ON THE
RECORD JULY 2016
What to expect as a nurse or midwife: Student Study Day page 9
Mental health members step up industrial action
Australian Nurses & Midwives Conference preview
Violence in Healthcare Taskforce report released
page 4
page 4
page 8
www.anmfvic.asn.au
540 Elizabeth Street Melbourne Vic 3000
Know your entitlements
Secretary’s report
Inside this edition
2 Know your entitlements 3 Secretary’s report 4 • Mental health EBA update • Australian Nurses & Midwives Conference preview
5 • A ged care members get support as facilities announce closure
• Private sector EBA update
Worked it? Claim it ANMF (Vic Branch) along with our members and Job Representatives have fought long and hard for a variety of entitlements. Some of these entitlements may not be automatically paid to you and must be claimed or applied for. We don’t want members missing out on their entitlements.
Long service leave
Qualifications allowance – evidence required
Maternity/adoption leave including: • request to vary period of leave • transfer to safe job • special maternity leave
8 •Violence in Healthcare Taskforce report released
• Health cuts campaign • RDNS EBA update
9 • S tudent Study Day • Warrnambool campus closure
10 • Job Rep training • OHS courses
11 • W orking Hour Shifts and Fatigue conference
• SIGs • Congratulations message
12 • E ducation calendar
Telephone allowance
Paternity leave (non-primary carer)
Travel allowance
Annual leave
Overtime inclusive of the following: • Meal allowance/s • Childcare reimbursement
Professional development, conference/seminar leave
Higher duties
Study leave – applications need to be relevant to your area of work
Change of roster allowance
Exam leave
On call – Recall inclusive of the following: • Recall to duty • Recall telephone allowance • Meal allowance • Not receiving four clear days off per fortnight
Classification advancement (EN Level 3) or Clinical nurse specialist
Vehicle allowance
Leave to attend trade union courses, seminar (Job Representatives and HSRs)
Paul Gilbert,
Assistant Secretary
Pip Carew,
Assistant Secretary
How do I make a claim or application? The process and requirements for making these claims or applications can differ between workplaces. It is important that you understand the process before applying and claiming, so that your claim or application can be processed in a timely and smooth manner. The ANMF encourages members to put their claims and applications in writing to their manager. It is very important that members keep a copy of these, and that you seek a written response to your application or claim from your employer. If the claim is denied, your manager’s written response should provide the employer’s position or reason for refusal. If you claim is refused we strongly encourage members to contact ANMF (Vic Branch) for further advice, assistance and representation as required on 9275 9333 or regionally 1800 133 353.
ANMF (Vic Branch)
Website: anmfvic.asn.au Facebook: facebook.com/RespectOurWork Twitter: @ANMFvicbranch Email: records@anmfvic.asn.au
2
July 2016
ANMF (Vic Branch) submits gender equality report In accordance with the requirements of the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 ANMF (Vic Branch) has lodged its annual public report with the Workplace Gender Equality Agency. The ANMF (Vic Branch) 2015–16 Public Report on gender equality within our organization can be viewed at our website anmfvic.asn.au The Act provides for you to comment on the report either to us by emailing ANMF (Vic Branch) HR Manager Jo Walker (jwalker@anmfvic.asn.au) or to the agency. Please refer to the agency’s guidelines on this process on their website www.wgea.gov.au There is no time limit by which you must make comments.
www.anmfvic.asn.au
ANMF is very pleased with the report and its recommendations. The recommendations address the grassroots changes needed to make a systemic and cultural change from the executive level to the ward level that will transform the approach to violence, the acceptance of violence and the action to prevent violence. The recommendations are consistent with our 10-point-plan which the government committed to prior to the election and address the underlying causes of the violence which are system failures that allow the violence to occur and escalate. Violence predominantly occurs because of a lack of assessment of patients before they come in, failure to identify repeat offenders and failure to implement strategies before the violence happens. The recommendations will mean a hospital will have to consider a patient’s history and needs as well as the risk of violence that they pose when they consider a care plan – this will include whether additional staffing or security is required and that they are in the right facility rather than just dealing with the violence when it’s happening.
Purchased leave
ANMF reminds members that they can access their current workplace agreements via the Member Portal at our website anmfvic.asn.au. Please ensure your workplace details are up to date to ensure you are accessing the correct agreement.
540 Elizabeth St, Melbourne Vic 3000 Phone 9275 9333 Fax 9275 9344 Info Line 9275 9300 (metro) 1800 133 353 (regional) Membership 9275 9313 Library 9275 9391 ANMF Education Centre 9275 9363
Action on violence
The Andrews Government came into power promising to address the unacceptable violence and aggression in our hospitals and make your workplaces safe. Last month Health Minister Jill Hennessy launched the Violence in Healthcare Taskforce final report which provides a plan to address the systemic failures that allow violence and aggression to fester in our health system. Implementation of the report will lead to a uniform and user-friendly reporting system, a standard approach to categorising code greys and something as simple as consistent training for de-escalation, security and post incidence response.
State Secretary
Application needs to be submitted
Meal break – worked/not taken
Lisa Fitzpatrick
Lisa Fitzpatrick,
The table below sets out the entitlements that you should apply for, or actively claim if you are entitled to receive them. Should be claimed
A progressive state Too many nurses and midwives are seriously hurt at work when they are trying to care for others. For too long we had piecemeal approaches that could never address the systemic failures that were contributing to the issue and therefore could never stop the aggression or violence.
Alison O’Gorman, Information Officer
In focus
6-7 • E nrolled nurses
Your ANMF
Cover image: 2016 ANMF (Vic Branch) Student Study Day participants On the Record is the official publication of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (Victorian Branch). OTR is published monthly.
www.anmfvic.asn.au
One of the priorities is to ensure a standardised approach to preventing and responding to violence across the Victorian health system. Training for de-escalation, security and post incidence response will also be standardised replacing the current ad hoc and inconsistent or non-existent approach to training.
We’re also pleased that the implementation of the 2005 Violence in Nursing Taskforce recommendations implemented under the previous Brumby Government will also be independently reviewed and evaluated. This is what ANMF and its members have been asking for and it will create mechanisms and a culture that prevents, reduces and stops nurses and midwives being exposed to avoidable attacks of violence and aggression at work. For details see page 8. A good death ANMF has welcomed the groundbreaking ‘Inquiry into end of life choices’ Victorian parliamentary report. The report provides a measured summary of the complex issues of dying with dignity and the right to choose. While most Victorians want to die at home, only 14 per cent do. The report looks at the once familiar but now hidden process of dying. We used to die at home surrounded by family. Today we mostly live longer because of medical interventions. We eventually die in a hospital or a nursing home. The Branch has a responsibility to provide forums for nurses and midwives to have informed discussions on ethical, legal, clinical, cultural issues with respect to the practice of voluntary euthanasia/ assisted suicide. We will be consulting with interested members to develop our response to this report. I encourage all nurses and midwives to read the report at www.bitly.com/viceol Thirty years since 1986 strike ANMF (Vic Branch) is asking members and retired members for their recollections of their involvement in Victoria’s 1986 50-day strike. Many have powerful memories of this significant event in Victorian nursing and midwifery history. Your stories of life on the picket line, how and why you became involved, and the strike’s legacy will be included in a publication commemorating the 30th anniversary of the state’s second and longest campaign. We are also asking younger members for their thoughts on the strike and what you believe its impact has been on your nursing or midwifery career today. If you participated in the 1986 strike, or would like to contribute to the commemorative work, please fill out this form: bit.ly/86StrikeStories
July 2016
3
Know your entitlements
Secretary’s report
Inside this edition
2 Know your entitlements 3 Secretary’s report 4 • Mental health EBA update • Australian Nurses & Midwives Conference preview
5 • A ged care members get support as facilities announce closure
• Private sector EBA update
Worked it? Claim it ANMF (Vic Branch) along with our members and Job Representatives have fought long and hard for a variety of entitlements. Some of these entitlements may not be automatically paid to you and must be claimed or applied for. We don’t want members missing out on their entitlements.
Long service leave
Qualifications allowance – evidence required
Maternity/adoption leave including: • request to vary period of leave • transfer to safe job • special maternity leave
8 •Violence in Healthcare Taskforce report released
• Health cuts campaign • RDNS EBA update
9 • S tudent Study Day • Warrnambool campus closure
10 • Job Rep training • OHS courses
11 • W orking Hour Shifts and Fatigue conference
• SIGs • Congratulations message
12 • E ducation calendar
Telephone allowance
Paternity leave (non-primary carer)
Travel allowance
Annual leave
Overtime inclusive of the following: • Meal allowance/s • Childcare reimbursement
Professional development, conference/seminar leave
Higher duties
Study leave – applications need to be relevant to your area of work
Change of roster allowance
Exam leave
On call – Recall inclusive of the following: • Recall to duty • Recall telephone allowance • Meal allowance • Not receiving four clear days off per fortnight
Classification advancement (EN Level 3) or Clinical nurse specialist
Vehicle allowance
Leave to attend trade union courses, seminar (Job Representatives and HSRs)
Paul Gilbert,
Assistant Secretary
Pip Carew,
Assistant Secretary
How do I make a claim or application? The process and requirements for making these claims or applications can differ between workplaces. It is important that you understand the process before applying and claiming, so that your claim or application can be processed in a timely and smooth manner. The ANMF encourages members to put their claims and applications in writing to their manager. It is very important that members keep a copy of these, and that you seek a written response to your application or claim from your employer. If the claim is denied, your manager’s written response should provide the employer’s position or reason for refusal. If you claim is refused we strongly encourage members to contact ANMF (Vic Branch) for further advice, assistance and representation as required on 9275 9333 or regionally 1800 133 353.
ANMF (Vic Branch)
Website: anmfvic.asn.au Facebook: facebook.com/RespectOurWork Twitter: @ANMFvicbranch Email: records@anmfvic.asn.au
2
July 2016
ANMF (Vic Branch) submits gender equality report In accordance with the requirements of the Workplace Gender Equality Act 2012 ANMF (Vic Branch) has lodged its annual public report with the Workplace Gender Equality Agency. The ANMF (Vic Branch) 2015–16 Public Report on gender equality within our organization can be viewed at our website anmfvic.asn.au The Act provides for you to comment on the report either to us by emailing ANMF (Vic Branch) HR Manager Jo Walker (jwalker@anmfvic.asn.au) or to the agency. Please refer to the agency’s guidelines on this process on their website www.wgea.gov.au There is no time limit by which you must make comments.
www.anmfvic.asn.au
ANMF is very pleased with the report and its recommendations. The recommendations address the grassroots changes needed to make a systemic and cultural change from the executive level to the ward level that will transform the approach to violence, the acceptance of violence and the action to prevent violence. The recommendations are consistent with our 10-point-plan which the government committed to prior to the election and address the underlying causes of the violence which are system failures that allow the violence to occur and escalate. Violence predominantly occurs because of a lack of assessment of patients before they come in, failure to identify repeat offenders and failure to implement strategies before the violence happens. The recommendations will mean a hospital will have to consider a patient’s history and needs as well as the risk of violence that they pose when they consider a care plan – this will include whether additional staffing or security is required and that they are in the right facility rather than just dealing with the violence when it’s happening.
Purchased leave
ANMF reminds members that they can access their current workplace agreements via the Member Portal at our website anmfvic.asn.au. Please ensure your workplace details are up to date to ensure you are accessing the correct agreement.
540 Elizabeth St, Melbourne Vic 3000 Phone 9275 9333 Fax 9275 9344 Info Line 9275 9300 (metro) 1800 133 353 (regional) Membership 9275 9313 Library 9275 9391 ANMF Education Centre 9275 9363
Action on violence
The Andrews Government came into power promising to address the unacceptable violence and aggression in our hospitals and make your workplaces safe. Last month Health Minister Jill Hennessy launched the Violence in Healthcare Taskforce final report which provides a plan to address the systemic failures that allow violence and aggression to fester in our health system. Implementation of the report will lead to a uniform and user-friendly reporting system, a standard approach to categorising code greys and something as simple as consistent training for de-escalation, security and post incidence response.
State Secretary
Application needs to be submitted
Meal break – worked/not taken
Lisa Fitzpatrick
Lisa Fitzpatrick,
The table below sets out the entitlements that you should apply for, or actively claim if you are entitled to receive them. Should be claimed
A progressive state Too many nurses and midwives are seriously hurt at work when they are trying to care for others. For too long we had piecemeal approaches that could never address the systemic failures that were contributing to the issue and therefore could never stop the aggression or violence.
Alison O’Gorman, Information Officer
In focus
6-7 • E nrolled nurses
Your ANMF
Cover image: 2016 ANMF (Vic Branch) Student Study Day participants On the Record is the official publication of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (Victorian Branch). OTR is published monthly.
www.anmfvic.asn.au
One of the priorities is to ensure a standardised approach to preventing and responding to violence across the Victorian health system. Training for de-escalation, security and post incidence response will also be standardised replacing the current ad hoc and inconsistent or non-existent approach to training.
We’re also pleased that the implementation of the 2005 Violence in Nursing Taskforce recommendations implemented under the previous Brumby Government will also be independently reviewed and evaluated. This is what ANMF and its members have been asking for and it will create mechanisms and a culture that prevents, reduces and stops nurses and midwives being exposed to avoidable attacks of violence and aggression at work. For details see page 8. A good death ANMF has welcomed the groundbreaking ‘Inquiry into end of life choices’ Victorian parliamentary report. The report provides a measured summary of the complex issues of dying with dignity and the right to choose. While most Victorians want to die at home, only 14 per cent do. The report looks at the once familiar but now hidden process of dying. We used to die at home surrounded by family. Today we mostly live longer because of medical interventions. We eventually die in a hospital or a nursing home. The Branch has a responsibility to provide forums for nurses and midwives to have informed discussions on ethical, legal, clinical, cultural issues with respect to the practice of voluntary euthanasia/ assisted suicide. We will be consulting with interested members to develop our response to this report. I encourage all nurses and midwives to read the report at www.bitly.com/viceol Thirty years since 1986 strike ANMF (Vic Branch) is asking members and retired members for their recollections of their involvement in Victoria’s 1986 50-day strike. Many have powerful memories of this significant event in Victorian nursing and midwifery history. Your stories of life on the picket line, how and why you became involved, and the strike’s legacy will be included in a publication commemorating the 30th anniversary of the state’s second and longest campaign. We are also asking younger members for their thoughts on the strike and what you believe its impact has been on your nursing or midwifery career today. If you participated in the 1986 strike, or would like to contribute to the commemorative work, please fill out this form: bit.ly/86StrikeStories
July 2016
3
News Mental health public sector industrial action escalates
Aged care members get support as facilities announce closure
Victorian public sector mental health nurses escalated protected industrial action last month in a bid to expedite negotiations for safer, improved patient and client care and secure the same pay rises as public sector acute hospital and aged care nurses.
ANMF (Vic Branch) is providing support to members affected by the forthcoming closure of Darley House aged care facility, Heidelberg West, and Sunshine’s Westside Lodge psycho-geriatric facility.
The ANMF (Vic Branch) continued negotiations over a new public sector mental health enterprise agreement with the Victorian Government, the Victorian Hospitals’ Industrial Association (VHIA), and the Health and Community Services Union. On 9 June mental health nurses at 12 health services implemented phase two of protected industrial action, including speaking to the media and bans on overtime, redeployment,
collection of non-clinical and administrative data, attending meetings where no backfill has been organised and implementing any management changes. Public sector mental health nurses started protected industrial action on 19 May, wearing #ValueRecogniseReward red campaign T-shirts and handing out campaign information to clients, family and friends.
Austin Health told members that it will close the 60-bed Darley House facility by 30 November because it no longer meets the standards the community expects of residential aged care.
The mental health public sector enterprise agreement expired on 31 March. The general public sector agreement also expired on that date. Negotiations for the general public sector agreement commenced in January and were completed on 4 May. In contrast, the mental health public sector negotiations commenced in February, with no outcome to recommend to members at the time of going to print.
ANMF members, Tobey Crebbin, Sue Stubberfield and Paige Beddard awash in red while working in the Flynn Unit C, Latrobe Regional Hospital
Register for your profession’s premier conference The Australian Nurses & Midwives Conference is promising to be one of the most diverse and informative ever, including sessions on racism in healthcare, supporting early career nurses and a safe staffing presentation by the nursing policy professor at London’s King's College. Leadership in nursing is one of the key topics of this year’s conference on 8–9 September, with Northern Health Executive Director of Nursing, Jodie Ashworth, speaking about building nurse leaders, Echuca Regional Health Registered Nurse Michelle Shingles on using nursing leadership to develop a new hospital, and Hands Across the Water Thai children’s charity founder Peter Baines OAM delivering a keynote presentation on leadership. For the first time, the conference will feature a panel discussion ‘Eating our young or nourishing our future?’ on how the nursing and midwifery professions can support and develop graduates, with panelists including the national Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer Adjunct Professor Debra Thoms, and the 2015 winner of HESTA’s Outstanding Graduate award, Narelle Place.
On the ANMC panel: Nursing professor and global healthcare consultant Philip Darbyshire.
Keynote presenter digital futurist Chris Riddell will convey how digitisation will impact the workplace of the future.
Reporting of medication errors in acute care: ANMF (Vic Branch)’s e-Learning Manager and registered nurse Vanessa Brotto
Clinicians, researchers, academics and leaders will be presenting concurrent plenary sessions, with attendees able to choose from sessions in six streams.
Health consequences of family violence for women and their children: Associate Professor Stephanie Brown, of the Healthy Mothers Healthy Families research group
These sessions include:
The resilience of nurses in high stress environments: Associate Professor Clare Rees, Curtin University
Reigniting nurses and midwives through a creative, supportive and restorative approach to clinical supervision: Paul Spurr and Sue Harvey, Clinical Supervision Consultancy Rural Men’s Mental Health in Environmentally Challenging Times: Russell Maher, Nurse Practitioner, Wangaratta Community and Adult Mental Health
The panel will be facilitiated by nursing professor and global healthcare consultant Philip Darbyshire.
Racism and anti-racism in healthcare: Professor Yin Paradies, Chair in Race Relations, Australian Research Council Future Fellow & Deputy Director (Research), Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
King's College Professor of Nursing Policy Anne Marie Rafferty will deliver a presentation on the implications of safe staffing on health system performance and patient care.
Support and empowerment of parents around perinatal end of life decision-making: Dr Andrew Watkins, NICU Clinical Director, Mercy Hospital
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July 2016
ANMC presenter: King's College Professor of Nursing Policy Anne Marie Rafferty will present the implications of safe staffing on health system performance and patient care.
Fertility awareness: a new primary care model: Dr Kerry Hampton, Fertility Nurse Consultant, Wise Woman Business
Register before Saturday 30 July to receive $60 off the standard registration fees. The conference will be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, (MCEC) 1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf, Melbourne. Attending both days will attract 15 CPD hours. Visit the Events page of our website anmfvic.asn.au for more information and to register.
www.anmfvic.asn.au
Austin Health has offered redeployment across the organisation for the 86 staff employed at Darley House, including nurses, personal care workers, allied health staff, and kitchen and cleaning staff. The Austin told members who were concerned about the fate of residents that a senior social worker has been employed to assist residents’ families to find new accommodation in the area that meets residents’ needs and wishes.
available in its other facilities. NorthWestern Mental Health operates two other psychogeriatric residential facilities and believes it can meet demand for specialist aged mental health care places within these facilities. ANMF (Vic Branch) has met with Darley House and Westside Lodge members to discuss issues surrounding the closure, including redeployment, and to provide assistance to members. Westside Lodge staff have been offered redeployment within the NorthWestern Mental Health organisation. After the public aged care sell-offs under the previous Victorian Coalition government, ANMF (Vic Branch) was buoyed by the Andrews Labor Government’s commitment to maintaining public aged care in the lead-up to the 2014 election. That commitment was underscored by $55.7 million in the 2016–17 Budget for a new 90-bed residential aged care facility to be built at St George’s Hospital, Kew. The new aged care facility will include psycho-geriatric residential beds.
We are buoyed by the Andrews Government honouring its commitment to public aged care by being the first Victorian government for some years to invest in and build a new 90-bed facility, so that public aged care residents can have access to a new purpose-built facility
NorthWestern Mental Health, part of Melbourne Health, announced in June that in October it would close the 30-bed psycho-geriatric facility Westside Lodge. The organisation said that the services Westside Lodge offered were now
New Healthscope agreement brings pay rises, better conditions Healthscope members voted to accept a new enterprise agreement for 2016–20 which will achieve the same salary outcomes as the new public sector EBA. In 2020, some Healthscope nurses will continue to receive slightly higher wages than their public sector counterparts. Improvements to terms and conditions under the new Healthscope EBA include: • if taking leave during higher duties of three months or more, leave will be paid at the higher duties rate. • experience from the time of registration will be treated equally regardless of which state or country the experience was accumulated.
www.anmfvic.asn.au
• carer’s leave taken when on annual leave can be claimed back • as an alternative to redeployment Healthscope can offer an employee the opportunity to take paid or unpaid leave or reduce the length of a shift but the employee cannot be directed to take leave or reduce shift lengths. • paid professional development leave applies to attend professional development activities such as conferences and seminars that fall on a day off. • family violence leave of up to five days per year • up to 30 minutes paid break per shift for new mothers to express milk for their baby for one year after the child’s birth. A comfortable place other than a bathroom must be provided for expressing milk or breastfeeding children.
Negotiations continued throughout June with other private sector employers, Healthe Care, Ramsay, St Vincent’s Private and St John of God. ANMF (Vic Branch) is seeking salary increases for private sector nurses and midwives equivalent to their Victorian public sector counterparts. At the time of going to print, St Vincent’s Private had made an enterprise agreement offer which was yet to go to a member vote. Ramsay and ANMF (Vic Branch) are scheduled to meet on 5 July to continue negotiations over a new enterprise agreement. ANMF was expecting St John of God to finalise its response to our log of claims on 23 June. Visit the ‘Campaigns’ page at anmfvic.asn.au to download the latest private sector EBA campaign update and log of claims for each employer.
July 2016
5
News Mental health public sector industrial action escalates
Aged care members get support as facilities announce closure
Victorian public sector mental health nurses escalated protected industrial action last month in a bid to expedite negotiations for safer, improved patient and client care and secure the same pay rises as public sector acute hospital and aged care nurses.
ANMF (Vic Branch) is providing support to members affected by the forthcoming closure of Darley House aged care facility, Heidelberg West, and Sunshine’s Westside Lodge psycho-geriatric facility.
The ANMF (Vic Branch) continued negotiations over a new public sector mental health enterprise agreement with the Victorian Government, the Victorian Hospitals’ Industrial Association (VHIA), and the Health and Community Services Union. On 9 June mental health nurses at 12 health services implemented phase two of protected industrial action, including speaking to the media and bans on overtime, redeployment,
collection of non-clinical and administrative data, attending meetings where no backfill has been organised and implementing any management changes. Public sector mental health nurses started protected industrial action on 19 May, wearing #ValueRecogniseReward red campaign T-shirts and handing out campaign information to clients, family and friends.
Austin Health told members that it will close the 60-bed Darley House facility by 30 November because it no longer meets the standards the community expects of residential aged care.
The mental health public sector enterprise agreement expired on 31 March. The general public sector agreement also expired on that date. Negotiations for the general public sector agreement commenced in January and were completed on 4 May. In contrast, the mental health public sector negotiations commenced in February, with no outcome to recommend to members at the time of going to print.
ANMF members, Tobey Crebbin, Sue Stubberfield and Paige Beddard awash in red while working in the Flynn Unit C, Latrobe Regional Hospital
Register for your profession’s premier conference The Australian Nurses & Midwives Conference is promising to be one of the most diverse and informative ever, including sessions on racism in healthcare, supporting early career nurses and a safe staffing presentation by the nursing policy professor at London’s King's College. Leadership in nursing is one of the key topics of this year’s conference on 8–9 September, with Northern Health Executive Director of Nursing, Jodie Ashworth, speaking about building nurse leaders, Echuca Regional Health Registered Nurse Michelle Shingles on using nursing leadership to develop a new hospital, and Hands Across the Water Thai children’s charity founder Peter Baines OAM delivering a keynote presentation on leadership. For the first time, the conference will feature a panel discussion ‘Eating our young or nourishing our future?’ on how the nursing and midwifery professions can support and develop graduates, with panelists including the national Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer Adjunct Professor Debra Thoms, and the 2015 winner of HESTA’s Outstanding Graduate award, Narelle Place.
On the ANMC panel: Nursing professor and global healthcare consultant Philip Darbyshire.
Keynote presenter digital futurist Chris Riddell will convey how digitisation will impact the workplace of the future.
Reporting of medication errors in acute care: ANMF (Vic Branch)’s e-Learning Manager and registered nurse Vanessa Brotto
Clinicians, researchers, academics and leaders will be presenting concurrent plenary sessions, with attendees able to choose from sessions in six streams.
Health consequences of family violence for women and their children: Associate Professor Stephanie Brown, of the Healthy Mothers Healthy Families research group
These sessions include:
The resilience of nurses in high stress environments: Associate Professor Clare Rees, Curtin University
Reigniting nurses and midwives through a creative, supportive and restorative approach to clinical supervision: Paul Spurr and Sue Harvey, Clinical Supervision Consultancy Rural Men’s Mental Health in Environmentally Challenging Times: Russell Maher, Nurse Practitioner, Wangaratta Community and Adult Mental Health
The panel will be facilitiated by nursing professor and global healthcare consultant Philip Darbyshire.
Racism and anti-racism in healthcare: Professor Yin Paradies, Chair in Race Relations, Australian Research Council Future Fellow & Deputy Director (Research), Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation
King's College Professor of Nursing Policy Anne Marie Rafferty will deliver a presentation on the implications of safe staffing on health system performance and patient care.
Support and empowerment of parents around perinatal end of life decision-making: Dr Andrew Watkins, NICU Clinical Director, Mercy Hospital
4
July 2016
ANMC presenter: King's College Professor of Nursing Policy Anne Marie Rafferty will present the implications of safe staffing on health system performance and patient care.
Fertility awareness: a new primary care model: Dr Kerry Hampton, Fertility Nurse Consultant, Wise Woman Business
Register before Saturday 30 July to receive $60 off the standard registration fees. The conference will be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, (MCEC) 1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf, Melbourne. Attending both days will attract 15 CPD hours. Visit the Events page of our website anmfvic.asn.au for more information and to register.
www.anmfvic.asn.au
Austin Health has offered redeployment across the organisation for the 86 staff employed at Darley House, including nurses, personal care workers, allied health staff, and kitchen and cleaning staff. The Austin told members who were concerned about the fate of residents that a senior social worker has been employed to assist residents’ families to find new accommodation in the area that meets residents’ needs and wishes.
available in its other facilities. NorthWestern Mental Health operates two other psychogeriatric residential facilities and believes it can meet demand for specialist aged mental health care places within these facilities. ANMF (Vic Branch) has met with Darley House and Westside Lodge members to discuss issues surrounding the closure, including redeployment, and to provide assistance to members. Westside Lodge staff have been offered redeployment within the NorthWestern Mental Health organisation. After the public aged care sell-offs under the previous Victorian Coalition government, ANMF (Vic Branch) was buoyed by the Andrews Labor Government’s commitment to maintaining public aged care in the lead-up to the 2014 election. That commitment was underscored by $55.7 million in the 2016–17 Budget for a new 90-bed residential aged care facility to be built at St George’s Hospital, Kew. The new aged care facility will include psycho-geriatric residential beds.
We are buoyed by the Andrews Government honouring its commitment to public aged care by being the first Victorian government for some years to invest in and build a new 90-bed facility, so that public aged care residents can have access to a new purpose-built facility
NorthWestern Mental Health, part of Melbourne Health, announced in June that in October it would close the 30-bed psycho-geriatric facility Westside Lodge. The organisation said that the services Westside Lodge offered were now
New Healthscope agreement brings pay rises, better conditions Healthscope members voted to accept a new enterprise agreement for 2016–20 which will achieve the same salary outcomes as the new public sector EBA. In 2020, some Healthscope nurses will continue to receive slightly higher wages than their public sector counterparts. Improvements to terms and conditions under the new Healthscope EBA include: • if taking leave during higher duties of three months or more, leave will be paid at the higher duties rate. • experience from the time of registration will be treated equally regardless of which state or country the experience was accumulated.
www.anmfvic.asn.au
• carer’s leave taken when on annual leave can be claimed back • as an alternative to redeployment Healthscope can offer an employee the opportunity to take paid or unpaid leave or reduce the length of a shift but the employee cannot be directed to take leave or reduce shift lengths. • paid professional development leave applies to attend professional development activities such as conferences and seminars that fall on a day off. • family violence leave of up to five days per year • up to 30 minutes paid break per shift for new mothers to express milk for their baby for one year after the child’s birth. A comfortable place other than a bathroom must be provided for expressing milk or breastfeeding children.
Negotiations continued throughout June with other private sector employers, Healthe Care, Ramsay, St Vincent’s Private and St John of God. ANMF (Vic Branch) is seeking salary increases for private sector nurses and midwives equivalent to their Victorian public sector counterparts. At the time of going to print, St Vincent’s Private had made an enterprise agreement offer which was yet to go to a member vote. Ramsay and ANMF (Vic Branch) are scheduled to meet on 5 July to continue negotiations over a new enterprise agreement. ANMF was expecting St John of God to finalise its response to our log of claims on 23 June. Visit the ‘Campaigns’ page at anmfvic.asn.au to download the latest private sector EBA campaign update and log of claims for each employer.
July 2016
5
In focus – enrolled nurses The changing role of the enrolled nurse Changes in patient acuity, technology and nursing practice have all influenced the enrolled nurse role in recent years. The expansion of the enrolled nurse role was recognised within the 2012–16 Victorian public sector enterprise agreement with a new career structure and equality in employment terms and conditions for enrolled and registered nurses. Victoria has more than 20,200 enrolled nurses – about a third of the enrolled nurses registered in Australia. More than 60 per cent of enrolled nurses registered in Australia are aged 45 and over, and more than 60 per cent work in a clinical setting other than aged care. ANMF (Vic Branch) Assistant Secretary Pip Carew said the career possibilities for enrolled nurses were broad, particularly as their scope of practice had increased. ‘The opportunities for employment for enrolled nurses have changed dramatically,’ Ms Carew said. ‘ENs used to be mainly in aged care – now they’re in acute, sub-acute, (and) in the community. They’re employed with GPs and by district nursing organisations.’ The enrolled nurse career structure that ANMF (Vic Branch) negotiated on members’ behalf in the 2012 enterprise agreement included in many other agreements - took into account that enrolled nurses’ education and practice had expanded to include medication administration via five routes.
The career structure established three levels, covering ENs who had no medication endorsement, those with medication qualifications and more senior enrolled nurses: Level 1 Without a medication qualification and nurses previously known as ‘Mothercraft’ nurses
Level 2 Those with medication qualifications, including the Certificate IV and diploma embedded medication knowledge and skill
Level 3 Those who were eligible for the ‘seniors’ allowance’ under the previous enterprise agreement who met advancement criteria under the new agreement.
From 2008, medication administration was embedded into the Certificate IV and in 2010 the diploma of nursing became the new education baseline for enrolled nurses. The diploma included learning how to administer medication via four routes, with intravenous as an optional elective. ANMF (Vic Branch) has been delivering a diploma of nursing since 2010 and 188 nurses have graduated. While most have successfully gone on to work as enrolled nurses, many continue studying and complete the undergraduate nursing degree. ‘The advantages of doing this are that you can complete the diploma and then start working as a nurse while you complete your degree,’ Ms Carew said. Last year, the National Health Training Package, the Diploma of Nursing educational preparation pathway for enrolled nurses, was also updated to reflect the changing role of the EN and to support their workforce development. Administering intravenous medications will now be a core component of training, rather than an elective. The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia also acknowledged the expanded scope of practice of enrolled nurses and their changing role within the health sector by revising the Standards for Practice for Enrolled Nurses, replacing the competency standards first released in 2002. ‘The standards for practice are basically a benchmark for nurses and their employers to determine if they’re meeting the appropriate standards of care,’ Ms Carew said. All the changes support improved standards and safety in care and the best possible outcomes for patients, Ms Carew said. ‘They also support the EN as a professional, valued member of the healthcare team.’
ANMF (Vic Branch) will hold its inaugural EN Student Study Day for enrolled nursing students on 15 July at ANMF House, 540 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne. For details and to register, see the Events page of our website anmfvic.asn.au
Clinton Bearder
Sarah Foster
We do have quite high acuity but because they’re voluntary (patients), we have more time for one-on-one and building the therapeutic relationship with the clients. Sarah Foster, enrolled nurse graduate program, Epworth Hospital For Sarah Foster, a graduate of the ANMF (Vic Branch) Diploma of Nursing, finding a job was not a problem. The day after the graduation ceremony Ms Foster was told that her interview with Epworth Hospital for a place on their enrolled nurse graduate program had been successful. She began her first job as a nurse on 1 March. For Ms Foster, nursing is a second career, having worked in financial services for ten years. So far in the graduate program she feels her career choice has been vindicated. ‘Obviously you still have to learn time management and clinical skills but I feel like I’m in the right area – and you never stop learning,’ she said. ‘I feel it suits my personality.’
There’s a lot of collaboration, working in close communication with RNs. I’m working in a busy hospital setting so there are always things to do, things to learn.
Ms Foster is working on a neuroscience ward. In the blog she has written for fellow EN ANMF members, she describes her first shift. ‘The patient was withdrawn and anxious but co-operative. I was also nervous, yet after the first half hour I realised the patient was more afraid of the situation than I was —and that I could help the patient feel safer,’ Ms Foster wrote. ‘That moment was a turning point, and I immediately felt more calm and capable.’
Clinton Bearder, Diploma of Nursing graduate, now doing degree Clinton Bearder is a late-starter to the world of nursing, having changed careers after 26 years working for a telecommunications company in administration and IT. When his role became redundant, it was his daughter who showed him an ad for the ANMF (Vic Branch) Diploma of Nursing course. ‘She knew I had an interest in medical procedures and I was looking for something new,’ Mr Bearder said. Being a mature age student was helpful, in terms of bringing more life experience to the study environment and clinical placements. As part of his diploma, Mr Bearder did clinical placements in aged care, in rehabilitation and acute areas of a public hospital, in private acute and in mental health.
I found the teaching quality superb (at ANMF). The structured learning was absolutely valuable. The materials and classroom labs prepared us very well for the workplace.
Mr Bearder graduated in 2015 and immediately resumed study to attain his Bachelor of Nursing, as part of his personal ambition to attain a degree. Now that he is in the second semester of the course and knows how much study time is involved, Mr Bearder is applying for work as an enrolled nurse.
July 2016
www.anmfvic.asn.au
Georgia Heywood, enrolled nurse in mental health With a district nurse mother and an uncle who is a mental health nurse, Georgia Heywood has nursing in her blood.
‘I would go home and call my mum and tell her about everything I’d learned that day. I thoroughly enjoyed it,’ she said.
A graduate of ANMF’s Diploma of Nursing from 2015, Ms Heywood and her boyfriend, also an ANMF graduate nurse, were the only two enrolled nurses from 30 applicants chosen for the graduate program at The Melbourne Clinic, a private mental health service.
‘The lecturers had interesting stories to tell and came from different backgrounds.’
Ms Heywood has always been interested in mental health nursing and three months into her graduate year, the career choice has not disappointed. Ms Heywood loved doing her Diploma of Nursing with ANMF.
www.anmfvic.asn.au
At some stage, she would like to complete a degree and become a registered nurse but followed her mother’s advice in first becoming an EN. ‘She said “Become an EN first because it’s only 18 months. It’s a lot less money spent if you don’t like it”,’ Ms Heywood said. Now, Ms Heywood can work as an enrolled nurse while completing her degree and eventually aims to work in the drug and alcohol field with adolescents.
Graduate enrolled nurses: how to survive and thrive Epworth Hospital Graduate Program Coordinator Annette Mann will be giving advice to enrolled nursing students at the inaugural ANMF (Vic Branch) Enrolled Nurse Student Study Day. She will be talking to students about how to increase their chances of getting work – including writing professional applications and CVs, and interview preparation. ‘What’s important is finding out about the organisation and what’s important to them,’ Ms Mann said. So therefore you can bring out the qualities that you’ve got that match what’s important to the organisation. For example, our organisation has six values and we employ people on their personal attributes that match those values, so how (in an interview) do you show that you’re
For more information about career pathways in nursing, contact education@anmfvic.asn.au 6
Georgia Heywood
a compassionate nurse, how do you show that you’re respectful, how do you show accountability for your practice?’ Ms Mann said graduate years, for both enrolled or registered nurses, were generally the most difficult year of a nurse’s career. She advised enrolled nursing students to look for employment in a graduate program that would offer structure and support. ‘There are not a lot of hospitals that offer that, so if you can find one that offers a graduate program and you want to work in acute care, that helps considerably. We’re one of the few hospitals that offer a graduate program for enrolled nurses.’ Ms Mann said 20-25 per cent of Epworth’s nursing workforce were enrolled nurses. The ANMF (Vic Branch) Enrolled Nurse Student Study Day is on Friday 15 July. For more information and to register, visit our Events page at anmfvic.asn.au July 2016
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In focus – enrolled nurses The changing role of the enrolled nurse Changes in patient acuity, technology and nursing practice have all influenced the enrolled nurse role in recent years. The expansion of the enrolled nurse role was recognised within the 2012–16 Victorian public sector enterprise agreement with a new career structure and equality in employment terms and conditions for enrolled and registered nurses. Victoria has more than 20,200 enrolled nurses – about a third of the enrolled nurses registered in Australia. More than 60 per cent of enrolled nurses registered in Australia are aged 45 and over, and more than 60 per cent work in a clinical setting other than aged care. ANMF (Vic Branch) Assistant Secretary Pip Carew said the career possibilities for enrolled nurses were broad, particularly as their scope of practice had increased. ‘The opportunities for employment for enrolled nurses have changed dramatically,’ Ms Carew said. ‘ENs used to be mainly in aged care – now they’re in acute, sub-acute, (and) in the community. They’re employed with GPs and by district nursing organisations.’ The enrolled nurse career structure that ANMF (Vic Branch) negotiated on members’ behalf in the 2012 enterprise agreement included in many other agreements - took into account that enrolled nurses’ education and practice had expanded to include medication administration via five routes.
The career structure established three levels, covering ENs who had no medication endorsement, those with medication qualifications and more senior enrolled nurses: Level 1 Without a medication qualification and nurses previously known as ‘Mothercraft’ nurses
Level 2 Those with medication qualifications, including the Certificate IV and diploma embedded medication knowledge and skill
Level 3 Those who were eligible for the ‘seniors’ allowance’ under the previous enterprise agreement who met advancement criteria under the new agreement.
From 2008, medication administration was embedded into the Certificate IV and in 2010 the diploma of nursing became the new education baseline for enrolled nurses. The diploma included learning how to administer medication via four routes, with intravenous as an optional elective. ANMF (Vic Branch) has been delivering a diploma of nursing since 2010 and 188 nurses have graduated. While most have successfully gone on to work as enrolled nurses, many continue studying and complete the undergraduate nursing degree. ‘The advantages of doing this are that you can complete the diploma and then start working as a nurse while you complete your degree,’ Ms Carew said. Last year, the National Health Training Package, the Diploma of Nursing educational preparation pathway for enrolled nurses, was also updated to reflect the changing role of the EN and to support their workforce development. Administering intravenous medications will now be a core component of training, rather than an elective. The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia also acknowledged the expanded scope of practice of enrolled nurses and their changing role within the health sector by revising the Standards for Practice for Enrolled Nurses, replacing the competency standards first released in 2002. ‘The standards for practice are basically a benchmark for nurses and their employers to determine if they’re meeting the appropriate standards of care,’ Ms Carew said. All the changes support improved standards and safety in care and the best possible outcomes for patients, Ms Carew said. ‘They also support the EN as a professional, valued member of the healthcare team.’
ANMF (Vic Branch) will hold its inaugural EN Student Study Day for enrolled nursing students on 15 July at ANMF House, 540 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne. For details and to register, see the Events page of our website anmfvic.asn.au
Clinton Bearder
Sarah Foster
We do have quite high acuity but because they’re voluntary (patients), we have more time for one-on-one and building the therapeutic relationship with the clients. Sarah Foster, enrolled nurse graduate program, Epworth Hospital For Sarah Foster, a graduate of the ANMF (Vic Branch) Diploma of Nursing, finding a job was not a problem. The day after the graduation ceremony Ms Foster was told that her interview with Epworth Hospital for a place on their enrolled nurse graduate program had been successful. She began her first job as a nurse on 1 March. For Ms Foster, nursing is a second career, having worked in financial services for ten years. So far in the graduate program she feels her career choice has been vindicated. ‘Obviously you still have to learn time management and clinical skills but I feel like I’m in the right area – and you never stop learning,’ she said. ‘I feel it suits my personality.’
There’s a lot of collaboration, working in close communication with RNs. I’m working in a busy hospital setting so there are always things to do, things to learn.
Ms Foster is working on a neuroscience ward. In the blog she has written for fellow EN ANMF members, she describes her first shift. ‘The patient was withdrawn and anxious but co-operative. I was also nervous, yet after the first half hour I realised the patient was more afraid of the situation than I was —and that I could help the patient feel safer,’ Ms Foster wrote. ‘That moment was a turning point, and I immediately felt more calm and capable.’
Clinton Bearder, Diploma of Nursing graduate, now doing degree Clinton Bearder is a late-starter to the world of nursing, having changed careers after 26 years working for a telecommunications company in administration and IT. When his role became redundant, it was his daughter who showed him an ad for the ANMF (Vic Branch) Diploma of Nursing course. ‘She knew I had an interest in medical procedures and I was looking for something new,’ Mr Bearder said. Being a mature age student was helpful, in terms of bringing more life experience to the study environment and clinical placements. As part of his diploma, Mr Bearder did clinical placements in aged care, in rehabilitation and acute areas of a public hospital, in private acute and in mental health.
I found the teaching quality superb (at ANMF). The structured learning was absolutely valuable. The materials and classroom labs prepared us very well for the workplace.
Mr Bearder graduated in 2015 and immediately resumed study to attain his Bachelor of Nursing, as part of his personal ambition to attain a degree. Now that he is in the second semester of the course and knows how much study time is involved, Mr Bearder is applying for work as an enrolled nurse.
July 2016
www.anmfvic.asn.au
Georgia Heywood, enrolled nurse in mental health With a district nurse mother and an uncle who is a mental health nurse, Georgia Heywood has nursing in her blood.
‘I would go home and call my mum and tell her about everything I’d learned that day. I thoroughly enjoyed it,’ she said.
A graduate of ANMF’s Diploma of Nursing from 2015, Ms Heywood and her boyfriend, also an ANMF graduate nurse, were the only two enrolled nurses from 30 applicants chosen for the graduate program at The Melbourne Clinic, a private mental health service.
‘The lecturers had interesting stories to tell and came from different backgrounds.’
Ms Heywood has always been interested in mental health nursing and three months into her graduate year, the career choice has not disappointed. Ms Heywood loved doing her Diploma of Nursing with ANMF.
www.anmfvic.asn.au
At some stage, she would like to complete a degree and become a registered nurse but followed her mother’s advice in first becoming an EN. ‘She said “Become an EN first because it’s only 18 months. It’s a lot less money spent if you don’t like it”,’ Ms Heywood said. Now, Ms Heywood can work as an enrolled nurse while completing her degree and eventually aims to work in the drug and alcohol field with adolescents.
Graduate enrolled nurses: how to survive and thrive Epworth Hospital Graduate Program Coordinator Annette Mann will be giving advice to enrolled nursing students at the inaugural ANMF (Vic Branch) Enrolled Nurse Student Study Day. She will be talking to students about how to increase their chances of getting work – including writing professional applications and CVs, and interview preparation. ‘What’s important is finding out about the organisation and what’s important to them,’ Ms Mann said. So therefore you can bring out the qualities that you’ve got that match what’s important to the organisation. For example, our organisation has six values and we employ people on their personal attributes that match those values, so how (in an interview) do you show that you’re
For more information about career pathways in nursing, contact education@anmfvic.asn.au 6
Georgia Heywood
a compassionate nurse, how do you show that you’re respectful, how do you show accountability for your practice?’ Ms Mann said graduate years, for both enrolled or registered nurses, were generally the most difficult year of a nurse’s career. She advised enrolled nursing students to look for employment in a graduate program that would offer structure and support. ‘There are not a lot of hospitals that offer that, so if you can find one that offers a graduate program and you want to work in acute care, that helps considerably. We’re one of the few hospitals that offer a graduate program for enrolled nurses.’ Ms Mann said 20-25 per cent of Epworth’s nursing workforce were enrolled nurses. The ANMF (Vic Branch) Enrolled Nurse Student Study Day is on Friday 15 July. For more information and to register, visit our Events page at anmfvic.asn.au July 2016
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Violence in Healthcare Taskforce report released The Violence in Healthcare Taskforce report has been released, with recommendations for change including a stronger focus on whole of system and health service approaches.
Other measures of success of workplace violence reduction for January 2017-December 2018 are:
Key performance measures for reducing workplace violence in the healthcare sector have been identified for the time periods July to December 2016, and January 2017-December 2018. Implementing the ANMF (Vic Branch) 10-point plan to end violence and aggression has been earmarked for January 2017-December 2018.
• the Department of Health & Human Services receives Victorian Health Incident Management System reporting from 100 per cent of health services
Performance measures from July to December include implementing a community awareness campaign about behavior in healthcare settings, health service Boards completing education on occupational violence risk and the development of a training module for health service security staff. The Department of Health and Human Services convening forums for sharing best practice in occupational violence is also a performance measure for 2016.
• the number of staff injuries and substantiated worker compensation claims related to occupational violence has reduced
• 100 per cent of health services have post incident response supports in place as per Department of Health & Human Services guidance
Student Study Day a public health service, the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority, the Health and Community Services Union, the Health Worker’s Union and the Department of Health and Human Services. The taskforce report says that research on workplace violence has shown that it is a highly complex issue influenced by multiple factors. Work to address workplace violence must build on past efforts and bring critical elements together at a systemic level if all parties are to tackle the problem. The taskforce strategy aims to bring key elements together including: • building a workplace safety culture
• the percentage of staff who have completed de-escalation training has increased
• supporting actions to prevent violence
• all health service security staff undertake a specific healthcare training module.
• i mproving organisational prevention of and responses to the incident of violence to ensure staff and patients feel safe.
The taskforce was chaired by WorkSafe Chief Executive Clare Amies and included representatives from the ANMF (Vic Branch), the Australian Medical Association,
• s hifting attitudes around acceptable behaviour in healthcare organisations
The report is available at: www2.health.vic.gov.au/taskforcereport
ANMF ‘If you don’t care, we can’t care’ campaign
RDNS members reject EBA offer
ANMF ran a national campaign in the lead-up to the 2 July federal election calling on the three major parties to commit to reversing the billions in funding cuts inflicted by the Turnbull/ Abbott Government and build a sustainable healthcare system.
RDNS members unanimously rejected their employer’s enterprise agreement offer at a statewide meeting on 9 June and voted to direct ANMF to apply to the Fair Work Commission to hold a protected industrial action ballot. Members expressed anger over the impact of RDNS’s continued organisational restructures and cutbacks and that they were still being asked to give more.
doing and the likely impact of the Turnbull Government’s $1.8 billion funding cuts to aged care. This included a $1.2 billion cut to the Aged Care Funding Instrument in the 2016–17 Budget which will see funding significantly reduced for people currently classified with high or medium complex care needs.
The RDNS offer included a one-year agreement and a salary increase to net (post tax) 2016 public sector levels or a 1.5 per cent per annum wage increase to the base rate where there is no public sector equivalent. This would have affected about 6.4 per cent of the community care aide workforce and senior nurse supporting roles.
The ‘If you don’t care, we can’t care’ campaign featured powerful images of nurses with hands tied to portray members’ inability to properly care for patients and aged care residents without adequate funding. Labor promised to invest $4.9 billion in healthcare, $2 billion more than the Turnbull government and to renegotiate a long-term agreement between the federal government and the states. Labor committed to providing an additional $100 million over two years for primary care. ANMF also conducted a preelection Aged Care Phone-in on Saturday 18 June, encouraging members and the public to share their stories about conditions in aged care facilities and consider the parties' different aged care policies when they cast their vote. The information collated was used to build a snapshot of the reality of the aged care system, how well our nursing homes are
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July 2016
Under the rejected RDNS offer, the 1.5 per cent salary increase would have been offset by rolling into the base rate CPD allowances and removing the rostered off benefit on public holidays for part-time employees, affecting 77 per cent of the part-time RDNS workforce.
The election outcome was unknown at the time of going to print. For information about the campaign and results of the Aged Care Phone-in, visit our website at anmfvic.asn.au
This meant that the real wage increase for most classifications would have been 0.5 per cent rather than 1.5 per cent. ANMF (Vic Branch) is seeking on behalf of RDNS members salary levels equal to the Victorian public sector gross (pre-tax) rates in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. ANMF is also seeking an agreement which recognises continuity of service for new staff entering RDNS from the public sector. At the time of going to print, the Fair Work Commission hearing on protected industrial action was yet to take place. www.anmfvic.asn.au
Nearly 800 students who will be graduating as registered nurses this year took the opportunity to get advice and information at the ANMF (Vic Branch) Student Study Day. Graduate program coordinators from Victorian hospitals told nursing students about what to expect from graduate nurse and midwife programs and how to increase their chances of being selected. They were also given tips on how to write a successful CV and cover letter for job applications, together with interview tips. ANMF (Vic Branch) Assistant Secretary Paul Gilbert explained to students the pay and entitlements they could expect as graduates in their first year of employment. Three recent graduates – the winner of HESTA’s Graduate of the Year Award, Narelle Place, Amy Pearce and Quinn McGuinness, shared their stories of their graduate years and took audience questions. Nursing and Midwifery Health Program of Victoria CEO Glenn Taylor spoke about how to maintain good mental health in the graduate year.
ANMF member Melissa Tennant
Deakin University's Warrnambool campus in doubt Deakin University is considering closing its Warrnambool campus, which would mean the nursing degree would no longer be offered there. Deakin University said closing the campus was one of ‘a range of options’ for its 2020 strategy. Another option, currently under discussion, is for Federation University to take over the campus. Deakin vice-chancellor Professor Jane den Hollander said that enrolments at the campus had continued a steady year-on-year decline, from 1,342 students in 2011 to 872 forecast this year. ANMF (Vic Branch) member Aaron Tuck did his nursing degree at the Warrnambool campus of Deakin and recently completed a postgraduate course in critical care. The Australian College of Critical Care Nurses gave him an award for his outstanding achievement in clinical and academic performance. He is now nursing in the emergency department of South West Healthcare’s Warrnambool Hospital. Having grown up in Warrnambool, Mr Tuck said it would be ‘terrible’ if the Warrnambool campus was shut down.
www.anmfvic.asn.au
ANMF member Aaron Tuck
Mr Tuck said that while he would have studied nursing elsewhere if he had to, studying locally had increased his chances of successfully completing the course, both because of the cost of living and the personal support he received. ‘I struggled in the undergraduate course and took five years to complete it,’ he said. ‘I think if I’d have gone to a bigger uni, I would have fallen through the cracks. ‘(At Deakin Warrnambool) you got to know the lecturers on a personal level and they wanted to see everyone succeed. I would actually get calls from the unit chair to see how I was going.
‘I deferred for a couple of years and they followed up to see if I was coming back and did everything they could to help me through…I don’t think I was by any mean the only person who experienced that. I just think that’s one of the benefits of going to a small school.’ Mr Tuck said the Warrnambool Hospital also benefits from having a nursing course offered locally, as those who choose to study in Warrnambool are more likely to want to remain in the town. ANMF is deeply concerned about the negative impact the closure of the campus would have on educational opportunities for Victorian regional students, as well as regional health facilities and their workforce into the future. July 2016
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Violence in Healthcare Taskforce report released The Violence in Healthcare Taskforce report has been released, with recommendations for change including a stronger focus on whole of system and health service approaches.
Other measures of success of workplace violence reduction for January 2017-December 2018 are:
Key performance measures for reducing workplace violence in the healthcare sector have been identified for the time periods July to December 2016, and January 2017-December 2018. Implementing the ANMF (Vic Branch) 10-point plan to end violence and aggression has been earmarked for January 2017-December 2018.
•
the Department of Health & Human Services receives Victorian Health Incident Management System reporting from 100 per cent of health services
•
100 per cent of health services have post incident response supports in place as per Department of Health & Human Services guidance
Performance measures from July to December include implementing a community awareness campaign about behavior in healthcare settings, health service Boards completing education on occupational violence risk and the development of a training module for health service security staff. The Department of Health and Human Services convening forums for sharing best practice in occupational violence is also a performance measure for 2016.
•
•
•
the number of staff injuries and substantiated worker compensation claims related to occupational violence has reduced
the percentage of staff who have completed de-escalation training has increased all health service security staff undertake a specific healthcare training module.
The taskforce was chaired by WorkSafe Chief Executive Clare Amies and included representatives from the ANMF (Vic Branch), the Australian Medical Association,
Student Study Day a public health service, the Victorian Managed Insurance Authority, the Health and Community Services Union, the Health Worker’s Union and the Department of Health and Human Services. The taskforce report says that research on workplace violence has shown that it is a highly complex issue influenced by multiple factors. Work to address workplace violence must build on past efforts and bring critical elements together at a systemic level if all parties are to tackle the problem. The taskforce strategy aims to bring key elements together including: •
building a workplace safety culture
•
supporting actions to prevent violence
•
s hifting attitudes around acceptable behaviour in healthcare organisations
•
i mproving organisational prevention of and responses to the incident of violence to ensure staff and patients feel safe.
The report is available at: www2.health.vic.gov.au/taskforcereport
ANMF ‘If you don’t care, we can’t care’ campaign
RDNS members reject EBA offer
ANMF ran a national campaign in the lead-up to the 2 July federal election calling on the three major parties to commit to reversing the billions in funding cuts inflicted by the Turnbull/ Abbott Government and build a sustainable healthcare system.
RDNS members unanimously rejected their employer’s enterprise agreement offer at a statewide meeting on 9 June and voted to direct ANMF to apply to the Fair Work Commission to hold a protected industrial action ballot. Members expressed anger over the impact of RDNS’s continued organisational restructures and cutbacks and that they were still being asked to give more.
doing and the likely impact of the Turnbull Government’s $1.8 billion funding cuts to aged care. This included a $1.2 billion cut to the Aged Care Funding Instrument in the 2016–17 Budget which will see funding significantly reduced for people currently classified with high or medium complex care needs.
The RDNS offer included a one-year agreement and a salary increase to net (post tax) 2016 public sector levels or a 1.5 per cent per annum wage increase to the base rate where there is no public sector equivalent. This would have affected about 6.4 per cent of the community care aide workforce and senior nurse supporting roles.
The ‘If you don’t care, we can’t care’ campaign featured powerful images of nurses with hands tied to portray members’ inability to properly care for patients and aged care residents without adequate funding. Labor promised to invest $4.9 billion in healthcare, $2 billion more than the Turnbull government and to renegotiate a long-term agreement between the federal government and the states. Labor committed to providing an additional $100 million over two years for primary care. ANMF also conducted a preelection Aged Care Phone-in on Saturday 18 June, encouraging members and the public to share their stories about conditions in aged care facilities and consider the parties' different aged care policies when they cast their vote. The information collated was used to build a snapshot of the reality of the aged care system, how well our nursing homes are
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July 2016
Under the rejected RDNS offer, the 1.5 per cent salary increase would have been offset by rolling into the base rate CPD allowances and removing the rostered off benefit on public holidays for part-time employees, affecting 77 per cent of the part-time RDNS workforce.
The election outcome was unknown at the time of going to print. For information about the campaign and results of the Aged Care Phone-in, visit our website at anmfvic.asn.au
This meant that the real wage increase for most classifications would have been 0.5 per cent rather than 1.5 per cent. ANMF (Vic Branch) is seeking on behalf of RDNS members salary levels equal to the Victorian public sector gross (pre-tax) rates in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. ANMF is also seeking an agreement which recognises continuity of service for new staff entering RDNS from the public sector. At the time of going to print, the Fair Work Commission hearing on protected industrial action was yet to take place. www.anmfvic.asn.au
Nearly 800 students who will be graduating as registered nurses this year took the opportunity to get advice and information at the ANMF (Vic Branch) Student Study Day. Graduate program coordinators from Victorian hospitals told nursing students about what to expect from graduate nurse and midwife programs and how to increase their chances of being selected. They were also given tips on how to write a successful CV and cover letter for job applications, together with interview tips. ANMF (Vic Branch) Assistant Secretary Paul Gilbert explained to students the pay and entitlements they could expect as graduates in their first year of employment. Three recent graduates – the winner of HESTA’s Graduate of the Year Award, Narelle Place, Amy Pearce and Quinn McGuinness, shared their stories of their graduate years and took audience questions. Nursing and Midwifery Health Program of Victoria CEO Glenn Taylor spoke about how to maintain good mental health in the graduate year.
ANMF member Melissa Tennant
Deakin University's Warrnambool campus in doubt Deakin University is considering closing its Warrnambool campus, which would mean the nursing degree would no longer be offered there. Deakin University said closing the campus was one of ‘a range of options’ for its 2020 strategy. Another option, currently under discussion, is for Federation University to take over the campus. Deakin vice-chancellor Professor Jane den Hollander said that enrolments at the campus had continued a steady year-on-year decline, from 1,342 students in 2011 to 872 forecast this year. ANMF (Vic Branch) member Aaron Tuck did his nursing degree at the Warrnambool campus of Deakin and recently completed a postgraduate course in critical care. The Australian College of Critical Care Nurses gave him an award for his outstanding achievement in clinical and academic performance. He is now nursing in the emergency department of South West Healthcare’s Warrnambool Hospital. Having grown up in Warrnambool, Mr Tuck said it would be ‘terrible’ if the Warrnambool campus was shut down.
www.anmfvic.asn.au
ANMF member Aaron Tuck
Mr Tuck said that while he would have studied nursing elsewhere if he had to, studying locally had increased his chances of successfully completing the course, both because of the cost of living and the personal support he received. ‘I struggled in the undergraduate course and took five years to complete it,’ he said. ‘I think if I’d have gone to a bigger uni, I would have fallen through the cracks. ‘(At Deakin Warrnambool) you got to know the lecturers on a personal level and they wanted to see everyone succeed. I would actually get calls from the unit chair to see how I was going.
‘I deferred for a couple of years and they followed up to see if I was coming back and did everything they could to help me through…I don’t think I was by any mean the only person who experienced that. I just think that’s one of the benefits of going to a small school.’ Mr Tuck said the Warrnambool Hospital also benefits from having a nursing course offered locally, as those who choose to study in Warrnambool are more likely to want to remain in the town. ANMF is deeply concerned about the negative impact the closure of the campus would have on educational opportunities for Victorian regional students, as well as regional health facilities and their workforce into the future. July 2016
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Job Representative training program Introduction to your union and your role
Keeping it organised
This is a single day program aimed at new Job Representatives but it is also a great refresher for Job Representatives who last attended training more than three years ago.
This new program has been designed to follow on from 2015’s workplace organising programs.
The program provides important information and basic guidance to get you started in the ANMF Job Representative role including sessions and information about the ANMF structure and functions, the key responsibilities of the Job Representative, basic industrial relations information as well as providing you with some ANMF resources to take back to your workplace. Programs located in Melbourne are specifically designed to accommodate metropolitan Job Representatives. Regional Job Representatives must register for the introductory course being delivered in your area. This ensures you have an opportunity to meet other new Job Representatives from your own area as well as working with your organiser.
Course dates 2016
The focus of this training for public sector is organising around the EBA and will include sessions assessing progress against last year’s organising plan and understanding and enforcing the key elements of the EBA. For other sectors, the program will look at getting and keeping membership support and involvement, organising around workplace issues and maintaining a strong ANMF presence in the workplace. As with the 2015 program, these are organiser and workplace/area specific programs giving you an opportunity to work directly with your organiser and other Job Representatives from your workplace. We encourage you to register as soon as possible to provide sufficient notice to be taken off the roster to access paid union training leave.
August Working Hours, Shift & Fatigue Conference Remember you will need to register for your workplace/organiser-specific program.
Course dates 2016 Metro: 3–4 August John Mills 14–15 September Gail Were 5–6 October Sandra Oakley 9–10 November Lisa Stingel 30 Nov–1 December Cynthia Salmons and Christian Sanderson Regional: 28 July Alison Kairns 25 August Christine Steiner 29 September Allan Townsend 27 October Loretta Marchesi
Special interest groups
• Go to the website at anmfvic.asn.au
Visit anmfvic.asn.au/interest-groups for all upcoming ANMF (Vic Branch) special interest group news, events and meetings.
OHS courses
HSR Initial OHS Training Course (WorkSafe approved)
HSR Refresher OHS Training Course (WorkSafe approved)
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.
This 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. It is designed to refresh HSRs’ knowledge and understanding of the OHS regulatory framework. It is also designed to provide the skills required to implement effective hazard control strategies in the workplace.
2016 course dates:
Metropolitan courses 2016:
10-12, 25-26 August 9-11, 24-25 November Time: 9am – 5pm each day Venue: Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House, 540 Elizabeth St, Melb Cost: $750 (payable by employer). Register online: anmfvic.asn.au/hsr-training
7 July, 13 October Time: 9am – 5pm Venue: Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House, 540 Elizabeth St, Melb Cost: $250 (payable by employer). Register online: anmfvic.asn.au/hsr-training
The 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 listed below. 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 Health and Safety Representatives from attending an approved course.
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July 2016
Professor Shanthakuman Rajaratnam, Leader of the Sleep and Circadian Medicine Laboratory at Monash University and Deputy Head of the Monash School of Psychological Sciences will speak about evidence-based guidelines for shift scheduling.
For registrations or information about any of this training you can:
Register online
•P hone 03 9275 9333 or 1800 133 353 (for regional reps) and ask for Job Rep training • Email jrt@anmfvic.asn.au
Regional courses 2016:
Advance Care Planning Nurses (ACPN) Topic: When: Venue: Topic: When: Venue: Inq:
Executive committee meeting Thursday 4 August, 2pm – 6pm Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Members meeting Thursday, 4 August, 4pm – 6pm Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Anne Marie Fabri, Secretary email: annemarie.fabri@nh.org.au Phone: 9495 3235
ANZANAC HIV Nursing Inq:
Milena Pinamonti anzanac.vic@gmail.com or 0466 280 445
CoNSA Vic/Tas
Topic: General committee meeting When: Thursday 11 August, 6pm – 9pm Venue: Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Inq: consavt@gmail.com
Joint CoNSA and VUNS Study Day
Topic: Meeting of the Waters When: Saturday 23 July, 8.30am – 3.30pm Venue: St Vincent’s Hospital Inq: consavt@gmail.com
Day Surgery Topic: When: Venue: Inq:
State conference Saturday 20 August, 8.30am – 4pm Flemington Chris Guidotti chris_guidotti@y7mail.com
Psychologist Michael Adeney Attendance will accrue six of the 20 CPD hours required for registration renewal. This conference is relevant to all nurses and midwives, and will be particularly useful to those responsible for rostering and managing staff. See our ‘Events’ page at anmfvic.asn.au to register.
www.anmfvic.asn.au
Congratulations, Trish O’Hara ANMF (Vic Branch) congratulates our Professional Officer Trish O’Hara on 50 years in the nursing profession. Ms O’Hara was accepted into the St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney Preliminary Training School on 22 June 1966. Ms O’ Hara has worked at ANMF (Vic Branch) as a professional officer since 2010.
Diabetes Nurse Educators
Safe Patient Handling
Immunisation Nurses
Victorian Association Of Maternal and Child Health Nurses
Topic: When: Venue: Inq:
State conference Wednesday 26 October, 5.30 – 8pm Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Catherine Wallace-Wilkinson positivehealth@bigpond.com 0411 557 631
Topic: When:
Members meeting Thursday 1 September, Registration from 6.30pm Meeting from 7.30 – 9.30pm Venue: Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Inq: INSIG administration, membership@immunisationnursesvic.org.au
Injured nurses support group Topic: When: Venue: Inq:
Members meeting Tuesday 19 July 2016, 11am – 12:30pm Level 3 Boardroom , ANMF House Annie Rutter 1300 760 602
Medical Imaging Nurses Association
Inq: Deborah Shears deborah.shears@i-med.com.au
Mental Health Nurses SIG
Inq: Carole de Greenlaw records@anmfvic.asn.au
Orthopaedic Nurses Association Topic: When: Venue: Inq:
Professional development day Friday 5 August, 8am – 6pm Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Cheryl Dingey 9345 7027 Meinir Griffiths 9342 8417 onavic@anmfvic.asn.au
Topic: Members forum When: Friday 2 September, 9.30am – 2pm Venue: Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Inq: Stephen Morley smorley@bendigohealth.org.au
Inq: VAMCHN executive vamchn.group@gmail.com
Victorian Association Of Research Nurses
Topic: Professional development day When: Friday 21 October, 8am – 4.30pm Venue: Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Inq: Lesley Poulton lesley.poulton@monash.edu
Victorian Midwifery Homecare Topic: When: Venue: Inq:
Professional development day Wednesday 26 October, 10.30am – 12.30pm Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Ingrid Ridler IRidler@mercy.com.au
Victorian Perioperative Nurses Group Inq:
enquiries@vpng.org.au or 1300 721 169
Victorian School Nurses Topic: When: Venue: Inq:
Members meeting Tuesday 18 October,6 – 9pm Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Gina Harrex 0401 717 352
Vic Urological Nurses Society
Inq: vunssecretary@gmail.com
Pre-Admission Nurses Association
Topic: PaNA professional day When: Saturday 26 November, 8am – 1pm Venue: Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Inq: Kate Hussey k.hussey@healthscope.com.au
Warrnambool - 28 July Ballarat - 27 October
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Congratulations
At the Working Hours, Shifts & Fatigue Conference on 18 August, Professor Shanthakuman Rajatnam and psychologist Michael Adeney will be back by popular demand, together with four new speakers.
Psychologist Michael Adeney will provide insights into individual strategies for reducing the impact of shiftwork and fatigue. Mr Adeney specialises in fatigue risk management, shiftwork and sleep.
Metro: 10 August, 6 September, 12 October Regional: 27 July – Wangaratta 24 August – Echuca 28 September – Ballarat 26 October – Bendigo
Questions about the process for becoming a Job Representative, a nomination or current Job Representative status should be directed to your organiser at ANMF.
Want to know about the impact of shiftwork and practical strategies for reducing the effects of fatigue? Want information on rostering nurses and midwives to minimise fatigue and maximise health and safety for staff and patients?
ANMF House is located at Level 7, 540 Elizabeth St Melbourne
July 2016
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Job Representative training program Introduction to your union and your role
Keeping it organised
This is a single day program aimed at new Job Representatives but it is also a great refresher for Job Representatives who last attended training more than three years ago.
This new program has been designed to follow on from 2015’s workplace organising programs.
The program provides important information and basic guidance to get you started in the ANMF Job Representative role including sessions and information about the ANMF structure and functions, the key responsibilities of the Job Representative, basic industrial relations information as well as providing you with some ANMF resources to take back to your workplace. Programs located in Melbourne are specifically designed to accommodate metropolitan Job Representatives. Regional Job Representatives must register for the introductory course being delivered in your area. This ensures you have an opportunity to meet other new Job Representatives from your own area as well as working with your organiser.
Course dates 2016
The focus of this training for public sector is organising around the EBA and will include sessions assessing progress against last year’s organising plan and understanding and enforcing the key elements of the EBA. For other sectors, the program will look at getting and keeping membership support and involvement, organising around workplace issues and maintaining a strong ANMF presence in the workplace. As with the 2015 program, these are organiser and workplace/area specific programs giving you an opportunity to work directly with your organiser and other Job Representatives from your workplace. We encourage you to register as soon as possible to provide sufficient notice to be taken off the roster to access paid union training leave.
August Working Hours, Shift & Fatigue Conference Remember you will need to register for your workplace/organiser-specific program.
Course dates 2016 Metro: 3–4 August John Mills 14–15 September Gail Were 5–6 October Sandra Oakley 9–10 November Lisa Stingel 30 Nov–1 December Cynthia Salmons and Christian Sanderson Regional: 28 July Alison Kairns 25 August Christine Steiner 29 September Allan Townsend 27 October Loretta Marchesi
Special interest groups
• Go to the website at anmfvic.asn.au
Visit anmfvic.asn.au/interest-groups for all upcoming ANMF (Vic Branch) special interest group news, events and meetings.
OHS courses
HSR Initial OHS Training Course (WorkSafe approved)
HSR Refresher OHS Training Course (WorkSafe approved)
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.
This 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. It is designed to refresh HSRs’ knowledge and understanding of the OHS regulatory framework. It is also designed to provide the skills required to implement effective hazard control strategies in the workplace.
2016 course dates:
Metropolitan courses 2016:
10-12, 25-26 August 9-11, 24-25 November Time: 9am – 5pm each day Venue: Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House, 540 Elizabeth St, Melb Cost: $750 (payable by employer). Register online: anmfvic.asn.au/hsr-training
7 July, 13 October Time: 9am – 5pm Venue: Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House, 540 Elizabeth St, Melb Cost: $250 (payable by employer). Register online: anmfvic.asn.au/hsr-training
The 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 listed below. 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 Health and Safety Representatives from attending an approved course.
10
July 2016
Professor Shanthakuman Rajaratnam, Leader of the Sleep and Circadian Medicine Laboratory at Monash University and Deputy Head of the Monash School of Psychological Sciences will speak about evidence-based guidelines for shift scheduling.
For registrations or information about any of this training you can:
Register online
•P hone 03 9275 9333 or 1800 133 353 (for regional reps) and ask for Job Rep training • Email jrt@anmfvic.asn.au
Regional courses 2016:
Advance Care Planning Nurses (ACPN) Topic: When: Venue: Topic: When: Venue: Inq:
Executive committee meeting Thursday 4 August, 2pm – 6pm Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Members meeting Thursday, 4 August, 4pm – 6pm Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Anne Marie Fabri, Secretary email: annemarie.fabri@nh.org.au Phone: 9495 3235
ANZANAC HIV Nursing Inq:
Milena Pinamonti anzanac.vic@gmail.com or 0466 280 445
CoNSA Vic/Tas
Topic: General committee meeting When: Thursday 11 August, 6pm – 9pm Venue: Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Inq: consavt@gmail.com
Joint CoNSA and VUNS Study Day
Topic: Meeting of the Waters When: Saturday 23 July, 8.30am – 3.30pm Venue: St Vincent’s Hospital Inq: consavt@gmail.com
Day Surgery Topic: When: Venue: Inq:
State conference Saturday 20 August, 8.30am – 4pm Flemington Chris Guidotti chris_guidotti@y7mail.com
Psychologist Michael Adeney Attendance will accrue six of the 20 CPD hours required for registration renewal. This conference is relevant to all nurses and midwives, and will be particularly useful to those responsible for rostering and managing staff. See our ‘Events’ page at anmfvic.asn.au to register.
www.anmfvic.asn.au
Congratulations, Trish O’Hara ANMF (Vic Branch) congratulates our Professional Officer Trish O’Hara on 50 years in the nursing profession. Ms O’Hara was accepted into the St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney Preliminary Training School on 22 June 1966. Ms O’ Hara has worked at ANMF (Vic Branch) as a professional officer since 2010.
Diabetes Nurse Educators
Safe Patient Handling
Immunisation Nurses
Victorian Association Of Maternal and Child Health Nurses
Topic: When: Venue: Inq:
State conference Wednesday 26 October, 5.30 – 8pm Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Catherine Wallace-Wilkinson positivehealth@bigpond.com 0411 557 631
Topic: When:
Members meeting Thursday 1 September, Registration from 6.30pm Meeting from 7.30 – 9.30pm Venue: Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Inq: INSIG administration, membership@immunisationnursesvic.org.au
Injured nurses support group Topic: When: Venue: Inq:
Members meeting Tuesday 19 July 2016, 11am – 12:30pm Level 3 Boardroom , ANMF House Annie Rutter 1300 760 602
Medical Imaging Nurses Association
Inq: Deborah Shears deborah.shears@i-med.com.au
Mental Health Nurses SIG
Inq: Carole de Greenlaw records@anmfvic.asn.au
Orthopaedic Nurses Association Topic: When: Venue: Inq:
Professional development day Friday 5 August, 8am – 6pm Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Cheryl Dingey 9345 7027 Meinir Griffiths 9342 8417 onavic@anmfvic.asn.au
Topic: Members forum When: Friday 2 September, 9.30am – 2pm Venue: Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Inq: Stephen Morley smorley@bendigohealth.org.au
Inq: VAMCHN executive vamchn.group@gmail.com
Victorian Association Of Research Nurses
Topic: Professional development day When: Friday 21 October, 8am – 4.30pm Venue: Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Inq: Lesley Poulton lesley.poulton@monash.edu
Victorian Midwifery Homecare Topic: When: Venue: Inq:
Professional development day Wednesday 26 October, 10.30am – 12.30pm Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Ingrid Ridler IRidler@mercy.com.au
Victorian Perioperative Nurses Group Inq:
enquiries@vpng.org.au or 1300 721 169
Victorian School Nurses Topic: When: Venue: Inq:
Members meeting Tuesday 18 October,6 – 9pm Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Gina Harrex 0401 717 352
Vic Urological Nurses Society
Inq: vunssecretary@gmail.com
Pre-Admission Nurses Association
Topic: PaNA professional day When: Saturday 26 November, 8am – 1pm Venue: Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House Inq: Kate Hussey k.hussey@healthscope.com.au
Warrnambool - 28 July Ballarat - 27 October
www.anmfvic.asn.au
Congratulations
At the Working Hours, Shifts & Fatigue Conference on 18 August, Professor Shanthakuman Rajatnam and psychologist Michael Adeney will be back by popular demand, together with four new speakers.
Psychologist Michael Adeney will provide insights into individual strategies for reducing the impact of shiftwork and fatigue. Mr Adeney specialises in fatigue risk management, shiftwork and sleep.
Metro: 10 August, 6 September, 12 October Regional: 27 July – Wangaratta 24 August – Echuca 28 September – Ballarat 26 October – Bendigo
Questions about the process for becoming a Job Representative, a nomination or current Job Representative status should be directed to your organiser at ANMF.
Want to know about the impact of shiftwork and practical strategies for reducing the effects of fatigue? Want information on rostering nurses and midwives to minimise fatigue and maximise health and safety for staff and patients?
ANMF House is located at Level 7, 540 Elizabeth St Melbourne
July 2016
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Education calendar August 2016
RN EN
RN Medication administration –
CPD: 6 hours, course code: 1983 10 August 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Dr. Rosalie Hudson
principles and practice revisited CPD: 12 hours, course code: 2158 2 and 9 August 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Sue Pleunik This two-day workshop is designed to update the register nurse's skills in medication administration. Topics covered include administration via all five routes, drug calculations and managing IV pumps, syringe drivers and PCA systems.
Delirium and depression in the older person
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.
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170
Member $360, Non-member $420, Job Rep or SIG member $320
RN M
RN EN
CPD: 6 hours, course code: 2035 11 August 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Kate Potter
Advanced skills for dementia care CPD: 6 hours, course code: 1981 3 August 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Dr. Rosalie Hudson Increase your knowledge, skills and confidence to offer people with dementia best practice, evidence based care emphasising end-of-life care for people with advanced dementia and appropriate symptom management.
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170 RN Foundations of pharmacology
and medication administration for registered nurses CPD: 24 hours, course code: 2152 4, 11, 18, 25 August 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Jennifer Irwin This four-day course revises the underpinning knowledge of pharmacology and medication administration for RNs. Topics include pharmacology and adverse drug reactions, common medications will be revised using a systems approach.
Member $650, Non-member $750, Job Rep or SIG member $600 RN EN
Assessment skills in the acute setting CPD: 6 hours, course code: 2030 4 August 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Kate Potter This seminar will refresh or update your knowledge and skills in patient assessment. The emphasis is on accurate, effective and timely assessment of patients in the acute setting and strategies to recognise and manage deteriorating patients.
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170 12
July 2016
IV cannulation for registered nurses and midwives
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. Please note this is not an accredited course.
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170 ALL
Be informed about Hepatitis B
CPD: 3 hours, course code: 2130 16 August 2016 9.30am-12.30pm Presenter Gabrielle Bennett, Victorian Viral Hepatitis Educator 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. Learn more about how our health services can improve and increase access to hepatitis B care including testing, diagnosis, treatment and monitoring.
Member $110, Non-member $180, Job Rep or SIG member $100 RN EN
ACFI for registered and enrolled nurses CPD: 6 hours, course code: 1956 16 August 2016 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 $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170
Course key ALL
RN EN M
Course available to all nurses, midwives, PCAs and AINs Course available to registered nurses Course available to enrolled nurses Course available to midwives
ALL
The ups and downs of male incontinence CPD: 4 hours, course code: 2072 24 August 2016 9am-1pm Presenter, Lisa Wragg, Continence Foundation of Australia, Victorian Branch Would you know what to say to a male patient who is incontinent? The ups and downs of male incontinence will provide a comprehensive understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the male urinary tract, common pathology and surgical interventions that cause incontinence. Treatment is included and covers nursing interventions, psychosocial issues, common gadgets and gizmos.
Member $110, Non-member $180, Job Rep or SIG member $100 EN Strengthening EN medication
practice CPD: 6 hours, course code: 2149 30 August 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Jennifer Irwin This seminar assists enrolled nurses to further develop and apply their skills and knowledge in the practice area of medications. It applies to a variety of health care settings and relates to the professional practice framework.
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170
September 2016 RN Adult advanced life support:
1 day recertification CPD: 10 hours (6 hours training and 4 hours self-directed learning), course code: 2289 6 September 2016 9am-4pm Presented by Australian College of Critical Care Nurses certified ALS trainers 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 2-day course but at a faster pace. Prior knowledge of ALS is required. This course is suitable for those
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working in a critical care environment and/or who have previously attended an ALS course and require an annual update.
Member $210, Non-member $310 RN EN Contemporary wound
management CPD: 12 hours, course code: 2204 7 and 14 September 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenters Julie Baulch and Anne Bryant This two-day interactive course you will examine the basic anatomy and physiology of wound healing, the importance of health assessment and wound diagnosis and explore a range of wound management practices, including frameworks for assessment, factors affecting healing, diagnostics and planning care.
Member $360, Non-member $420, Job Rep or SIG member $320 RN EN Respiratory management
– advanced care CPD: 6 hours, course code: 2038 8 September 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Kate Potter Managing patients who require more advanced respiratory interventions can be challenging. This program updates or refreshes registered nurses who are working within an acute care setting. The theoretical sessions are supported by audio-visual and practical training aids.
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170 M When do you change your
practice based on what you read? CPD: 3 hours, course code: 2066 14 September 2016 9am-12pm Presenter Dr Wendy Pollock
continued rejuvenation through the use of practical experiential techniques. The workshop includes materials offering a variety of guided techniques for ongoing self-care.
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170 RN EN
Recognising and responding to clinical deterioration CPD: 6 hours, course code: 1966 20 September 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Simon Plapp, ICU educator and President ACCCN (Vic Branch) Important to NSQHS Standard 9: Recognising and responding to clinical deterioration in acute health care, this workshop provides an important perspective on patient assessment. Through case studies the course focuses on who is at risk, the signs and symptoms that should “worry” you, and how to manage care in a timely and effective manner.
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170 RN EN Venipuncture, conducting
a 12-lead ECG and contemporary pathology collection CPD: 6 hours, course code: 2041 22 September 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Kate Potter This workshop delivers a comprehensive overview of venepuncture and conducting a 12-lead ECG. A wide range of practical training aids are provided and participants undertake practice of the relevant techniques under guided supervision in a simulated clinical environment. Great for nurses required to perform phlebotomy and undertake 12-lead ECG as part of their role.
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170
All health professionals are expected to implement ‘evidence-based practice’, but how do you recognise it as effective and relevant? This seminar covers where to get up-to-date evidence, how to evaluate the ‘evidence’ and what to consider in applying it to your practice.
RN EN
Member $110, Non-member $180, Job Rep or SIG member $80
Many older people needing nursing care suffer from one or more serious, chronic illnesses that are characterised by pain. This seminar focuses on advanced skills development for nurses caring for older people in any setting who suffer from chronic/ persistent pain.
ALL
Nursing the balance
CPD: 6 hours, course code: 2169 14 September 2016 9.30pm-4.30pm Presenter Jane Robotham A self-care workshop for nurses, midwives and carers focusing on reflection, relaxation and
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Management of chronic/ persistent pain in older people CPD: 6 hours, course code: 2041 28 September 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Dr. Rosalie Hudson
RN EN
The art of communicating successfully in the contemporary nursing environment CPD: 6 hours, course code: 2052 29 September 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Jenny Poulter Designed to support nurses to communicate in a clear, assertive and sensitive way in a complex, modern and often tense workplace, this seminar assists nurses to further develop communication skills with clients, patients and colleagues who often have diverse and varying needs.
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170
October 2016 RN ECG – Recording and
Interpretation CPD: 6 hours, course code: 2032 13 October 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Kate Potter 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 $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170 RN EN
Principles and practice of aseptic technique and infection control CPD: 6 hours, course code: 2054 18 October 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Jenny Poulter This recently peer reviewed workshop covers healthcare related infections and the infection control practices required to minimise the spread of infection. Risk management including standard precautions, transmission based precautions and asepsis, with an emphasis on the practical application of knowledge and skills including aseptic technique.
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170
July 2016
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Education calendar August 2016
RN EN
RN Medication administration –
CPD: 6 hours, course code: 1983 10 August 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Dr. Rosalie Hudson
principles and practice revisited CPD: 12 hours, course code: 2158 2 and 9 August 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Sue Pleunik This two-day workshop is designed to update the register nurse's skills in medication administration. Topics covered include administration via all five routes, drug calculations and managing IV pumps, syringe drivers and PCA systems.
Delirium and depression in the older person
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.
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170
Member $360, Non-member $420, Job Rep or SIG member $320
RN M
RN EN
CPD: 6 hours, course code: 2035 11 August 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Kate Potter
Advanced skills for dementia care CPD: 6 hours, course code: 1981 3 August 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Dr. Rosalie Hudson Increase your knowledge, skills and confidence to offer people with dementia best practice, evidence based care emphasising end-of-life care for people with advanced dementia and appropriate symptom management.
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170 RN Foundations of pharmacology
and medication administration for registered nurses CPD: 24 hours, course code: 2152 4, 11, 18, 25 August 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Jennifer Irwin This four-day course revises the underpinning knowledge of pharmacology and medication administration for RNs. Topics include pharmacology and adverse drug reactions, common medications will be revised using a systems approach.
Member $650, Non-member $750, Job Rep or SIG member $600 RN EN
Assessment skills in the acute setting CPD: 6 hours, course code: 2030 4 August 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Kate Potter This seminar will refresh or update your knowledge and skills in patient assessment. The emphasis is on accurate, effective and timely assessment of patients in the acute setting and strategies to recognise and manage deteriorating patients.
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170 12
July 2016
IV cannulation for registered nurses and midwives
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. Please note this is not an accredited course.
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170 ALL
Be informed about Hepatitis B
CPD: 3 hours, course code: 2130 16 August 2016 9.30am-12.30pm Presenter Gabrielle Bennett, Victorian Viral Hepatitis Educator 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. Learn more about how our health services can improve and increase access to hepatitis B care including testing, diagnosis, treatment and monitoring.
Member $110, Non-member $180, Job Rep or SIG member $100 RN EN
ACFI for registered and enrolled nurses CPD: 6 hours, course code: 1956 16 August 2016 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 $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170
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RN EN M
Course available to all nurses, midwives, PCAs and AINs Course available to registered nurses Course available to enrolled nurses Course available to midwives
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The ups and downs of male incontinence CPD: 4 hours, course code: 2072 24 August 2016 9am-1pm Presenter, Lisa Wragg, Continence Foundation of Australia, Victorian Branch Would you know what to say to a male patient who is incontinent? The ups and downs of male incontinence will provide a comprehensive understanding of the anatomy and physiology of the male urinary tract, common pathology and surgical interventions that cause incontinence. Treatment is included and covers nursing interventions, psychosocial issues, common gadgets and gizmos.
Member $110, Non-member $180, Job Rep or SIG member $100 EN Strengthening EN medication
practice CPD: 6 hours, course code: 2149 30 August 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Jennifer Irwin This seminar assists enrolled nurses to further develop and apply their skills and knowledge in the practice area of medications. It applies to a variety of health care settings and relates to the professional practice framework.
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170
September 2016 RN Adult advanced life support:
1 day recertification CPD: 10 hours (6 hours training and 4 hours self-directed learning), course code: 2289 6 September 2016 9am-4pm Presented by Australian College of Critical Care Nurses certified ALS trainers 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 2-day course but at a faster pace. Prior knowledge of ALS is required. This course is suitable for those
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working in a critical care environment and/or who have previously attended an ALS course and require an annual update.
Member $210, Non-member $310 RN EN Contemporary wound
management CPD: 12 hours, course code: 2204 7 and 14 September 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenters Julie Baulch and Anne Bryant This two-day interactive course you will examine the basic anatomy and physiology of wound healing, the importance of health assessment and wound diagnosis and explore a range of wound management practices, including frameworks for assessment, factors affecting healing, diagnostics and planning care.
Member $360, Non-member $420, Job Rep or SIG member $320 RN EN Respiratory management
– advanced care CPD: 6 hours, course code: 2038 8 September 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Kate Potter Managing patients who require more advanced respiratory interventions can be challenging. This program updates or refreshes registered nurses who are working within an acute care setting. The theoretical sessions are supported by audio-visual and practical training aids.
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170 M When do you change your
practice based on what you read? CPD: 3 hours, course code: 2066 14 September 2016 9am-12pm Presenter Dr Wendy Pollock
continued rejuvenation through the use of practical experiential techniques. The workshop includes materials offering a variety of guided techniques for ongoing self-care.
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170 RN EN
Recognising and responding to clinical deterioration CPD: 6 hours, course code: 1966 20 September 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Simon Plapp, ICU educator and President ACCCN (Vic Branch) Important to NSQHS Standard 9: Recognising and responding to clinical deterioration in acute health care, this workshop provides an important perspective on patient assessment. Through case studies the course focuses on who is at risk, the signs and symptoms that should “worry” you, and how to manage care in a timely and effective manner.
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170 RN EN Venipuncture, conducting
a 12-lead ECG and contemporary pathology collection CPD: 6 hours, course code: 2041 22 September 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Kate Potter This workshop delivers a comprehensive overview of venepuncture and conducting a 12-lead ECG. A wide range of practical training aids are provided and participants undertake practice of the relevant techniques under guided supervision in a simulated clinical environment. Great for nurses required to perform phlebotomy and undertake 12-lead ECG as part of their role.
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170
All health professionals are expected to implement ‘evidence-based practice’, but how do you recognise it as effective and relevant? This seminar covers where to get up-to-date evidence, how to evaluate the ‘evidence’ and what to consider in applying it to your practice.
RN EN
Member $110, Non-member $180, Job Rep or SIG member $80
Many older people needing nursing care suffer from one or more serious, chronic illnesses that are characterised by pain. This seminar focuses on advanced skills development for nurses caring for older people in any setting who suffer from chronic/ persistent pain.
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Nursing the balance
CPD: 6 hours, course code: 2169 14 September 2016 9.30pm-4.30pm Presenter Jane Robotham A self-care workshop for nurses, midwives and carers focusing on reflection, relaxation and
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Management of chronic/ persistent pain in older people CPD: 6 hours, course code: 2041 28 September 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Dr. Rosalie Hudson
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The art of communicating successfully in the contemporary nursing environment CPD: 6 hours, course code: 2052 29 September 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Jenny Poulter Designed to support nurses to communicate in a clear, assertive and sensitive way in a complex, modern and often tense workplace, this seminar assists nurses to further develop communication skills with clients, patients and colleagues who often have diverse and varying needs.
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170
October 2016 RN ECG – Recording and
Interpretation CPD: 6 hours, course code: 2032 13 October 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Kate Potter 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 $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170 RN EN
Principles and practice of aseptic technique and infection control CPD: 6 hours, course code: 2054 18 October 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Jenny Poulter This recently peer reviewed workshop covers healthcare related infections and the infection control practices required to minimise the spread of infection. Risk management including standard precautions, transmission based precautions and asepsis, with an emphasis on the practical application of knowledge and skills including aseptic technique.
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170
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Managing fluid and electrolyte RN
administration and blood transfusion in the acute care setting CPD: 6 hours, course code: 2221 21 October 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Kate Potter This seminar discusses the concepts behind various IV fluid therapies, with a focus on advanced understanding and skill development for fluid management in acute care. The program includes the why, what and when of fluid, blood and blood products orders and their clinical effects.
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170
November 2016 RN Adult ALS Certification:
2-day program CPD: 12 hours, course code: 2026 2 & 9 November 2016 9am-5pm Presented by ACCCN accredited trainers This two-day Adult Advanced Life Support program is for healthcare professionals who are required to provide Adult Basic and Advanced Life Support in a clinical setting and is most suitable for people with limited experience/ knowledge of ALS or needing a comprehensive update. The program incorporates theoretical lectures, clinical skill stations and scenarios. A total of 16 CPD hours are assigned to this program (based on 12 hours program contact and 4 hours self-directed learning, prior reading is expected).
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HLTAID003 Provide first aid
CPD: 12 hours, course code: 2056 20 and 27 October 2016 9.00am–4.30pm Presenter Jenny Poulter Renewing first aid qualifications is an essential part of professional development for many nurses and midwives. ANMF (Vic Branch) Education Centre offers members nationally recognised training delivered by experienced nurse trainers. These courses fill fast so enrol as early as possible.
Member $360, Non-member $420, Job Rep/ANMF SIG member $320 ALL
HLTAID001 Provide cardio pulmonary resuscitation CPD: 3 hours, course code: 2161 23 November 2016 9am–noon Renewing CPR qualifications is an essential part of professional development for many nurses and midwives. ANMF (Vic Branch) Education Centre offers members nationally recognised training delivered by experienced nurse trainers. These courses fill fast so enrol as early as possible.
Member $110, Non-member $180, Job Rep or ANMF SIG member $100
ANMF/ACCCN member $370, Non-member $480
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Certificate IV in training and assessment (TAE40110) Course 3, course code: 2075 5, 12, 19, 26 August; 2, 9, 15, 16, 23, 30 September; 7, 14, 21, 28 October; 4 November 2016 9am–5pm Course 4, course code: 2096 5, 6, 10, 19, 26 October; 2, 7, 8, 16, 23, 30 November; 5, 12, 6, 12, 13 December 2016 9am–5pm The TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment course focuses on the skills required to deliver training and assess competence in the participants’ own industry areas. It is the benchmark qualification (along with subject matter expertise) for trainers and assessors in the VET sector. The course is designed for people who are currently working in a training or assessment role, or where part of their job requires training and assessment. Comprising 10 units delivered over 15 days, this course focuses on the skills required to deliver training and assess competence in the participants’ own industry areas. This course includes the Language, Literacy and Numeracy unit recently added to this qualification.
Cost $2100 which covers tuition fees, assessments and learning resources and is paid in three instalments throughout the course. Please enrol online. Payment plan: Deposit $900 – on enrolment Instalment 1 $600 – week 6 Instalment 2 $600 – week 12 This is a nationally recognised qualification delivered by the ANMF (Vic Branch) Education Centre RTOID 22609
ALL Ice/methamphetamine addiction
seminar – nurse/midwife program CPD: 4 hours, course code: 3116 8 November 2016 9.30am-1.30pm Presenter Sharon Patterson ANMF (Vic Branch) in partnership with Turning Point, is pleased to deliver a new program focusing on working with people who present in the health care setting with a drug or alcohol addiction. This first workshop will explore methamphetamine use in Australia, the science of addiction, effects of methamphetamine on brain and behaviour, and ice use and mental health.
Member $110, Non-member $180, Job Rep or SIG member $100
Colorectal cancer case study This case study focuses on a 44-yearold woman who had presented to a hospital emergency department on several occasions, with abdominal pain, PR bleeding, and anaemia. On her final presentation, she was admitted and relevant investigations revealed a diagnosis of advanced rectal cancer. As you work through this case study there will be information and discussions
regarding colorectal cancer, risk factors, signs and symptoms, assessment strategies and bowel preparation. This information will help you as a nurse or carer to have a greater understanding of colorectal cancer and appropriately assess, initiate and prompt investigations for your patient who may be showing signs and symptoms of colorectal cancer. cpd.anmfvic.asn.au
Register online at anmfvic.asn.au/education or complete this form and return to the ANMF education centre.
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Upcoming course program Visit anmfvic.asn.au/education for information about these and upcoming courses.
Continuing professional development (CPD) All nurses and midwives are required to undertake 20 hours of continuing professional development each year as part of the requirements to re-register with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. For information visit nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au
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ANMF (Vic Branch) Education Centre (ABN No 1716 9548 707) will endeavour to ensure that the speakers and content for this seminar proceed as advertised. However, unexpected circumstances may necessitate the utilisation of a replacement speaker(s). ANMF (Vic Branch) Education Centre disclaims any liability for any errors/omissions in terms of information provided at this educational event.
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The decision to proceed with or reschedule a seminar is based on the number of participants registered, however if ANMF (Vic Branch) Education Centre cancels a session you will receive a full refund. If you cancel your registration the following will apply: a) Over seven days notification, full refund (less 10 per cent administrative fee) b) Less than seven days notification no refund will apply
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Managing fluid and electrolyte RN
administration and blood transfusion in the acute care setting CPD: 6 hours, course code: 2221 21 October 2016 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Kate Potter This seminar discusses the concepts behind various IV fluid therapies, with a focus on advanced understanding and skill development for fluid management in acute care. The program includes the why, what and when of fluid, blood and blood products orders and their clinical effects.
Member $180, Non-member $215, Job Rep or SIG member $170
November 2016 RN Adult ALS Certification:
2-day program CPD: 12 hours, course code: 2026 2 & 9 November 2016 9am-5pm Presented by ACCCN accredited trainers This two-day Adult Advanced Life Support program is for healthcare professionals who are required to provide Adult Basic and Advanced Life Support in a clinical setting and is most suitable for people with limited experience/ knowledge of ALS or needing a comprehensive update. The program incorporates theoretical lectures, clinical skill stations and scenarios. A total of 16 CPD hours are assigned to this program (based on 12 hours program contact and 4 hours self-directed learning, prior reading is expected).
ANMF (Vic Branch) Education Centre accredited courses (RTOID 22609) ALL
HLTAID003 Provide first aid
CPD: 12 hours, course code: 2056 20 and 27 October 2016 9.00am–4.30pm Presenter Jenny Poulter Renewing first aid qualifications is an essential part of professional development for many nurses and midwives. ANMF (Vic Branch) Education Centre offers members nationally recognised training delivered by experienced nurse trainers. These courses fill fast so enrol as early as possible.
Member $360, Non-member $420, Job Rep/ANMF SIG member $320 ALL
HLTAID001 Provide cardio pulmonary resuscitation CPD: 3 hours, course code: 2161 23 November 2016 9am–noon Renewing CPR qualifications is an essential part of professional development for many nurses and midwives. ANMF (Vic Branch) Education Centre offers members nationally recognised training delivered by experienced nurse trainers. These courses fill fast so enrol as early as possible.
Member $110, Non-member $180, Job Rep or ANMF SIG member $100
ANMF/ACCCN member $370, Non-member $480
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Certificate IV in training and assessment (TAE40110) Course 3, course code: 2075 5, 12, 19, 26 August; 2, 9, 15, 16, 23, 30 September; 7, 14, 21, 28 October; 4 November 2016 9am–5pm Course 4, course code: 2096 5, 6, 10, 19, 26 October; 2, 7, 8, 16, 23, 30 November; 5, 12, 6, 12, 13 December 2016 9am–5pm The TAE40110 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment course focuses on the skills required to deliver training and assess competence in the participants’ own industry areas. It is the benchmark qualification (along with subject matter expertise) for trainers and assessors in the VET sector. The course is designed for people who are currently working in a training or assessment role, or where part of their job requires training and assessment. Comprising 10 units delivered over 15 days, this course focuses on the skills required to deliver training and assess competence in the participants’ own industry areas. This course includes the Language, Literacy and Numeracy unit recently added to this qualification.
Cost $2100 which covers tuition fees, assessments and learning resources and is paid in three instalments throughout the course. Please enrol online. Payment plan: Deposit $900 – on enrolment Instalment 1 $600 – week 6 Instalment 2 $600 – week 12 This is a nationally recognised qualification delivered by the ANMF (Vic Branch) Education Centre RTOID 22609
ALL Ice/methamphetamine addiction
seminar – nurse/midwife program CPD: 4 hours, course code: 3116 8 November 2016 9.30am-1.30pm Presenter Sharon Patterson ANMF (Vic Branch) in partnership with Turning Point, is pleased to deliver a new program focusing on working with people who present in the health care setting with a drug or alcohol addiction. This first workshop will explore methamphetamine use in Australia, the science of addiction, effects of methamphetamine on brain and behaviour, and ice use and mental health.
Member $110, Non-member $180, Job Rep or SIG member $100
Colorectal cancer case study This case study focuses on a 44-yearold woman who had presented to a hospital emergency department on several occasions, with abdominal pain, PR bleeding, and anaemia. On her final presentation, she was admitted and relevant investigations revealed a diagnosis of advanced rectal cancer. As you work through this case study there will be information and discussions
regarding colorectal cancer, risk factors, signs and symptoms, assessment strategies and bowel preparation. This information will help you as a nurse or carer to have a greater understanding of colorectal cancer and appropriately assess, initiate and prompt investigations for your patient who may be showing signs and symptoms of colorectal cancer. cpd.anmfvic.asn.au
Register online at anmfvic.asn.au/education or complete this form and return to the ANMF education centre.
Please use block letters First course:
Course name
Course code
Second course: Course name
Venue The ANMF (Vic Branch) Education Centre, ANMF (Vic Branch) Registered Training Organisation (RTO ID: 22609), nursing laboratory and library are located near the Melbourne CBD at ANMF House, 540 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne.
Upcoming course program Visit anmfvic.asn.au/education for information about these and upcoming courses.
Continuing professional development (CPD) All nurses and midwives are required to undertake 20 hours of continuing professional development each year as part of the requirements to re-register with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. For information visit nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au
Course code
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Personal details Please circle:
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Last name First name DOB Street address Suburb Postcode Phone hm
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mob email workplace Please circle:
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Registered nurse
ANMF member: yes / no
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Enrolled nurse
Midwife
Member no.
NMBA registration no Payment details (please note AMEX is not accepted)
Costs
Please circle:
Significant discounts on many Education Centre courses (excluding government-funded courses) are available to ANMF members, Job Reps and ANMF Special Interest Group members. Courses may be tax deductible. Ask your tax consultant for advice.
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Money order
Expiry Amount: $ Cardholder name Cardholder signature Please forward fully completed registration form and payment: ANMF (Vic Branch) Education Centre Box 12600 A’Beckett Street Post Office Melbourne Vic 8006 OR scan and email to education@anmfvic.asn.au Once payment is received a receipt will be posted to you. Please make cheques payable to ANMF (Vic Branch) Education Centre. Disclaimer
ANMF (Vic Branch) Education Centre (ABN No 1716 9548 707) will endeavour to ensure that the speakers and content for this seminar proceed as advertised. However, unexpected circumstances may necessitate the utilisation of a replacement speaker(s). ANMF (Vic Branch) Education Centre disclaims any liability for any errors/omissions in terms of information provided at this educational event.
Refunds and cancellations
14
Course date(s)
The decision to proceed with or reschedule a seminar is based on the number of participants registered, however if ANMF (Vic Branch) Education Centre cancels a session you will receive a full refund. If you cancel your registration the following will apply: a) Over seven days notification, full refund (less 10 per cent administrative fee) b) Less than seven days notification no refund will apply