NUNAVUT - Agency Nurse Orientation Training Program
Weekly outline
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Nunavut Orientation Overview
Welcome to CHCA's orientation to practice in Nunavut.
CHCA Nurses working in Nunavut will have already completed the Contract Nurse Training Program offered upon initial hire to our agency. This comprehensive orientation program prepares nurses for practice in remote nursing stations in Canada's north.
This Agency Nurse Orientation Training Program (ANOTP) provides nurses with additional Nunavut and Inuit-specific information, in order to practice safely and effectively, and provide the highest possible quality of care for the Inuit people.
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Government of Nunavut - Community Health Nursing Manual
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Required Pre-Reading:
- ISC Adult Guidelines Chapter 12 - Obstetrics
- ISC Adult Guidelines Chapter 13 - Women's Health and Gynaecology
- RESOURCE: Nunavut Prenatal Record
- RESOURCE: Preconception Tool
- RESOURCE: SOGC Policy - Health Professionals Working With First Nations, Inuit, and Metis Consensus Guideline 2013
- RESOURCE: SOGC Policy Statement - Returning birth to indigenous communities
Agency Nurses will discuss endocrine issues in obstetrical client including: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, and review chronic conditions including: diabetes (type 1, type 2 and Gestational); depression; addictions; and domestic abuse. Agency Nurses will understand the management of obstetrical clients presenting with common, urgent and or emergent problems, initiate prescription of drugs and therapeutics as appropriate, based on the assessment data safely for prenatal clients and provide health teaching for clients and their caregivers. They will demonstrate knowledge of prenatal checklist, date a new pregnancy using the Maternity Care Calendar, understand key physical exam and laboratory tests for prenatal visit and know important "red flag" signs and symptoms to report.
Agency nurses will review various case studies, explain what maternal serum screening is for, as well as how and when to order this blood test, and explain why, when, and how to swab for Group B Strep.
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