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• Interesting facts about the 2008 CONA Conference Program
• Program schedule for 2008 CONA conference
• Poster Presentation

Interesting facts about the 2008 CONA Conference Program

“Good to Great” presented by Michael Villeneuve, Senior Nurse Consultant with Canadian Nurses Association and co-principal investigator of “Towards 2020: Visions for Nursing” 

“The Making of a Nurse” presented by Canadian nurse and bestselling author of “A Nurse’s Story”, Tilda Shalof

“Hand arthroplasty” presented by Dr. Robert Richards, surgeon profiled in Michael Moore’s “Sicko” movie/documentary

“Fast Track Arthroplasty” presented by Dr. Su Ganapathy  and Barb Berg Troyer, nurse on inpatient unit, about program discharging THJR and TKJR patients within 36 hours post-op

“C-STAR – Educating to close the gap” presented by nurse Doris Ramage, learning coordinator of Canadian Surgical Technologies and Advanced Robotics

“Nursing in Kandahar” presented by Lt. (Navy) Gordon Peckham, a nurse who has spent time in Kandahar and in transport of wounded Canadian soldiers back to Canada

“Heel pressure ulcers: Incidence in an acute Orthopaedic population” research sponsored by RNAO Best Practice Guidelines presented by nurse researcher Karen Campbell

“Operation Walk - Guatemala” presented by Scientific Director of Robarts Research Institute, professor of Orthopaedic surgery University of Western Ontario and former president of COA, Dr. Cec Rorabeck,  and Kate Butt and Marsha Yerema, Orthopaedic nurses who volunteered time and expertise to the project

“Compartment Syndrome Research” new directions in understanding and potentially in treating compartment syndrome presented by Orthopaedic resident Dr. Abdel Lawendy

“Patient partner program: Interactive hands on session with trained patients with arthritis” patients educating the health care team presented by National trainer Anne Lyddiatt, member of Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance and Cochrane Consumer Network, and several other patient partners

“Are Canadian children and youth healthy?  What can Canadians do to get kids healthier?” presented by Dr. Kellie Leitch named by MacLean’s and Globe and Mail in 2004 as one of Canada’s “Top 40 under 40” for her leadership in the Health Care field and community involvement. Currently she is Assistant Dean at Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry and Co-director of the Health Sector MBA program at the Richard Ivey Business School at University of Western Ontario, Chair of Paediatric Surgery at Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario, Vice-President  of Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research and is the Federal Advisor on Healthy Children and Youth to the Federal Health Minister

Picking up the pieces- A nursing care approach following an intraoperative injury.” presented by nurses Siobhan Lalor-McTague, Joanna Capron, and Clare Kehoe from Stanmore Middlesex, United Kingdom

 “What have I lost? The Orthopaedic patient grieves” presented by psychologist Dr. Paula Gardner and nurse Loretta

Kennedy exploring issues around the patient who has a limb amputation

Program schedule for 2008 CONA conference

Monday  April 28, 2008

0730-0815   Registration, Breakfast and Exhibits

0815-0900   Opening ceremonies

0900-0945    “Good to Great” Edith Cavell speaker Michael Villeneuve RN MSc

0945-1030   Break and Exhibits

1030-1115    “Hand arthroplasty” Dr. Robert Richards MD FRCS(c)

1120-1200    “Frail older adults with hip fractures: The rocky road to recovery” Rob McKenzie RN(EC) MScN  GNC(c)

1200-1330    Lunch and Exhibits

1330-1400    “C-Star – Educating to close the gap” Dorace Ramage RN

1405-1450    “How to keep yourself in the frying pan and out of the fire” Nigel Gilby LLP

1455-1540    “Are Canadian Children and Youth Healthy?  What can Canadians do to get kids healthier?” Dr. Kellie Leitch MD MBA FRCS(c)

Tuesday  April 29, 2008

0730-0815   Registration, Breakfast and Exhibits

0815-0845   National ceremonies

0845-0930    “Fast track arthroplasty” Dr. Su Ganapathy MD FFARCS, FRC and Barb Berg Troyer RN BScN

0930-1015   Break and Exhibits

1015-1055   Concurrent A sessions:

1.   “Picking up the pieces- A nursing care approach following an intraoperative injury” Siobhan Lalor-McTague RN, Joanna Capron RN and Clare Kehoe RGN RN BSc

2.   “Waiting to get well: Quality of life and functioning status of total hip and total knee replacement patients” Lynda Mandzuk RN MN(c)

3.   “Hand therapy for complex regional pain syndrome” Shrikant J Chinchalkar OT Reg. (ON) OTR CHT

4.   “Journey with me: Palliative Care in Orthopaedics” Cheryl Talbot RN MScN TCNP(c) CHPCN(c)

1110-1150  Concurrent B sessions:

1.   “Hip arthroscopy” Dr. Doug Naudie MD FRCS(c)

2.   “Patient partner program: Interactive hands-on session with trained patients with arthritis” Anne Lyddiatt RN

3.   “Growing beyond the borders of acute care” Erlene Seaborne RN BScN MSc and Theresa Harper RN BSN MSN

4.   “Patiently waiting” Bev Greenwood RN ONC(c)

1150-1305   Lunch and Exhibits

1305-1345   Concurrent C sessions:

1.   “Compartment syndrome research” Dr. Abdel Lawendy MD

2.   “Toward better blood management in joint arthroplasty” Anita Lamond RN BScN and Liz Piccirillo RN

3.   “A new integrated Model of Care for patients following a hip fracture: Enabling older persons to return home through rapid assessment and treatment” Janet McMullan RN BScN MN, Kathy Elliott RN BScN, Marcella Honour RN BScN and Connie Stamp RN

4.   “What have I lost? The Orthopaedic patient grieves” Dr. Paula Gardner PhD and Loretta Kennedy RN

1400-1440  Concurrent D sessions:

1.   “Development of the nurse’s role in the Assessment Centre: Our new model of care” Jan Flynn RN and Susan Clark RN

2.   “Prehabilition Program: Leadership insights into planning process” Ann Reichert RN BN MN

3.   “Knowledge transfer: the good, the bad and the ugly” Kathleen Ledoux BScN MScN

4.   “Advances in the management of scolioisis” Janet Ahier RN MN

1450-1530   “Operation Walk - Guatemala” Dr. Cec Rorabeck MD FRCS(c), Kate Butt RN and Marsha Yerema RN

Wednesday      April 30, 2008

0745-0830   Registration and Breakfast

0830-0845   National ceremonies

0845-0945    “Transporting the trauma patient” Dr. Daryl Gray MD FRCS(c) FACS

0950-1035    “Nursing in Kandahar” Lieutenant (Navy) Gordon Peckham RN BScN CD

1035-1050    Break

1050-1135    “Heel pressure ulcers: Incidence in an acute Orthopaedic population” Karen Campbell RN MScN PhD(c)

1140-1300    Lunch and “The Making of a Nurse” Tilda Shalof Nurse and Author

1300-1315   Closing ceremonies

Program subject to change

Poster Presentation

1.    “Post discharge pain follow-up following total hip/knee joint replacement on patients discharged to home on day 5 or less from the Holland Orthopaedic and Arthritic Centre.”   Yvonne Ramlal  RPN

2.     “Pre-operative self-efficacy and expectations in candidates for TKA” Yael Shaked B.S.W. M.S.W. R.S.W.

3.     “Mentorship: Easing the transition from graduate to staff nurse in Orthopaedic surgery”    Sue Lambert  RN

4.     “A Special, Special Nurse. Jack of all trades, master of many” Joanna Capron RN 

5.     “Comprehensive approach to fractured hip management” Karen Robinson RN BScN MEd GNC(c) and Heather Pepper RN BScN

6.     “Pieces together to make a perfect fit: The interdisciplinary approach to managing joint arthroplasty patients” Jane Cuthbert BA RN BScN, Lisa Mark RN and Patricia Miekuz RN BScN MSc

7.     “A review of alcohol withdrawal in the elderly” Pat Lunt RN MSc

8.      “Patient education: Needs and realities” Theresa Harper RN BScN MSN and Erlene Seaborne RN BScN MSc

9.     “Case study: Five year old with club foot” Joan Knighton BA RPN Reg Ortho Tech 

10.   “Dem bones, dem bones, dem children’s bones: Introducing a benchmark of best practice for paediatric orthopaedic care” Siobhan Lalor-McTague RN and Joanna Capron RN

11.   “Change in patient concerns described using components of the ICF during the first six weeks of recovery following primary total knee arthroplasty” Ravi Rastogi MScPT

Conference Information

Conference Fees:                                            Before March 1, 2008        After March 1,  2008

CONA Member (3 days)                                         $400.00                                   $450.00

Non-Member (3 days)                                             $475.00                                   $525.00

Student* (3 days)                                                      $200.00                                   $225.00

CONA Member (1 day)                                           $140.00                                

Non-Member (1 day)                                               $160.00

On-Site Registration:                                              3 Day                                     Daily Rate

CONA Member                                                         $500.00                                    $225.00

Non-Member                                                             $575.00                                    $275.00

Student*                                                                      $250.00                                    $100.00

*(photocopy of current student card required)

Social Events

Sunday, April 27, 2008:  Meet & Greet Pool Party and Fashion Show. Hosted by Forest City Regional Chapter of CONA.  8-10 p.m

Monday, April 28, 2008:  Tours:

        OPTION A:  Canadian Medical Hall of Fame & Banting House

$20.00 (includes admission/tour guides, snack and transportation)

        OPTION B:  Labatt’s Brewery-Historic and Plant.

$20.00 (includes admission/tour guides, sampling, T-shirt  and transportation)

Tuesday, April 29, 2008:  “My Big Fat Greek CONA Party”

$60.00 (includes authentic dinner/music/entertainment, dancing with the band “Splash” and transportation)

Hotel Information

The Best Western Lamplighter Inn and Conference Centre,                                                 Further Information Contact:

591 Wellington Rd. S., London, Ontario N6C 4R5                                                                     www.cona-nurse.org

Standard Room     $115.00 + taxes = $127.65/night                                                                 Cindy.czarnecki@lhsc.on.ca

Atrium View Rooms   $125.00 + taxes = $138.75/night                                                           Laura.Anderson@lhsc.on.ca

                                                                                                                                                                   Barb.Bergtroyer@lhsc.on.ca

Rooms are priced in advance until March 25, 2008.                                                                www.lamplighterinn.ca

For Conference rate reservations call 1-888-232-6747

Phone (519) 681-7151 Fax (519) 681-3271