May 23-27, 2009 | York University, Toronto, Canada

Scientific Programme


CEUs have been applied for.

Please print a copy of the Scientific Programme as it will be necessary and useful when completing the Congress Registration Form. This programme will be updated as information becomes available. Click here for a printable version

Please click on the days below to get more information on talks and events.

May 25 May 26 May 27
9:30-10:00
Morning Tea
10:00-10:30
CS58 #178: Cerebral Malaria. DD (USA)
CS59 #3: Impact of Structured Empathy Oriented Family Counseling and Hope Perceived by the Family Members on Anxiety and Coping Responses Among the Family Members of Severe Head Injury Patients. AG (India)
CS60 #50: Relationship Between Patient-Centered Care and Patient Outcomes: A Pilot Project. SPS (Canada)
CS61 #159: Neurologic Examination of the Older Adult. MG (USA)
10:30-11:00
CS62 #148: Reflective Practice: An Innovation for Improving Emotional Intelligence Among Nurses. SK (Canada)
CS63 #144: Founded on Tradition - The Nursing Bundle of Care. MK (USA)
CS64 #111: Are we Sure that Patients with Left and Right Sided Neoplasms
Use the Same Coping Strategies Before Surgical Procedures?
A Longitudinal Pre-operative Study. AP (Italy)
10:30-11:50
CS65 WORKSHOP
D #102:
Healing Others while Healing Ourselves: A Workshop for Professional Health Care Providers. CB (Canada)
11:00-11:50
CS66 #82: Spinal Cord Injury: A Team Approach. JB (USA)
CS67 #105: Stroke in Children. SC (USA)
CS68 #92: Vision and Vestibular Dysfunction Following Traumatic Brain Injury. KM (USA)
11:50-13:30
Boxed Lunch - 90 minute Break
13:30-14:00
CS69 #112: Unbuckling the Stroke Belt: How Nurses Help Improve Stroke Care in Their Region.LS (USA)
CS70 #141: New Communication Initiatives for Neurosurgical Patients From New Caledonia. EE (AUS)
CS71 #42: Management of Diplopia in the Acute Neurological Setting. SS (USA)
CS72 #96: Balloon Kyphoplasty, a New Treatment for Patients with Vertebral Compression Fractures. JV (Belgium)
14:00-14:30
CS73 #168: Managing Agitation Effectively and Consistently. WB (Canada)
CS74 #106: To Sleep, to Dream - But Not if You Are in a Hospital. MK (USA)
CS75 #146: Patient Initiated Care, the Answer to MS Out-Patient Stagnation? (NED)
CS76 #142: Slit Ventricle Syndrome. HY (Canada)
14:30-15:00
Afternoon Tea - 30 minute Break
15:00-15:30
CS77 #74: Evidence Based Nursing: the Creation of an Information Map for Patients Treated in a Halo Jacket Based on a Systematic Review. WS (Belgium)
CS78 #100: Developing a National Stroke Nursing Workshop: From Pilot to National Roll-out.LK (Canada)
CS79 #49: Acquired Brain Injury and the Emotional, Behavioural and Cognitive Sequelae: the Family Experience. MB (UK)
CS80 #181: The Role of Boden Risk Assessment in Pressure Ulcer Prevention – Our Experience. NR (Serbia)
15:30-16:30
Closing Ceremony