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Government and Ministry Links

  • Government of British Columbia
  • MLA Information
  • Mental Health Act of British Columbia
  • Mental Health Act of British Columbia - Printable Forms
  • Adult Mental Health Division
  • Women's Health Bureau
  • B.C. Ministry of Human Resources
  • BC Ministry of Health Services
  • BC Ministry of Health Planning
  • BC Ministry of Children and Family Development
  • BC Ministry of Skills Development and Labour
  • Ministry of Management Services - Freedom of Information Act
  • BC Ministry of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Services
  • Nursing Directorate of BC

    • Nursing Education Programs

  • Douglas College - Psychiatric Nursing Program
  • Douglas College - Psychiatric Nursing Refresher Program
  • Bachelor of Health Science (Psychiatric Nursing
  • Advanced Diploma in Psychiatric Nursing
  • BC Institute of Technology - School of Nursing
  • University Of BC - School of Nursing
  • University College of the Cariboo - Nursing Program
  • Okanagan University College - Nursing Program
  • Thompson Rivers University Child and Youth Mental Health Clinical Certificate Program
  • Stenberg College Nursing Program

    Nursing Associations and Colleges

  • Links to Canadian Nursing Resources
  • Registered Psychiatric Nurses of Canada
  • World Congress of Psychiatric Nursing - Vancouver 2010
  • International Council of Nurses
  • Nursing Advisory Committee of BC
  • College of Registered Nurses of B.C.
  • College of Psychiatric Nurses of Alberta
  • College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of Manitoba
  • Registered Psychiatric Nurses Association of Saskatchewan
  • International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses
  • College of Pharmacists of BC
  • Nursing Australia
  • American Psychiatric Nurses Association
  • Australian and New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses
  • Canadian Federation of Mental Health Nurses
  • International Association of Forensic Nurses
  • International Nurses Society on Addictions
  • Canadian Nurses Association
  • Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada
  • American Nurses Association, Inc.
  • Canadian Nursing Students Association
  • Canadian Practical Nurses Association

    • Mental Health Information Links

    BC Mental Health and Addictions Library Services

  • Online Databases
  • Catalogues

    Screening and Assessment Tools (Psychiatric/Mental Health)

  • Police Interventions with People with Mental Illness: A Review of Challenges and Responses
  • National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Information
  • Ohio Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Coordinating Center of Excellence (SAMI CCOE)
  • Australian Prescriber

    Australian Prescriber is an independent publication providing readily accessible information about drugs and therapeutics. It covers topics assisting doctors, dentists, pharmacists and students. This site provides full text versions of the publication with a search facility.

  • Screening and Assessment Tools (Alcohol and Drug)

    Screening and Assessment Tools (Dual Disorder)

    Health Canada

  • American Association of Community Psychiatrists
  • Center for Mental Health Services: Knowledge exchange network
  • Dual Disorder Study, Coffs Habour Project - Violence prevention among dually disordered. (343 page PDF doc)
  • Center for Mental Health Policy and Research- Standards of care, practice guidelines and competencies for co-occurring disorders
  • Dual Diagnosis Recovery Network
  • Health Services/Technology Assessment Text (HSTAT)
  • Co-occurring Disorders Treatment Manual and Workbook (PDF)
  • Co-occurring Disorders Training Guide: Participant Manual
  • Treatment Improvement Exchange (TIE)
  • W.E.L.L. Project of the Institute for Health and Recovery
  • Academy of Eating Disorders
  • Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine
  • AGAPE Links Collection of Health Organizations - Canada
  • AGAPE Links Collection of Health Organizations - Australia
  • AGAPE Links Collection of Health Organizations - New Zealand
  • Alliance for the Mentally Ill/Friends and Advocates of the Mentally Ill
  • Alzheimer's Association
  • American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
  • American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
  • American Association for Retired Persons
  • American Association of Suicidology
  • American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
  • American Association on Mental Retardation
  • American College of Mental Health Administration
  • American Counseling Association
  • American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP)
  • American Geriatrics Society
  • American Managed Behavioral Healthcare Association
  • American Mental Health Counselors Association
  • American Occupational Therapy Association
  • American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
  • American Psychiatric Association
  • American Psychological Association Public Policy
  • American Public Health Association
  • American Society for Bioethics and Humanities
  • Anxiety Disorders Association of America
  • B.C. Schizophrenia Society
  • Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse
  • Canadian Mental Health Association
  • Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders
  • Depression and Related Affective Disorders Association
  • Family Caregiver Alliance
  • Institute for Behavioral Health Care
  • International Association of Group Psychotherapy
  • Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
  • Mental Health Directory - Disorders
  • Mood Disorders Society of Canada
  • National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
  • National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
  • National Association of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapists
  • National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems
  • National Association of State and Mental Health Program Directors
  • National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information
  • National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare
  • National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence
  • National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association
  • National Mental Health Association
  • Obsessive Compulsion Foundation of Canada
  • Online Dictionary of Mental Health
  • Professional Associations
  • Suicide Awareness/Voices of Education (SAVE)
  • Schizophrenia Society of Canada
  • Workplace Violence in the Health Sector

    Nursing Unions representing RPNs

  • Union of Psychiatric Nurses
  • BC Nurses' Union (BCNU)
  • Health Sciences Association of BC (HSA)
  • United Nurses of Alberta
  • Saskatchewan Union of Nurses
  • Manitoba Nurses Union

    • Links to Employers of RPNs

    Links to the new Health Authorities:

  • Provincial Health Services Authority
  • Northern Health Authority
  • Interior Health Authority
  • Vancouver Island Health Authority
  • Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
  • Fraser Health Authority
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    Links to Other Employers

  • Riverview Hospital
  • Forensic Psychiatric Hospital
  • Capital Health Region - Victoria
  • Children and Women's Health Centre
  • The Good Samaritan Society - Alberta/BC

    Other Nursing Interest Groups

  • Academic Health Council - Collaborations Newsletter
  • Doctors Without Borders
  • The Canadian Nursing Index
  • Workopolis.com - Resumes etc.
  • Behavioral Healthcare and Telehealth Resources on the Web
  • MedWeb Search
  • Yahoo! Mental Health Links
  • Council on Licensure, Enforcement and Regulation
  • Psychiatric Nursing in New Zealand
  • Australian Nursing College
  • Drug and Alcohol Nurses of Australia
  • Nursing in New Zealand
  • Canadian Federation of Mental Health Nurses
  • Canadian Gerentological Nursing Association
  • Psychiatric Nursing in Canada
  • American Nurses Credentialing Center
  • International Centre for Nursing Ethics
  • BC Ministry of Health Services - health-related internet resources
  • Allnurses.com - Links to 100's of Nursing Sites Worldwide
  • Alliance for Psychosocial Nursing

    • Nursing Research Links

  • University of British Columbia Library

    UBC Library is the second largest research library in Canada and includes 21 branches and divisions at UBC and at other locations: three branches at teaching hospitals (St.Paul's, Vancouver Hospital and Health Sciences Centre and Children's and Women's Health Centre of BC) and one at UBC's Robson Square campus in downtown Vancouver.

    The Library's web-based services and collection of electronic information resources can be accessed online and thousands of electronic indexes, databases and full text ejournals are available.

  • University of British Columbia Nursing Resources (Peggy Sutherland Library)
  • Psychiatry 24X7.com
  • Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute
  • Merck Manual Online
  • Griefnet.org - The grieving process.
  • McMaster University Website
  • Royal Windsor Society of Nurse Researchers
  • Manitoba Nursing Research Institute
  • Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature - CINAHL
  • Graduate Research in Nursing
  • Canadian Nursing Index
  • Simcoe County Mental Health & Addiction Education
  • The CINAHL Database
  • PsychDirect - Evidence Based Mental Health Education and Information
  • The Internet Journal of Advanced Nursing Practice
  • The Nurse Websearch Index and The Nurse Directory

    This site features full text searching of major nurse topical and information internet resources and provides categorized listings of nurse related Internet content.

  • PharmWeb

    PharmWeb is the first-stop Internet site for pharmaceutical information.

  • National Library of Canada
  • HealthWeb

    HealthWeb is a collaborative project of the health sciences libraries of the Greater Midwest Region (GMR) of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) and those of the Committee for Institutional Cooperation. Currently there are over twenty actively participating member libraries.

  • Evidence-Based Nursing and Health Care Resources

    University of Buffalo Health Sciences Library

  • Institute for Geriatric Nursing
  • Workplace Violence in the Health Sector

    Framework Guidelines for Addressing Violence in the Health Sector - Downloadable

  • Centers for Disease Control (US)

    CDC serves as the national focus for developing and applying disease prevention and control, environmental health, and health promotion and education activities designed to improve the health of the people of the United States.

  • Mental Health Directory - Disorders
  • Psychiatry - Clinical Resources
  • The Center for Mental Health Services
  • Principles of suicide risk assessment
  • Nursing Resources on the Web
  • Forensiceducation.com
  • Mental Health Infosource
  • Internet Mental Health
  • Online Dictionary of Mental Health
  • Mental Health Care Plans
  • Research Resources for Evidence Based Nursing - McGill University
  • Nursing Effectiveness Utilization and Outcomes Research Unit - McMaster University
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research
  • Evidence Based Nursing Online
  • Medscape Nursing
  • Medline Plus
  • National Library of Medicine - PubMed
  • CRISP - Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects
  • Graduate Research in Nursing
  • The International Council of Nurses (ICN)Research Network
  • Online Journal of Nursing Informatics
  • Online Journal of Issues in Nursing
    • Link to CRPNBC privacy of information and copyright iformation.

    College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of B.C.

    CRPNBC Office

    Suite #307 - 2502 St. Johns Street
    Port Moody,
    British Columbia
    Canada
    V3H 2B4
    Tel: 604-931-5200
    Fax: 604-931-5277
    BC Toll Free: 1-800-565-2505

    Board of Directors

    Ross Stewart - Chair
    Linda Moyneur - Vice-Chair
    Michele Robson - Finance Officer
    Paul Anderson - Director
    Anna Helewka - Director
    Judith Macrae - Director
    Melodie Hull - Director
    Lis Pedersen - Director
    Carol Robinson, Director

    Staff

    Vacant,
    Executive Director / Registrar
    Linda Syssoloff, Deputy Registrar/Practice Consultant
    Charmaine Murray, Administrative Assistant/Accounting
    April Lightbown, Administrative Assistant

    Email Addresses:

    Executive Director
    Charmaine Murray
    April Lightbown
    Linda Syssoloff