welcome from our Membership Liaison Primrose Mharapara Chapter reports ending February 2014 are as follows Total members: 232 New members: 4 Renewed members: 7 Expired members:5 The Toronto Chapter would like to extend a warm welcome to our new members; Alphonse A, Joanne L, Norine M, and Morin O and to our members who have renewed; John B, Margaret C, Jennifer C, Maria H, Sonia H, Marinka K and Primrose M We continue to invite members to renew their expired membership and for new members to join our association and take advantage of the numerous benefits we offer.

5 CRITICAL CONNECTIONS Page 5 CACCN TORONTO CHAPTER How to reach us? (please note the chapter no longer has a phone, should you have any questions or concerns please feel free contact any of our members via or by mail). By Mail: CACCN Toronto Chapter P.O. Box Weston Road Toronto, Ontario M9N 3W9 By caccn.executive@gmail.ca Membership Renewals and New Members - please submit your completed application and payment to: By Mail: CACCN P.O. Box London, ON N6C 6B1 By Fax: By caccn@caccn.ca Interested in Contributing to Critical Connections? We are currently seeking educational submissions to be published in future issues. If you are interested please contact Find us on Face book at: An Invitation to all Toronto Chapter Members: Our next meeting will take place on Wednesday April 23rd, 2014 at Toronto General Hospital. Please check the web page for details. All members are invited to attend. Please R.S.V.P to our president, Ingrid Daley, at Ingrid. Daley@uhn.on.ca seven full calendar days prior to the event if you would like to attend. Submissions regarding any chapter concerns can also be forwarded to Ingrid Daley for consideration during the executive council meeting.

6 Page 6 CRITICAL CONNECTIONS Call for Nominations - CACCN Toronto Chapter Executive Officers Are you interested and have the desire to contribute to our dynamic and exciting nursing specialty? Are you curious about: how to develop and implement standards of critical care nursing practice? Do you wish to enhance educational opportunities, opportunities for networking for your colleagues in the greater Toronto area? Do you desire to be more active in identifying and addressing political and professional issues and collaborating with other professional organizations? Do you have something to say about our work and our specialty? Then an executive position on the Toronto Chapter of CACCN is the place for you SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Monday April 28th, 2014 Any member in good standing of the CACCN Toronto Chapter may, nominate a person or persons, including himself or herself for the executive offices of the chapter. Nomination forms for each year s appointments are available as downloads from Nomination forms may be submitted by to toronto@caccn.ca Note: there will be confirmatory phone contact of nominee and all nominators for submissions. Questions? Please contact the elections officer at extension 8774 or by at Ingrid.Daley@uhn.ca. or refer to chapter by laws at

7 CRITICAL CONNECTIONS Page 7 Proxy Authorization CACCN Toronto Chapter 2014 I.. of Active Member of the Canadian Association of Critical Care Nurses, Toronto Chapter hereby appoint.. of as my proxy to vote for me on my behalf at the meeting of members of the chapter to be held on the.day of.20, and at any adjournment thereof. Date at..this..day..of 20 Signature of Member This proxy nomination is valid for 1 year from the date of signing

8 Page 8 CRITICAL CONNECTIONS CACCN Toronto Chapter Nomination form I. Nominee information Nominee s full name (please print): CACCN membership number: Executive Office of interest: address Address: Telephone Number: Fax Number: Nominee Signature Date II. Qualifications and expression of interest Please state the skills, experience, qualifications, community involvement and any other relevant factors which make the nominee a suitable candidate. * This information will be distributed to membership via mail out and web site* Why are you interested in serving on the Toronto CACCN executive?

9 CRITICAL CONNECTIONS Page 9 Coming Events... Dynamics 2014 Conference Please visit the Gluckstein Website at: Gluckstein & Associates presents: The 10 th Compassion Fatigue Event! At St. Andrew s Conference Centre Tuesday October 28th, and click on What s New!!!!! The Conference Committee and all of the staff at Gluckstein Personal Injury Lawyers are very excited about having the opportunity to offer this caliber of presenters to encourage registrants to engage in personal self-care. Please contact Dianne Henderson at henderson@gluckstein.com if you or any one of your staff members require special consideration for the registration fee. We understand that educational budgets have been drastically reduced lately and are prepared to offer hospital staff and non-profit staff/ volunteers complimentary registration. If you have any questions please contact Alison O Callaghan or Dianne Henderson. We can be reached at our Toronto or Niagara Offices. Critical Care Canada Forum October 29th-November 1st, 2014