CASN is pleased to announce the recent launch of a new discussion paper entitled Framework of Strategies for Nursing Education to Respond to the Calls to Action of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, developed by the CASN Truth and Reconciliation Task Force in partnership with the Canadian Indigenous Nurses Association (CINA).

The purpose of this paper is to provide national support for reconciliation by fostering reflection related to decolonization and indigenization and by offering direction to schools of nursing in responding to the TRC Calls to Action. The discussion paper is freely available in French and English on the CASN website.

L’Association canadienne des écoles de sciences infirmières (ACESI) est fière d’annoncer le lancement d’un nouveau document de discussion intitulé Cadre stratégique en matière de formation infirmière, en réponse aux appels à l’action de la Commission de vérité et réconciliation du Canada, élaboré par le groupe de travail de l’ACESI sur la vérité et réconciliation en collaboration avec la Canadian Indigenous Nurses Association (CINA). 

In a new project entitled Essential COVID-19 Skills for Graduating and New Nurses, the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) and the Canadian Alliance of Nurse Educators Using Simulation (CAN-Sim) partnered to develop five virtual simulation games (VSGs). The VSGs include information and visual demonstrations of the practice modifications, and infection prevention and control measures in place during the pandemic. The goal of these VSGs is to strengthen the capacity of nursing students and registered nurses to provide safe and effective care, while protecting themselves and others from the spread of infection.

Dans le cadre d’un nouveau projet intitulé Compétences essentielles liées à la COVID-19 pour les infirmières diplômées et les nouvelles infirmières, l’Association canadienne des écoles de sciences infirmières (ACESI) et la Canadian Alliance of Nurse Educators Using Simulation (CAN-Sim) se sont associées afin d’assurer la création de cinq jeux de simulation virtuelle. Ces jeux de simulation virtuelle comprennent des renseignements et des démonstrations visuelles des changements à la pratique ainsi que des mesures de prévention et de contrôle des infections mises en œuvre pendant la pandémie. L’objectif de ces jeux de simulation virtuelle est d’améliorer la capacité des étudiantes en sciences infirmières et des infirmières autorisées à fournir des soins sécuritaires et efficaces tout en se protégeant et en protégeant les autres contre la propagation de l’infection.

Nursing schools across Canada are experiencing major changes related to clinical conferences for nursing students. As such, the Clinical Instructor Interest Group is pleased to share a resource, developed by Renee Gordon and Alisha Keough (University of New Brunswick) to showcase some COVID-19 creative clinical teaching strategies to effectively engage students in this learning activity. If you are interested in this area and would like to join future discussions, consider joining the Clinical Instructor Interest Group: click here. Click on the heading above to access the document. 

Partage de ressource : "COVID-19 Clinical Conference Guidance.” 

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Coming in 2021, CASN will create a free, open-access e-resource that will address the learning outcomes contained in the Guidelines for Undergraduate Nursing Education on Climate-Driven Vector-Borne Diseases. Ultimately, CASN aims to support nurse educators in preparing future nurses to care for individuals, families, communities and populations affected by, or at risk of being affected by, climate-driven VBDs. More...

En 2021, l’ACESI créera une ressource électronique gratuite à accès libre pour aborder les résultats d’apprentissage figurant dans les Lignes directrices de formation infirmière de premier cycle sur les maladies à transmission vectorielle liées à la variabilité climatique. L’objectif de l’ACESI est de soutenir les infirmières enseignantes afin qu’elles puissent préparer les infirmières futures à soigner les individus, les familles, les communautés et les populations touchés ou risquant d’être touché par les MTV liées à la variabilité climatique. Suite...

This comprehensive text offers essential information for excelling in the Canadian academic nurse educator role. Experienced academic educators, as well as novice instructors in nursing education, will find foundational and current practice concepts that include philosophy, learning theories, course and curriculum development, program evaluation, teaching-learning strategies, simulation, interprofessional and intraprofessional approaches, diversity and the indigenous learner, assessment and evaluation techniques, leadership, mentorship, and scholarship. The content reflects the Canadian Association Schools of Nuring (CASN) standards for excellence for undergraduate and undergraduate academic nurse educators and assists the reader with preparing for the Canadian Certified Nurse Educator (CCNE) Certification examination.

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The survey is open to anyone in Canada aged 16 or older who self-identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer, and/or Two-Spirit, or uses other terms to describe their diverse sexual orientation or gender identity. Participation is voluntary and anonymous. This survey will be open from November 27 until February 28, 2021.