SUBMITTTED BY Darka Neill - President CTNIG
Friday, March 29, 2005
POLICY/POLITICAL ACTIVITY
Please share the political activity your Chapters/Region without Chapters/Interest Groups undertook during the reporting period. Please include visits to MPPs (or forthcoming scheduled meeting with MPP, (please identify the name of MPPs for tracking purposes at home office), Action Alerts, Letter Responses, etc. Please specify:
MEMBER SERVICES
Please share any member services activities your Chapters/Region without Chapters/Interest Groups provided during this reporting period. Include workshops, meetings, newsletter or other communications. Please specify:
Sent out:
Quarterly newsletter- Winter and Spring Issues,
Media clips, articles and research opportunities related to Complementary Therapies (CT),
Notification of CTNIG General Meeting at RNAO-AGM,
Notification to CTNIG and RNAO members about CTNIG education day: Cancer and Complementary Therapies:The FACTS.
RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION
Please share any member services activities your Chapters/Region without Chapters/Interest Groups provided during this reporting period. Include workshops, meetings, newsletter or other communications. Please specify:
Presentations to students of Ryerson University and Centennial College on Integrating CT into Nursing Practice; Sheridan College on Therapeutic Touch and York University on Shamanism.
New regional liaisons in London and Sault Ste. Marie areas.
STUDENT REPRESENTATION/INVOLVEMENT WITHIN LOCAL CHAPTER/REGION WITHOUT CHAPTER/INTEREST GROUP
OTHER
1. Please specify details of any miscellaneous activities not included in the above.
Responded to requests from nursing students and university faculty for resources on CT.
Investigating liability insurance options with RNAO and Marsh Insurance for nurses practicing CT.
2. What are the issues that members are raising in your area?
Need to increase awareness about the importance of education on CT as part of holistic nursing practice in the nursing curriculum.
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