Videos For LPNs

Listed below are the available Telehealth sessions. Please check back frequently for updates.

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June 2010

Sexually Transmitted Infections in Nova Scotia
Presenter: Kathy Penny
Approximate duration: one hour.
June 7, 2010

New thoughts on Old bugs
Presenter: Elizabeth Watson
Approximate duration: one hour.
June 2, 2010

May 2010

Stages of Dementia and Challenging Behaviors
Presenter: Raylene MacDonald
Approximate duration: one hour.
May 20, 2010

Assessing Non Cardiac Chest Pain
Presenter: Nancy Connor
Approximate duration: one hour.
May 21, 2010

April 2010

Documentation: Professional & Legal Principles
Presenter: Ann Fraser
Approximate duration: one hour.
April 22, 2010

Obesity & Chronic Management
Presenter: Diana Lawlor
Approximate duration: one hour.
April 7, 2010

March 2010

Asthma: From Flare-up to Follow-up
Presenter: Holly Kennedy
Approximate duration: one hour.
March 10, 2010

Respiratory Assessment Made Easy
Presenter: Sally Maclean
Approximate duration: one hour.
March 22, 2010

January 2010

Diabetic Ketoacidosis
Presenter: Mary Lou Martin
Approximate duration: one hour.
January 26, 2010

December 2009

Depression in the Elderly
Presenter: Raylene MacDonald
Approximate duration: one hour.
Dec 2, 2009

November 2009

Best Practices for Achieving Oral Health
Presenter: Terry Mitchell
Approximate duration: one hour.
November 13, 2009

Intramuscular and Subcutaneous Injections
Presenter: Marielle Whynot
Approximate duration: one hour.
November 26, 2009

Management and Care of Diabetes in the Elderly
Presenter: Vanessa Donnelly
Approximate duration: one hour.
November 27, 2009

October 2009

Update on New and Old Immunization
Presenter: Dr. Kathy Stayter
Approximate duration: one hour.
Oct 22, 2009

Tracheostomy Care
Presenter: Kate Mercer
Approximate duration: one hour.
Oct 30, 2009

Suicide Risk Management
Presenter: Debbie Phillips
Approximate duration: one hour.
Oct 2, 2009

September 2009

Immunization Session 1: An Overview
Presenter: Kim McGill
Approximate duration: one hour.
September 21st, 2009

Challenging Behaviors in Dementia
Presenter: Sarah Kriegerfrost
Approximate duration: one hour.
September 25th, 2009

Stroke & Bladder Management
Presenter: Angela Meagher
Approximate duration: one hour.
September 11th, 2009

Immunization Session 2
Presenter: Kim McGill
Approximate duration: one hour.
September 21st, 2009

May 2009

C Diff & Norovirus
Presenter: Liz Watson
Approximate duration: one hour.
May 27th, 2009

Community Acquired Pneumonia
Presenter: Dr. Dennis Bowie
Approximate duration: one hour.
May 1st, 2009

April 2009

Understanding Challenging Behavior in Dementia
Presenter: Sarah Krieger Frost
Approximate duration: one hour.
April 24th, 2009

March 2009

Respiratory Assessment Made Easy
Presenter: Sally MacLean
Approximate duration: one hour.
March 23rd, 2009

Type 1 Diabetes in Teens
Presenter: Sheilagh Crowley
Approximate duration: one hour.
March 5th, 2009

February 2009

Fluid and electrolyte imbalances
Presenter: Kate Mercer
Approximate duration: one hour.
February 4, 2009

January 2009

Physical assessment of the elderly: Cardiovascular system
Presenter: Carla Purcell
Approximate duration: one hour.
January 28, 2009

Physical assessment of the Elderly: Respiratory System
Presenter: Carla Purcell
Approximate duration: one hour.
January 19th, 2009

December 2008

Helping your patients become healthier
Presenter: Diana Lawlor
Approximate duration: one hour.
December 17, 2008

Acute confusional state
Presenter: Sarah Krieger-Frost
Approximate duration: one hour.
December 12, 2008

November 2008

Safer health care now! Venous thromboembolism in major general surgery and hip fracture surgery patients
Presenter: Lynn Riley
Approximate duration: one hour.
November 21, 2008

Understanding Depression in the Elderly
Presenter: Sarah Krieger-Frost
Approximate duration: one hour.
November 14, 2008

Best practice guidelines for administration of intramuscular and subcutaneous injection techniques
Presenter: Marielle Whynot
Approximate duration: one hour.
November 12, 2008

October 2008

Parkinson's Disease
Presenter: Paula Chiasson
Approximate duration: one hour.
October 10, 2008

Problematic substance use in the workplace
Presenter: Suzanne Kennedy
Approximate duration: one hour.
October 2, 2008

September 2008

Working with people who have challenging behaviours
Presenter: Sarah Krieger-Frost
Approximate duration: one hour.
September 26, 2008

A Multi-disciplinary Approach to Chronic Kidney Disease
Presenter: Marsha Wood
Approximate duration: one hour.
September 10, 2008

June 2008

Immunizations
Presenter: Noella Whelan
Approximate duration: one hour.
June 6, 2008

May 2008

Gestational diabetes
Presenter: Lois Ferguson
Approximate duration: one hour.
May 15, 2008

April 2008

An overview of common cardiac medications and > nursing implications
Presenter: Debbie Oldford
Approximate duration: one hour.
April 24, 2008

Helping nurses interpret blood values
Presenter: Kate Mercer
Approximate duration: one hour.
April 18, 2008

Childhood obesity: a growing problem
Presenter: Dr. Sarah Kirk
Approximate duration: one hour.
April 14, 2008

March 2008

Suicide Risk Assessment and Prevention
Presenter: Debbie Phillips
Approximate duration: one hour.
March 17, 2008

February 2008

Principles and Concepts of Peritoneal Dialysis
Presenter: Shawna Hudson
Approximate duration: one hour.
February 29, 2008

January 2008

Conflict Resolution
Presenter: Shelley Saunders
Approximate duration: one hour.
January 30, 2008

Uses and Cautions of Psychotropic Medications in the Elderly
Presenter: Sarah Krieger-Frost
Approximate duration: one hour.

Understanding Schizophrenia
Presenter: Jane Hughes and Susan Lundrigan
Approximate duration: one hour.

December 2007

Newborn Jaundice
Presenter: Rebecca Attenborough
Approximate duration: one hour.

November 2007

Update on Vaccines Across the Life Span
Presenter: Dr. Kathy Slater
Approximate duration: one hour.

October 2007

Hepatitis A,B,C: What do the test mean for me?
Presenters; Dr. Kevork Peltekian, Hepatologist, Geri Hirsch,Nurse Practitioner and Carla Burgess, Nurse Practitioner, QEII
Approximate duration: one hour.
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Childhood Asthma
(a continuing nurse practitioner education session - open to all)
Presenter: Dr. Dan Hughes, Pediatric Respiratologist, IWK
Approximate duration: one and a half hours.

Palliative Care: Pain Management
Presenter: Dr. Catherine McNally, Family Physician, Kentville
Approximate duration: one and a half hours.

Acute Confusional State: Assessment and Management of Delirium in the Elderly
Presenter: Sarah Krieger-Frost, Community Mental Health Nurse, Geriatric/Psychiatry, QEII
Approximate duration: one hour.

Assessing Non-Cardiac Chest Pain
Presenter: Nancy Connor, MN, RN, Clinical Nurse Educator, Cardiac/Emerg/Critical Care, QEII Approximate duration: one hour.

September 2007

What's New in HIV
Presenter: Yvonne Lynch-Hill, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Infectious Diseases, QEII
Approximate duration: one hour.

Abdominal Pain: Ergent or Non-Ergent
Presenter: Nancy Connor,Clinical Nurse Educator, Cardiac/Emerg/Critical Care, QEII
Approximate duration: one hour.
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Street Drug Savvy for Nurses
Presenter: Caroline McGarry-Ross RN, ER Department, QEII
Approximate duration: one hour.

Best Practice Guidelines for Prevention and Management of Pressure Ulcers
Presenter: Sheila Moffatt, Clinical Nurse Educator, Rehabilitation & Rheumatology, Capital District
Approximate duration: one hour.
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Management of COPD
Presenter: Thelma Cashen, Faculty, QEII/Dalhousie School of Health Sciences
Approximate duration: one hour.
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June 2007

Suicide Risk Assessment
Presenter: Debbie Phillips, Mental health Assessment Nurse, Emergency, QEII
Approximate duration: one hour.
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Diabetes: Types 1 & 2
Presenter: Mary Lou Martin, Diabetes Case Management Coordinator, QEII Approximate duration: one hour.
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Best practices for achieving oral health for residents in long-term care
Presenter: Terry Mitchell, BSc, DDH, MED, CGN. Assistant Professor, School of Dental Hygiene, Dalhousie University
Approximate duration: one hour.

April 2007

A Clostridum Difficile and Norovirus Primer
Presenter: Suzanne Rhodenizer-Rose, Infection Control Practitioner, South Shore District Health Authority
Approximate duration one hour.
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Understanding & Management of Psychotic Behaviours in the Elderly
Presenter: Sarah Krieger-Frost, Community Mental Health Nurse, QEII Health Sciences Centre
Approximate duration: one hour.
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Bipolar Disorder
Presenter: Sheena Moran-Tynski, Community Mental Health Nurse, CDHA
Approximate duration: one hour.
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March 2007

Drug Related Functional Decline in Seniors
Dr. Susan Bowles, Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy, Dalhousie University; Clinical Pharmacy Specialist Geriatrics Centre for Health Care of the Elderly, Department of Pharmacy, CDHA
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Managing MRSA/VRE in a Variety of Health Care Settings
Presenter: Elizabeth Watson, Infection Prevention & Control Services, South Shore Health
Approximate duration: one hour.
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February 2007

Palliative Care: Common Emergencies
Presenter: Dr. Catherine McNally, Family Physician, Kentville
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An Overview of Nursing Care of Patients Receiving Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
Presenter: Eleanor Griffiths, Clinical Nurse Educator, MOTP/General Surgery, QEII
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Decision Making at End of Life
Presenter: Dr. Paul McIntyre, Head Division, Palliative Care, CDHA
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January 2007

Sepsis: New/old/ugly - Case Presentations
Presenter: Debbie White, Clinical Nurse Educator, ICU, QEII Health Sciences Centre
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Overview of Chronic Renal Failure
Presenter: Shawna Hudson, Clinical Educator, Nephrology, QEII
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November 2006

Palliative Care: Pain Management
Presenter: Dr. Gerry Farrell, Palliative Care Physician, Aberdeen Hospital
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Prevention and Management of Influenza and Gastrointestinal Infections in the Nursing Home
Presenter: Cathy Rose, RN, Resident Care Policy Advisor, Shannex Health Care
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October 2006

Types and Care of Patients with Ostomies
Presenter: Kathy Munroe, Enterostomal Therapy Nurse
Approximate duration: one hour.
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September 2006

Respiratory Assessment and Interpretations of Chest Sounds
Presenter: Joy Tarasuk, Clinical Nurse Educator, Thoracic Surgery & Palliative Care, QEII
Approximate duration: one hour.
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Symptomatic Treatment of Alzheimer's & Other Dementias
Presenter: Sarah Krieger-Frost, Community Mental Health Nurse, QEII
Approximate duration: one hour.
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June 2006

Burn Trauma
Presenter: Paula Martell, Intermediate Care Paramedic
Approximate duration: one hour.

Best Practice Guidelines for Least Restraint Utilization
Presenter: Cathy Rose, Resident Care Policy Advisor, Shannex Health Care
Approximate duration: one hour.
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Diabetes in the Elderly
Presenter: Barbara Currie, Diabetes Case Management Coordinator, QEII
Approximate duration: one hour.
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Overview of the Types and Stages of Dementia
Presenter: Sarah Krieger-Frost, Community Mental Health Nurse, Geriatric/Psychiatry, QEII
Approximate duration: one hour.
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May 2006

Assessment & Management of Acute Head Injury
Presenter: Debbie Beveridge
Approximate duration: one hour.

Physical Assessment of the Elderly: Abdomen and Urinary System
Presenter: Carla Purcell,Clinical Nurse Educator, Dartmouth General
Approximate duration: one and a half hours.
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Post-Partum Depression
Presenters: Glenda Carson, Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist; and Deborah Salyzyn, Clinical Nurse Specialist, IWK
Approximate duration: one hour.
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Retirement & Retention of Late Career Nurses in Nova Scotia
Presenter: Teri Crawford, Policy Consultant, CRNNS
Approximate duration: one and a half hours.
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April 2006

Best Practices for Achieving Oral Health for Residents in Long Term Care
Presenter: Terry Mitchell, Assistant Professor, School of Dental Hygiene, Dalhousie University
Approximate duration: one hour.
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Physical Assessment of the Elderly: Respiratory System
Presenter: Carla Purcell, Clinical Nurse Educator, Dartmouth General
Approximate duration: one and a half hours.
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March 2006

Understanding the Role of Insulin in Best Management of Diabetes
Presenter: Diana Lawlor BScN RN CDE, Diabetes Case Management Coord, QEII
Approximate duration: one hour.

Understanding and Managing Depression in the Elderly
Presenter: Sarah Krieger-Frost, Community Mental Health Nurse, Geriatric/Psychiatry, QEII
Approximate duration: one hour.
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Palliative Care: Good Grief?
Pesenter: Marianne Arab MSW/RSW, Bereavement Coordinator, CDHA
Approximate duration: one and a half hours.
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Assessing and Managing Your Patient's Hypoxia
Presenter: Ruth Whelan
Approximate duration: one hour.
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COPD: 1) What is it?; 2) Patient presentation; 3) Management; 4) Puffer use
Presenter: Thelma Cashen, RRT, BA
Approximate duration: one hour.
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Palliative Care: Management of Cardiorespiratory Symptoms
Presenter: Dr. Robert Horton
Approximate duration: one and a half hours.
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