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CCCN Presents: Getting with the Guidelines: Heart Failure, HTN, Diabetes, STEMI and Lipid. What Nurses Need to Know (available virtually)
May 27, 2023 from 2:35pm EDT to 3:20pm EDT
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CCCN Presents: Getting with the Guidelines: Heart Failure, HTN, Diabetes, STEMI and Lipid. What Nurses Need to Know (available virtually)
May 27, 2023 from 2:35pm EDT to 3:20pm EDT -
Welcome and Opening Remarks
May 26, 2023 from 8:25am EDT to 8:40am EDT -
Opening Plenary: ECGs, STEMIs and Those that think they are STEMI’s (available virtually)
May 27, 2023 from 9:00am EDT to 9:40am EDT -
CCCN Presents: Getting with the Guidelines: Heart Failure, HTN, Diabetes, STEMI and Lipid. What Nurses Need to Know (available virtually)
May 27, 2023 from 2:35pm EDT to 3:20pm EDT -
Delivering Heart Failure Care during COVID- Our Virtual Reality
May 26, 2023 from 12:00pm EDT to 12:30pm EDT -
CCCN Presents: Getting with the Guidelines: Heart Failure, HTN, Diabetes, STEMI and Lipid. What Nurses Need to Know (available virtually)
May 27, 2023 from 2:35pm EDT to 3:20pm EDT -
Demystifying the Pulmonary Artery Catheter: A Toolkit for Nursing Care
May 27, 2023 from 12:35pm EDT to 1:05pm EDT -
CCCN Presents: Getting with the Guidelines: Heart Failure, HTN, Diabetes, STEMI and Lipid. What Nurses Need to Know (available virtually)
May 27, 2023 from 2:35pm EDT to 3:20pm EDT -
Awards Ceremony Closing Remarks from Incoming President (available virtually)
May 27, 2023 from 3:25pm EDT to 3:45pm EDT
Noorin Jamal
RN
Noorin Jamal
Noorin Jamal
RN
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.
Susan Morris
RNBN MEd CNCC(C) CCN(C)
Susan Morris
Susan Morris
RNBN MEd CNCC(C) CCN(C)
Graduating from the Saint John School of Nursing in 1984 with a diploma in nursing. Sue began her cardiovascular nursing career and for the next twenty years she advanced her education and obtained a certificate in critical care in 2002, a baccalaureate degree in nursing in 2004, a diploma in university teaching in 2006 and a master’s degree in adult education in 2010. She is CNA certified in both critical care and cardiovascular care.
Her career has progressed from frontline critical care nurse, charge nurse, resource nurse and currently she is employed as a clinical nurse educator at the New Brunswick Heart Centre and the Teaching & Learning Consultant for the University of New Brunswick Critical Care Nursing Program. Sue is also an educator at Dalhousie Medical Scholl where she teaches ACLS, 12 Lead ECG and critical care skills.
Sue is the past president for the Canadian Council of Cardiovascular Nurses and current Director of Conferences. She is committed to increasing CCCN membership and enhancing cardiovascular education for registered nurses and licensed practical nurses. Her teaching philosophy suggests “everyone can learn; but not on the same day, or in the same way”.
Karen Harkness
RN
Karen Harkness
Karen Harkness
RN
Dr. Karen Harkness has been a cardiovascular nurse for over 30 years and completed her PhD (Nursing) studies in 2009. Currently Dr. Harkness is a clinical strategist and subject matter expert for heart failure at Ontario Health-CorHealth. This role includes engaging key stakeholders from clinical, research and administrative positions to help inform and improve health system design and patient- centred care in Ontario.
Karen is currently an Assistant Clinical Professor with the School of Nursing at McMaster University and has over 35 peer reviewed publications related to heart failure. Karen is a founding member of the Nursing and Allied Health Council of the Canadian Heart Failure Society and previous member of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Heart Failure Guidelines. In 2021, Karen received the Canadian Heart Failure Society (CHFS) Annual Achievement Award.
Chris Kuttnig
RN
Chris Kuttnig
Chris Kuttnig
RN
Graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in nursing from the University of Calgary in 1997, Chris started her nursing career in there. She became a critical care nurse in 1997 and moved back to her home province of Manitoba in 2003 and working in the med/surg ICU. She began her cardiovascular nursing career in 2007 when she became an educator in the Cardiac Sciences program. She has been a part of CCU/ACCU since that time in the role of educator and more recently as the Program Team Manager for ACCU.
She obtained her CNA Cardiovascular certification in 2010. Chris has been an active member of CCCN since 2007. She has been a member on the Manitoba chapter since 2007 and held national positions such as Director of Provincial divisions and Membership as well as participating in the national awards and finance committee. Chris is the current President-Elect for CCCN.