About this Event:
Nurse practitioners don't miss out on this year's landmark NP event.
Come and discuss key health issues of interest to NPs:
- Ontario's opioid crisis
- NP compensation
- Meet and dialogue with Ontario's Patient Ombudsman
- Legislative, Regulatory and Policy Changes Affecting NP Practice, including: Palliative Care Facilitated Access Program (PCFA); OHIP plus; NP Compensation; MAID; Medical Cannabis; and provide input to future advocacy
Co-Chairs
Larissa Gadsby RN(EC), MScN, NP-Pediatrics
McMaster Children's Hospital
Region 4 Representative, Board of Directors, RNAOAric Rankin RN(EC), MN, NP-PHC
De dwa da dehs nye>s Aboriginal Health Centre
Sessions include:
- a presentation on the opioid crisis by Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care leaders Sharon Lee Smith, Associate Deputy Minister, Policy & Transformation; Patrick Dicerni, Assistant Deputy Minister, Strategic Policy and Planning division; and Roselle Martino, Assistant Deputy Minister, Population and Public Health Division
- a panel of NP and RN leaders working on the front lines of the opioid crisis – Leigh Chapman RN, MSc, PhD(c); Mae Katt, NP-PHC; and Jason Sawyer, NP-Acute Care
- an opportunity to meet and dialogue with Ontario's Patient Ombudsman – Christine Elliott
- information on RNAO's professional liability protection and legal assistance program
You must be a current RNAO NP member to attend this event. There is no registration fee to participate and all materials and meals are provided free of charge.
Attendees are responsible for their travel costs.
Please register by Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017
For questions contact Peta-Gay Batten pgbatten@RNAO.ca or call 416-408-5613