The Newfoundland and Labrador Nurses’ Respiratory Society

Who We Are

The NLNRS, founded in 1971, is a special interest group of the Association of Registered Nurses of Newfoundland (ARNNL) and The Lung Association Newfoundland and Labrador (NLLA).  Its is a professional association representing nurses interested and practicing in the respiratory field. The Society works with the Canadian Nurses’ Respiratory Society (CNRS) to promote high quality respiratory care though respiratory nursing education and research.

Philosophical Statement

In accordance with the CNRS, the NLNRS directs its energies toward the provision of high quality respiratory nursing care to promote respiratory health and prevent and/or manage respiratory illness.

Objectives

  * To promote respiratory nursing care
  * To promote educational opportunities to assist nurses in keeping their knowledge of respiratory health and illness current
  * To facilitate nursing research related to respiratory health and illness
  * To further the objectives of the NLLA
  * To act as an advisory body to the NLLA on nursing matters
  * To liaise with the CNRS, ARNNL and other groups on matters related to respiratory health
  * To participate in public education regarding respiratory health care

Structure

A provincial association with an elected executive consisting of :
    President
    President Elect
    Past-President
    Secretary/Treasurer
    7-8 Executive Officers
    NLLA staff representative, Ex-Officio

Executive Members:       
President:                  Geri Cashin
Treasurer:                  Bertha Schofield
Secretary:                  Roseanne Angel

Executive Officers:    Mary Basha
                                Judy Best
                                Janice Butler
                                Marion Clarke
                                Sandra Small
                                Susan Snelgrove

NLLA Staff Rep:         Amy Henderson

Programs

  * Public education sessions on various topics concerning respiratory health and illness
  * Chronic Lung Disease support group (Lung Savers Group)
  * Asthma support group
  * Family asthma program
  * Seminars on current topics and issues concerning respiratory health
  * Website link highlighting respiratory nursing care topics

Benefits of Membership

Opportunity to:
  * help improve the quality of health
  * attend provincial education workshops and seminars addressing a variety of current topics and issues concerning respiratory care
  * attend the annual meeting
  * access resource persons and meet others interested in respiratory care
  * receive regular information on NLNRS activities and other communiqué
  * access financial support for research and professional development
  * participation in the Annual Ted Meaney Conference. 
  * receiving an annual research grant awarded to an RN conducting research in the area of respiratory nursing.  This year’s grant was awarded to Denise English, R.N., M.N. for her study, “The experience of mothers caring for ventilator dependent children.

Current Article

COPD Guidelines
The full Executive Summary of The Canadian Thoracic Society recommendations for management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - 2003 can be found at www.pulsus.com under The Canadian Respiratory Journal, May/June 2003 Issue.

Annual General Meeting

During the NLNRS annual general meeting June 10, 2004, Jeanette Andrews, Executive Director of ARNNL, gave a short history of ARNNL on celebrations of it’s 50th Anniversary.

MEMBERSHIP FORM

NLNRS Academic Award