Canadian Nurses Association (CNA)
Association of Registered Nurses of Newfoundland and Labrador (ARNNL) |
St John's, Newfoundland
Oct 13 -14, 2006 |
Clinical nurses, nurse educators, nurse managers and student nurses participated in a Wall Workshop titled: Globalization: it's impact on health systems and nursing. First, they created a Wall of trends in Nursing and Health Systems (2 main stones) in Newfoundland-Labrador and Canada. After looking at the impact these trends have on home, community, workplace and association, they considered what is promoting and limiting equity. Then a second banner was posted beside the Wall which included a nurse holding up a globe, and a bridge with nurses walking from the globe to the Canadian Wall representing the global migration of nurses. Participants were asked why nurses are migrating which led to a discussion of structural adjustment policies, debt, insufficient aid from richer countries to poorer countries and WTO trade agreements. Participants identified and posted in the globe, differences and similarities between nurses in different parts of the world. Current actions promoting greater equity in health systems and nursing were written on the leaves that were posted on both the Canadian Wall and the global banner. These informed the actions that participants named and posted on the Wall.
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| 5 th Annual Health Conference: Rethinking Women's Health |
Saint John, NB
October 2002 |
A short workshop, sponsored by the Atlantic Health Sciences Corporation, Health Promotion and Wellness Committee, introduced the Wall methodology to women health professionals in New Brunswick.
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Nursing Partnerships in a Globalized World Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) Association des Infirmières et Infirmiers du Canada
www.cna-nurses.ca/default.htm |
Regina, Saskatchewan
February 2002 |
Nursing leaders from provinces and territories across Canada utilized an adaptation of the Wall workshop in a three-day workshop. They began by looking at the values upon which the Canadian health care system is based, then identified the impact of changes to health care and nursing, how those changes impact upon equity and, finally, how to build bridges among nurses internationally to promote equity.
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Vietnam Nurses Association (VNA)
Hôi Diêu duong Viêt Nam |
Hanoi, Vietnam
January 2002 |
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After participating in a facilitator training, co-sponsored by the Canadian Nurses Association, nursing leaders facilitated Wall workshops in three regions of Vietnam . They examined ways of promoting equity in health care and nursing in times of globalization. Participants utilized the completed analysis to initiate the development of a 10-year national nursing plan.
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Asociación de Enfermeras Nicaragüenses (AEN)
Nicaraguan Nurses Association |
Managua, Nicaragua
August 2001 |
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Nursing leaders participated in a facilitator training, co-sponsored by the Canadian Nurses Association.
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Asociación Nacional de Enfermeras (ANE)
El Salvadoran Nurses Association |
El Salvador
August 2001 |
After participating in a facilitator training, co-sponsored by the Canadian Nurses Association, nursing leaders facilitated Wall workshops throughout the country as a way of analyzing proposed health reforms.
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