Academic News

Recent grad Carl Shura won the Applied Arts Magazine student packaging award. Carl’s work was on display October 31-November 1 at the Applied Arts Design Expo last week in Toronto.

Gorgeously shot and edited by DMD students Troy Giesbrecht and Graham Dunk using a Canon 7D, this video shows Red River College’s downtown campus and surrounding area at its most beautiful. Check it out.

Cartoon credit: Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative

On September 21st, 2012 the Nursing Department at Red River College held its first inter professional education (IPE) seminar. According to the Center for Advancement of Interprofessional Education, IPE is defined as occurring ‘‘when two or more professions learn with, from and about each other to improve collaboration and the quality of care.’’ This seminar included 59 health care aide students and 49 nursing students.

A simulation was created to provide students with the opportunity to experience the roles of other professionals and support staff. The content emphasis in the simulation was related to communication, shared leadership and patient centered care.  Students were placed into groups and assigned a position as a health care professional/individual to enact from a formulated scenario. The roles included in this skit were a patient, family member, nurse, health care aide, medical radiation technologist, and physiotherapist. The case scenario was:

The patient is a 70 year old female who has a 20-year history of osteoarthritis. She was admitted for a total hip replacement and is now three days post op. Her past medical history includes diabetes and osteoporosis. This morning when attending to the patient to assist with morning care, the Health Care Aide (HCA) observes an increased work of breathing and this observation is reported to the Registered Nurse (RN). An x-ray order is obtained to rule out post op pneumonia.

 

The RN and HCA enter the patient’s room together, while family members are present, and work together to position the client so the RN can assess the client. Once the X-ray technologist arrives, all members involved assist the client and position her for portable x-ray. The family members are quite concerned as they were expecting their mother to be discharged home in a couple of days.

Each student was given a time frame to attend both the simulation and a debrief. Students were not graded on their performance during the case study/simulation however nursing students were required to complete a reflective assignment.  Reflection is a requirement in interprofessional education. Use of literature was required to support or negate what was represented during the case study in terms of concepts of interprofessional education. Overall the reflective assignments featured positive feedback related to the experience, and students were able to relate the collaborative care competencies to their involvement in the simulation.

For more information on Interprofessional Education please refer to the WHO document: Framework for Action on Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice

For more information on the Interprofessional Education Course in the Nursing Department, please contact Jennifer Otto at 204-632-2922

How does a tradition start? Who starts a tradition? Which football team was the first to dump a cooler of Gatorade on their winning coach? Why do professional hockey players keep the puck when they score their first NHL goal? Why do graduates move their tassel from the right side of their mortarboard to the left to signify they have received their degree? Who decided that engineers should wear a pinky ring?

The origins of a tradition can sometimes be identified, but some have been practiced for such a long time, the origin cannot be traced. A common thread of most traditions is they are practiced because it is the “right thing to do”. Wikipedia defines a tradition as: “ a ritual, belief or object passed down within a society, still maintained in the present, with origins in the past.”

This proposal is to initiate a tradition. A tradition that will continue for the duration of the Industrial Arts Teacher Education program at Red River College. In many faculties, and sports, an achievement is celebrated by the presentation and wearing of a unique ring. The tradition we would like to start, will be like none other; our grads will be manufacturing their own rings that will signify the completion of their Bachelor of Education: Industrial Arts Degree.

Students are presently learning the “Lost Wax Casting” process in Manufacturing. Students hand carve their own wax objects or use store bought “patterns”, and then cast them in bronze or reclaimed silver. This beginning of our new “tradition” will create connections between three of the courses in which our students are presently enrolled. Students will design their own rings on a computer in Graphic Communications, cut the wax pattern in Power and Energy on a CNC mill, and cast the wax ring mould in Manufacturing. The completed rings will then be presented as part of a graduation ceremony at the end of the courses at Red River College.

This Tradition includes the Business Education Teacher Education grads, Technical Vocational Teacher Education grads, as well as Alumni.

In 2013 we would like to include Teacher Education Alumni who would be interested in a Class Ring from Red River College. It will have the RRC Logo along with your Graduation Year in Gold Silver or Bronze. We are still working out the details so check back here in early 2013 to find out the details for ordering.

Congratulations to the Diploma Nursing Accelerated Program graduates

On October 4^th, the Red River College Nursing Diploma (Accelerated) Program graduates celebrated their graduation with an elegant dinner and speeches with family, friends and faculty members a Canad Inns Polo Park.

It was acknowledged that this was the last graduating class of the Diploma Nursing Accelerated program at Red River College.

Congratulations to the hard working nurses and may you all find fulfillment and success in all of your endeavours.

A special thank you to Sandra Andrews who organized the event.

The Annual Nursing Awards Luncheon was held on September 21^st, 2012 at the Prairie Lights Restaurant. This year we celebrated the academic and clinical excellence of Red River Nursing students from the Baccalaureate Nursing Program (BN), Diploma Nursing Accelerated Program (DNA), as well as the Joint Baccalaureate Nursing Program (JBN). The Nursing department thanks all donors, recipients, family, friends, faculty members and special guests for celebrating the accomplishments of our nursing students.

BN

Amber Anderson

Jocelyn Beaumont

Rae-Ann Buydens

Andrea Chapman

Heather Day

Diane De Groot

Jennifer Romanoff

Chantal Roziere

Melissa Walker

DNA

Kari Gagne

Lillibeth Garachico

Navdeep Thind

JBN

Sherry Haderer

Caroline Kuzminski

Five years ago, Janis Ollson was literally cut in half to remove an untreatable cancerous tumour.

Doctors at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., removed her leg, lower spine and half her pelvis in the lifesaving surgery.

Ollson became the first person to receive a “pogo stick” rebuild, with her one remaining leg fused to her body with the reshaped bone from the amputated leg.

Her story made headlines around the world, which included appearances on The Today Show and in People Magazine.

Read the complete story and be inspired by her strength and courage. She will be an amazing teacher!

Requested by the Winnipeg Foundation for the purpose of analyzing donor’s patterns & preferences.

The Foundation wanted to be able to obtain information available from current internal data sources through a very difficult and time-consuming process. The students’ main challenge was the obtaining of donation information as a function of time (several different perspectives).
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“CONGRATULATIONS TO NELSON NYALUGWE”

  This is a note the Teacher Education Department received from an alumni who acquired his Technical Vocational Diploma: International  in the Enhancing TEVET Outcomes (ETO) Project. Nelson continued on to University of Malawi successfully completing a Bachelors’ degree and sent the following note:

“Greetings from your former COHORT “A” student in Malawi. I just want to let you know that The MIGHTY Red River College Diploma earned me an entry into University of Malawi and I passed my Bachelors’ Degree in Technical Education. Next, I am pursuing a Mecatronics Diploma Course in Automobile right here, pending final exams in December this 2012.”

“I always remember you honourable mentors for the great wisdom pumped in us that propels me to date. My caliber had trembled making me surmount any educational obstacle. Hostly speaking, you really sharpened us and I can see myself riding to further heights should the opportunity arises.”

Convey my Warm regards to Sir and Mrs. Don Rencz, Ms Janis Hamm.

I should visit you in my life time should the opportunity befall on me.

May God Bless. Nelson Solomon Nyalugwe