May 12, 2017 Florence Nightingale Tea

The PARC Retirement Living honoured all 33 of their Resident nurses ranging from the classes of 1938 to 1971. Our very own BCHNS member, Cheryl Entwistle, to the delight of the all, attended the “Nightingale Tea” in the 1905 RJH walking out costume. The message to these elderly nurses was a quote from Florence Nightingale “Let us never consider ourselves finished nurses…we must be learning all of our lives”  Continue reading

Military Nurse Maxine Bredt at Vimy Ridge

Maxine was a delegate last week that travelled to Vimy Ridge with other veterans sponsored by Veteran’s Affairs Canada. She did her nurses training at  Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria and served in Italy & England in WWll

In this photo Maxine is at the tunnels with her daughter Christine on her left attended as her caregiver.

Maxine has been a lively member at RJH reunions & BCHNS luncheons attending with her nursing classmate, June Newton and they served together in the War.

Ethel Warbinek receives Honourary Membership

 

APRIL 13/17 The BCHNS held its AGM and the Officers for this year were presented. President: Kathy Murphy, Vice President: Sally MacLean, Treasurer: Sue Forshaw & Secretary: Lynne Esson.  Sally is the new member on the executive and we are happy she was willing to fill that vacant position.

The highlight of the evening was the presentation of Honourary Membership status to long time member Ethel Warbinek, who had been nominated by Glennis Zilm & seconded by Nan Martin.

Her page will be added soon to the Honourary Members section of this website.

Marion Woodward Lecture Oct 27, 2016 attended by BCHNS members

The UBC School of Nursing annual Marion Woodward Lecture was held on October 27/16.

The afternoon symposium considered  “Transformative Practices in Long-Term Care” in a panel presentation. The panel members were Nancy Gault, Deputy Seniors Advocate for BC, Dr. John Keady, Professor of Older Peoples Mental Health Nursing, University of Manchester, Sarah Leavitt, UBC Creative Writing Lecturer and author of Tangles, Dr. Alison Phinney, UBC School of Nursing Professor, and Jo-Ann Tait, Program Director, elder Care and Palliative Services, Providence Health Care.

The evening lecture, by Dr. John Keady, described the many innovative projects he is involved with in caring for those with dementia.

JUNE 16 – 18 CAHN CONFERENCE DETAILS

Registration and information about the Annual Conference, “Brains, Guts and Gumption: Historical Perspectives on Nursing Education, Practice and Entrepreneurship” (Vancouver, June 16-18, 2016) is now available on the CAHN/ACHN website.

Early bird registration is open until April 30th. This option allows you to register for parking at the Century Plaza Hotel for $10.00/day on Friday and Saturday.

 To register, please follow this link: http://cahn-achn.ca/annual-conference/

To view a preliminary program, please follow this link: http://cahn-achn.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/CAHN-2016-Preliminary-Program-Final-Version-2.pdf

CNA Nurse Emeritis

The Canadian Nurses Association is now providing retired nurses with a Nurse Emeritis membership.  This includes receiving the Canadian Nurse Journal, certain 3rd party benefits and certain discounts with Telus.

Full membership fee for retired nurses is $54.95 / year and will be pro-rated if registering part way thru the year. BC Tax rate of 5% added = $57.70

Registration form on website and Online registration is also available        https://www.join.cna-aiic.ca.