Provincial Updates
British Columbia
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YukonAlberta
Provincial Rep: Grace Neustaedter
Contact Information:
e grace.neustaedter@calgaryhealthregion.ca
Pelvic Floor Clinic
030 North Tower
Foothills Medical Centre
1441- 29th St. NW
Calgary , AB T2N 4J8
Number of NCAs: 12
Number of NCA students: 1
Local Chapter : Looking at starting one. Not sure about regular meetings yet.
Provincial happenings: 2 Education Days per year - in Calgary in April and Edmonton in October. These have been opened up to other clinicians and have proven immensely successful. The most recent one in April had to cut off registrations at 90, had many industry sponsors and the feedback was immensely positive.
Presentations being given by NCA's in your Province in the next 3 months:
Edmonton: There is the conference on Friday. The RNs have done a talk to the mental health workers, and are going to be speaking with the Teachers at a workshop as well are in the process of speaking with a group of seniors in November or early December.
Calgary: The NCA's are doing research projects involving Urodynamics, and another one involving long-term evaluation of the Workshops that we teach 3X each month.British Columbia
Provincial Rep: Maureen McGrath/Emmi Champion
Contact information:
e maureen.mcgrath@vch.ca
e emmi.champion@cdha.nshealth.ca
p 604-5354500 local 7521
Number of NCAs in your province: 20
Number of NCA Students in you province: 1
Local Chapter: Yes
If yes do you hold regular meetings? Yes
Please provide info re next meeting: Meets every second month usually on the first Monday at 5:00 PM at Holy Family Hospital. We do have an education session at most meetings however over the last few months it has mainly been conference planning.
Presentations being given by NCA's in your Province in the next 3 months: We are having a one day Continence Conference on October 25th Title will be Promoting and Managing Continence Care For both beginners and advanced care providers.Manitoba
Provincial Rep: Fran Rosenburg
Contact Info for Rep:
e franr1@mts.net or frosenberg@rhc.mb.ca
Riverview Health Centre – 1 Morley Avenue, Winnipeg, Mb, R3L 2P4
p (204)478-6108
Number of NCAs: 7
Number of students: 0
Local Chapter: Yes
If yes do you hold regular meetings? Yes
Please provide info re next meeting:
October 24th: Riverview Health Centre – Chapter Meeting – to discuss planning of local conference – fall 08.
November 28th – Chapter Xmas dinner – Guest Speaker Sandy Alford from GI Clinic – informal talk on her role in the clinic. In new year – presentations by Astellas re OAB and J&J re “tape” surgery – no firm dates yet.
Presentations being given by NCA's in your Province in the next 3 months: October 31st – 14:00 – Maggie & Fran R osenberg are presenting Laughter & Humour in Continence Care to kick off Incontinence Awareness Month at Riverview.New Brunswick
Provincial Rep: Frankie Bates
Contact Information:
e batfr@reg2.health.nb.ca
p home 506 738-2129, work 506-632-5720
Number of NCAs: 7
Number of students: 0
Local chapter: No
Presentations being given by NCA's in your Province in the next 3 months:
October 24th Prostate Health at Irving Pulp and Paper Mill by Frankie Bates.
November 2nd 1/2 day workshop for Nurses with topics on Surgical repair for SUI, Understanding the Pelvic Floor and Bone Density at the Saint John Free Public Library.Nova Scotia
Provincial Rep: Gloria Connolly
Info for Rep:
e gloria.connolly@cdha.nshealth.ca
Family Med Clinics (AJLB/Cowie)
4A Rm 127 Centennial Bldg
1278 Tower Rd
Halifax, Nova Scotia
B3H 2Y9
p (902) 473-2667
f (902) 473-4382
Number of NCAs in your province: 4
Number of NCA Students in you province: 1
Local Chapter: yes
If yes, do you hold regular meetings? Yes - just started this year had 1 meet & greet
Please provide info re next meeting: Sept 14th, 1600-1800, Halifax, VG site
Presentations being given by NCAs in the next 3 months:
October 7th Linda Irving will be presenting re. Women's Bladder Health Clinic and will be attending conference (AWHONN National Conference).
October 26th The NSNCA group will be meeting in July to plan a possible evening/supper education session with Jennifer on Oct 26th....details to follow when confirmed.
October 27th & 28th NCA's have been invited to the Thomas & Alice Morgans Fear Memorial Conference on Voiding Dysfunction & the Aging Population Oct 27 & 28th in Halifax. Jennifer Skelly has been invited to speak.Ontario
NorthernProvincial Rep: Kellie Kitchen
Contact info for Rep:
e Home: david.kitchen@sympatico.ca
e Work:kkitchen@ottawahospital.on.ca
p Home: 613-825-7177
p Work : 613-738-8400 ext 81755
Southern Provincial Rep: Barbara Cassel
Contact info for Rep: bcassel@westpark.org or barbaracassel@sympatico.ca
Barbara G. Cassel, RN, BScN, MN, GNC(C), NCA
Advanced Practice Nurse, Complex Continuing Care
Nurse Continence Advisor
West Park Healthcare Centre
416-243-3600 (4532)
82 Buttonwood Avenue
Toronto, ON M6M 2J5
Number of NCAs in your province: 47
Number of NCA Students in you province: 13
Local Chapter: no
Presentations being given by NCA's in your Province in the next 3 months: Ottawa NCA's offering two evening public information sessions in Ottawa on November 7, 2007 and April 23, 2008 at the Shirley E. Greenberg Women's Health Centre. The presentation is called: “Women's Waterworks: What We've Got and How to Keep it Healthy”.Quebec
Provincial Rep: none
Number of NCAs in your province:3
Number of NCA Students in you province:1
Local Chapter: no
Presentations being given by NCAs in the next 3 months: UnknownSaskatchewan
Provincial Rep: none
Number of NCAs in your province:1
Number of NCA Students in you province: 0
Local Chapter: no
Presentations being given by NCAs in the next 3 months: UnknownYukon
Provincial Rep: none
Number of NCAs in your province: 1
Number of NCA Students in you province: 0
Local Chapter: no
Presentations being given by NCAs in the next 3 months: