Program
Workshop: ‘Big B, Little a’, The Lipoproteins: What do they mean and how can we interpret them to help our patients?
May 25, 2024 from 2:35pm MDT to 3:30pm MDT
Workshop: ‘Big B, Little a’, The Lipoproteins: What do they mean and how can we interpret them to help our patients?
Lipid panels are a pillar of cardiac risk stratification. It is known that decreasing low density lipid levels provides vascular protection and mortality benefit for our patients. In addition to routine lipid panel, the new lipid guidelines recommend monitoring apolipoprotein B and a one-time lipoprotein a level. We will explain the science of these two markers and how they impact practice. We will review the latest dyslipidemia guidelines and how lipoprotein a and apolipoprotein B assist with further risk stratification. As cardiac nurse practitioners working in the community, we spend time counselling patients on risk reduction. For our patients to receive maximal benefit, our measures must extend beyond lifestyle and diet management. We will review the new guidelines which can inform us on how we can best interpret these lipoprotein and apolipoprotein levels for risk reduction. We will then translate this to best strategies for educating our patients. These levels can be predictive of atherosclerosis, vascular disease and even aortic stenosis. They are inflammatory markers that indicate an increased cardiovascular risk. Patients with diabetes, if found to have elevated levels, can also be counselled on vascular protection. Our presentation will also discuss adjunct therapies which can provide added protection for our patients. This update will give nurses, working in a variety of cardiovascular settings, the information to understand why comprehensive dyslipidemia management is paramount for our population.
Speakers / Panelists
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Stop the silos! How nurse practitioners and pharmacists are breaking down barriers in community cardiovascular care
May 25, 2024 from 10:05am MDT to 10:35am MDT -
Workshop: ‘Big B, Little a’, The Lipoproteins: What do they mean and how can we interpret them to help our patients?
May 25, 2024 from 2:35pm MDT to 3:30pm MDT -
Stop the silos! How nurse practitioners and pharmacists are breaking down barriers in community cardiovascular care
May 25, 2024 from 10:05am MDT to 10:35am MDT -
Workshop: ‘Big B, Little a’, The Lipoproteins: What do they mean and how can we interpret them to help our patients?
May 25, 2024 from 2:35pm MDT to 3:30pm MDT -
Stop the silos! How nurse practitioners and pharmacists are breaking down barriers in community cardiovascular care
May 25, 2024 from 10:05am MDT to 10:35am MDT -
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May 25, 2024 from 10:40am MDT to 11:10am MDT -
Workshop: ‘Big B, Little a’, The Lipoproteins: What do they mean and how can we interpret them to help our patients?
May 25, 2024 from 2:35pm MDT to 3:30pm MDT -
Workshop: ‘Big B, Little a’, The Lipoproteins: What do they mean and how can we interpret them to help our patients?
May 25, 2024 from 2:35pm MDT to 3:30pm MDT -
Workshop: ‘Big B, Little a’, The Lipoproteins: What do they mean and how can we interpret them to help our patients?
May 25, 2024 from 2:35pm MDT to 3:30pm MDT
Leisha Naphin
RN,MN Adult Nurse Practitioner
Leisha Naphin
Leisha Naphin
RN,MN Adult Nurse Practitioner
Leisha Naphin is a born and raised Calgarian! She completed the Bachelor of Nursing program at the University of Calgary in 2003 and worked for 11 years in cardiac surgery and cardiac transplant at Foothills Medical Centre as a staff nurse and nurse clinician. She went on to advance her career through the combined Masters of Nursing/Nurse Practitioner program at UofC, class of 2014. After 5 years as a cardiac surgery Nurse Practitioner, Leisha took the leap into outpatient Cardiology. For the last 4 years, 2019-present, Leisha has been providing cardiology consults and expert patient care at Vita Diagnostics. She specializes in coronary artery disease management, atrial fibrillation, heart failure and has spearheaded several QI patient initiatives. She is the current CCCN Alberta Provincial Director and is looking to pass on the torch to the next generation of nursing leaders!! In her spare time, she enjoys boxing, travelling, and coaching her daughter in fastball.
Leslie Poirier
MN, NP
Leslie Poirier
Leslie Poirier
MN, NP
I completed by BN and RN with University of Calgary and graduated in 2000, I was employed in cardiac surgery and cardiac intensive care unit until I applied to do my nurse practitioner in 2003. I have been a nurse practitioner since 2006, I graduated from my masters and nurse practitioner program 2006 from Dalhousie University. I was employed as a nurse practitioner with Alberta Health Services at the Foothills Medical Centre from 2006-2017 with Cardiac Surgery and then 2017-present with Cardiology. I have recently gone casual at the hospital and am employed full time in out patient cardiology with Symphony of Health Connections, a new cardiology practice in Calgary. I enjoy hanging out with my family and have 2 boys ages 10 and 11.
Mae Sumrain
MN NP
Mae Sumrain
Mae Sumrain
MN NP
Mae Sumrain completed her Bachelor of Science with a major in Neuroscience at the University of Alberta in 2002 which led to a year of research and publication in Neuroscience and Physiatry. She then moved to Ontario to pursue her Bachelor of Science in Nursing which she completed in 2005 from the University of Toronto. She moved back to Alberta in 2005, and worked for 7 years in cardiac surgery, the CV-ICU, and as the regional coordinator for the Alberta stroke program. In 2013, she moved to Calgary and began the concurrent program of Master’s in Nursing and Nurse Practitioner designation at the University of Calgary. After completing her graduate studies, Mae spent the next 6 years working at the Foothills Hospital in Cardiac Surgery. In April 2021, at the end of her second maternity leave, Mae accepted a position with TotalCardiology as the Nurse Practitioner tasked with the responsibility of operating the new Heart Failure Continuity Clinic. There, she sees heart failure patients within a week or two of their hospital discharge for a safety visit and prompt optimization of their guideline directed medical therapies. In her spare time, Mae enjoys cooking, singing, bike rides with her family, trips to the mountains, and playing trumpet. She also has a passion for aesthetics.
Karen Then
RN CCN(C) ACNP PhD
Karen Then
Karen Then
RN CCN(C) ACNP PhD
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.
Lisa Wieler
MN, NP
Lisa Wieler
Lisa Wieler
MN, NP