Interest Group Email Archive

Dear PCNIG members,

It's December already, and we have been quite busy this past year. Many nurses have given quite a bit of time and themselves in providing care and services to our clients, patients, residents and families in palliative care. COVID-19 has been draining a lot of energy from some of us, depending of our workplace and workload. Some nurses, including me, have been re-deployed in other roles in order to ensure that health care services are still available.

Hello Palliative Care Colleagues,

Find enclosed our latest Members' Voice report.

• here 
• https://chapters-igs.rnao.ca/sites/default/files/2021-11/PCNIG--Member%…

Sincerely,

Paul-André Gauthier, CNS in Palliative Care.

Provincial President PCNIG.

Congratulations to all PCNIG Members,

Thank you to all for your patience over the fall as we rolled out our executive network officer elections for 2021-2022 . Your slate of ENOs are as follows:

President: Paul- Andrè Gauthier

Membership Executive Network Officer: Carolyn Wilson

Communications Executive Network Officer: Sandra Twiner Ross

Social Media Executive Network Officer: Mark Kocsis

Dear members, 

PCNIG has received two nominations for the position of President-Elect. 

As a PCNIG member, you are invited to submit your vote for which candidate you feel would be the best fit for the PCNIG President-Elect position. 

Voting is now open and will close on October 11, 2021, at noon (EST). Results will be announced via email.

To vote, please visit: https://myrnao.ca/pcnig_preselec2021

Thanks, 

PCNIG Executive

Dear Members,

Thank you so much for your interest in being part of our executive!

We have just recently become aware that the job descriptions posted for the election process for PCNIG were outdated. With our sincere apologies and in fairness to all we will need to rerun the election with the updated job descriptions as voted by you the members.

If you have previously put in a nomination please resend that nomination with the next round. Again our apologies and we look forward to completing this process soon.

DearPCNIG Members,

There's still time to make an impact within your nursing community – get involved with PCNIG’s Executive Team!

Now you’re probably asking what the benefits are. Here are just a few:

• Increase awareness about the nursing profession in your area.
• Network with local nurses & other healthcare practitioners.
• Help inform policy and direction of the Palliative Care Nurses Interest Group.

Increase your professional capacity as a leader in RNAO’s important work.

The Palliative Care Nurses Interest Group invites you to join them for their Annual General Meeting

When: Saturday June 26 at 8:45 am

8:45-9:00 am  -  Registration and Opening Remarks

Dear PCNIG Members, 

Please join us for a General Membership Meeting to Make Your Vote Count, An opportunity to be guided by our ENO for Policy and Political Action, Mahoganie Hines through the 17 resolutions up for vote at the RNAO 2021 AGM. This is our opportunity to hear, discuss and decide how we want PCNIG vote cast for the next years course for RNAO. 

Review the resolutions today!

Date: June 14, 2021 from 6:00pm

Hospice Palliative Care Ontario is hosting a FREE Virtual Career Fair for students, new graduates, and experienced professionals in various disciplines, including:

Dear Members,

Happy National Palliative Care Week and Nursing Week 2021! We are so very honoured to be bringing you this newsletter during this most momentous time of year.

#weanswerthecall… but we also need our cup full

We are inviting you to an evening coffee chat buy a coffee or treats on us and lets have a chat and watch a movie!

Tuesday May 11, 2021 @1900h PCNIG wants to celebrate you!

Come and join other members of the PCNIG membership to sip a free Tim Horton’s Beverage beverage (our treat!), chat, learn and meet other members of PCNIG. A time to share and fill up our cup up!

Register at the following,

Dear Members,

Hospice Palliative Care Ontario (HPCO), the provincial organization for palliative care, is holding their annual conference virtually this year (April 18-20). This is an exciting  opportunity to connect with like-minded professionals from various health disciplines and hear about the latest in palliative care clinical practices, education, and research from around the province, nationally, and internationally.

2021 HPCO Virtual Conference:

The New Normal of Hospice Palliative Care in a Pandemic World

Dear member,

We are happy to release our winter newsletter.

In it you will find: 

• Page 2: Upcoming FREE event with Andrea Warnick! 
• Page 2: PCNIG at Queens Park! 
• Page 3: PCNIG Involvement in Bill C-7
• Page 4: Meet your Executive Team 
• Page 5: Student Story

Happy reading!

PCNIG Executive

The PCNIG will host our first general membership meeting of 2021.  A chance to learn, share and vision for our future. 

February 10. 2021 at 7:00pm 

7:00-7:10 Welcome And Updates

7:10-8:00 There Is No Vaccine For Grief : Nurses Advocating For A National Grief Strategy
Speaker: ANDREA WARNICK, RN, MA REGISTERED PSYCHOTHERAPIST

8:00-8:30 Presentation Of 2021-2023 PCNIG Strategic Plan

Co-sponsored by  Hospice Palliative Care Ontario and Pro RESP

November 15, 2020

Time: 5:30 -6:30 Webinar Virtual Concert starts at 7pm

Title: A Frontliners Experience of Grief and Loss During A Pandemic

Presenter: Mahoganie Hines BScN (Hons.), RN, CHPCN(c). Palliative Pain and Symptom Management Consultant- Niagara

Objective: To help those at the frontline understand their role and how their own grief is impacted these difficult and challenging times.

Dear Members ,

Please see the latest offerring from HPCO please email mrugg@rogers.com  directly if you would like to attend .If there is enough interest we will pay for the session. 

Many Thanks, PCNIG

Hi everyone,

Hope this finds you all safe and well as we enjoy the remainder of the summer!

Recently HPCO and CHPCA partnered together to deliver a three-part webinar series on Addressing Caregiver Burnout: Finding and Accessing Supports. Travis one of our PCNIG executive members served as a panelist on the webinars and presented the 2^nd webinar.  We would like to share the following links to the archived webinar sessions for your continuing education needs.

Hi Palliative Care Nurses Interest Group Members, We hope your summer is finding you safe and some ability to have some downtime amid these difficult and trying times. As part of our ongoing committment to attend to supporting your selfcare we would like to offer our membership access to this wonderful series being sponsered by HPCO:

Having Difficult Conversations: Communication Tips & Strategies in the context of COVID-19

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