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June 2009 Newsletter
The Diabetes Nursing Interest Group (DNIG) is an interest group of the Registered Nurses
Association of Ontario (RNAO). Membership in the Diabetes Nursing Interest Group (DNIG)
is open to all Registered Nurses and nursing students interested in diabetes education and
care. DNIG provides a forum for the discussion of issues within the diabetes care nursing
community; contributes a nursing voice on diabetes related practice, education, and research
issues; advocates / lobbies at the provincial level on diabetes care (professional nursing
issues as well as quality of care concerns from consumer perspective); supports continuing
nursing education relevant to diabetes education and care, and strives to establish a network
for information sharing and collaboration within diabetes nursing and with other health care
professionals.
A newsletter is produced three times a year to link members and share information about the
group, to provide information on diabetes education and care, and to discuss issues and concerns
in the area of diabetes nursing. Annual conferences provide both education and support through
networking.
Welcome...
2009 DNIG Bursary Awards
DNIG offers three bursaries annually through the Registered Nurses Foundation
of Ontario (RNFOO). Thank you to all who applied this year and congratulations to the three
award winners.
Margaret Myers Diabetes Clinical Practice Award (DNIG)
This annual award is made possible through the generous sponsorship of the Murphy/Myers family.
Maki Iwase - Maki is a doctoral student at The University of Toronto Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing. Her clinical background is in community/visiting nursing and diabetes education. Her doctoral thesis focuses on immigrant women's understanding and experience of gestational diabetes. She will draw on critical social theories and qualitative methodological approaches to examine how discourses on treatment and management of gestational diabetes shape immigrant women's views of pregnancy and relations with health care providers. The findings of her research can contribute towards the development of policy, clinical practice guidelines as well as interventions in the clinical and community settings.
Mary Ann Murphy Memorial Diabetes Award
This annual award is made possible through the generous sponsorship of the Murphy/Myers family.
Sandhya Goge - Sandhya is a BScN graduate from the University of Ottawa. Since her graduation in 2007, she has been working as a staff nurse on a general cardiology floor at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI). As a nursing student, Sandhya worked in Nursing Best Practice Research Unit (NBPRU) on best practice guidelines initiatives. In addition to caring for diabetic patients at UOHI, she was also awarded an Advanced Clinical/Practice Fellowship from RNAO. As her fellowship topic, she created a list of recommendations for the organization to bridge the gap between current diabetes practices to clinical practice guidelines including RNAO's BPG on SC Administration of Insulin. Currently she is doing her Diabetes Educator Certificate Course at the Michener Institute. She has applied for Masters of Science in Nursing program to begin Sept. 2009. As her Master's thesis, she plans to combine her research interests in evidence based practice and diabetes management.
Ernie "Aieh" Jacobs Memorial Award
This award is made possible through the generous sponsorship of Smith and Nephew.
Ruby Weresch - Ruby is a Diabetes Patient Educator in the Nephrology Program and is working on her MN in Leadership in Health Care Policy and Education. Ruby`s passion is advocating for vulnerable populations with chronic diseases. The Aboriginal population with diabetes and requiring maintenance hemodialysis demand unique skills to develop a trusting relationship. Cross cultural communication and understanding that the relationship of patient care and values, beliefs and traditions may not be inseparable are vital when providing education and care. Ruby`s career goals are to continue to advocate and collaborate with Aboriginal people so they can receive optimal care.
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