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RECORD MAY 2018
Rallies for aged care ratio law and workplace rule changes pages 4, 6 – 7
Nurses, midwives and Ron Tandberg, we salute you
Australian Clinical Supervision Association conference
New standards for safety and quality in healthcare
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Know your entitlements
Inside this edition 2 3 4
Know your entitlements
Nursing and midwifery registration annual renewal
Secretary’s report
Alison O’Gorman, Information Officer
• Nurses, midwives and Tandberg, we salute you
• C hange the rules, ACTU says, and return to fairness
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• Reflecting on your practice as a nurse or midwife • Minister’s response to mental health service advocacy ‘disappointing’ •A NMF appeals decision on RDNS nurses’ pay
6–7 In focus: aged care
• Aged care ratios rally
• Government and employers not embracing ratios
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• Safety and quality standards • OHS courses
• Special Interest Groups
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• ANMF grants and awards
• J ob Rep training
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What do I need to do to renew my nursing or midwifery registration? Remember to renew before 31 May 2018. The fee for general registration is $155. This is tax deductible. There is a fee schedule available on the AHPRA website www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/Registrationand-Endorsement/Fees You are required to meet the registration standards, and as part of renewing registration you will be asked to sign off on, or disclose, information pertaining to the following: Continuing professional development (CPD): The requirement is that each nurse or midwife will participate in 20 hours annual CPD that is relevant to your practice. Please note, if you hold a nursing registration and a midwifery registration (dual registration) you are required to meet this standard for each portfolio/ registration you hold. Remember, one hour of active learning equals one hour of CPD. Those members who hold a ‘scheduled medicine endorsement’, or are endorsed as a nurse practitioner or midwife practitioner, must complete 10 hours of CPD related to their endorsement. Details on how to record your CPD are available at the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia website: www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au under ‘Registration Standards’. Criminal history: National Law requires the regulator (AHPRA) to consider if a health practitioner’s criminal history is relevant to the practice of their profession. Under the National Law, spent convictions legislation does not apply to criminal history disclosure requirements. This means that when making a declaration about criminal history, applicants and registered health practitioners must declare their entire criminal history, from Australia and any other country, including any spent convictions. For further details, including about the factors AHPRA considers when making a determination on criminal history, visit the criminal history section of the NMBA website, under ‘Registration Standards’. www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au Professional indemnity insurance (PII): You are required to confirm that you have the required professional indemnity insurance. Rest assured that most ANMF working memberships include PII that meets AHPRA requirements.* You can download your professional indemnity insurance certificate by logging in to the Member Portal of the ANMF (Vic Branch) website with your member number: members.anmfvic.asn.au
Recency of practice: You will be asked questions pertaining to your recent practice, as nurses and midwives must have undertaken sufficient practice to be able to demonstrate competence in their professions within the preceding five years. This standard applies to nurses and midwives seeking registration, endorsement of registration or renewal of registration. It does not apply to recent graduates from nursing or midwifery programs in Australia applying for registration for the first time, people holding student registration, nurses or midwives holding non-practising registration or applicants for non-practising registration. Those who hold dual registration are required to make separate recency of practice declarations for each registration held. Consider what evidence you are able to provide to meet the relevant competency and registration standards for each profession – there may be common elements of work and education applicable to nursing and midwifery that you can submit as evidence when applying or renewing for dual registration. For more information, see the ‘Recency of practice’ section of the NMBA’s ‘Registration Standards’ information at www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au I am a new nurse or midwife and received my first nursing or midwifery registration in January 2018. Do I have to renew? Yes, you need to renew by 31 May. Registration is renewed annually by 31 May regardless of how long you were registered during the previous 12 months. It is the national annual renewal date. If you are a graduate who registered within two months prior to the 31 May annual renewal date you are registered to practice until 31 May of the following year. You can check the national register if you are not sure when your registration is due for renewal. www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/ Registration-and-Endorsement/ Registration-Renewal * Cover does not extend to privately practising midwives in independent practice, associate members or student members who are not working, and academic members. Further, exclusions apply with respect to botox and cosmetic injectables; laser therapy; osteopathy, chiropractic and manipulative therapy; services rendered under the influence of intoxicants or drugs; and dishonest, fraudulent, criminal and/or malicious conduct. anmfvic.asn.au
Secretary’s report
Your ANMF Lisa Fitzpatrick State Secretary
Paul Gilbert
Assistant Secretary
Pip Carew
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Nurses, midwives and carers stand up for fairness Paul Gilbert, Acting State Secretary Celebrating nurses and midwives Fairfax cartoonist Ron Tandberg was loved by nurses and midwives, and by the ANMF. His witty, dry depictions of politicians and bureaucrats demanding nurses and midwives do more with less always hit the mark. The first of many Tandberg cartoons was commissioned by ANMF (Vic Branch) Secretary Lisa Fitzpatrick in 1999 in her role as a recruitment officer. It was around the time ANMF members were campaigning for the ratios they would achieve in a Fair Work Commission decision the following year. Lisa says Tandberg genuinely admired ANMF members for their courage and campaigns. Penalty rates, annual leave, safe staffing levels, ratios and one infamous rude gesture (made by the then Premier Ted Baillieu’s cousin Marshall Baillieu toward protesting nurses trying to save ratios in the 2011–12 EBA) were all summarised memorably in single illustrations. These cartoons have been part of our story for almost 20 years. Some of our favourites were included on the ANMF International Nurses Day and International Midwives Day poster sent to all Job Reps and HSRs to put up in your workplaces. We hope you enjoyed them. Rally for ratio law This month members are encouraged to rally for staffing ratios in private and not-forprofit nursing homes. A community rally is scheduled in Moonee Ponds on International Nurses Day, Saturday 12 May, to call on Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten to support making aged care ratios law. Our private and not-for-profit nursing homes are in crisis and chronically understaffed. Poor staffing denies residents dignity and hope, and can shorten life. More than 5000 Victorians live in public nursing homes and residential aged care wards. The Andrews Government has legislated nurse to resident ratios in these services. Each shift must have a mandated number of nurses to residents.
Cover image: 200 ANMF Job Reps and HSRs represented their colleages at the ‘Change The Rules’ mass delegates meeting on 17 April. Photography: Les O’Rourke. 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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That leaves almost 48,500 people living in Victoria’s private for-profit and not-for-profit nursing homes with no minimum staffing rules. It’s not unusual to have one nurse for 30, 40 or 90 residents or more. It’s not enough and leaves an impossible responsibility on carers. The residential aged care industry will receive $18.6 billion in taxpayer funding in 2017-18. Yet nursing home owners say they can’t afford more nurses and carers despite recording their first $1billion profit in 2015-16.
Countless inquiries and recommendations have resulted in inertia instead of action. To get ratios we must increase the pressure on those politicians who have the power to change the laws. Residents are unable to protest for change. They are our patients, our grandparents, our friends and our loved ones. We must speak up for them. Regardless of where you work, let’s start by rallying in Queens Park, Moonee Valley on International Nurses Day on Saturday 12 May, from 11.30am. Register via www.anmfvic.asn.au/ratiorally More details page 6. Change the rules campaign Seventy-year-olds serving behind the counter at fast food outlets, teachers needing second jobs to make ends meet and mattresses designed for people living in their cars. ACTU Secretary Sally McManus made these striking observations about the heartache of millions of American working poor in her speech last month to the National Press Club. She spoke about the tide of unfairness washing over Australians’ working lives and the solutions to stop Australia following down the American path. The ‘Change the Rules’ campaign is about the loss of fair wage growth and respect across society. It’s about people you may know who cannot secure a loan because they work in the hospitality industry, or drive for Uber or one of the many new food delivery companies, or who cannot get a permanent position. It’s also about nurses, midwives and carers. It’s about more secure work, permanent employment, fairer pay rises, the protection of penalty rates and safe staffing levels. An example of how the rules are broken for ANMF members is the Bolton Clarke district nurses, formerly RDNS, who are paid different rates and employed under different conditions for the same work. See page 5. Thank you to the 200 ANMF Job Reps and Health and Safety Reps who represented their colleagues at the ‘Change the Rules’ Mass Delegates Meeting on 17 April and endorsed the plan for 12 days of action in early May. Union members across the country will be hitting the streets to demand secure work and fair wage rises, not just for themselves, but for the next generation. All ANMF members, regardless of the sector you work in, are encouraged to attend the Change the Rules Rally from 10am, Wednesday 9 May at Trades Hall (corner Lygon Street and Victoria Street. Details page 4.
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Nurses, midwives and Tandberg, we salute you To all ANMF (Vic Branch) nurse and midwife members, we wish you a happy International Nurses Day (12 May) and Happy International Midwives Day (5 May). Our poster to mark these days pays tribute to the work of the late Fairfax cartoonist and Walkley Award winner, Ron Tandberg, who died of cancer in January. In his 45-year career, Tandberg produced many cartoons which championed the nursing profession and supported members of the ANMF (Vic Branch) in their enterprise agreement claims. By distilling the essence of our industrial relations campaigns in cartoons published in The Age, Tandberg amplified the voices of Victorian nurses and midwives against those who were always demanding we do more with less. In 2012 The Age photographer Justin McManus snapped Marshall Baillieu, cousin to then-Premier Ted Baillieu, ‘flipping the bird’ to protesting nurses who were trying to keep their ratios. Tandberg’s cartoon depicted a reporter asking Marshall Baillieu: ‘Are you reflecting your view of nurses, the family’s view,
the government’s view, or all of the above’? (see right). Whether the issue of the day was penalty rates, ratios or long service leave, Tandberg’s cartoons always recognised the value of nurses’ and midwives’ work to the Victorian community. On International Nurses Day, Saturday, 12 May, we are calling on all members to attend a community rally in support of staffing ratios in private aged care. Despite a 30 per cent increase in resident places Australia-wide and the higher acuity of aged care residents, there are fewer nurses in the sector. Between 2003 and 2016, the number of registered nurses in residential aged care decreased by more than 1700 nurses.
2012, Marshall Baillieu ‘flipping the bird’
The community rally will be held in Moonee Ponds, in Opposition Leader Bill Shorten’s electorate of Maribyrnong, and will be the official Victorian launch of the national ANMF aged care campaign. Details are: Community ratios rally and barbecue Queens Park, Moonee Ponds (near cnr Mt Alexander Rd and Kellaway Ave) International Nurses Day, Saturday 12 May 11.30am – 1pm, speakers from 12.15pm Register: anmfvic.asn.au/ratiosrally See more information on pages 6 and 7.
2007, Alan Stockdale, former Treasurer of Victoria, during enterprise bargaining
Change the rules, ACTU says, and return to fairness In a speech to the National Press Club ACTU Secretary Sally McManus has called for a return to ‘the promise of fairness for us all’ in Australia.
In Australia, in the year to December 2017, essential living costs rose much faster than the consumer price index – electricity rose 553 per cent faster, housing 79 per cent faster and health 111 per cent faster, than CPI.
‘The fair go is based on two things: having a job you can count on, and fair pay,’ she said.
Ms McManus said that in the past, wealth in Australia was more fairly shared because the union movement had insisted on rules that put fairness and equality first.
Ms McManus said for fairness to prevail the industrial relations laws need to change: too much power has been given over to employers and wages are flat-lining. She also called for the restoration of penalty rates for ‘some of the lowest paid workers in Australia’. Ms McManus said Australian workers were ruled by laws which had destroyed job security and left people struggling to pay the bills. Years of Coalition governments had ‘pushed us down a dangerous path – towards a different society – towards the heartache endured by the millions of working poor in the US ’. She said in the US people were being served fast food by 70-year-olds, school teachers were having to take on second jobs and mattresses designed to fit inside cars are being sold to the working poor.
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Union pressure had led to a living wage, equal pay for women, the 38 hour week, Medicare, universal superannuation and paid parental leave. Since the Global Financial Crisis, wealth and power have been concentrated in even fewer hands, and once- secure jobs had been converted into insecure work, driving down wages. Meanwhile company profits and CEO salaries are soaring. Ms McManus said the ACTU was not seeking to abolish casual employment or the choice to work as a casual employee but wanted casual work to be properly defined and for casuals to be able to convert to permanent employment if they wanted to. She said many Australians were concerned about insecure work – either because they
ACTU Secretary, Sally McManus were worried about their future employment or casualisation had affected someone in their household. ‘I think parents and grandparents worry about their children being in insecure employment,’ she said. ‘Our rules must change so working people have the tools that work so we can negotiate our fair share,’ she said. It’s time to #Changetherules. After a mass meeting of union Reps on 17 April to form a plan of action, all union members are urged to attend the Change the Rules Rally at Victorian Trades Hall, Wednesday, 9 May, 10am-1pm. Register your attendance: weareunion.org.au/change_the_rules_rally
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Reflecting on your practice as a nurse or midwife If clinical supervision is part of your role, or you are simply interested in how clinical supervision can support nurses or midwives in their practice, the Australian Clinical Supervision Association conference 22–24 May could be for you. Clinical supervision is an essential element of contemporary practice for all professionals who work with people, whether they are in health, education, policing, or clergy. It involves professionals formally meeting to reflect and review clinical situations with the aim of supporting the clinician in their professional environment.
safe and reflective space to engage with the nurse’s reflective processes.’ The conference will be held at ANMF (Vic Branch), 535 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, and will include presentations on: • Victoria’s clinical supervision framework and looking after the mental health nursing workforce • supervision online • facilitated reflective practice groups for nurses • team supervision after a traumatic event • c linical supervision as a pathway to enhancing novice nurse development.
Conference presenter Dr Finbar Hopkins, from University of Melbourne’s Centre for Psychiatric Nursing said about clinical supervision:
‘Unscrambling what’s in your head: a mixed method evaluation of clinical supervision for midwives’, will be presented by Dr Jennifer Fenwick, Professor of Midwifery at Griffith University and Clinical Chair at Coast University, and Clinical Midwifery Specialist Bev Love.
‘Contemporary mental health nursing practice is complex and fast paced and it leaves little time for reflection on the impact of clinical practice on the self or on our interaction with others.
‘Mandatory clinical supervision for nurses – fantasy or reality?’ will be presented by Shirley Hamilton, a clinical nurse consultant at Sydney Local Health District Mental Health Service.
‘Nurses are encouraged to be reflective and clinical supervision is frequently seen as a
Psychiatric consultation liaison nurse at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Joy Forster,
Minister’s response to advocacy ‘disappointing’ ANMF (Vic Branch) is disappointed by Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt’s response to advocacy to save a vital mental health nursing service. The lives and health of thousands of Victorian clients who use the services of mental health nurses previously funded under the Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program are at risk when new funding arrangements take effect from 1 July, the ANMF warned the Minister. The mental health nurses have been supporting people with severe and persistent mental illness to remain well and living in the community. From July, funding to Primary Health Networks for the program will no longer be quarantined and will move to a ‘fully flexible’ pool. The Minister was unmoved by the ANMF’s efforts to persuade him to reverse the decision, which has already seen two Primary Health Networks, Western Victoria and Murray, advising specialist mental health nurses they will not have jobs from July. At the time of print announcements were pending for another two Primary Health Networks. ANMF (Vic Branch) Assistant Secretary Pip Carew said that despite the Minister’s anmfvic.asn.au
assurance that he understood the importance of mental health nurses in providing holistic physical and mental health services, he had defended the move to a new service model of funding, on the grounds that it would improve the equity of service provision. The Minister said that as the new models of service were embedded throughout 2018, mental health nurses employed under the Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program would ‘continue to require change management support’. Ms Carew said the existing service model had been evaluated and was proven to be effective. She said the move to a new service delivery model would mean relationships between nurses and vulnerable clients that had taken years to establish would be fractured and mental health nurses were losing their jobs. ‘ANMF is disappointed by the Minister’s response,’ Ms Carew said. ‘Mental health nurses are having to tell their clients they can no longer work with them. ‘The dismantling of the Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program is showing disregard for the community using these services.’
Cath Roper from the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Psychiatric Nursing will deliver a keynote address will speak on mindfulness and reflective practice as a mechanism of support for the nurse-patient relationship. Cath Roper from the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Psychiatric Nursing and Wanda Bennetts will deliver a keynote address on the mental health consumer perspective of supervision. Pre-conference workshops on Tuesday 22 May will offer opportunities for learning practical skills. For more information and to register for the conference, visit acsaconference2017.org.au
ANMF appeals decision on RDNS nurses’ pay ANMF (Vic Branch) will appeal a Fair Work Commission decision which leaves RDNS (now Bolton Clarke) nurses working under different agreements. Nurses employed since RDNS became Bolton Clarke have been employed on a different enterprise agreement, which was negotiated interstate for a different industry, with inferior pay and conditions. ANMF (Vic Branch) applied to the Fair Work Commission seeking to protect the new employees’ terms and conditions, by requiring Bolton Clarke to apply the existing RDNS agreement to new nurses. The commission’s Deputy President Hamilton refused to extend the RDNS agreement to new employees. The ANMF’s appeal of the decision is scheduled for Wednesday 16 May. In 2016 RDNS nurses campaigned for two months to pressure management for a better enterprise agreement offer. They secured a two-year agreement with wage increases, of 2.25 per cent and 2.75 per cent, over the two years and no loss of conditions. The campaign included a stop-work rally at the organisation’s St Kilda headquarters, addressed by ANMF (Vic Branch) Secretary Lisa Fitzpatrick, former ACTU Secretary Dave Oliver and former ACTU President Ged Kearney.
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In focus: aged care Rally to call on Bill Shorten to support making ratios law ANMF is stepping up pressure on Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, who has described aged care as a ‘sleeper issue in this country’, to support making ratios law in private and not-for-profit nursing homes. A community rally in Moonee Ponds, the heart of Mr Shorten’s electorate of Maribyrnong, will be held on International Nurses Day, Saturday 12 May. The rally, which will be the official Victorian launch of the national ANMF aged care campaign, will call on the Opposition Leader to commit to legislate ratios if he wins the next election. Rally speakers will include former federal ANMF Secretary and the new federal Labor Member for Batman, Ged Kearney, who has campaigned strongly for ratios, and Victorian Senator Derryn Hinch who last year proposed amendments to the Aged Care Act to introduce ratios. There are 48,500 Victorians living in private and not-for-profit nursing homes which have no safe minimum staffing rules. Another 5200 residents live in Victoria’s public nursing homes staffed according to the Andrews Government nurse to resident ratio legislation. ANMF (Vic Branch) Acting Secretary Paul Gilbert said ‘The workplace and aged care laws, the aged care accreditation, the audit and the complaints systems, and the inquiries have all failed residents living in private and not-for-profit nursing homes. ‘Pressure is mounting on politicians to listen to residents and their families, nurses and carers who are saying understaffing is having the most serious of consequences. ‘Residents are missing care, losing hope and dignity, and facing the risk of premature death,’ Mr Gilbert said. WHO RUNS NURSING HOMES? Report on Government Services 2018 (Aged Care Services), Productivity Commission
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Last month ANMF took the ‘Ratios for aged care. Make them law. Now’ campaign to federal politicians, with mobile billboards travelling around Canberra and television commercials broadcast on the Sky News channel popular with MPs. Now it is vital ANMF members and campaign supporters attend this month’s rally to demonstrate aged care is one of the top issues of concern to voters. The decline in the number of nurses in private and not-for-profit nursing homes is revealed in the Australian Government’s ‘The Aged Care Workforce, 2016’ report. In 2003 there were 151,181 residential aged care places in Australia, increasing to 197,046 in 2016. Despite almost 46,000 more residents to care for, registered nurses dropped from 16,265 in 2003 to 14,564 in 2016. RNs were 14.6 per cent of the direct care workforce in 2016, down from 21 per cent in 2003. Over the past 13 years enrolled nurse numbers declined from 10,945 to 9,126 or 9.3 per cent of the workforce. The proportion of personal care workers has increased from 56.5 per cent of the direct care workforce in 2003 to 71.5 per cent in 2016 or 69,983 EFT. ‘Nursing home owners, who recently recorded their first $1 billion profit, are replacing registered and enrolled nurses with personal care workers, putting carers in an impossible position,’ Mr Gilbert said. ‘Residents have increasingly complex clinical nursing needs in a system that is not required to have nurses. This is our national shame and why all nurses and carers are demanding ratios.’ Find out more at www.MoreStaffForAgedCare.com.au
Life-size cardboard cutouts of registered nurse Cherise with a message calling on Opposition Leader Bill Shorten to support ratio law are appearing in his electorate of Maribyrnong. Cherise provides a nurse’s perspective in the national aged care campaign advertisement.
Community ratios rally and barbecue Queens Park, Moonee Ponds (near cnr Mt Alexander Rd and Kellaway Ave) International Nurses Day, Saturday 12 May 11.30am – 1pm, speakers from 12.15pm Register: anmfvic.asn.au/ratiosrally
AGED CARE AND STAFFING IN VICTORIA In Victoria nursing ratios in public aged care are mandated under the Safe Patient Care Act 2015, with current ratios at one nurse to seven residents, plus one nurse in charge, on an AM shift, one to eight (plus one nurse in charge) on a PM shift and one to 15 at night.
However in Victoria, only 10.3 per cent of aged care services are government run, with many of these in regional and rural areas. In Victoria 53 per cent of aged care is privately run and 36.4 per cent is run by not for profits, with no mandated staffing to resident ratios.
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Government and employers not embracing staffing ratios Five reports published about Australia’s aged care sector in 2017 reveal a lack of will on the part of the Turnbull Government and employers to implement legislated staffing ratios for all nursing homes. A Senate inquiry report released last year into the aged care sector workforce recommended the government examine a minimum nursing requirement in aged care facilities. Discussions on staffing continue with the Federal Government’s industry-led Aged Care Workforce Taskforce. Here’s a snapshot of what the five reports said about ratios, staffing and skill mix: ‘Elder abuse – a national response’, May 2017 This Australian Law Reform Commission report recommended the Commonwealth Department of Health should hold an independent evaluation of research on optimal staffing models and levels in aged care. The results of the evaluation should be made public and used to assess the adequacy of residential aged care staffing against the legislative standards. ‘Future of Australia’s aged care sector workforce’, June 2017 This Senate inquiry’s 19 recommendations included that the government examine the introduction of a minimum nursing requirement in aged care facilities, recognising the increasing number of residents with complex needs. It also recommended the government consider requiring aged care providers to publish and update their staff-to-client ratios to help inform consumers’ decision-making. It is concerning that of the 309 submissions made to the inquiry, 178 were confidential or the name was withheld.
The private ownership of nursing home places in Victoria is also increasing, along with the number of aged care residents, and their level of care needs. More than half (52 per cent) of people living in permanent residential aged care in 2016 had dementia and nearly half have depression.
In response Federal Aged Care Minister Ken Wyatt announced the industry-led the Aged Care Workforce Taskforce in November 2017. ANMF has previously noted the absence of any frontline nurses or personal care workers on the taskforce. At the time of print an invitation-only summit was scheduled for 30 April. ‘Fifth report on funding and financing of the aged care sector’, July 2017 This detailed report by the Aged Care Financing Authority provides a financial snapshot of the aged care sector in 2015-16. That year the sector received $16.2 billion in taxpayer funding, of which $11.4 billion went to residential aged care providers, and providers reported their first profit over $1 billion. The report notes interviews conducted with direct care workers highlighted staffing challenges. ‘This was raised in the context of insufficient overall staffing numbers and reported replacement of RNs with lesser qualified staff, leading to concerns about the possible compromise of care across some organisations.’ ‘Legislative Review of Aged Care’, July 2017 Federal Aged Care Minister Ken Wyatt commissioned this review of the Gillard government’s ‘Living Longer Living Better’ aged care reforms introduced in 2013. The author, David Tune, a former secretary of finance, said that employers opposed mandated staffing requirements and argued there was a lack of evidence linking ratios to improved patient care.
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He found that the complaints and accreditation schemes supported the sector to maintain quality care. Mr Tune concluded ‘providers and individual residential homes are responsible for determining the type of staff they require to ensure consumers receive quality care. In my view, this is appropriate, and ensuring the right staffing mix to deliver quality in residential care homes is not best achieved through mandated staffing ratios.’ The report also notes ‘wages in the sector have been, and remain relatively low’ and that the $1.2 billion secured by unions in 2013 to improve wages, known as the ‘Workforce Compact’, was instead given directly to aged care providers by the Abbott Government. Review of National Aged Care Quality Regulatory Processes, October 2017 Federal Aged Care Minister Ken Wyatt commissioned this response to the complaints and accreditation systems’ inability to detect the tragic care failures at South Australia’s Oakden Older Persons Mental Health Service, which was shut down after allegations of patient mistreatment. None of the 10 recommendations, which focus on strengthening the fragmented regulatory system, mention staffing levels or skill mix. What you can do ANMF members are encouraged to attend the 12 May community rally for ratios, and write to/call your local federal MP and ask them to support legislated staffing ratios in private and not-for-profit aged care.
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Pictured from left to right: Adjunct Professor Debora Picone, AM, presents at the NSQHS symposium on a panel with Marghie Murgo, Michelle Morrow, Anna Love, Ann Maree Keenan, ANMF (Vic Branch) Secretary Lisa Fitzpatrick and Dr Lucy Cuddihy.
Setting the standard for safe hospital care Nurses are responsible for about 70 per cent of the national safety standards that protect patients from harm and improve healthcare quality, the CEO of the Australian Commission on Safety & Quality in Healthcare said. At a symposium on the second edition of the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, Adjunct Professor Debora Picone, said the public’s trust in nurses meant their leadership role was significant in ensuring the safety and quality of healthcare. The event, hosted at ANMF (Vic Branch), was run in partnership between the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC), the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (Victorian Branch) (ANMFVB), Safer Care Victoria (SCV) and the Victorian Metro Public Health Nursing Midwifery Executive Group. ‘What you think about issues like patient safety and outcomes and quality of healthcare really count… in the community’s mind,’ Ms Picone told approximately 420 senior nurses and midwives attending the 22 March symposium. Ms Picone said Australia’s health system had a strong track record, regularly rating in the top five healthcare systems globally, with notable outcomes in the treatment of cardiovascular disease and cancer. The introduction of the first edition of the standards in 2012 had been effective in improving healthcare safety and quality, particularly in reducing hospital-acquired infection rates and in-hospital cardiac arrests. However, hospital-acquired infections remained a serious issue, impacting seven out of 10 patients admitted to hospital. ‘I wish I could tell you there were some 8
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antibiotics around the corner, (that) this problem’s about to be solved… but in some areas in Australia, this problem is getting worse,’ Ms Picone said. Simple, low-cost measures such as hand hygiene compliance could reduce the incidence of hospital-acquired infections by more than 50 per cent, she said. Ms Picone said 12-16 per cent of hospital spending was associated with adverse events and every year approximately 1780 people die in Australian public hospitals as a result of an adverse event, with about 6810 people suffering significant harm. The most common adverse events were infections, medication complications, delirium and cardiac complications. Australia also had a high incidence of third and fourth degree vaginal tears in childbirth. The commission had released a new list of ‘sentinel events’ – events that should never happen in health facilities, including surgery on the wrong patient, medication resulting in serious harm or death, and the suicide of a patient in an acute psychiatric ward. As well as simplifying the standards and reducing the number from 10 to eight, information had been provided to health facilities about the overall incidence of adverse events so they could benchmark against other hospitals and improve. The commission would now review the hospital accreditation scheme, Ms Picone said.
The eight safety and quality standards There are eight National Safety & Quality in Healthcare Standards in the second edition, incorporating 148 actions, in these areas: 1. Clinical governance 2. Partnering with consumers 3. P reventing and controlling healthcare-associated infection 4. Medication safety 5. Comprehensive care 6. Communicating for safety 7. Blood management 8. R ecognising and responding to clinical deterioration
National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards Second edition
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare has produced fact sheets on implementing each of the standards, as well as an overview of clinical governance for nurses and midwives.
At the time of going to print, the commission was about to release an online monitoring tool and was developing a webinar, due for release in May. Resources are available at www.safetyandquality.gov.au
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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
HSR Initial OHS Training Course (WorkSafe Victoria approved)
HSR Refresher OHS Training Course (WorkSafe Victoria approved)
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
25 July 2018 in Melbourne Cost: $250 (payable by employer) Register: goo.gl/41gw35
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.
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.
Special Interest Groups
Visit anmfvic.asn.au/interest-groups for Special Interest Group information.
Advance Care Planning
Medical Imaging Nurses Association
Inq: Anne Marie Fabri (ACP SIG Secretary) annemarie.fabri@nh.org.au 9495 3235
Inq: Deborah Shears deborah.shears@i-med.com.au
ANZANAC HIV Nursing
Orthopaedic Nurses Association
Inq: Milena Pinamonti 0466 280 445 anzanac.vic@gmail.com
CoNSA Vic/Tas
The Scope and Spectrum of Incontinence 7th Annual State Conference 17 –18 May 2018, 1pm – 5pm RACV Goldfields, Creswick Inq: consavt@gmail.com
Day Surgery Inq: Chris Guidotti chris_guidotti@y7mail.com
Diabetes Nurse Educators
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
Inq: Catherine Wallace-Wilkinson 0411 557 631 positivehealth@bigpond.com
Pre-Admission Nurses Association
Immunisation Nurses
Safe Patient Handling
Inq: INSIG administration membership@immunisationnursesvic.org.au
Injured Nurses Support Group Inq: Annie Rutter 1300 760 602
Inq: Kate Hussey k.hussey@healthscope.com.au Members Forum Friday 18 May, 10am – 2pm Classroom 2.2, ANMF (Vic Branch) 535 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne Inq: Stephen Morley smorley@bendigohealth.org.au
Victorian Association of Maternal and Child Health Nurses 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 27 June, 10am – 12.30pm Classroom M2, ANMF (Vic Branch) 535 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne Inq: Ingrid Ridler IRidler@mercy.com.au
Victorian Rehabilitation and Subacute Service Nurses Victorian School Nurses Inq: Gina Harrex 0401 717 352
Victorian Urological Nurses Society Inq: thea@neu.net.au
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Training ANMF (Vic Branch) grants and awards can help your career Every year, the ANMF (Vic Branch) offers grants and awards to our members to help them further their careers with education and to honour their achievements. Nominations for the ANMF (Vic Branch) HSR of the Year Award and Hannah Sellers Job Rep of the Year Award are open until Friday 25 May. If a Job Rep or HSR at your workplace deserves recognition for their outstanding achievement and commitment to the ANMF, please contact your ANMF organiser on 9275 9333. The winning Job Rep and HSR will be announced at the 2018 Delegates Conference.
an education course or research project. Applications close on Friday 24 August. The ANMF (Vic Branch) Humanitarian Grant was established to assist overseas nurses who enter Australia as refugees to gain their registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. The $4000 annual grant will be allocated to applicants who have a nursing qualification, have received or are in the process of obtaining Australian refugee status, undertake a pre-registration or supervised practice program to gain registration with the NMBA, and provide confirmation of their acceptance in education programs and associated costs.
The Vi Elliott Occupational Health Nurses Trust makes up to $3000 available annually for professional development for Victorian nurses involved in, or moving into, the field of occupational health nursing or occupational health and safety.
Each year the ANMF (Vic Branch) offers education grants to members living in metropolitan Melbourne and regional areas of Victoria. The total available under each grant (Melbourne and regional Victoria) is $7500, with most successful candidates receiving between $100 and $500. Applications close on Friday 27 July.
The grant is available to attend conferences, seminars or workshops, or to undertake
The ANMF (Vic Branch) $5000 Annual Higher Education and Research Grant is available
for Masters and PhD students for research proposals of clinical nursing significance, which will be completed within two years of the application closing date and have already been approved. Applications close on Friday 21 September. The Elizabeth Hulme Grant is available to a Special Interest Group or member undertaking clinical nursing research or higher education study. Applications for this grant close on Friday 21 September. ANMF members who have been a member of the Victorian Branch for at least 12 months are eligible to apply for financial assistance at any time of year to attend a Victorian, interstate or international conference. Contact Vanessa Standfield on 9275 9333 or records@anmfvic.asn.au for further information. For all grants relating to education or professional development, contact ANMF (Vic Branch) Professional Officer Lynne West for details, or download an application form from the ‘Grants, awards and prizes’ section of our website: goo.gl/hh2BBM
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. 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. Metro and regional Job Rep Foundations dates until July 2018 are:
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. Job Reps need to register for the program dates and locations associated with their Organiser as follows: Keeping it Organised dates until July 2018 are: 2 – 3 May Julie Wearing-Smith (Shepparton) 2 - 3 May
Carol Pontil and Lyndal Alston (Metro)
1 May – Shepparton
30 - 31 May Loretta Marchesi (Bendigo)
9 May – Metro
18 – 19 July
29 May – Bendigo
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
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Forbeallmore 2018 scheduled training dates you can involved with your union at the workplace, or an experienced Job Rep looking for a refresher, check the website here: we have a program to meet your needs. anmfvic.asn.au/jobreptrainingdates Our Job Rep training is fee free and is designed to provide you with important and useful information, skills and knowledge to help youcarry canoutdownload the brochure you your role confidently.
Or with all 2018 dates here: jrt@anmfvic.asn.au 03 9275 9333 anmfvic.asn.au/JobRepTrainingBrochure
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Education calendar MAY 2018 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 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 EN RN Recognising & responding to clinical deterioration 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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Member $190 Non-member $240 Job Rep or SIG member $180 EN RN Assessment skills in the acute setting CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 6785
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
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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 patients and outline what makes recognition of clinical deterioration more challenging in the care of pregnant women. 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. Member $190 Non-member $240 Job Rep or SIG member $180
Management of chronic/ persistent pain in older people EN
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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 EN RN The principles of documentation in the current nursing environment 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.
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Nursing the balance
CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 6895
Monday 21 May 2018, 9.30am – 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 on a daily basis, so they can continue to care for others through clarity of mind, enjoyment in the moment and optimal energy. 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 ALL
Leading and managing others
CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 7079
Wednesday 23 May 2018, 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter Bonnie Miller 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. Member $190 Non-member $240 Job Rep/SIG member $180
Management of common skin conditions in babies EN
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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 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
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IV cannulation for registered nurses and midwives RN RM
CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 6790
Friday 25 May 2018, 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter Kate Potter 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 mannequin simulation. Member $190 Non-member $240 Job Rep or SIG member $180 (Please note: this is not an accredited course)
Nursing for the environment – INTENSIVE ALL
CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 7054
Thursday 31 May 2018, 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenters Ros Morgan and Monika Page Did you attend the Health and Environmental Sustainability Conference and want to delve deeper? Are you a health professional who wants to know more about how you can make your workplace practices more sustainable? Then the ANMF (Vic Branch) Nursing for the EnvironmentINTENSIVE is for you. This seminar is a crash course in sustainable healthcare that gives you the knowledge and confidence to respond to the issues and to your colleagues, both positively and effectively. If you are asking the following questions and want to know: •
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How can I avoid reinventing the wheel and learn from peers AND access a panel of experts?
Then this is the course for you. Bring your questions, your ideas, your stories of successes and failures, your frustrations and your hopes. Why not bring some colleagues and develop a powerful collective action plan? Places are limited to facilitate maximum engagement so don’t miss out. Member $100 Non-member $300 EN
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CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 6959
Friday 1 June 2018, 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter Margaret Lang 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. Member $190 Non-member $240 Job Rep or SIG member $180
“But they never told me I had hepatitis!” – the important role of primary care nurses in preventing hepatitis C and hepatitis B related liver cancer. ALL
This seminar is fully funded by the Andrews Government as an outcome of the Premier’s Ice Action Taskforce.
Two-day paediatric advanced life support program RN
CPD: 12 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 6859
Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 June 2018, 9am – 5pm Presenter ACCCN accredited trainers This practical and theoretical program provides healthcare professionals training in paediatric basic and advanced life support in a clinical setting. The program content runs over two days with certification for both BLS and ALS on the second day. Based on the latest 2010 Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines, the program incorporates theoretical lectures, clinical skill stations and scenarios. Registration includes a program manual and e-learning material. Program includes: •
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Tuesday 29 May 2018, 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter Gabrielle Bennett
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Liver cancer is the fastest growing cause of cancer death in Australia. This is largely due to untreated viral hepatitis (hepatitis B and hepatitis C). Primary health care nurses have excellent chronic disease management skills that can be utilised to support people living with viral hepatitis to manage their condition and prevent liver cancer. Newly available treatments for hepatitis C are curative, more effective, taken for shorter duration and have fewer unwanted effects. For the first time we can see an end to hepatitis C. Without access to care, up to 25% of people living with hepatitis B will develop advanced liver disease and/or liver cancer. Almost half of the people living with hepatitis B have not been diagnosed and are unaware of their condition.
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CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 7321
Member $200 Non-member $280 Job Rep or SIG member $190
Ice/methamphetamine addiction seminar – nurse/midwife program EN
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CPD: 3 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 5609
Wednesday 6 June 2018, 9.30am – 12.30pm Presenter Sharon Patterson Location: ANMF (Vic Branch) ANMF (Vic Branch) has partnered 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/
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The program is most suitable for those with little or no experience or knowledge of paediatric ALS or those wanting a comprehensive update. It is also suitable for experienced Adult ALS trained healthcare professionals requiring paediatric ALS Certification. A total of 16 CPD hours are assigned to this program (based on 12 hours program contact and four hours self-directed learning). ANMF/ACCCN member $390 Non-member $500 EN RN RM Ice/methamphetamine addiction seminar – nurse/midwife program CPD: 3 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 5610
Tuesday 26 June 2018, 9.30am – 12.30pm Presenter Sharon Patterson Location: ANMF (Vic Branch) ANMF (Vic Branch) has partnered 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.
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The oourse will include an overview of:
This seminar is fully funded by the Andrews Government as an outcome of the Premier’s Ice Action Taskforce.
JULY 2018 EN RN RM Wodonga ice/ methamphetamine addiction seminar – nurse/midwife program CPD: 3 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 6953
Monday 9 July 2018, 9.30am – 12.30pm CPD: 3 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 6954
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Practice scenarios in team roles
A total of 10 CPD hours has been assigned to this program (including six hours program content and four hours self-directed learning). Please note: Attendees can test their knowledge by completing the electronic pre-test prior to the day. The pre-test and the Paediatric PDF ALS interactive program manual are emailed approximately one month prior to course commencement.
Monday 9 July 2018, 1.30pm – 4.30pm
Member $250 Non-member $350
Presenter Sharon Patterson Location: Albury Wodonga Health Wodonga Campus, Vermont Street Wodonga VIC 3690
Adult ALS certification: 2-day program
ANMF (Vic Branch) has partnered 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 an outcome of the Premier’s Ice Action Taskforce.
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Wednesday 18 and 25 July 2018, 9am – 5pm Presenter ACCCN accredited trainers ANMF (Vic Branch) Education Centre in partnership with the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses delivers the ACCCN accredited advanced life support course. This course is most suitable for those with little or no experience/knowledge of ALS or those wanting a comprehensive update. Prior reading is expected. This two-day program is for healthcare professionals who are required to provide adult basic and advanced life support in a clinical setting. The program incorporates theoretical lectures, clinical skill stations and scenarios.
Friday 20 July 2018, 9.30am – 12.30pm
Location: ANMF (Vic Branch) ANMF (Vic Branch) has partnered 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 an outcome of the Premier’s Ice Action Taskforce.
AUGUST 2018 EN RN RM Ice/methamphetamine addiction seminar – nurse/midwife program CPD: 3 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 7838
Thursday 2 August 2018, 9.30am – 12.30pm Presenter Sharon Patterson Location: ANMF (Vic Branch) 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.
CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 6862
A total of 16 CPD hours are assigned to this program (based on 12 hours program contact and four hours self-directed learning).
Monday 16 July 2018, 9am – 5pm Presenter ACCCN accredited trainers
ANMF/ACCCN member $400 Non-member $500
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/
Medication administration – principles and practice revisited
This seminar is fully funded by the Andrews Government as an outcome of the Premier’s Ice Action Taskforce.
ACCCN recommends annual recertification in advanced life support, and offers a one-day theoretical and practical paediatric advanced life support recertification program for healthcare professionals who have previously completed a formal paediatric ALS course. Based on the latest Australian Resuscitation Council Statements on Basic and Advanced Life Support; ANZCOR 2016 guidelines, the morning is a review of paediatric ALS content with the opportunity to apply those concepts in practice scenarios. The theoretical and practical assessment for recertification will follow in the afternoon. Registration includes a program manual and e-learning material.
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CPD: 12 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 6891
Wednesday 18 and 25 July 2018, 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter Sue Pleunik This two-day workshop is designed to update the register nurse skills in medication administration. Topics covered include administration via all five routes, drug calculations and managing IV pumps, syringe drivers and PCA systems. Member $400 Non-member $550 Job Rep or SIG member $380
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Law & ethics for registered and enrolled nurses EN
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CPD: 12 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 6883
Tuesday 14 and 21 August 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.
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Hamilton ice/ methamphetamine addiction seminar – nurse/midwife program EN
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CPD: 3 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 7849
Tuesday 21 August 2018, 9.30am – 12.30pm CPD: 3 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 7850
Tuesday 21 August 2018, 1.30pm – 4.30pm
Adult advanced life support: 1 day recertification RN
CPD: 10 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 6855
Wednesday 15 August 2018, 9am – 5pm Presented by Australian College of Critical Care Nurses certified ALS trainers This one day recertification is suitable for those working in a critical care environment and/or who have previously attended an ALS course and require an annual update. ACCCN recommends annual recertification in ALS and offers this one-day theoretical and practical adult ALS recertification program for healthcare professionals. The content covered is the same as the two-day course but at a faster pace, so prior knowledge of ALS is required. The morning is a review of ALS content with the opportunity to apply those concepts in practice scenarios. The theoretical and scenario training for recertification will follow in the afternoon. Member $250 Non-member $350
Presenter Sharon Patterson Location: Hamilton Base Hospital 20 Foster Street, Hamilton VIC 3300 ANMF (Vic Branch) has partnered 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 an outcome of the Premier’s Ice Action Taskforce. EN RN Venipuncture, conducting a 12 lead ECG & contemporary pathology collection
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
CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 6796
IV cannulation for registered nurses and midwives RN RM
CPD: 6 HOURS, COURSE CODE: 6791
Friday 17 August 2018 2018, 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter Kate Potter 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.
Friday 24 August 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 $200 Non-member $280 Job Rep or SIG member $190
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COMMUNITY RALLY FOR RATIOS Queens Park, Moonee Ponds (near cnr Mt Alexander Rd and Kellaway Ave) International Nurses Day Saturday 12 May 2018 11.30am – 1pm, includes BBQ lunch and speakers from 12.15pm Private for-profit and not-for-profit nursing homes are chronically understaffed. Poor staffing robs residents of dignity and hope, and can shorten their lives. The Andrews Government’s legislated nurse/resident ratios in Victoria’s public nursing homes require one nurse for seven residents on morning shift. Private or not-for-profit nursing homes can have one nurse for 30, 40 or 90 residents because there are no staffing rules. The taxpayer-funded residential aged care industry made a $1 billion profit in 2015-16. These are our patients, our grandparents, our friends and our loved ones. We must speak up.
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