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infoVolume 42 Issue 1 sprIng 2011 nursing Celebrate National Nursing Week NANB’s NNW Poster Competition [10] ELECTION 2011: MEET THE NANB’S 95TH AGM & RESOLUTIONS TO THE 2011 CANDIDATES [14] CONFERENCE [24] NANB AGM [23] spring 2011 InsIde NANB’s 95th AGM & Conference Juin 8 & 9, 2011 André Picard Dr. Judith Dr. Patricia 24 Ritchie Rodney 14 Meet the Candidates: NANB 26 Proxy Voting: What You Need Election 2011 to Know Cover Participate in NANB’s 2011 poster competition to celebrate National Nursing Week: May 9–15. See details on page 10. 30 Passing the Canadian 37 Meet the Voice on the Other Registered Nurse Examination End of the Phone 2 INFO NURSING SPRING 2011 20 32 10 NANB’s NNW Poster Competition 21 Medication Orders by Telephone Celebrating National Nursing Week By Shauna Figler 13 RN Acquiring Conflict Resolution Skills 29 Are NPs Authorized to Prescribe ‘Off Label’? The College of Extended Learning at UNB By Susanne Priest Offers Program By Leah Prosser 29 MOMS Link Study Sustainable Telephone-Based Support for Mothers 16 Audit Results with Postpartum Depression Continuing Competence Program By Sarah MacLaggan 19 Working Collaboratively 33 Health Centres in New Brunswick: RNs & Registered Midwives Leaders in the Provision of Primary Health Care By Shauna Figler By Joanne Barry & Cheryl Saunders 20 Local Author Captures a Piece of 35 UNBSJ Delivers Bachelor of Nursing Degree Nursing History for Registered Nurses By Shawna Quinn By Cathy O’Brien-Larivée, Rose McCloskey & Dianne McCormack the pulse 5 Message from the President 27 Ask a Practice Advisor 7 Message from the Executive Director 34 Calendar of Events 8 Boardroom Notes 38 Professional Conduct Review Decisions SPRING 2011 INFO NURSING 3 Info Nursing is published three times a year by the Nurses Association of New Brunswick, 165 Regent St., Fredericton, NB, E3B 7B4. 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JUST ONE OF MANY significant messages delivered to nurse for one’s journey of care. Nurses can offer this unique lens—a leaders at the 2011 Nursing Leadership Conference in Montreal. truly holistic one. The Nurses Association of New Brunswick The opening keynote speaker, Dr. Marlene Smadu, encouraged (NANB), the professional regulatory body that exists to protect attendees to engage in individual leadership, which should be the public and to support nurses by promoting and maintain a transformational experience, as well as to engage the public standards for nursing education and practice, strongly advo- as active consumers of care. Utilizing fundamental concepts cates for healthy public policy by supporting the determinants very similar to the values embedded within the Canadian of health and the principles of primary health care. Nurses Association (CNA) Code of Ethics, nurses need to promote Transformational leadership is a very powerful, life chang- dignity, respect, information sharing, participation and col- ing concept that ultimately affects both the provider and laboration while engaging as nurse leaders. Registered recipient of care. The interaction between the two can be pro- nurses(RNs) and nurse practitioners (NPs) have strong, highly found. It will be this type of leadership that is needed to advance informed knowledge of the Canadian healthcare system, and the primary health care agenda in New Brunswick. It is not up need to speak clearly, simply and often about what affects to one singular provider however, but rather a move to working people’s health and the role they can play as collaborative health as interdisciplinary health teams, which will truly provide the professionals in improving access to care. strength and integrity necessary to advancing health. Dr. Judith The primary health care reform agenda needs support to be Shamian, President of CNA, describes the dynamic form of lead- advanced in New Brunswick, by reaching out to the populations ership as something “we know when we see it and we know we serve where they live and work. RNs and NPs can play an when we don’t have it”, but acknowledges that many of us strug- invaluable role by increasing access to healthcare across this gle to articulate it. This is an area for each of us to develop and province in both rural and urban settings. Every RN and NP needs to be a nurse leader. Broadcaster and journalist, Evan cultivate. Solomon of CBC’s Power and Politics, urges nurses to speak up and Michael Villeneuve, scholar in residence, CNA, put forth a influence the debate on healthcare. He describes nurses as the challenge to every registered nurse at the Nursing Leadership “symbolic analyst” of the healthcare system. RNs continue to Conference: “How are you going to make the healthcare system hold a privileged position as one of the most trusted health better? How are you going to lead the way?” It is now very clear professionals in the country, a position that can be very influ- that it is up to every nurse to be an individual leader. Know ential to informing public opinion and decision makers. In what you do, then do what you know! many situations, the social determinants of health are what NANB’s vision is Nurses shaping nursing for healthy New need to be fundamentally acknowledged and ultimately Brunswickers. As RNs and NPs across New Brunswick, it is imper- addressed in order to bring about improved health outcomes. ative that we each take every opportunity to influence and shape To not only identify, but address the challenges a particular change to best meet the needs of the populations we serve. Let individual/family/community/population are facing in terms us continue to work together to improve the health of all New of loss of income, job opportunities, limited education, lack of Brunswickers! social supports are paramount when developing a holistic plan —MARTHA VICKERS, President SPRING 2011 INFO NURSING 5 contributors this issue Joanne Barry Shauna Figler Virgil Guitard Sarah MacLaggan France L. Marquis Cathy O’Brien-Larivée Suzanne Ouellet Leah Prosser Susanne Priest Shawna Quinn Sylvie Cheryl Saunders Robichaud-Ekstrand 13 19 20 LEAH PROSSER,