Upcoming Professional Practice Teleconnects
All teleconnects will take place at 19:30 hrs (7:30 p.m.). Notices including pre-registration details will be circulated via e-mail to leaders and posted on the website in advance of each teleconnect.
Next Teleconnect is on Monday, December 5 at 19:30 hrs:
Professional Communication and Social Media: The Positives and the Pitfalls
During this one-hour session, ONA’s Professional Practice Specialists will provide practical information to assist ONA leaders and membership in helping to communicate effectively in order to support professional relationships with their colleagues, employers and the College of Nurses.
Past Teleconnects
Using Supportive Research to Combat the Displacement of Registered Nurses
June 20, 2011
During this one-hour session, ONA’s Professional Practice Specialists provided practical information to assist ONA leaders in combating skill mix changes and the displacement of Registered Nurses. A synopsis of the supportive nursing research was presented as well as tips on how to best use the information at the bargaining unit level.
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How to Leverage the PRC Process to Deal with Skill Mix Concerns
December 6, 2010
This one-hour session addressed strategies on how to use the Professional Responsibility Complaint (PRC) process to deal with skill mix concerns. Professional Practice Specialists will provide practical information to assist ONA leaders in dealing with this important workplace issue.
It’s More Than Just Unsafe Staffing: Workload and Practice Issues You May Not Have Thought Of
September 20, 2010
This hour-long session addressed strategies on how to use the Professional Responsibility Complaint (PRC) process to deal with a number of concerns beyond just unsafe staffing levels. Professional Practice Specialists provided information to assist ONA leaders in dealing with various other types of workload and practice issues, such as disruptive physician behaviour, hallway nursing, etc.
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Presentation Slides: September 20, 2010 - It’s More Than Just Unsafe Staffing |
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Professional Responsibility Workload Concerns/Indicators |
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PRC Tracking Form |
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Professional Responsibility Decision Tree: Hospitals |
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ONA Position Statement: Hallway Nursing/ER Overcapacity - December 2007 |
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CFNU Position Statement: Hallway Nursing - March 2009 |
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CFNU Position Statement: Bullying - March 2007 |
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CFNU Position Statement: Respect and Dignity - March 2007 |
How to Effectively Address Professional Responsibility Complaints (PRCs) at Association-Agency Meetings
June 28, 2010
This one-hour session addressed issues about and strategies for presenting unresolved workload and/or professional responsibility complaints (PRCs) at Association-agency meetings. ONA’s professional practice specialists provided information to assist ONA leaders and members with this important stage of the professional responsibility complaint process.
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How to talk to your Manager about your Professional Responsibility Complaint (PRC)
March 29, 2010
This one-hour session, addressed issues and strategies on how to effectively discuss your workload and/or PRC with your Manager. ONA’s Professional Practice Specialists provided information on how ONA leaders can help their members deal with this important first stage of the PRC process.
Skill Mix Change
December 7, 2009
The Ontario Nurses’ Association’s first Professional Practice Teleconnect was about skill mix change.
Moderator Vicki McKenna, RN, ONA’s First Vice-President, was joined by professional practice specialists Rozanna Haynes, Mariana Markovic, Jo Anne Shannon and Lorrie Daniels.
It is hoped that teleconnects will take place quarterly to address the hot topics of the day in professional practice.
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