Faith Wight Moffatt, RN, PhD, and Karen MacKinnon, RN, PhD, Co-Chairs of the Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) Task Force for Development of Entry to Practice Competencies for Nursing of Childbearing Families

Purpose:

This interactive workshop will provide the opportunity for participants to review and discuss how to integrate the newly approved Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing (CASN) Entry to Practice competencies for Nursing with Childbearing families into nursing education and practice settings. The relationship between these CASN competencies and the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) Perinatal competencies for speciality practice will also be explored.

Learning Objectives:

• Introduce and discuss the newly approved CASN Entry to Practice Competencies for Nursing of Childbearing Families.
• Review the process of developing these national competencies for nursing of childbearing families.
• Discuss the purpose of these competencies in relation to provincial entry-to-practice competencies and to CNA perinatal certification competencies.
• Explore how these new entry-to-practice competencies can be useful and important to practicing nurses and unit managers, as well as to educators and students, and the childbearing families with whom we work. 

NOTE: The session will run from 0830 to 1300 followed by a joint lunch with workshop 2 participants from 1300 to 1400.