Welcome to Canadian Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (CARN) /

Association Canadienne des Infirmières et Infirmiers en Réadaptation (ACIIR).

The Canadian Association of Rehabilitation Nurses’ mission is to:

  • Represent nurses caring for Canadians facing life altering health situations throughout their lifespan;

  • Promote and advance the art, science, and practice of professional rehabilitation nursing practice through education, advocacy, collaboration, and research to enhance the health and quality of life of Canadians with chronic illness, disability, frailty, and aging.

 

The Membership section has information on the membership categories, fees, terms of membership, and a members forum to discuss personal and professional ideas. About CARN has information on CARN, its bylaws, Board of Directors, Chapters, and the operational side of CARN. Interested in membership? Click here.

2011 Election of Canadian Association of Rehabilitation Nurses’ BOD and Executive

 

CARN would like to thank all its members who submitted their/the name (s) of a colleague for one of the BOD/Executive positions.

Congratulations to our 2011-2013 BOD/Executive members

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Élection du CA et Comité Éxécutif de l’Association canadienne des infirmières et infirmiers en réadaptation 2011

ACIIR tiens à remercier tous ses membres qui ont présenté leur candidature / la candidature d’une collègue pour siéger sur le Conseil d’administration ou le Comité exécutif.

Félicitations aux nouveaux membres du Conseil d’administration / Comité éxécutif de l’ACIIR 2011-2013.

To view the speakers’ presentations from our past event, please click on the following link: https://event-wizard.com/2011CARN-ACIIR/0/pages/45897/

Pour avoir accès aux présentations des conférenciers de notre dernier événement, veuillez cliquer sur le lien suivant : https://event-wizard.com/2011CARN-ACIIR/161/pages/45897/

If you could not attend the event and would like to hear and experience some our keynote presentations, please click on the following link to preview and purchase some of the sessions: http://torontorehab.scholarlab.ca/

Si vous n’avez pas eu l’opportunité d’assister à la dernière conférence et aimeriez entendre quelques-unes des présentations des conférenciers, veuillez cliquer sur le lien suivant pour acheter les sessions : http://torontorehab.scholarlab.ca/

 

 

Annual General Meeting

When: September 16th 2011 between 0730 and 0830- expected to be finished by 0830.
Place: 2011 National Rehabilitation Nursing Conference
Sheraton Laval Hotel, 2440 Autoroute des Laurentides, Laval Quebec (450) 687-2440

 

All members and prospective members of the Canadian Association of Rehabilitation Nurses Association are cordially invited to attend the CARN Annual General Meeting 2011.

 

2011/2012 Membership Fees must be paid in order to vote

 

Important News

PUBLICATION OF CARN/ACIIR’S NEWSLETTER

Attention to CARN/ACIIR’s members.

CARN/ACIIR’s December 2010 Newsletter is now available.

As part of your paid membership in CARN/ACIIR, you are entitled to electronic access to the CARN/ACIIR quartely newsletter. Each year, the newsletter will be published on CARN/ACIIR’s website on the 15th of March, June, September and December.

A temporary user name and password were mailed to you to access this membership feature. Members that did not receive this information, please contact the newsletter coordinator .

We would love to hear what you think and what you would like to see included in the future editions of the newsletter.

Thank you!

Rehabilitation in the News

  • Most Heart, Stroke Patients Can Safely Engage In Sexual Activity If you have stable cardiovascular disease, it is more than likely that you can safely engage in sexual activity, according to an American Heart Association scientific statement. The statement, published online in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, contains recommendations by experts from various fields, including heart disease, exercise physiology and sexual counseling…
  • A New Angle On Tennis Injuries Offered By Markerless Motion Capture Researchers studied three types of tennis serves, and identified one in particular, called a "kick" serve, which creates the highest potential for shoulder injury. The results, published in a recent issue of Annals of Biomedical Engineering, could aid sports training and rehab, said Alison Sheets, assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Ohio State University…
  • Anatomically Designed Seat Developed For Wheelchairs Encourages User Movement Empa engineers, together with the firm 'r going', have succeeded in developing an ergonomic seat for electric wheelchairs which encourages the user to move around frequently. True to the motto 'life is movement' the aim is to enhance the freedom of movement of wheelchair users with a range of disabilities. Today's office workplaces are designed to be as ergonomic as possible…
  • Knee Replacements Soar Among The Under-60s, Finland A new study published online on 17 January in the journal Arthritis & Rheumatism reports that rates of knee replacement surgery in Finland's 30 to 59-year-olds soared between 1980 and 2006, with women being the more common recipients throughout. Lead author Dr…
  • Expert Guidance On Hip Fracture Covers Areas Where Evidence Is Controversial Or Incomplete All patients with hip fractures should be fast-tracked through hospital emergency departments and operated on within 48 hours of admission, according to new consensus guidelines developed by UK experts in anaesthesia, orthopaedics, geriatrics and emergency medicine and published in the January issue of Anaesthesia…