New Grad Day for Nurses 2024
Are you a nurse who graduated in the last 12-18 months? Are you doing your senior practicum?
Don’t miss this chance to learn tips, tools and techniques to successfully transition into the workplace during your independent practice!
Watch last year’s highlight reel to learn more about New Grad Day for Nurses.
Event Details
Date: Friday, March 15, 2024
Location: Viscount Gort Hotel, 1670 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, MB, R3J 0C9
Time: Registration begins at 7:45 a.m. Sessions run until 3:30 p.m.
Registration fee: $75 (includes lunch, breaks and admission to cocktail reception)
- Nurses from outside of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority are also eligible to register for New Grad Day. Costs to register are reimbursed by your SDO and your supervisor has been encouraged to make every effort to support your attendance.
Cocktail reception: At the end of the day, we invite you to stay and enjoy the opportunity to mingle and network. Hors d'oeuvres will be served. Cash Bar.
For questions about the event, contact Sandra Milotte at smilotte@wrha.mb.ca or 204-583-1469.
Speakers
Dr. Judy Boychuk Duchscher
As an Associate Professor of Nursing at Thompson Rivers University and an international expert in the area of new nurse transition, Dr. Duchscher maintains that "it is the vision, creativity and passionate commitment of these young professionals, supported by the expert knowledge and practice experience of their senior mentors that will drive nursing and healthcare forward".
Mary Anne Lynch
Mary Anne Lynch, WRHA Regional Lead and CNO, is a proactive results oriented registered nurse. Her experience and knowledge includes acute care operations, the delivery of health care services within a regional system of care, and supporting and leading work with nurse managers and directors on nursing initiatives such as documentation practices, scope of practice, mentorship and more.
Julia Senchuk
Julia Senchuk is a psychotherapist from western Manitoba. She received her Bachelor of Science Degree in 1996, and went on to obtain her Master of Counselling Psychology in 1998. For the past few years, Julia has successfully established her own private practice, and teaches as a Sessional Instructor within the Psychology Department at Brandon University.
Event Agenda
| 7:45–8:30 a.m. | Registration opens Coffee available |
| 8:30–8:45 a.m. | Blessing Michael Thibert, Spiritual – Cultural Care Provider, Indigenous Health |
| 8:45–9:00 a.m. | Opening remarks |
| 9:00–10:00 a.m. | Session 1: Worlds Colliding or Planets Just Shifting Featuring Dr. Judy Boychuk Duchscher |
| 10:00–10:15 a.m. | Morning break Prize draw |
| 10:15–11:00 a.m. | Session 1: Worlds Colliding or Planets Just Shifting Continued |
| 11:00–11:30 a.m. | Session 2: Supports Available to New Grads Featuring Mary Anne Lynch |
| 11:30–11:40 a.m. | Greetings from the Province |
| 11:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. | Lunch break Prize draw |
| 12:45–1:45 p.m. | Session 3: Stress, Coping and Self-Care Within the Nursing Profession Featuring Julia Senchuk |
| 1:45–2:00 p.m. | Afternoon break Prize draw |
| 2:00–3:00 p.m. | Session 4: New Grad Panel |
| 3:00–3:15 p.m. | Session 5: Is That Your Final Question! Dr. Judy Boychuk Duchscher responds to YOUR questions about transition |
| 3:15–3:45 p.m. | Closing remarks Prize draw |
| 3:45–5 p.m. | Cocktail reception Hors d'oeuvres and cash bar |
How to Register
- Click the Register Now button below (or visit sharedhealthmb.learnflex.net) and sign into your LMS account.
- Click the What’s New tab at the top of the page and then click on New Grad Day for Nurses 2024.
- If you do not see New Grad Day for Nurses 2024 in the What’s New tab, use the search bar on the top right side of the screen to search for New Grad Day. The event should appear at the top of the search result list.
- Follow the on-screen registration instructions.
- Pay your registration fee.
- Nurses from outside of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority are also eligible to register for New Grad Day. Costs to register are reimbursed by your SDO and your supervisor has been encouraged to make every effort to support your attendance.
- You're in!
For questions about registration, email Joanne Barton at jbarton@wrha.mb.ca.
Posters for Print
Download, print and hang the poster (11×17) up at your site so staff can learn more and register for New Grad Day for Nurses 2024!
For questions about registration, email Joanne Barton at jbarton@wrha.mb.ca.
For questions about the event, contact Sandra Milotte at smilotte@wrha.mb.ca or 204-583-1469.