Speakers
Speakers / Panelists
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Greetings from CCCN President
May 27, 2022 from 8:45am PDT to 9:00am PDT -
12 Lead ECG interpretation - The Basics
May 27, 2022 from 11:35am PDT to 12:35pm PDT -
CCCN Annual General Meeting
May 27, 2022 from 1:10pm PDT to 1:25pm PDT -
12 Lead Trivia Game
May 28, 2022 from 3:10pm PDT to 3:40pm PDT -
How to Prepare a Webinar
May 28, 2022 from 11:25am PDT to 11:55am PDT -
How to Prepare an Abstract
May 28, 2022 from 12:00pm PDT to 12:30pm PDT -
“Timed Out” - Recognition of the Early Warning Symptoms in the Development of Cardiac Disease: An Artistic Exhibit through Thematic Photography
May 27, 2022 from 10:25am PDT to 10:55am PDT -
COVID and The Impact on RNs – An Artistic Exhibit on the Emotional Aspects of Going into Long Term Care Homes During the First Wave of the Pandemic
May 27, 2022 from 1:30pm PDT to 2:00pm PDT -
Writing for Publication in the Canadian Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing: From Daunting to Delightful
May 28, 2022 from 11:25am PDT to 11:55am PDT -
Peripheral arterial Disease and Venous Disease: Assessment and Treatment Strategies
May 27, 2022 from 10:25am PDT to 10:55am PDTMay 27, 2022 from 11:00am PDT to 11:30am PDT -
Differentiating Aortic Dissections: Assessment and Treatment Options
May 28, 2022 from 12:00pm PDT to 12:30pm PDT -
The Breakthrough of Digital Health and Telemedicine in Heart Failure during the era of the COVID 19 Pandemic
May 27, 2022 from 9:00am PDT to 10:00am PDT -
12 Lead ECG interpretation - Common Abnormalities
May 28, 2022 from 9:00am PDT to 10:00am PDT -
12 Lead ECG interpretation - Common Abnormalities
May 28, 2022 from 9:00am PDT to 10:00am PDT -
Stellate Ganglion Blockade - You want to put a needle WHERE to stop this VT?
May 27, 2022 from 3:00pm PDT to 4:00pm PDT -
12 Lead ECG interpretation - Common Abnormalities
May 28, 2022 from 9:00am PDT to 10:00am PDT -
A Rare Find: Takayasu Arteritis in a Young Female
May 27, 2022 from 1:30pm PDT to 2:00pm PDT -
A Rare Find: Takayasu Arteritis in a Young Female
May 27, 2022 from 1:30pm PDT to 2:00pm PDT -
A Rare Find: Takayasu Arteritis in a Young Female
May 27, 2022 from 1:30pm PDT to 2:00pm PDT -
Atrial fibrillation
May 28, 2022 from 10:20am PDT to 11:20am PDT -
The Curse of the Failing Fontan
May 27, 2022 from 2:05pm PDT to 2:35pm PDT -
The Curse of the Failing Fontan
May 27, 2022 from 2:05pm PDT to 2:35pm PDT
Brenda Ridley
Brenda Ridley is the current president for the Canadian Council of Cardiovascular Nurses (CCCN). Brenda has an extensive background in Cardiology, Critical Care and Cardiovascular Surgery as a Nurse, Clinical educator and Practice Leader.
Brenda is a Partial load professor at Humber College for the Critical Care and Emergency Nursing Certificate programs in the Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellness, Continuous Professional Learning. Brenda is also a BLS and ACLS Instructor for the Michener Institute in Toronto.
Nassim Admani
Dr. Nassim Adhami is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the School of Nursing at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and School of Nursing at the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC). Dr. Adhami practiced nursing for ten years in the areas of general cardiology and coronary intensive care, before transitioning into her role in health research. Her program of research focuses on chronic disease management, transitions and continuity of care, patient centered care and patient reported outcomes. Dr. Adhami also teaches research methods at both undergraduate and graduate levels at UBC and UNBC.
Sheila O’Keefe-McCarthy
Sheila O’Keefe-McCarthy RN BScN MN PhD CCNC (C), is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, in the Department of Nursing at Brock University. Sheila is a Scientist at the Centre for Research Across the Life Span and the Brock-Niagara Centre for Health and Wellbeing. She is a Registered Nurse, nationally Certified Expert in Critical Care. Sheila’s Heart Innovation Research Program contains three inter-related areas of focus: to examine and describe cardiovascular disease (CVD) related pain and associated symptoms: through the use of digital health technology, design, develop, and evaluate interventions to screen for and/or manage pain and other symptoms; and create and provide meaningful education and knowledge mobilization through use of integrated arts-based approaches.
Jo-Ann Sawatzky
Jo-Ann Sawatzky, RN, PhD, is the Director of Publications on the CCCN Board of Directors and the editor and chief of the Canadian Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. Jo-Ann’s many years of clinical practice in critical care and cardiovascular nursing were foundational to her passion for research in the cardiovascular health and illness trajectory, and women’s cardiovascular health, in particular. She has received more than $2.5 million in research funding and published over 70 peer-reviewed papers. She is also a past recipient of the CCCN Cardiovascular Nursing Research Excellence Award. In addition to frequently publishing with colleagues in peer-reviewed journals, she has been a peer reviewer for numerous journals, and has mentored many graduate students in their writing for publication journeys.
Karen Then
Dr. Then is a Professor at the University of Calgary and an acute care nurse practitioner in cardiac surgery with AHS. Dr. Then has published numerous peer reviewed manuscripts, book chapters, and monographs. She serves as an Editor for the Canadian Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, and has edited for the Emergency Nursing Journal, Critical Care Nurse, Heart and Lung and a variety of other high impact journals. Dr. Then believes strongly in linkages between the clinical practice setting and her teaching and research and serves on many local, provincial and national committees. She was on the secondary panel reviewer for the 2016 Canadian Dyslipidemia Guidelines and the 2021 Guidelines. She sits on numerous local, provincial, and international committees related to risk reduction strategies and policy development.
In addition, Dr. Then has been instrumental in an international collaboration in Guyana, South America. She has developed a training program for registered nurses and helped start the first cardiac intensive care unit in Guyana. She has also been working with the University of Guyana in the development of a post RN degree program in cardiovascular nursing.
Noorin Jamal
Noorin is a passionate nurse leader with 17 years of clinical experience. After several years in critical care, she pursued her passion for learning and graduated from the Master in Nursing program at the University of Toronto. She has been practicing as a Nurse Practitioner since 2010 with a specialty in cardiology. She is currently practicing as a Nurse Practitioner at Sunnybrook Health Science Center and was recently a consultant for Telus Health Virtual Care. In her hospital leadership role in 2014, she was responsible for professional practice of nursing and health professions in the Peter Munk Cardiac Center, General Surgery and Psychiatry program at the University Health Network. She is actively involved in the academic realm with an adjunct lecturer appointment through the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto. Most recently she worked in the role of clinical consultant for the development of the first decision aid tool on refractory angina. She has developed a supplementary chapter on chronic angina self- management in Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions, a program through Stanford University. She is most passionate about her volunteer work which has focused on resolving issues pertaining to access to healthcare and healthcare education for marginalized populations. Her goal is to enhance patient experience and education and she uses this to guide her clinical practice.
Jacqueline Lum
Jacqueline Lum MN-NP(F) has a significant background in Critical care and Acute Medicine having worked at the Vancouver General hospital Intensive care unit and Acute Medicine program for over 10 year as a Registered nurse. She has completed her Masters of Nursing- Nurse Practitioner program at the University of British Columbia in 2011. She completed the six month acute care cardiac surgery Nurse Practitioner post-graduate fellowship program, and worked at the Royal Columbian hospital Cardiac Surgery unit as one of the very first NPs in the program. Currently, she works at the Royal Columbian hospital Cardiac clinic which is an integrated clinic and the only one of its kind in the lower mainland where she and her team see both Heart failure and Atrial fibrillation patients in her daily practice. She also works as a casual NP in the Vancouver Coastal Health Northeast Urgent and Primary care centre.
Jacqueline is an interim Fraser Health Nurse Practitioner Lead and has also been working in a number of other leadership roles including working as the destination coordinator for Fraser Health NP student placements in Cardiac and participating in the Fraser health NP advice line. She is also a committee member for the UBC MN-NP student capstone projects and is an Adjunct Professor at the UBC School of Nursing Nurse Practitioner program. As continuing education and professional development are close to her heart, she avails herself of opportunities to preceptor NP students and medical students, mentor new NPs and other members of the interdisciplinary team.
Jacqueline has been an NNPBC Conference Co- Chair and Abstracts Coordinator in 2020-2021. She is the recipient of 2018 NNPBC Award of Excellence in Nursing Practice and the 2021 Recipient of Erickson Kline-Moerike Nurse Practitioner Preceptor Awards.
She is a mom of two highly energetic kids aged 8 and 10 years. In her spare time, she enjoys dancing Cuban salsa with her husband, loves live music and loves spending time with family and friends.
Elizabeth Mulvany
Liz Mulvaney has been a Nurse Practitioner in Cardiology at Royal Columbian Hospital since 2010. She was the first Nurse Practitioner in the Atrial Fibrillation Clinic. In 2018 she became the first Nurse Practitioner working in Electrophysiology in British Columbia. She mentors Nurse Practitioner and medical students and has been a speaker on Atrial Fibrillation and Electrophysiology.
Emily Hyde
Emily Hyde, RN, MN
I was born and raised in southern Ontario and attended the University of Western Ontario for my undergraduate education where I obtained a Bachelor of Medical Sciences degree along with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. I moved to Winnipeg in 2013 to participate in the Winnipeg Critical Care Nursing Education Program (WCCNEP) and never left Manitoba. After completing the WCCNEP, I worked in the post-operative cardiac surgery ICU. I began working as a clinical education facilitator with nursing students on the cardiology unit, which opened the door to the educator role on that unit. I was the Continuing Education Instructor for the Cardiology Unit and the Pacemaker/ Defibrillator Clinic at St Boniface Hospital from 2015 to 2021 when I became a Clinical Nurse Specialist with Cardiac Sciences. I completed my Master of Nursing degree through the University of Manitoba in 2020 and began my doctoral studies there in fall 2021.
I enjoy collaborating with other healthcare professionals to drive change using research evidence in innovative ways to ensure we are providing the best educational experience to our coworkers and the best healthcare to Canadians. The projects I am involved in and am passionate about include congenital heart disease, structural heart interventions, heart failure, and post-intensive care syndrome. I enjoy working with the multidisciplinary team to integrate all team members along with patients and their families into care delivery to optimize patient outcomes.
I live outside of Winnipeg with my husband and two dogs. When not working or at school, I enjoy spending time with friends and family, travelling, and trying the variety of restaurants and cuisine Winnipeg has to offer.
Jane Narayan
Jane Narayan received her MN-NP (F) from UBC in 2017 where she also received her undergraduate degrees. Since being a Nurse Practitioner in 2017 she has worked in various cardiac areas (heart failure, atrial fibrillation, cardio-oncology and cardiac amyloidosis) at Vancouver General Hospital, Surrey Memorial and Royal Columbia Hospital. She was involved in the planning and implementation of Axis Primary Care Clinic. She also serves as an executive member of the CCCN (BC division).
Maryann Rabusic-Wiedener
Maryann has been working as a registered nurse for over 30 years. She has spent 15 years of her career working in critical care and over the last 17 years she has found her niche working as a clinical nurse educator in Cardiology at the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary. Cardiology nursing has become her passion as she holds current CNA certification credential in Cardiovascular Nursing. When she is not working, she enjoys spending time on her spin bike, practicing yoga and hanging out with her family.
Karen Wiens
Karen’s nursing career has spanned over 32 years, with a primary focus on cardiac surgery and cardiology medicine. She has an interest in education and improvement of care for the cardiovascular patients we serve. Karen has been involved in many QI initiatives, educational resources, and program engagement –her passion is cardiac nursing. She currently works at the Foothills Medical Center in the Cardiac Science Portfolio. In her spare time, she enjoys golfing, hiking, and spending quality time with family and friends.
Leslie Poirier S.
Leslie has worked in cardiac sciences at the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary since 1999, first as a registered nurse in cardiac surgery and cardiology critical care, and as of 2006 as a nurse practitioner. She worked with the cardiac surgery program from 2006-2016 as a nurse practitioner and has been with medical cardiology since 2016. Leslie is active in all levels of nursing engagement and education as well as constantly keeping up to date with innovative topics in cardiology and new guidelines. Leslie likes to spend time with her family enjoying outdoor activities, such as skiing in her spare time.
Nicole Gorman
Pam Demarbre
Pam graduated in 2005 and found her niche and her passion in cardiology. She further developed her knowledge in cardiology by becoming a CNA certified cardiovascular nurse (CCNC) and by completing her advanced studies in critical care nursing (ACCN). She has been involved as a CCCN member for many years and has recently been involved in some of their initiatives and projects as well as joined the Alberta/NWT/Nunavut executive board. She has worked in various cardiac nursing areas over the years including medical cardiology units, Cardiac ICU, and now currently works as a cardiac transplant and ventricular assist device coordinator. In this role, she works with a multidisciplinary team to care for patients with advanced heart failure requiring advanced therapies including VAD and transplant.
As her career has progressed, she has also developed a passion for teaching. Over the years, she has had experience as a preceptor as well as a clinical instructor and most recently she is involved as a mentor to nursing students as they move through their studies in university and as they transition to the workforce.
When she is not working, she loves to spend time with her husband and 2 daughters and likes to take her dog on long walks. She enjoys entertaining, including hosting dinners for family and friends, eating at delicious restaurants and travelling.
Collette Gibson
Collette Gibson BN RN ACCN
Collette has been a registered nurse for over 22 years. She completed her Bachelor of Nursing from the University of Calgary and the Advanced Critical Care Nursing Certification from Mount Royal University. Her career started in Cardiothoracic surgery and she then went on to several years in ICU/CICU. An opportunity arose for Collette to join the Cardiac Transplant team in 2007 and she has been working with the Southern Alberta Transplant program for the past 15 years.
When Collette is not at work, she enjoys watching her 2 kids play sports and loves to travel.