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Quality Development Workshops presents Changing Boundaries: Building the Continuum of Care ...Integrated Practice
Eileen Koza - Infusion Therapy Trainer/Consultant 249
Cheltonwood Cr. What? Three types of Clinical Skills Workshops offered in small groups of 6 - 10 persons to teach/review as appropriate:
Who? - Your host and clinical instructor for all sessions will be: Eileen Koza, R.N. Infusion Therapy Trainer/Consultant. Over 20 years nursing experience in critical care and IV therapy as a staff nurse, educator and program manager. Knowledgeable & experienced in both hospital and community practice, most recently as the Infusion Therapy coordinator for the VON Waterloo region home program. Where? - all workshops are conducted in a relaxed informal seminar room in my home in Waterloo. Participants bring their own lunch. All beverages & snacks are supplied. When? - workshops are arranged on a request basis, usually for 3 - 6 hours each, depending on the needs of the group. Cost $40 - $60 per person, depending on number of participants, type of session and equipment required for practice. Requests for evening, weekday or weekend sessions can usually be accommodated. Why? - What's special about this service? Workshop content can be targeted to the learning needs of the group; flexible hours; hands-on opportunity to practice skills; small group experience and opportunity to address individual questions and concerns; comfortable environment and comprehensive and affordable. If these workshops might be of interest to you as an MD, RN, RPN or final semester RN student to acquire new skills or upgrade current ones, please feel free to contact me anytime at (519) 725-8630 for further information or to book a workshop date. You may either choose a date for your group, or as an individual, go on a wait list to join another group at a prearranged date.
Intravenous Plus - Training & Consulting Heather
Smith RN CINA (c) - (905) 898-2271
The goal of Intravenous Plus is to provide participants with the educational opportunity for professional and personal growth. We believe each individual should have the opportunity to increase his/her own professional skills and performance. We offer courses in basic and advanced intravenous therapy. All courses taught by CINA certified instructors. Course content incorporates Canadian Intravenous Nurses Association Standards of Practice. For
further information or to arrange sessions Call:
Medical
Audio Visual Communications CathSim allows nurses, doctors, emergency medical technicians and other healthcare providers to actually feel the "pop" of the catheter needle going into the veins of simulated patients. A venipuncture procedure can result in undue patient harm if performed with a lack of skill - yet there has been no satisfactory alternative to practice on people. Current training often integrates the use of an orange, grapefruit, or plastic model to give the feel of the needle going through the skin. These training tools are not adequate. In late 1997, a Connecticut jury awarded $12.2 million to a resident at Yale Medical School who was infected by the AIDS virus due to "inadequate training in catheter placement techniques." Lack of training in this procedure is a leading cause of hospital-acquired infections, which can cost institutions an additional $20,000 - $30,000 per patient. Approximately 80% of hospitalized patients receive intravenous therapy. The CathSim Intravenous Training system is the first computer-based system to allow realistic practice of intravenous therapies prior to patient contact. The PC-based CathSim system allows users to learn both cognitive and motor skills associated with intravenous catheterization. CathSim integrates a tactile-feedback robotic device called AccuTouch™, which, under control, mimics the feel of the procedure. The software incorporates HT Medical Systems' Telos ® technology, which has been honored as a significant innovative media by both the Computerworld/Smithsonian Awards and the DISCOVER Magazine Awards for Technology Innovative. CathSim's product launch follows a three-year multi-million dollar collaboration effort between HT Medical Systems, a world leader in virtual reality medical simulation, and the nursing program at the State University of New York. Additionally, the U.S. Health Care Finance Administration (HCFA) has signed a cooperative development agreement with HT Medical Systems to incorporate features into CathSim that allows hospital administrators to benchmark their performance in placing intravenous catheters. CathSim's first software module includes six patient cases offering varying levels of real-world difficulty and complications. Additional modules - such as Central Venous Line Placement and Peripherally Inserted Central Catheterization - will be available later this year. For More Information or a Free Demonstration Call Medical
Audio Visual Communications Inc. Local Phone (905) 602-1160 or 1-800-757-4868 email:
dwc@mavc.com Contact Paul Aiello
Venous
Access: Training & Education Program Gentle Touch - Phone (613) 542-9396 Fax (613) 542-9322 Course Hours - 0900 - 1700 Course Cost - $200.00 Course Available To: RN's, RPN's, M.L.T., E.M.C.A. and M.R.I. Graduates Course Length: Three consecutive days Course Size: No less than six and no greater than ten This course is designed as an accumulative knowledge based education. Presented over three consecutive days for the progression of skill and technique. The course is 100% hands on practical application, answering the Why? How Come? And What should I do next? Students should dress casually, wear short sleeve clothing and provide refreshments for personal consumption. The course will take the allotted twenty-four hours and on day three the course generally exceeds the allotted time, in excess of approximately two hours. It is advisable that the registrant not have any additional or hectic schedule during the three days of this course. Students receive instruction from patient approach and comfort to site selection and maintenance. Education and use of required equipment, individual technique with increased skill and theory of venous access. All materials are supplied and upon completion of the program each student receives a certificate, a wallet card and a tax deductible receipt. Course Hours - 0900 - 1900 Course Costs: $90.00 (to be paid to instructor at the beginning of the workshop) Course Available to: Post Graduate of Gentle Touch Course Course Size: No less than six no greater than ten This ten hour workshop is designed to refresh Gentle Touch Post Graduate students with their skill and technique. There is advancement in site selection, site maintenance and any portion of the Gentle Touch course. There is more time allotted for equipment handling and use. Students are encouraged to suggest areas to further increase their knowledge and work together as a group. Additional time is employed for troubleshooting and sharing recent experiences. Introduction of information on PICC, midline and central catheters in conjunction with the venous-arterial simulator Chester Chest. For additional information contact Penny Gordon.
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(416) 489-6448 or We offer up-to-date courses taught by experts with 100% guarantee of satisfaction and free follow up Specialty Training Workshops (comprehensive manuals included) Intravenous
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Canadian and American RN and RPN Exam Preparation (Review content, test taking strategies, stress management techniques and analyse over 300 test questions with expert nurse educators) Clinical
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