Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada (A.N.A.C.)

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National Aboriginal Nurses Day Message

Today, on Aboriginal Nurses Day, we come together as a profession to celebrate your achievements and your contributions to the health and well-being of clients, families, and communities ..............read more

A.N.A.C.Final Report: Survey of the Educational Needs of Nurses Working in First Nations Health Transferred Communities.

Nurses working in Aboriginal communities often work in very complex environments that are demanding and many times under-resourced. . ..............read more

Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada will release report findings to coincide with National Aboriginal Nurses Day on May 10, 2013.

The Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada (A.N.A.C.) will release findings tomorrow from its Survey of the Educational Needs of First Nations Nurses Working in Transferred Communities. ..............read more

A.N.A.C. 2013 National Forum Abstract Submission Deadline

The Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada (A.N.A.C.) would like to remind potential applicants that the invitation to submit abstracts for the 2013 National Forum will close at 3:00pm ET this Friday May 10, 2013 ..............read more

Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada Announces 2013 National Forum

To coincide with the start of National Nursing Week, the Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada (A.N.A.C.) is pleased to announce that it will be holding its 2013 National Forum, Honouring the Nursing Spirit at the Heart of Aboriginal Healing on November 9th and 10th at the Marriott Vancouver Airport Hotel in Richmond, British Columbia. ..............read more

2013-2014 Memberships are now due. Click here for a membership form

A.N.A.C. Call for Abstracts has been extended to May 10, 2013
For more information go to http://www.anac.on.ca/conferences.php

Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada (A.N.A.C.) is pleased to announce that it will be holding its 2013 forum, “Honouring the Nursing Spirit at the Heart of Aboriginal Healing” November 9th and 10th at the Marriott Vancouver Airport Hotel in Richmond, British Columbia. The conference theme is unique where the nursing spirit refers to the awareness of vital principles of Aboriginal healing and abilities to incorporate a holistic approach to health care service delivery that binds us as human beings sharing in the journey of healing in our nations. For more information go to www.anac.on.ca/conferences.php

Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada
Community-based Nurses Education and Training Needs Survey

A.N.A.C. is conducting a study on educational needs of nurses working in transferred First Nations communities and their means of accessing learning opportunities including the identification of gaps in accessing knowledge, learning opportunities and training sessions. This research is a critical step forward in promoting the recruitment and retention of nursing staff in First Nations communities and improving quality client care.

Here is the Survey link: http://fluidsurveys.com/s/jri-anac-education-access/

This survey data is being gathered by Johnston Research Inc., an Aboriginal-owned company. The information you share is stored according to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, as well as the Privacy and Access to Information Acts. The names of individuals will not be mentioned in the report and will not be stored with your answers. The data will be securely stored and all information will be disposed of after five years.

We hope you can complete this survey by March 1, 2013.

PRESS RELEASE
A.N.A.C Extend an Invitation to Collaborate on Future Cultural Safety Initiatives

The Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada welcomes the document, Empathy, dignity, and respect: Creating cultural safety for Aboriginal people in urban health care as an important contribution to the health of Aboriginal Canadians. The document was released on December 10th by the Health Council of Canada. In a letter to the Health Council of Canada, the Interim Executive Director, Fjola Hart Wasekeesikaw also extended an invitation to work collaboratively on future cultural competence and cultural safety initiatives to improve health care of Aboriginal people.
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ATTENTION NEEDED TO MAINTAIN CANADIAN CONTENT IN RN EXAM

It was recently brought to the Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada’s attention by the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) that 10 of Canada’s regulatory bodies selected the American – based National Council of State Boards of Nursing to develop a new registered nursing entry exam. This means that as early as 2015 the current Canadian exam, the Canadian Registered Nurses Examination (CRNE) will no longer exist. Read more . . .

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Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada and Canadian Blood Services - OneMatch Collaboration

A Journey to Inspire: The story of Gabe Callicum and a Call to Action from Chief Patrick James

Find out more! View video

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A.N.A.C. Resources

The Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada (A.N.A.C.), has two new resources: The Spirit of Courageous Leaders: Profiles of Aboriginal Nurses and Cultural Competence and Cultural Safety: Curriculum for Aboriginal Peoples.

The Spirit of Courageous Leaders: Profiles of Aboriginal Nurses is a collection of biographies of Aboriginal nurses, whose stories span almost a century. The First Nation, Métis and Inuit women represented throughout this anthology embody a wide array of experiences, challenges and successes in nursing. /read the Press Release (.pdf)

** NOTE: These publications are available for purchase at http://www.anac.on.ca/publications.phphttp://www.anac.on.ca/
publications.php

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Student Webinar Series

A series of Student webinars are being developed to assist A.N.A.C. Student member.

You must be a Student member of A.N.A.C. to login through the Members' Only portal and access the Student Portal.

If you have suggestions for optimal times or subject matter, please contact Connie Toulouse, ctoulouse@anac.on.ca or call toll free 1-800-724-3049 ext. 26.
To view the poster for the webinar series

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Student Portal

Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada (A.N.A.C.) has developed a Student Portal as a support mechanism for our Nursing Student members.

Being a nursing student can be quite tough at times and research has shown it is even harder for Aboriginal nursing students, due to the additional strains of financial pressures, needing to be away from one’s home community, adjusting to a new culture and place while often times trying to deal with housing and/or childcare issues.

To Student Portal is to support our student nurses, with the goal of A.N.A.C.’s support mechanisms to increase the overall numbers of Aboriginal nurses by supporting Aboriginal nursing students during their studies to complete their programs, graduate and become successful nurses. This student portal is also open to all student nurses interested in health issues in First Nation, Inuit and Métis peoples.

Our goal in the website enhancement is to give nursing students a space where they can work together to support each other as cyber-buddies. The student portal will be accessible and only visible to student members of A.N.A.C. The new portal will provide an opportunity for A.N.A.C. student members to share documents, resources, participate one on one chats, forums and webinars.

As it is a secure site, nursing students will need A.N.A.C. memberships to access it.

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Canadian Nurses Association Canada (CNA)
Position Statement on Cultural Competence. . . . . Read more

Cervical Cancer in First Nations Women. Information for Health Care Providers - National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO) . . . . . Read more

Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian Healthcare System
Written by Marina Freire-Gormaly

“I got my degree in physiology, but I didn’t want to do research for the rest of my life, so I went into nursing, because I thought nurses are the point of entry into the healthcare system,” says Rhonda Goodtrack, an advisor to Aboriginal students at the Native Access Program to Nursing and Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. “So I applied, got in, went through the four years, got my degree and went to work in public health right out of nursing school.” .../read more (.pdf)