Take me to your tearoom
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RECORD APRIL 2018
Meet ANMF member and school nurse, Lisa Delahunty page 8
It’s time to change the aged care rules
Gordon Legal new lawyers for ANMF (Vic Branch)
Advocacy leads to more midwives at three services
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Know your entitlements
Inside this edition
Easter and Anzac Day public holidays and the end of daylight saving
2 Know your entitlements 3 Secretary’s report 4 • Nurses lose jobs at
Cathie Wright, Information Officer
Nazareth Care
•H alfway with aged care agreements
•A NMF fights to keep mental health nurses
5 • Time to change the aged care law
6–7 In focus: ANMF membership benefits
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• Member profile: Lisa Delahunty • Advocacy leads to more midwives at three services • It’s a wrap for regional seminars
Daylight saving will end at 2am on Sunday 1 April. At 3am move clocks back one hour to 2am.
However if you are a part time employee, and you are simply on a day off, you are entitled to:
I am rostered to work night duty when daylight saving ends on Sunday 1 April. How do I calculate my pay? Public sector members should be paid ordinary time for the time actually worked (e.g. a 10 hour shift will in this case be 11 hours). As this year April 1 happens to be Easter Sunday, this will be 11 hours at public holiday rates. Members in other sectors will need to check their EBA, as they may be paid for rostered hours, not actual hours worked.
• in the public sector, a pro-rata payment depending on how many hours a week you work applies.
Public holidays The public holidays for Easter and Anzac Day 2018 are:
• J ob rep training
Good Friday
30 March
• Ban the non-compostable plastic bag, ANMF says
Easter Saturday
31 March
Easter Sunday
1 April
Easter Monday
2 April
Anzac Day
25 April
• OHS training • Education calendar
I work in the public sector, what should I be paid to work on a public holiday? Good Friday, Easter Monday and Anzac Day. Full and part-time employees working on any of these days are entitled to double time, or twice your hourly rate. Casual employees are entitled to double the casual rate. Easter Saturday and Easter Sunday Full and part-time employees working are entitled to double time, plus the weekend penalty, therefore 250 per cent. Casual employees are entitled to double the casual weekend rate. There are some variations in the private sector, particularly for enrolled nurses and personal care workers, so please check your specific agreements if you work in the private sector.
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What if I am on a day off when the public holiday falls? Monday to Friday employees are not eligible for payment for Easter Saturday or Easter Sunday. All other employees may be entitled to some benefit dependent on your EBA. If your work area doesn’t open on public holidays, you are entitled to take the day off on pay, as is a full-time employee.
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in the private sector – a day’s pay, but only if you would ‘ordinarily work’ on the day of the week that the holiday falls. The mechanism for determining this varies, dependent on your EBA.
What happens if I am rostered on night shift on a public holiday? General public sector: The public holiday rate applies for each hour worked on the day that is the public holiday. You are also entitled to the pro rata ‘rostered off benefit’ for that part of a shift that you are not rostered to work that occurs on the public holiday. Public mental health: The public holiday rate applies for each hour of the shift where that shift ends on a public holiday. For shifts that commence on a public holiday and end on a non-public holiday, the public holiday rate does not apply for any hour worked on that shift. If you are rostered off on that night shift you will receive the applicable rostered off benefit. *Private sector: Please check specific agreements. What if a public holiday occurs during my annual leave? Where a public holiday occurs during annual leave, you are taken to not be on annual leave on that day and the day is not deducted from your annual leave credit. What if a public holiday occurs during a period of sick leave? If you are sick on a public holiday you are ‘deemed’ not to be on sick leave on that day and get paid for the public holiday, without deduction from your sick leave credit. If ANMF members have any further queries about the upcoming public holidays they should call 9275 9333 or 1800 133 353. The ANMF Information Line is a memberonly service to reduce delays to this valuable service please have your ANMF membership number ready. ANMF (Vic Branch) office closure In addition to the Easter and Anzac public holidays, ANMF (Vic Branch) will be closed on Easter Tuesday, 3 April 2018.
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Secretary’s report
Your ANMF Lisa Fitzpatrick State Secretary
Paul Gilbert
Assistant Secretary
Pip Carew
Assistant Secretary
We must change the rules Lisa Fitzpatrick, State Secretary All ANMF Job Reps and Health and Safety Reps are invited this month to a union delegates mass meeting. We need private, not-for-profit and public sector reps there representing their colleagues in a discussion about the campaign to change the rules to make our working lives fairer and safer. This means it’s red t-shirt time for Job Reps and HSRs. We will meet from 8.15am to 9.30am, Tuesday 17 April at ANMF (Vic Branch), 535 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne for breakfast. We’ll have some spare red t-shirts if you don’t have one. Then we’ll walk up to Melbourne Town Hall for a 10am mass meeting with other unions. If you’re new to the Job Rep or HSR role – I encourage you to attend this meeting to find out what it really means to be an ANMF workplace rep. The ACTU’s ‘Change the Rules’ campaign is about the casualisation of work, job insecurity, the cuts to penalty rates, the inability to secure a mortgage, underpayment of wages, slow wage growth, and the rising cost of living – meanwhile company profits are growing. Here are a couple of examples of why this campaign is important to all nurses, midwives and carers. Victoria’s iconic Royal District Nursing Service established in 1885 no longer exists. The RDNS merged with RSL Care in 2015 and relaunched itself last year as Bolton Clarke. It provides residential aged care, retirement living and home support. A year before the rebranded organisation was announced, ANMF RDNS members fought hard to secure fair wages and conditions in a new enterprise agreement. Members participated in protected industrial action including stop work meetings and a rally outside the RDNS headquarters.
Cover image: ANMF member and school nurse, Lisa Delahunty On the Record is the official publication of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (Victorian Branch). OTR is published monthly. Authorised by L Fitzpatrick, Secretary, ANMF (Vic Branch), Melbourne.
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Bolton Clarke fought ANMF’s attempt to apply the RDNS agreement to any new district nurse employees. Instead it is employing new nurses under an agreement negotiated interstate for the aged care sector with inferior wages and conditions. There are already 50 new district nurses employed who earn a few dollars to $15 less per hour for exactly the same work. Paying lower rates for the same work is unfair, disrespectful and creates disharmony in the workplace. ANMF filed an application in the Fair Work Commission to require Bolton Clarke to
apply the RDNS agreement to all new district nurse employees. The Commission refused. At the time of print ANMF had lodged an appeal. Bolton Clarke has also advised former RDNS nurses who accept new positions or contracts within the new organisation that they may also be moved to the inferior conditions. This is unfair. The federal workplace laws and structures are outdated. We must change the rules. Private for-profit and not-for-profit nurses and carers will also know a change to the rules is overdue. Victorian public sector nursing homes have legislated nurse: resident ratios and public sector wages. This is because of the significant public sector campaigns over the past 16 years that involved industrial action including banning resident admissions, closing hospital beds, walkouts and thousands of people attending rallies. In 2015 the Andrews Government fulfilled an election commitment and legislated public sector ratios so we did not have to fight to keep safe staffing levels every time we re-negotiated an EBA. To achieve ratios in private and not-for-profit nursing homes we have to change the aged care law because it does not define or enforce safe nurse or carer staffing levels. Every time ANMF lobbies for aged care ratios the powerful aged care employers object. Federal workplace laws have prevented ratios and pay parity with the public sector in the private for-profit and not-for-profit nursing home sector. It is illegal for the ANMF to negotiate wages and conditions on an industry basis. Instead we must bargain for wages and conditions employer by employer. ANMF is supporting 22 enrolled nurses (10.35 equivalent full time positions) employed for Nazareth Care Ballarat who were last month made redundant. These experienced enrolled nurses were replaced with 3.32 registered nurses and 7.88 personal care workers. Carers absolutely have a place in nursing homes as part of the skill mix team, but in addition to nurses, not replacing enrolled nurses. See story page 4. The aged care law is broken. We must change the rules See more about our ‘Make Ratios Law’ campaign on page 5.
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Nurses lose jobs at Nazareth Care ANMF (Vic Branch) is providing support to 22 endorsed enrolled nurses who Nazareth Care Ballarat is making redundant. The number of redundancies equates to 10.35 equivalent full time positions. ANMF understands Nazareth Care Ballarat is proposing to replace the positions with registered nurses (3.32 equivalent full time) and personal care workers (7.88 equivalent full time). ANMF is supporting the distressed enrolled nurses through the redundancy process as there are no feasible redeployment options with other Nazareth Care nursing homes, which are interstate and in New Zealand. However, we are successfully working with other aged care providers in close proximity, including Ballarat Health Service, to secure employment for those enrolled nurses who do not wish to retire. ANMF is concerned that the Nazareth Care Ballarat redundancies are part of a broader pattern of endorsed enrolled nurses being replaced with personal care workers. While the ANMF values the role of personal care workers in aged care, we believe they should be supported by nursing staff, in order to ensure residents’ health and safety, ANMF (Vic Branch) Secretary Lisa Fitzpatrick said. ‘Endorsed enrolled nurses have a diploma and qualifications in pharmacology and medication administration and the loss of these positions will leave a significant gap in resident care.
‘Australia has strict ratios for childcare, but there are no ratios in nursing homes and no laws to ensure the elderly get the care they need.’ In a statement to Ballarat media, Ms Fitzpatrick encouraged Ballarat residents with family members at Nazareth Care to ask management what the nurse and carer ratio to residents is for each shift. ‘The number of staff and their qualifications matter,’ she said. Ms Fitzpatrick said the Nazareth Care Ballarat redundancies highlighted the need for mandated staff to resident ratios in aged care.
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Halfway with aged care agreements ANMF (Vic Branch) is over halfway through negotiating new enterprise agreements for members working in private and not for profit aged care facilities. At the time of writing, ANMF had reached agreement with providers of more than 50 per cent of Victoria’s 585 aged care facilities in the private and not for profit sectors. ANMF has secured 10 per cent pay increases over four year agreements for staff in nearly all enterprise agreements negotiated so far, with catch-up pay increases for nurses working at ACSAG/Japara, Blue Cross, Homestyle, Uniting Agewell, Fronditha, Royal Freemasons, Wintringham, Estia and Bupa facilities. Many smaller networks and stand-alone facilities have also been agreed in-principle and are waiting for agreements to be drafted ahead of a ballot. Please check the status of your EBA progress with your organiser. Negotiations are well under way with aged care providers Regis, Villa Maria Catholic Homes, Baptcare and TLC . Benetas has requested to make an administrative
payment to tide them over until July to enable the merger with Macedon Ranges to be completed. Negotiations with Mercy/ Southern Cross were delayed until March to enable their merger to be finalised. At the time of writing, ANMF was seeking negotiations with Sapphire Care, which was clarifying issues related to its merger with Blue Cross, before commencing discussions. Mecwacare, Allity, Doutta Galla and Auurum agreed to commence bargaining in March. Due to a technicality, Bupa staff members had to vote for a second time on their enterprise agreement. They voted again overwhelmingly to accept the agreement, reached after members took industrial action, which included pay increases of 11.25 per cent up to 1 July 2020 and a commitment to a further increase from 1 July 2021. Other improvements included a 175 per cent loading for personal care workers on Sunday morning shifts. At the time of writing, the agreement had been lodged with the Fair Work Commission for approval. Meanwhile, the ANMF has launched a national campaign to legislate staff to resident ratios in private aged care facilities. See page 5.
ANMF fights to keep mental health nurses ANMF is calling on the Turnbull Government to save a vital mental health nursing service that supports people with severe and persistent mental illness remain well and living in the community.
‘Thousands of patients receiving effective, evidence-based mental health nursing care are at risk of losing their therapeutic relationship with a trusted and experienced mental health nurse.
The lives and health of thousands of Victorian clients using the Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program (MHNIP) are at risk when new funding arrangements take effect from 1 July.
‘Victoria will see an increase in acutely unwell patients presenting at our public hospital emergency departments,’ she said.
The 10-year-old program has been incorporated into the Primary Health Networks with funding quarantined only until June 2018. From July funding moves to a ‘fully flexible’ pool. ANMF is aware at least two of the six Victorian Primary Health Networks have advised their specialist mental health nurses that they will no longer be employed from July. ANMF shares members’ concerns about the lack of information detailing how the Primary Health Networks will continue to provide essential mental health nursing services for these clients particularly in country areas. ANMF (Vic Branch) Assistant Secretary Pip Carew said ‘It makes no sense to build an experienced mental health nursing workforce and then cut the service they provide without a plan.
‘These relationships are not built easily, if ever, and breaking these relationships puts lives at risk.
Western Victorian Primary Health Network is reducing its mental health nurses from 10 to two in the Ballarat area. The Murray Primary Health Network catchment will lose five mental health nurses in the Mildura and Swan Hill area, and another four to five nurses will be made redundant in Wangaratta, Wodonga, Benalla, Beechworth and Yarrawonga areas. The most recent evaluation of the program in 2012 found MHNIP clients required fewer and shorter hospital admissions and improved employment and involvement in social and educational activities. At the time of print ANMF had a meeting scheduled with Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt’s advisor on 19 March.
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Time to change the aged care rules ANMF is working on a national campaign to make ratios law in all private and not-for-profit nursing homes. The problem - understaffing Chronic understaffing in private for-profit and not-for-profit nursing homes is unacceptable. Over the last 13 years, chronic understaffing has seen a 400 per cent increase in preventable deaths of elderly Australians in aged care. No matter how much nurses and carers want to provide quality care, the reality is that understaffing means there is not enough time to feed, bath and change vulnerable residents. They can be left in soiled incontinence pads for hours and pressure sores and skin tears are missed and left untreated. Compromised care can shorten life. The Aged Care Act 1997 only requires aged care employers to maintain an ‘adequate number of skilled staff’. Adequate is
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unenforceable and undefined. Many private for-profit and not-for-profit nursing homes are understaffed because the rules are weak. Surely staffing would be improved if the Federal Aged Care Minister Ken Wyatt and other politicians knew about the impact of understaffing on the health and wellbeing of vulnerable residents?
about how they spend the more than $11 billion taxpayers provided to residential care providers in the last financial year. It is difficult to argue for more funding when employers recorded a more than $1 billion profit in 2015-16.
Sadly, despite multiple aged care reviews and inquiries, and media reports detailing inadequate care and the failings of the accreditation and complaints systems – nothing has changed for twenty years.
Do we need to change the rules? Absolutely. The Federal Government is listening to aged care employers but not the nurses and carers at the nursing home bedside. The aged care law needs to mandate minimum staff ratios to protect residents and ensure safe and dignified care.
We know staffing can be better because public nursing homes and residential aged care wards in Victoria have had nurse: resident ratios since 2001. The Andrews Government legislated these ratios in 2015.
What you can do? We have to make aged care ratios an issue the wider community cares about so they demand change from our politicians.
Do we need more funding? No. The ANMF is not convinced nursing home employers need more federal funding. Employers need to be more transparent
Members from all sectors are urged to keep International Nurses Day on Saturday 12 May free (more details soon) and sign up to join the campaign at MoreStaffForAgedCare.com.au
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In focus: ANMF membership benefits
Visit the ANMF (Vic Branch) student hub to find a quiet place to study, or ask the ANMF (Vic Branch) library staff, Kieran Hegarty and Kathleen Fitzgerald (pictured), to help you find information within online databases, books, journals and audiovisual materials.
ANMF membership – what’s in it for you? As an ANMF member, you receive our communications – including this magazine – as a member benefit, but do you know all the benefits of your union membership? If you have been a member for a long time, or signed up during a particular EBA campaign, you may be unaware of some of the many benefits of being an ANMF (Vic Branch) member. Many of you know that as a financial ANMF member you are covered by our professional indemnity insurance, public liability and Good Samaritan insurance if you are called upon to use your nursing skills off-duty. You are also entitled to $400 annual credit ($80 for student members) for continuing professional development at our CPD Portal, as well as discounts on seminars and workshops offered face-to-face by our Education Centre. If you have a query about your pay or entitlements, or have a work-related issue such as a concern about your classification or bullying, your first port of call is our information service InfoLine, which is available between 8.45am and 5pm, Monday to Friday on 9275 9333 or infoline@anmfvic.asn.au You’re also entitled to access the not-for-profit Nurses & Midwives Health insurance fund and legal assistance for work-related matters such as personal injury and AHPRA issues*.
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Members have access to our Branch library and its huge range of books, journals, online resources and audiovisual materials.
the app which contains the latest formulas from nursing clinical dosage academic literature.
The library subscribes to the Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) database, which can be accessed through the website anmfvic.asn.au/library
Importantly, the app also includes an Occupational Violence and Aggression notification function. This reporting tool will allow you to report OVA events to ANMF as soon as they occur.
The library can also support ANMF members with online searching. Members can purchase discounted movie tickets and merchandise such as refillable coffee cups, drip rate cards, nursing reference cards, retractables and ANMF power banks (portable mobile battery chargers, compatible with iPhone, android and Nokia models) from our online shop: anfvic.myshopify.com In our Member Portal at our website members.anmfvic.asn.au you can view your CPD records, download your tax statement and professional indemnity insurance certificate, view the Job Reps and HSRs in your workplace and update your details. The ANMF Diary App is a handy tool to organise your working life and is available for members to download from the Apple App and Google Play stores. You can access your membership information through the digital membership card, add your roster through the shift planner function and read your existing calendars to ensure you’ll never miss an important event, including ANMF events and conferences.
ANMF is working on further improvements and functionality for release later this year. But perhaps the most substantial benefit of being a union member? The benefit your membership brings to your profession and every hardworking nurse, midwife and personal care worker in the state of Victoria. Every time a nurse, midwife or personal care worker joins the ANMF, we become stronger in representing all nurses, midwives and personal care workers. Through the strength of our advocacy, we have achieved nurse/midwife: patient ratios in the public healthcare system, secured funding for the Nursing and Midwifery Health Program Victoria, influenced public health policy and budgets, and negotiated improved wages and conditions in enterprise agreements and awards. We also become stronger in fulfilling the proud, longstanding role of unions in defending workers’ rights and human rights. *Legal services are subject to conditions which are available on request from the Branch.
Calculating dosage is also made a lot easier through our educational dosage calculator in anmfvic.asn.au
Gordon Legal new lawyers for ANMF (Vic Branch) ANMF is proud to announce Gordon Legal is now providing legal services to the Branch and our members. Gordon Legal has a strong record of advocating for working people and running class actions on behalf of the injured, sick or abused victims against multinational companies and big institutions. Gordon Legal represented more than 100 Australian and New Zealand thalidomide survivors in a class action, securing an $89 million settlement from Diageo, the British multinational owner of the company that distributed thalidomide in Australia. While at Slater & Gordon, Gordon Legal director Peter Gordon and his team took on big tobacco, representing Rolah McCabe, who was dying of lung cancer, against the British American Tobacco company. They also fought the building products manufacturer James Hardie, for compensation to be paid to workers and their families affected by asbestos-related disease. Now ANMF (Vic Branch) members are receiving the benefit of Peter Gordon and his legal team’s years of dedication to working people. His firm, Gordon Legal provides a
Gordon Legal director Peter Gordon and ANMF (Vic Branch) Secretary, Lisa Fitzpatrick. comprehensive range of legal services* which are either free or provided at preferential rates to ANMF members. These services cover professional matters such as professional conduct hearings, coronial inquiries and personal legal matters such as WorkCover and transport accident claims, superannuation claims, family law matters, conveyancing, wills and probate, and criminal law. Please note ANMF industrial, professional and legal advice and representation are only provided to members of the ANMF who are
fully financial at the time of the incident for which they are seeking assistance. As well as access to legal representation for work-related matters such as AHPRA hearings, ANMF members are entitled to a free initial consultation on any personal legal matter and reduced rates for many personal legal services, plus a free standard will. A written referral from ANMF (Vic Branch) is required for access to legal services. Members should contact us on 9275 9333 or records@anmfvic.asn.au in the first instance. *conditions apply
CPD as a member benefit – we’ve got you covered As all nurses and midwives know, 20 hours CPD each year is a requirement of registration.
the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (Vic Branch), and an ICU and resuscitation education consultant at the Western Private Hospital.
With the registration deadline coming up in May, it’s timely to remind members of the CPD ANMF (Vic Branch) offers to members, either as part of your membership or at a significant discount.
Mr Plapp will be delivering the upcoming seminars ‘Advanced respiratory assessment and non-invasive ventilation course’ (11 April) and ‘Advanced ECG’ on 30 October.
Ice addiction seminars are being offered in Melbourne in April and May. For the full Education Centre calendar visit anmfvic.asn.au/education, or email education@anmfvic.asn.au
In 2018 ANMF (Vic Branch) continues its partnership with Turning Point in delivering seminars in Melbourne and regional centres on ice (methamphetamine) addiction.
CPD Portal ANMF (Vic Branch) members receive $400 credit per year for CPD modules delivered via our online CPD Portal at cpd.anmfvic.asn.au
Turning Point’s Senior Education and Training Officer Sharon Patterson, who has more than 20 years’ experience in the drug and alcohol field, delivers the ice addiction training. Ms Patterson said that while most of the content concerned ice addiction, the training also broaches how nurses and midwives can respond to the challenging behaviours of patients affected by drugs or alcohol.
The modules are developed by leading authorities in their field and include case studies in which theoretical learning is applied to a patient’s circumstances, to show how facts can be applied in a clinical setting.
Face-to-face CPD ANMF (Vic Branch) offers face-to-face CPD seminars and workshops through our Education Centre at 535 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne. The calendar covers the CPD needs of registered and enrolled nurses working in a range of contexts, as well as CPD suitable for personal care workers. Our clinical simulation lab provides a ward-like setting for you to learn and revise practical skills. The seminars and workshops are delivered by highly skilled and experienced presenters, such as Simon Plapp, an ICU nurse for over 20 years and an ICU educator for more than 10 years. Mr Plapp is a recent past president of
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Ms Patterson teaches nurses and midwives to observe the patient for evidence of intoxication or mental health symptoms, assess the potential for harm, and act sooner rather than later.
Acknowledging a patient’s emotional state can be the first step in responding effectively, she said.
For example, the CPD Portal’s autism case study offers the scenario of a child with autism spectrum disorder who presents to the emergency department. Other modules offered in the CPD Portal include ‘Understanding dementia’, modules on Type 1, Type 2 and gestational diabetes, and ‘Intercultural communication’.
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Member profile – Lisa Delahunty Nursing at the ‘Castle on the Hill’ One of the best things about being a secondary school nurse, Lisa Delahunty says, is seeing the students year after year, from the day you meet them as a shy Year 9 student until their final year at school. Ms Delahunty is the nurse at Melbourne High School, a selective entry boys’ public school with 1370 students. Ms Delahunty’s ‘health centre’ – the term she prefers to ‘sick bay’ – is located through a maze of corridors in the stately South Yarra building known as the ‘Castle on the Hill’, home to the oldest state school in Victoria. One wall is covered with pouches containing EpiPens, each labelled with a student’s name and photo. Another wall holds a general EpiPen pouch and asthma management information. Then there’s a wall devoted to clippings about Ms Delahunty’s football team, the Western Bulldogs. ‘School nurse’ to 1370 students is a busy role. The previous day, before 11am Ms Delahunty saw 15 students, treating ailments including headaches, stomach aches, a calf tear and nausea. One student had fallen off his bike and had abrasions on his leg; another was struck by a hockey ball. Ms Delahunty sees between 15 and 30 patients per day, with May and September the busiest months due to colds and hayfever. While many students visit because they are sick or injured, some just want a chat, duct tape to mend a broken shoe, or need to borrow one of Ms Delahunty’s cache of blazers, which the boys are required to wear in the school’s memorial hall out of respect to the war veterans it honours. Previously a clinical educator at Victoria University, Ms Delahunty has also worked as a nurse in a hospital and in aged care. But her current job is definitely her favourite nursing role. ‘I find working here a lot less stressful than working in a hospital environment,’ she said. ‘The students are so respectful; they are so grateful for the care you provide for them. ‘I was just seeing the ads on TV about the violence at Royal Melbourne Hospital and I know that it happens at every hospital, and you don’t have that here. It upsets me greatly that my colleagues have to go through that.’ Since beginning work at the school in 2011, Ms Delahunty has liaised with the Department of Education to develop a new medication administration policy so she is able to provide a broader range of medications for common ailments, beyond paracetamol. 8
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Lisa Delahunty ‘I was constantly ringing parents to ask if it was OK for me to give certain medications,’ Ms Delahunty said. Now, an expanded list of basic medications, including anti-histamine and Nurofen, goes home to parents at the beginning of the school year, with parents selecting which medications Ms Delahunty is able to administer to their children if needed. As the school is not a zoned school and students come from as far afield as Castlemaine and Mornington Peninsula, it is preferable if students’ ailments are able to be treated so they can remain at school, she said. ‘At the same time, it’s written into the policy that I have a right to withhold medication if I feel it’s going to mask the symptoms for a diagnosis if I’m going to refer them on to a GP.’ Ms Delahunty believes that having two children who were teenagers at the time she applied for her role helped her to secure the position. She would also ask her son, who is now 19, to translate the terminology of adolescents: ‘I’d come home and ask him
“What does this word mean?” and he’d say ‘Oh Mum!’ But learning how to ‘speak teenager’ is essential in the school nurse role.
‘You have to be a good communicator in this role, you have to listen… ‘The boys are notorious for coming in and saying “I’m sick” and you really have to draw out from them how they’re sick and why they’re sick, and pick up the cues of what they’re saying to you,’ Ms Delahunty said. ‘I’m not saying I’m perfect at my job but I know the boys really well and know how to ask the questions. ‘I tend to joke around with them a little bit because if it’s the first time they’ve come in here, they can be a bit frightened because they don’t know me, they don’t know who I am.’ anmfvic.asn.au
Advocacy leads to more midwives at three services The ANMF (Vic Branch) has applauded advocacy by midwives at Bendigo Health, Peninsula Health and Ballarat Health Service which has led to all three services agreeing to increase midwifery staffing. Midwives at the three services raised concerns about clinical risk and have been active in providing data to use as evidence in supporting their concerns. ANMF has worked with the midwives to secure agreements to increase midwifery staffing. While written agreements had not been formalised at the time of going to print, all three hospitals have agreed to an additional rostered midwife for periods of known demand such as elective caesarean sections in theatre and booked inductions of labour involving artificial rupture of membrances and syntocinon infusion, plus other staff increases.
Special Interest Groups Advance Care Planning
Members Meeting Thursday 12 April, 4pm – 6pm Classroom M1, ANMF (Vic Branch) 535 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne Inq: Anne Marie Fabri (ACP SIG Secretary) annemarie.fabri@nh.org.au 9495 3235
ANZANAC HIV Nursing Inq: Milena Pinamonti 0466 280 445 anzanac.vic@gmail.com
CoNSA Vic/Tas Inq: consavt@gmail.com
Day Surgery Inq: Chris Guidotti chris_guidotti@y7mail.com
Diabetes Nurse Educators Inq: Catherine Wallace-Wilkinson 0411 557 631 positivehealth@bigpond.com
Immunisation Nurses Inq: INSIG administration membership@immunisationnursesvic.org.au
Injured Nurses Support Group
Members Meeting Tuesday 17 April 2018 11.00am to 12:30pm Level 1, Room 1.2, ANMF (Vic Branch) 535 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne Inq: Annie Rutter 1300 760 602
Medical Imaging Nurses Association Inq: Deborah Shears deborah.shears@i-med.com.au anmfvic.asn.au
The agreement to increase midwifery staff for caesarean births for example is an acknowledgement that some procedures are known to entail a higher acuity for both mothers and babies, and therefore a higher workload for midwives, ANMF (Vic Branch) Maternity Services Officer Julianne Barclay said. ‘This is an agreement to resource against clinical risk,’ Ms Barclay said. ‘Midwives have identified they are unable to comply with hospital policies with the present staffing levels, and that is an indicator of clinical risk.’ ANMF (Vic Branch) has also been involved in negotiations around midwifery staffing at hospitals which ANMF is concerned are not applying ratios correctly: Eastern Health, Box Hill, Goulburn Valley Health and Werribee Mercy Hospital. ANMF (Vic Branch) encourages all midwives to keep reporting clinical risks, both to their hospital’s management and to ANMF, and to collect data that supports their claims.
Bendigo midwives celebrate with cake ‘Since the tragic infant deaths at Djerriwarrh Health Service, Bacchus Marsh, there has been a greater emphasis on midwives escalating their concerns to make sure that hospital management, the ANMF and the Department of Health are aware when clinical risk is occurring,’ Ms Barclay said. ‘ANMF has a proud history of helping midwives escalate their concerns and we are confident that increased midwifery staffing at Bendigo, Peninsula Health and Ballarat will create a safer environment for mothers and babies.’
Visit anmfvic.asn.au/interest-groups for Special Interest Group information.
Orthopaedic Nurses Association
Twilight Evening Wednesday 9 May, 5.30 – 7.30pm Classroom 1.3, 535 Elizabeth Street Inq: Cheryl Dingey 9345 7027 or Meinir Griffiths 9342 8417 onavic@anmfvic.asn.au
Palliative Care Nurses
Members Meeting Monday 21 May, 6pm – 9pm Classroom M2, ANMF (Vic Branch) 535 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne Inq: Catherine Hutchings records@anmfvic.asn.au
Pre-Admission Nurses Association Professional Day Saturday 21 April, 8am – 1pm Classroom M1, ANMF (Vic Branch) 535 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne Inq: Kate Hussey k.hussey@healthscope.com.au
Safe Patient Handling
Members Forum Friday 18 May, 10am – 2pm Classroom 1.3, ANMF (Vic Branch) 535 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne Inq: Stephen Morley smorley@bendigohealth.org.au
Victorian Association of Maternal and Child Health Nurses
Executive Meeting Wednesday 11 April, 6pm – 9pm Classroom M2, ANMF (Vic Branch) 535 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne
Standards Committee Meeting Wednesday 2 May, 6pm – 9pm Room M2, ANMF (Vic Branch) 535 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne Executive Meeting Wednesday 9 May, 6pm – 9pm Classroom M2, ANMF (Vic Branch) 535 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne Inq: VAMCHN executive vamchn.group@gmail.com
Victorian Association Of Research Nurses Inq: Sean Hosking records@anmfvic.asn.au
Victorian Midwifery Homecare
Members Meeting Wednesday 18 April Room M2, ANMF (Vic Branch) 535 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne Inq: Ingrid Ridler IRidler@mercy.com.au
Victorian Rehabilitation and Subacute Service Nurses Victorian School Nurses
Network Meeting Tuesday 1 May, 5.45pm – 9.45pm ANMF (Vic Branch), 535 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne. Live streaming of this meeting will be available through a members only closed Facebook group. Please email michelerialivsn@gmail.com for an invitation. Inq: Gina Harrex 0401 717 352
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Training It’s a wrap for regional seminars Regional Job Rep and HSR Rep seminars held at eight regional centres across the state in February and March gave Reps insight into current ‘hotspot’ issues, as well as an opportunity for them to meet ANMF officers and elected officials. The ANMF (Vic Branch) thanks the 162 regional Reps who attended the seminars. A new feature of this year’s seminars was holding a public sector-specific education session preceding the general seminar. This session focused on an update and overview of the statewide implementation of the public sector EBA, as well as providing an opportunity to identify and discuss issues arising from the implementation process. As well as hearing the latest Branch news from the elected officials, Reps had the opportunity to hear from the industrial officer and OHS officer within their organiser’s team, as well as their organiser.
Regional Job Rep and HSR Rep seminar participants in Ballarat
Job Rep training 2018 ANMF provides free metropolitan and regional education and training programs for Job Representatives. The two key programs are Foundations and Keeping it Organised. 1. Job Rep Foundations program This is an introductory program course for new Job Reps and those who need a refresher after three years. This comprises a prerequisite online module, plus a one-day face to face program.
2. Keeping it Organised program This two day program provides active Job Reps (and those who want to become more active at the local level) the opportunity to learn and plan together with their ANMF Organiser and workplace Job Reps. The program includes learning a problem solving approach to address workplace issues, using EBA clauses; and exploring ways to build ANMF’s member density, activity and profile in your workplace. Most importantly, this program provides participants dedicated planning time with other workplace Reps and their Organiser, to follow up in the workplace.
This program is designed to help you understand the role of Job Rep, the Branch structure, the industrial relations system and the history of unions, and the role of unions today. You will learn tools, strategies and resources for building a stronger ANMF presence in your workplace. This program is held monthly in Melbourne, and in eight regional locations in 2018.
Job Reps need to register for the program dates and locations associated with their Organiser as follows:
Metro and regional Job Rep Foundations dates until July 2018 are:
2 & 3 May Carol Pontil and Lyndal Alston (Metro)
1 May – Shepparton
30 & 31 May Loretta Marchesi (Bendigo)
11 April – Metro 9 May – Metro 29 May – Bendigo 13 June – Metro 17 July – Wangaratta 18 July – Metro
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Keeping it Organised dates until July 2018 are: 17 – 18 April Rachel Halse and Narelle Hayes (Metro) 2 – 3 May Julie Wearing-Smith (Shepparton)
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Alison Kairns (Wangaratta)
Job Reps must register for the Keeping it Organised program that applies to their Organiser and/or regional area. If you are unsure which program applies to you, please contact Job Rep admin support for assistance: jrt@anmfvic.asn.au
This has been universally welcomed by the reps, making the new team structure ‘real’ by putting faces to names and roles, and reinforcing the support and expertise the Branch provides to organisers and members. Discussions among the public sector Reps helped to highlight systemic and common issues that previously may have only been identified by individuals within a workplace. The discussions have also reinforced the need for organisers, industrial officers and the OHS officers to look at a collective and holistic approach to addressing some of these issues. Following on from the public sector sessions, the general seminars provided updates for Reps on a range of matters including mental health, professional issues, private aged care bargaining, the national aged care ratios campaign, voluntary assisted dying legislation, the ratio improvement taskforce, local government, new legal services, the upcoming Victorian state election and ANMF conferences including the 2018 Delegates Conference. The general seminars concluded with complimentary refreshments. Seminar attendance and registration numbers: Ballarat 27 Traralgon 27 Geelong 23 Warrnambool 15 Bendigo 31 Wangaratta 16 Shepparton 12 Mildura 11 anmfvic.asn.au
Ban the non-compostable plastic bag, ANMF says The ANMF (Vic Branch) is calling for a near-total ban on the plastic shopping bag in Victoria. Responding to an Engage Victoria consultation on ‘Reducing the impacts of plastics on the Victorian environment’, the ANMF supported a ban on all plastic shopping bags apart from those compostable to Australian standard AS 5810-2010. These bags do not leave any heavy metals when they break down, 60-90 per cent of the bag breaks down within 180 days and they disintegrate to pieces of two millimetres or less. The Branch response says that while singleuse lightweight plastic shopping bags have ‘an undeniable convenience factor’, the bags create litter, degrade and potentially contaminate the environment, and create
OHS courses Nurses, midwives and personal care workers are exposed to many hazards including manual handling, violence and aggression, bullying and harassment, stress, shiftwork, hazardous substances and infectious diseases. Health and Safety Reps (HSRs) are the highly dedicated representatives who work to maintain a safe and professional workplace. Become an HSR or upgrade your HSR skills at one of our courses. Under Section 67 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004, HSRs and Deputy HSRs, after being elected, are entitled to attend a five-day course. The course must be WorkSafe approved and chosen by the HSR in consultation with their employer. The HSR is entitled to time off work with pay and the costs associated with attendance at the course paid by the employer. Under OHS legislation and guidelines, employers must not obstruct or prevent HSRs from attending an approved course. The ANMF conducts WorkSafe Victoria approved courses. These courses are conducted subject to number of registrants. For further details about OHS training and conferences visit anmfvic.asn.au/reps
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potential health hazards for wildlife and humans. On average it is estimated we use a single-use plastic bag for just 12 minutes but it could take 1000 years to break down. As a result, plastic bag pollution is cumulative. The ANMF (Vic Branch) argued that as plastic bags are made from the by-products of oil, gas and coal production, they also encourage dependency on fossil fuels. The chemical additives and compounds included in plastics can potentially leach into marine organisms, creating health impacts on immune, endrocrine and reproductive systems, and genetic alterations. Fish have been proven to accumulate microplastics in their liver, gills and guts, with toxic effects. According to the United Nations Environment Programme’s report Frontiers 2016, a recent study found that a quarter
of the marine fish sampled from markets in Indonesia and California, USA, had plastic debris and fibres from textiles in their guts. In its submission, ANMF (Vic Branch) said Victoria could transition to being free of non-compostable plastic bags if it gave sufficient time for the phase-out so that businesses could adapt, and public education campaigns could be conducted. The submission also called for a ban on microbeads (found in bodywash and facial scrub products) if a voluntary phase-out by industry has not occurred by July 2018.
HSR Initial OHS Training Course (WorkSafe Victoria approved) 8, 9, 10, 22 and 23 May 2018 in Mildura Cost: $750 (payable by employer) Register: goo.gl/NZkSp1 (The facilitation of this course is subject to minimum numbers being reached. If minimum numbers are reached we will finalise a venue and inform the registered attendees in due course.) 30, 31 May, 1 June and 14, 15 June 2018 in Melbourne, 9am – 5pm, ANMF (Vic Branch) Cost: $750 (payable by employer) Register: goo.gl/NZkSp1 This five-day course relates specifically to health and aged care workplaces, with a strong focus on issues and hazards relevant to nursing and midwifery, and is designed to equip elected HSRs and Deputy HSRs with an understanding of the OHS regulatory framework. It is also designed to provide participants with the skills required to implement effective hazard control strategies in the workplace.
HSR Refresher OHS Training Course (WorkSafe Victoria approved) 20 April 2018 in Melbourne Cost: $250 (payable by employer) Register: goo.gl/NZkSp1 This one-day refresher course relates specifically to health and aged care workplaces, with a strong focus on issues and hazards relevant to nursing and midwifery, and is designed to refresh HSRs’ knowledge and understanding of the OHS regulatory framework.
ANMF (Vic Branch) library assistance for members The ANMF (Vic Branch) librarians are only too happy to assist members with finding journal articles, books, ebooks, government reports, text books and resource guides, periodicals and other reference material. The library subscribes to the Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) database, which can be accessed through the website anmfvic.asn.au/library If you would like research skills training, the librarian can assist you by telephone, Skype or face-to-face consultation. You can either drop in during business hours (weekdays 8.45am – 5pm) or make an online assistance request. Your online request will be answered by email as soon as possible.
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Education calendar APRIL 2018 EN RN Cardiac rhythm recognition and 12 lead ECG workshop CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 6832
Tuesday 10 April 2018 9am – 4.30pm Presenter: Simon Plapp This workshop will simplify cardia rhythm and 12 lead ECG interpretations, making it easier for you to identify, understand and manage cardiac rhythm changes. It is suitable to be attended in combination with ‘Managing the deteriorating patient’. Member $190 Non-member $240 Job Rep or SIG member $180
Advance respiratory assessment and non-invasive ventilation course RN
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Wednesday 11 April 2018 9am – 4.30pm Presenter: Simon Plapp
Any nurse working in aged care will encounter ACFI. This seminar explores all ACFI business rules, a comprehensive breakdown of the 12 ACFI questions and a practical review of compiling and completing an ACFI appraisal pack.
in partnership with La Trobe University, is pleased to be delivering an important workshop. This four day workshop will educate and train you in how to undertake a comprehensive health assessment with an older person.
Member $190 Non-member $240 Job Rep or SIG member $180
Nurses working in across acute, sub-acute hospitals (public, private, not‑for‑profit), residential aged care (public, private, not-for-profit), the community, GP practices and Emergency departments are invited to attend this workshop to update their knowledge and skills in assessing their older patients/clients.
EN RN Respiratory management – review of concepts CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 6793
Friday 13 April 2018 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter: Kate Potter This one day program is suitable for RNs and ENs working in all areas of health care. The topics covered provide a broad overview of assessing and caring for patients with respiratory dysfunction, and may be undertaken as an introduction to Respiratory Management - advanced care. Member $190 Non-member $240 Job Rep or SIG member $180
How to stay calm and confident at work ALL
This seminar has been designed to enhance the professional development of critical care nurses requiring knowledge and skills to manage ventilated patients. It takes the learner on a journey from understanding respiratory physiology, to utilising assessment skills such as ABG and CXR interpretation, through to current day, evidence based practice of advanced ventilation strategies formulated on landmark research papers. Subject matter includes:
CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 6899
Monday 16 April 2018 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter: Jane Robotham This workshop, delivered by experienced nurses and wellness educator, Jane Robotham, will provide simple tools to take control of discomfort in order to develop a sense of confidence, self-trust and clarity in your daily work. Minimise anxiety and worry by learning quick and practical techniques that are easy, enjoyable and highly effective.
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Principles of Mechanical Ventilation
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Advanced Ventilation Strategies (including ventilator waveforms, evidence based management for ARDS incl. Nitric Oxide and prone ventilation)
Comprehensive health assessment of the older person
Please note there are supporting materials associated with this course that will be emailed to attendees after course completion.
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CPD 24 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 7406
ACFI for registered and enrolled nurses
The number of people over 65 years receiving health care across the sector is growing. Nurses working with older people understand that their health is often complicated by comorbidities and there is a need for comprehensive health assessment to identify care needs and actual and potential risks to health. The ANMF (Vic Branch),
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CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE:6958
Friday 13 April 2018 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter: Margaret Lang
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Member $760 Non-member $1045 ALL Journey down under – the causes and treatments of urinary incontinence CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 6943
Wednesday 18 April 2018 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenters: Terry Wesselink and Lisa Wragg, Continence Foundation of Australia, Victorian Branch Developing urinary incontinence is socially and emotionally confronting at any age. This proactive and interactive workshop is will cover the anatomy and physiology of the pelvic floor and lower urinary tract and the common causes of incontinence in both males and females. Focusing on early intervention to treat, manage and cure incontinence this is an important seminar for all health professionals. All participants will leave this workshop with skills to identify and recruit their pelvic floor muscles; have an understanding of the psychosocial issues associated with incontinence, commonly used gadgets and gizmos and how to access financial assistance. Member $190 Non-member $240 Job Rep or SIG member $180
Law and ethics for registered and enrolled nurses EN
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CPD: 12 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 6882
Thursdays 19 and 26 April 2018 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter: Lorraine Walker Senior Lecturer, Monash University Law and ethics directly impact nursing and midwifery practice in a myriad of ways. This seminar is designed to refresh nurses’ understanding of the fundamentals of the law and the legislation that impacts on nursing practice. Included is an outline of legal precepts, documents, scope of practice of registered and enrolled nurses and the legal and ethical principles of nursing practice. This course is also applicable to midwives. Member $380 Non-member $500 Job Rep or SIG member $360
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Venipuncture, conducting a 12 lead ECG & contemporary pathology collection EN
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Friday 20 April 2018 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter Kate Potter This workshop delivers a comprehensive one-day program relating to venipuncture and conducting a 12-lead electrocardiogram. A wide range of practical training aids for blood collection is provided, and the program allows participants to undertake practice of the relevant techniques under guided supervision in a simulated clinical environment. It is a must for nurses who are required to perform phlebotomy and undertake 12-lead ECG recording. Member $190 Non-member $240 Job Rep or SIG member $180
Asthma management – paediatric and adult RN
CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 6903
26 April 2018, 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter Leanne Boase This one day course provides the essentials of asthma assessment and management for Registered and Enrolled Nurses. This includes the management of asthma emergencies, acute asthma, and chronic asthma. Effective and comprehensive patient/carer education is essential in asthma management, as well as an understanding of common medicines used to treat asthma, and devices. Different resources will be explored and discussed to support your practice. This course will be interactive, and problem based, including both theoretical and practical sessions. Member $190 Non-member $240 Job Rep or SIG member $180
The importance of documenting nursing care within the aged care environment ALL
CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 6960
Friday 27 April 2018, 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter Margaret Lang This seminar highlights the importance of an understanding of the significance of accurate documentation in aged care. Identifying the when, why and what of documentation with regards to client care, funding and legal issues. The seminar will include a discussion on the ACFI and Aged Care Accreditation Standards and the principles of an effective handover. Member $190 Non-member $240 Job Rep or SIG member $180
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CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 6787
27 April 2018, 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Kate Potter
CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 6795
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This workshop will include a thorough examination of recording and interpreting ECGs and is suitable for registered nurses. The day includes an overview of cardiac anatomy and physiology, ECG recording and trace interpretation and defining common arrhythmias – cause, presentation and management. Member $190 Non-member $240 Job Rep or SIG member $180
MAY 2018 Delirium and depression in the older person EN
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CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 6829
environment. Whether you would like to; understand the underlying causes of conflict, how to negotiate good outcomes, or learn how to best manage common responses to conflict, and this seminar will equip you to engage in constructive relationship management. Member $190 Non-member $240 Job Rep or SIG member $180
Recognising & responding to clinical deterioration EN
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CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 6835
Wednesday 9 May 2018, 9am – 4.30pm Presenter Simon Plapp This new workshop explores the important aspects of early recognition and management of deterioration in patients in acute care. Important to NSQHS Standard 8 - Recognising and Responding to Acute Deterioration, this workshop provides an important perspective on patient assessment. Through case studies the course focuses on: •
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When delirium and/or depression are suspected in an older person, the symptoms are often compounded by dementia. Professional practice requires skilled observation, assessment and clinical decision-making. This workshop will empower nurses to identify symptoms that can be effectively treated.
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Member $190 Non-member $240 Job Rep or SIG member $180
Assessment skills in the acute setting
Wednesday 2 May 2018, 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Dr. Rosalie Hudson
Member $190 Non-member $240 Job Rep or SIG member $180 EN
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CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 6785
Effective communication for nurses ALL
CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 7083
Wednesday 2 May 2018, 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter Bonnie Miller This workshop is designed to support nurses to communicate in a clear, assertive and sensitive way in a multidisciplinary, multicultural and often tense environment where clients, patients and colleagues alike have diverse and varying needs. Member $190 Non-member $240 Job Rep or SIG member $180
Relationship management in the healthcare sector ALL
CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 7081
Monday 7 May 2018, 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter Bonnie Miller This new seminar examines opportunities for nurses to develop collaborative relationships by discussing and understanding relationship and conflict management in the healthcare
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Friday 11 May 2018, 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter Kate Potter This one day seminar updates knowledge and skills in patient assessment with an emphasis on the accurate, effective and timely assessment of patients in the acute setting. Member $190 Non-member $240 Job Rep or SIG member $180 RM Early recognition of clinical deterioration in pregnant and postpartum women and postpartum haemorrhage CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 7348
Thursday 10 May 2018, 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter Dr Wendy Pollock Part 1 – Early recognition of clinical deterioration in pregnant and postpartum women. Early recognition of clinical deterioration is increasingly recognised as a vital element of any health care and is included in Standard 8 of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards. This session will discuss what clinical deterioration means for maternity
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patients and outline what makes recognition of clinical deterioration more challenging in the care of pregnant women.
on a daily basis, so they can continue to care for others through clarity of mind, enjoyment in the moment and optimal energy.
Part 2 – What is new on postpartum haemorrhage? Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is a leading cause of intensive care admission for maternity patients and remains a cause of death in Victoria. This seminar will cover the current rates of PPH in Victoria, provide an overview of factors associated with major haemorrhage and discuss new management options.
Please note: Workshop includes take home materials offering a variety of guided techniques which boost essential energy, vitality, relaxation and ongoing Self-Care.
Member $190 Non-member $240 Job Rep or SIG member $180
Management of chronic/ persistent pain in older people RN
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CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 6830
Wednesday 16 May 2018, 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter Dr Rosalie Hudson Many older people needing nursing care suffer from one or more serious, chronic illnesses that are characterised by pain. How is this pain assessed and how are appropriate interventions identified, particularly for those with cognitive impairment? This seminar focuses on advanced skills development for nurses caring for older people who suffer from chronic/ persistent pain. Member $190 Non-member $240 Job Rep or SIG member $180
The principles of documentation in the current nursing environment RN
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CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 7322
Friday 18 May 2018, 9.30am – 2.30pm Presenter Allyson Backholer Designed to assist nurses to revisit the principles of documenting care and other activities in an objective and concise manner within the context of a diverse range of readers, this course covers the importance of transparency, clarity and positive patient/client/family and health care outcomes in an increasingly litigious health care environment. Member $190 Non-member $240 Job Rep or SIG member $180 ALL
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CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 6895
Monday 21 May 2018, 9.30pm – 4.30pm Presenter Jane Robotham A nourishing self-care workshop for nurses, midwives and carers focusing on reflection, relaxation and continued rejuvenation through the use of practical experiential techniques. This nourishing seminar equips participants with simple tools enabling them to care for themselves
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babies, and their assessment and management. Strategies for parent support and education will be discussed, as well as general skin care for babies and children. This course is suited to midwives, MCHNs, and RN’s and EN’s who work with children. Member $190 Non-member $240 Job Rep or SIG member $180 RN RM IV cannulation for registered nurses and midwives
CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 7079
CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 6790
Wednesday 23 May 2018, 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter Bonnie Miller
25 May 2018, 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter Kate Potter
Have you ever found yourself in a leadership role and felt ill-equipped? ANMF (Vic Branch) Education Centre offers a seminar designed to assist nurses and midwives to develop a nursing leadership framework. Fundamentals to leadership success, including leadership capabilities, leadership behaviours, leadership skills, and creating a leadership climate will be explored.
This seminar will focus on the process and procedure for inserting peripheral IV in the adult patient. It includes an overview of relevant anatomy, selection of insertion sites and cannula, insertion techniques, infection control, common problems and corrective action. Identification of appropriate equipment, specific cannulation techniques and participant practice will be conducted utilising manikin simulation.
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Member $190 Non-member $240 Job Rep or SIG member $180 (Please note: this is not an accredited course)
Ice/methamphetamine addiction seminar – nurse/midwife program EN
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CPD: 3 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 5608
23 May 2018, 1.30pm-4.30pm Presenter Sharon Patterson Location: ANMF (Vic Branch) 535 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne ANMF (Vic Branch) is pleased to partner with Turning Point to deliver this program focusing on Ice/methamphetamine use in Australia, the science of addiction and effects of methamphetamine on brain and behaviour, and ice use and mental health. These face to face seminars are designed to complement the standard Frontline Worker Ice Training Package released earlier this year. https:// nceta.androgogic.com.au/ This seminar is fully funded by the Andrews Government as part of the as an outcome of the Premier’s Ice Action Taskforce. EN RN Management of common skin conditions in babies CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 6901
24 May 2018, 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Leanne Boase Rashes in babies are often difficult to assess, and a cause of significant anxiety for patients, parents, and even health professionals. This one day course will provide an overview of common causes of acute and chronic rashes in
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Introduction to Alcohol & Other Drugs 4H CPD, MODULE COST: $80
Alcohol is a significant health problem in Australia. Statistics from the 2010 National Drug Strategy Household Survey (AIHW, 2011) show that compared to other drugs, alcohol use is more than 4 times that of tobacco use and almost 80 times greater than heroin use. Nurses, midwives and carers can learn more about caring for and supporting people who use alcohol. This module was written by the team at Turning Point Drug and Alcohol Centre and reviewed by a senior clinician team in a metropolitan drug and alcohol service.
Full members receive $400 annual CPD Portal credit. cpd.anmfvic.asn.au
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