TO:    CNA associate members

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS for

• CNA Order of Merit for Clinical Nursing Practice
• CNA Order of Merit for Nursing Administration 
• CNA Order of Merit for Nursing Education
• CNA Order of Merit for Nursing Research
• CNA Order of Merit for Nursing Policy

According to bylaw 3.1, "...the board shall have the authority...to honour those who have made an outstanding contribution to nursing" – and the next convention in June 2014 is an appropriate occasion.

Associate members are invited to submit the name of registered nurses whom they believe have made a personal contribution and have had a significant and sustained positive impact on the nursing profession and practice of nursing in Canada in the following domains: clinical practice, administration, education, research, and policy.

Note that the call for nominations will appear on CNA’s website and that the CNA board, jurisdictional members, health-care agencies, universities and individuals may also submit a name.  

Complete documentation must include:

• nomination form (attached), completed in full by the nominator;
• minimum of three (3) letters from individuals in 3 separate organizations in support of the nomination;
• nominee's curriculum vitae; and
• a biographical note no longer than one page.

Please send the nomination form with all supporting documents to Anna Baker, Governance Coordinator, CNA House, by January 15, 2014.

Note that only those nominations that are completed in full and sent by 23:59 on January 15, 2014, will be considered. Electronic submissions are highly encouraged.

The new slogan, Care to Be the Best, captures the motivation behind why more than 17,230 Canadian RNs have committed to a national standard of professional competence. On March 19, see for yourself what CNA-certified RNs and their employers are saying about certification in their three new videos.

Le nouveau slogan, Avoir l’excellence à cœur, saisit la motivation derrière l’engagement de plus de 17 230 infirmières et infirmiers autorisés du Canada envers une norme nationale de compétence professionnelle. Le 19 mars, constatez par vous-même ce que pensent les infirmières et infirmiers autorisés de l’AIIC et leurs employés de la certification dans leurs trois nouveaux vidéos.

On April 15, 2013, the Canadian Nurses for Health and the Environment (CHNE) will hold an free online interactive education session on the environmental issues. These issues include the Tar Sands, Pipelines and Super Tankers, which began in the Western provinces, but has since expanded to the East coast as corporations try to have an eastern alternative approved.

The purpose of the session is to collect your feedback for a resolution on the Tar Sands that will be presented at the CNA Annual General Meeting on June 19.

This session is scheduled for April 15, 2013, from 1 to 2:30 pm ET. If you wish to attend the online, please fill out the online Registration Form

ORNAC is pleased to announce that the Journal has recently undergone a complete makeover and has also changed its name to the ORNAC Journal (formally known as the Canadian OR Nursing Journal).

ORNAC looks forward to unveiling it to its members and we hope that you will be as excited about this new change as we are.  Feel free to provide us with your comments at journal@ornac.ca. 

ORNAC is also seeking out those members interested in submitting an article for the journal.  Topics may include, but are not limited to:

• Best practices when caring for a patient who is immunocompromised
• Strategies for preventing postoperative adhesions
• Proper positioning for special patient groups (eg., geriatric, pediatric, bariatric, diabetic)
• Strategies for juggling quality, cost, and surgeon preference
• Scope of advance practice perioperative nurses (APN, clinical nurse specialist, RN first assistant, nurse anesthesia)
• RNFAs as coaches and mentors to perioperative nursing staff members