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Topics:
• The Patient with Glomerulonephritis or Chronic Kidney Disease
• The Patient on Dialysis
• The Role of Acute Care Nurse in Code Blue and Rapid Response Calls
We’ll help sharpen your Observations & Skills on all the above, by including:
• Key A & P review; Important patient history points
• Assessment: What you’re looking for and why
• Interventions
• Priorities; Important Points; Pits and Pearls
• Integrating all these points during a rapid response or code blue call when you are the acute care nurse through case studies and examples
Description:
Nurses are often concerned about committing a wrong action that might result in a lawsuit. In reality, it is often omissions, failing to consistently and thoroughly perform basic acts of nursing, especially in the face of changing or deteriorating patient conditions, that result in lawsuits. That’s why your observations, assessments, follow-up, and reporting to the next in command are so important. This one day workshop will help you sharpen those observation and action skills when faced with changing conditions that most often contribute to a deteriorating status for your Neurology or Nephrology/Urology patient.
Who Should Attend?
• Nurses in all Adult Acute Care, Emergency, Respiratory, and Complex Care Settings
• Staff in Specialized Medical-Surgical Settings, Surgical Suite, PACU & ICU Settings & Special Procedures Areas
• New RNs, LPNs, or Students planning employment in the above settings
• Selected Allied Health Professionals: Physios, RRT’s Transition Services Staff
• Health Care and Nursing Educators, Specialists, Clinicians, and Managers from the above settings
Jennifer Watson, BSc, BN, CNeph (C)
Jenn Watson first obtained a BSc from UBC before becoming a Registered Nurse almost 20 years ago with a BN from the Athabasca at Mount Royal program. She also holds a CNA specialized certification in nephrology – CNeph (C). Jenn has spent much of her nursing career within the renal portfolio at Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary and over 10+ years as a Clinical Nurse Educator on inpatient nephrology and transplant. She has been heavily involved in the provincialization of training and the electronic health record tools in Alberta and has a special interest in peritoneal dialysis. Jenn has also worked in roles as a Nursing Knowledge Lead role with the Clinical Knowledge and Content Management (CKCM) team developing best practice documents and recently as a neuro medicine educator at South Health Campus. She has a passion for engaging others through education.
Hayley Lane, RN, BN, MN, CNN(C)
Hayley Lane obtained her Bachelors of Science Nursing Degree through the University of Calgary in 2008. She found her home on neuro early in her career, starting on an acute neurology and neurosurgery unit in 2007 as an Undergraduate Nurse. Inspired by the variety and challenges of this specialty, she achieved her Advanced Critical Care Nursing – Neuro Certificate through Mount Royal University in 2013, and wrote her CNA Neuro certification exam in 2013. She wanted to learn more about the ethically challenging aspects of neuroscience care, and doing a Masters of Nursing in Advance Practice Leadership through the University of Victoria gave her the opportunity to explore the experience of moral distress in neuroscience nursing, as well as evidence-based ways to mitigate this distress. She also became the Nurse Educator for the same neuro unit she started on, and has happily enjoyed this role since 2014. She has been an active member of the Canadian Association of Neuroscience Nurses (CANN) since 2013, recently becoming vice president in 2025, and speaks at several local and national conferences annually.
