Calgary Nursing Research Luncheon 2024
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Can’t wait to see you on Friday!
Calgary Nursing Research Luncheon on:
Friday , November 1st
11:30 AM to 2 PM
Don't miss out on this opportunity to join us for the
$65/a ticket or table of 8 for $500
What's even more exciting? Purchasers of early bird tickets will automatically be entered into a draw for a chance to win a $500 gift card redeemable at Azuridge hotel/Opal Restaurant. Applicable for use in their restaurant or towards hotel accommodations. A special thank you goes to an anonymous donor for generously providing this fantastic prize for the draw.
For every Research Luncheon ticket you purchase, your name will automatically be entered into the draw for the gift card. The lucky winner will be announced on September 16th.
Our Speakers
Comfort-Holding in Critically Ill Kids (CHiCKSs):
Laurie is a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Nurse Practitioner, Clinician Researcher, and Director of the PICU Research Program at Alberta Children's Hospital. She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Adjunct Clinical Associate in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Calgary.
Laurie has over 20 years of bedside practice as either a Registered Nurse or Nurse Practitioner and has practiced in Edmonton, San Francisco, Bermuda, the United Kingdom and Calgary where she has been for the last 15 years.
As Director of the ACH PICU Research program, Laurie is the first Nurse to lead a PICU research program in Canada. She acts as the local principal investigator for many national and international studies and mentors PICU staff, physicians and trainees in the conduct of both quality improvement evaluation and research.
Laurie is the lead of the Comfort Holding in Critically Ill Kids (CHiCKS) program of research which aims to study the benefits of comfort-holding for children admitted to the PICU.
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Astronaut Health:
How can Care beyond Earth relate to care here on Earth?
Presenter: Katie Samoil, RN, ACCN, PhD Student and ARNET Calgary Health Foundation 2024 Scholar.
Katie will share her nursing journey as a emergency department nurse to PhD researcher. Katie is a born and raised Alberta RN and former national distance athlete. She works at the Foothills Medical Center. Through her PhD research she is studying the application of cardiorespiratory coupling in the microgravity environment of space as it relates to the physiologic changes intubated and sedated and/or paralyzed patients in critical care environments experience. When individuals are no longer autonomously using their respiratory muscles to breathe, they are at risk for muscular and neurovascular deterioration. Her work builds on existing research in this area through exploration of cardiorespiratory coupling.
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Bridging the gap: Enhancing Cancer diagnosis in Alberta’s emergency departments
Presenters: Cassandra Carrier, RN, BN works in AHS in emergency medicine in Calgary and Anna Pujadas Botey, PhD, MSc, BSc, Assistant Scientific Director, Cancer Care Alberta
Cass and Anna, a nurse and researcher with Alberta Health Services, will share the compelling journey of a groundbreaking project aimed at improving cancer diagnosis in Alberta’s emergency departments (EDs). With cancer affecting so many lives, timely and accurate diagnosis is critical for better outcomes. In this talk, they will discuss how their collaboration came to be and the work they did with healthcare providers in Edmonton and Calgary, uncovering key insights into the challenges faced in EDs when diagnosing cancer. Through personal stories and lessons learned, we'll explore how these findings are shaping new initiatives to enhance early detection and patient care. This project, along with many others making a tangible impact, is made possible by the invaluable support of ARNET, which plays a crucial role in advancing nursing research capacity in Alberta.
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