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RECORD APRIL 2017
Honouring nurses who served in wartime pages 6 – 7
Our ratios submission
Meet Frances, private aged care Job Rep
Tell us what you love about nursing and midwifery
page 4–5
pages 8
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Know your entitlements Nursing and midwifery registration annual renewal
Inside this edition
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Know your entitlements
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• Submission to improve and add ratios
• Remembering the nurses of Bangka Island • The heroic volunteers of Vietnam
• Member profile: Frances Van Der Weele
• April wage increase for public sector
• Tell us what you love about your work
• Local variations to ratios agreed
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• Thunderstorm asthma response report released
• Online Job Rep training
• OHS courses
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Information Officer
Secretary’s report
In focus
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Alison O’Gorman
• The bigger picture of bullying behaviour • Special Interest Groups
• Education calendar
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What do I need to do to renew my nursing or midwifery registration? 1. You have to renew registration before 31 May 2017. 2. The fee for general registration is $150 (remember, this is tax deductible). There is a fee schedule available on the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia website goo.gl/XTXJBb 3. You are required to meet the registration standards, and as part of renewing registration you will be asked to sign off or disclose information pertaining to:
– continuing professional development (CPD): The requirement is that each nurse or midwife will participate in 20 hours CPD per year that is relevant to your practice. Please note if you hold a nursing registration and a midwifery registration (dual registration) you are required to meet this standard for each portfolio/registration you hold. Remember one hour of active learning equals one hour of CPD. Those members who hold a scheduled medicine endorsement, or are endorsed as a nurse practitioner or midwife practitioner, must complete 10 hours of CPD related to their endorsement. For frequently asked questions, including how to record your CPD, visit goo.gl/n1Fkfv
– criminal history: Health Practitioner National Law requires the regulator (AHPRA) to consider if a health practitioner’s criminal history is relevant to the practice of their profession. Under the national law, spent convictions legislation does not apply to criminal history disclosure requirements. All nurses and midwives must inform the NMBA if they have been: • charged with an offence punishable by 12 months imprisonment or more, or • convicted or found guilty of an offence punishable by imprisonment in Australia and/or overseas. For more information, visit the ‘Criminal history checks’ page of the AHPRA website goo.gl/gH7DNd – professional indemnity insurance (PII): you are required to confirm that you have the required PII.
Rest assured that all ANMF working memberships contain PII that meets AHPRA requirements. See goo.gl/zwKXp8 for PII requirements information. – recency of practice: You will be asked questions pertaining to your recent practice, as nurses and midwives must have undertaken sufficient practice to demonstrate competence in their professions within the preceding five years. This standard applies to nurses and midwives seeking registration, endorsement of registration or renewal of registration. It does not apply to recent graduates from nursing or midwifery programs in Australia applying for registration for the first time; people holding student registration; or nurses or midwives holding non-practising registration or applicants for non-practising registration. Those who hold dual registration are required to make separate recency of practice declarations for each registration held. In this situation carefully consider what evidence you are able to provide to meet the relevant competency and registration standards for each profession as there may be common elements of work and education applicable to nursing and midwifery that you can submit as evidence when applying for or renewing dual registration. I am a new nurse or midwife and received my first nursing or midwifery registration in January 2017. Do I have to renew? Yes, you need to renew by 31 May. Registration is renewed annually by 31 May regardless of how long you were registered during the previous 12 months. It is the national annual renewal date. However, if you are a graduate who registered within two months prior to the 31 May annual renewal date you are registered to practise until 31 May of the following year. You can check the national register if you are not sure when your registration is due for renewal. Visit ahpra.gov.au/Registration
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Secretary’s report
Your ANMF Lisa Fitzpatrick State Secretary
Paul Gilbert
Assistant Secretary
Pip Carew
Assistant Secretary
First ratio claim under new law Lisa Fitzpatrick This month we detail the public sector members’ claims for improved and new ratios under the Safe Patient Care Act. The claims for the public sector cover 21 areas, including aged care and mental health. Every ratio claim is based on a resolution passed at the annual delegates conferences.
The discussion paper, by the Andrews Government’s ministerial advisory panel responsible for drafting the legislation, makes it clear that it is not seeking opinions for or against voluntary assisted dying.
The Andrews Government Nurse/Midwife to Patient Ratio Improvements Taskforce will now independently evaluate ANMF’s submissions alongside claims by other organisations and individuals.
Instead the panel asks for people’s expertise and experience on the key issues including access, safeguards and practical considerations in creating a compassionate and safe voluntary assisted dying framework.
The taskforce is expected to make its ratio recommendations to Health Minister Jill Hennessy later this year.
The panel, which includes a palliative care nurse expert, has conducted consultation sessions across Victoria. An ANMF session for interested members will be held on Tuesday 4 April with Professor Margaret O’Connor, Professor of Nursing, Faculty of Health, Arts and Design at Swinburne University who is a member of the ministerial advisory panel.
This submission process could not be more different to the lengthy industrial and community campaigns to achieve, save and improve ratios since they were first introduced by the then Australian Industrial Relations Commission 17 years ago. We should acknowledge the thousands of nurses and midwives involved in those campaigns who took protected and unprotected industrial action - closing beds, cancelling elective surgery, walking out of hospitals, participating in rallies and marches, and having their pay docked to protect safe patient care. At the time of writing, the taskforce was embarking on a series of interviews as well as visiting workplaces they have selected. The ANMF will be meeting with the taskforce on Tuesday 18 April. See pages 4 and 5. Anzac Day services In this edition we honour nurses who have served in wartime, telling the stories of Australian nurses who volunteered in civilian surgical teams during the Vietnam War (page 7) and those nurses who, while serving their country in the Second World War, were killed or died in horrific prisoner of war camps on Bangka Island and Sumatra. On page 6 we tell the incredible story of Lt-Col Vivian Bullwinkel who survived the Bangka Island massacre and three and a half years in a prisoner of war camp, to found the Nurses Memorial Centre with fellow nurses and prisoners of war Betty Jeffrey, Wilma OramYoung and others.
Cover image: Australian Army nurses and relatives honour nurses killed at Bangka Island 75 years ago Photograph courtesy Muntok Nurses and Internees group On the Record is the official publication of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (Victorian Branch). OTR is published monthly.
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development of a safe and compassionate voluntary assisted dying framework.
ANMF will lay a wreath at the annual Nurses Memorial Centre’s ANZAC Commemorative Service on Sunday 16 April. The centre will also host an ANZAC Day luncheon on Tuesday 25 April. Contact the centre for details on 9866 3756. Voluntary assisted dying laws Members still have time to provide feedback on a public discussion paper considering the
The deadline for discussion paper submissions is 10 April. For links to the consultation session, the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill Discussion Paper and the ANMF (Vic Branch) response visit anmfvic.asn.au A new health fund choice While Medicare and access to a universal health system, regardless of ability to pay, remains a core ANMF belief, we recognise many members also have private health insurance. These members can now choose to be part of a not-for-profit fund specifically designed for nurses, midwives and carers. The new Nurses and Midwives Health fund is exclusive to ANMF members and their families and focuses on providing relevant and affordable health insurance products to members at every stage of life. The fund has been established by the highly respected Teachers Health originally set up by the NSW Teachers’ Federation. As a not-for-profit health fund, Nurses and Midwives Health will not pay dividends to shareholders or overseas investors, giving members who choose to have health insurance access to the best possible product. Any surplus generated will be reinvested into the fund to benefit members through lower premiums, increased benefits and additional services. New members who join before 30 April 2017 will receive six weeks free – eligibility criteria and conditions apply. Rates are secure until 31 March 2018. For details, including health fund product comparisons, visit nmhealth.com.au or call 1300 344 000.
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Submission to improve and add ratios ANMF (Vic Branch) has made a submission to the taskforce established by Health Minister Jill Hennessy setting out our requests for improved and additional nurse/midwife: patient ratios in public sector health facilities, including ratios in mental health. The following tables show the current status of public sector ratios and our recommendations for improvements or additions. The taskforce will consider the submission before issuing its report and recommendations to the Minister in the second half of 2017. Every claim is based on resolutions passed by ANMF (Vic Branch) Job Reps at annual delegates conferences.
Name of ward
Current ratio
Proposed ratio
50 per cent rule to be removed and replaced with rounding method whereby if the number of patients or beds is not divisible into a whole number, the number of nurses or midwives required is rounded up to the nearest whole number. Aged Care Residential Wards
AM: 1:7 plus one nurse in charge
AM/PM: 1: 6 plus one nurse in charge
PM: 1:8 plus one nurse in charge
Ratios to be extended to all aged care residential wards in all hospitals listed in the Safe Patient Care Act and apply to all residents of aged care wards
Night: 1: 15
Night: 1:10 plus one nurse in charge
Coronary Care Unit
AM/PM 1:2 & Night 1:3
Except where a CWMA provides a greater staffing level, on night shifts, 1:3 plus one nurse in charge
Emergency Department
Ratios depending on hospital level and on the night shift, the number of presentations
• AM: 1:3, plus one nurse in charge and one triage nurse
Name of ward
Current ratio
Proposed ratio
Intensive Care Unit
None
Except where a current workload management arrangement (CWMA) provides a greater staffing level, a ratio of 1:1 on all shifts, plus one nurse in charge
Maternity Assessment Units
none
1 midwife: 2 treatment spaces, plus one midwife in charge on all shifts
Medical/ surgical/acute
Level 1 AM/PM: 1:4, plus one nurse in charge
AM: 1:4 plus one nurse in charge
Night: 1:8 Level 2 AM: 1: 4 plus one nurse in charge
• PM: 1:3, plus one nurse in charge and two triage nurses
Night: 1:8 Level 3 AM: 1:5 plus one nurse in charge
Emergency departments ratios additions: • Level 3 hospital emergency department ratios for Bass Coast Health and Mercy Hospital for Women
PM: 1:6 plus one nurse in charge
• Trauma services to staff an additional three nurses on each shift as a dedicated trauma nursing team • Waiting rooms to have a nurse rostered on each shift • Hospitals that receive an average of more than 20 ambulance presentations per 24 hours to staff an ambulance flow nurse
Night: 1: 10 Midwifery Delivery Suite
2 midwives to 3 delivery suites
1:1, plus a midwife in charge in units with six or more delivery suites
Oncology
None specified
Except where a CWMA provides a greater staffing level,
• Hospitals that operate short stay beds, where total ED and short stay beds exceed 30, to staff the short stay unit at 1:4 ratio, plus one nurse in charge on all shifts Geriatric evaluation management
AM 1: 5 plus one nurse in charge
AM: 1:4 plus one nurse in charge
PM 1: 6 plus one nurse in charge
Night shift ratios to change to 1: 8 plus one nurse in charge for level 1-3 hospitals. Level 4 hospitals as above, without nurse in charge
Night 1: 10 Haematology
None
PM 1: 4 plus one nurse in charge
AM/PM: 1:3, plus one nurse in charge
Haemodialysis None
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Night: 1:8 plus one nurse in charge Day oncology: 1:3 chairs plus one nurse in charge when unit operational Palliative Care
AM: 1:4, plus one nurse in charge
AM: 1: 4, plus one nurse in charge
PM: 1:5, plus one nurse in charge
Night: 1: 6, plus one nurse in charge
Post Natal
• PM: 1:3, plus one nurse in charge
Night 1:6
1:4 HITH patients during an eight hour shift, plus additional nurse in charge
PM: 1: 4, plus one nurse in charge
Night: 1:8
• AM: 1:3, plus one nurse in charge • No 50 per cent rule
HITH/ Community Nursing
AM/PM: 1:4 plus one nurse in charge
AM/PM: 1:4, plus one midwife in charge
Night: 1:5, plus one nurse in charge
Night shift ratios to change to 1: 8 plus one nurse in charge for level 1-3 hospitals. Level 4 hospitals as above, without nurse in charge on a night shift
PM: 1: 5 plus one nurse in charge
• Night: 1:3, plus one nurse in charge and one triage nurse
• Resuscitation bays to have 1:1 ratios at all times
PM 1: 4 plus one nurse in charge
Rehabilitation
AM/PM: 1:5 plus one nurse in charge
1: 3 plus one midwife in charge on all shifts
AM/PM: 1:4, plus one nurse in charge Night: 1: 8, plus one nurse in charge
Night: 1: 10
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Mental health ratios
Assistant Secretary Paul Gilbert, Health Minister Jill Hennessy, Branch Secretary Lisa Fitzpatrick, Premier Daniel Andrews and Assistant Secretary Pip Carew celebrate the passing of the ratios Act in October 2015
Name of ward Special Care Nurseries & Neonatal Intensive Care Units
Current ratio
Levels 1 and 2 – 1 nurse: three cots SCNs with: • Six occupied cots: Levels 3-6 – to have nurse in charge on two nurses all shifts • up to 9 occupied Level 3 – 1 nurse: 3 cots cots – 1: 4 Level 4 – 1 nurse: two neonates • up to 10 occupied requiring non-invasive respiratory cots – 3 nurses support or with umbilical venous catheters and 1:3 for all other neonates • 11 or more occupied cots – 4 Level 5 – 1:2 for neonates requiring nurses, plus one non-invasive respiratory support or with for every three umbilical venous catheters and 1:3 for cots beyond 11 all other neonates NICUs: 1:2 occupied cots, plus one nurse in charge at Mercy Hospital for Women, The Women’s, Monash Medical Centre and Royal Children’s Hospital only
Stroke
Theatre
Post Anaesthetic Recovery Room
Proposed ratio
Level 6A and 6B – 1: 2; 1:1 for critically ill/unstable/complex nursing and medical management, plus emergency response nurse
Depending on which On all shifts, 1: 3 plus one nurse in charge ward the patient is being treated, For patients in a stroke bed, 1:2 ratios for emergency department, medical ward or rehabilitation ward would apply Per operating theatre: 1 instrument nurse 1 circulating nurse 1 anaesthetic nurse 1:1
Holding bay: 1:4 Pre-anaesthetic: 1:4 Intra-operative phase/Scheduled or emergency complex surgery: 1OR:3.5 or 1OR: 4.5 Post-anaesthetic recovery room: 1: 1 unconscious /stablising phase patient, plus 1:3 in post-stabilisation phase DAY SURGERY: 1:3 unconscious patients 1:3 acute recovery phase 1: 6 post-acute recovery phase Plus minimum of one in charge nurse to apply in Level 1 and 2 hospitals per 6 theatres/operating rooms, plus one for PACU/anaethestics and one for endoscopy service
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High dependency unit/ICA/ECU/ AMA/Low AM, PM & night duty stimulus or swing beds (however titled) shifts minimum nurses 1-2 beds 1 nurse 3-5 beds 2 nurses 6-7 beds 3 nurses 8 – 9 beds 4 nurses 10 beds or more 1 nurse per 2 beds Adult acute and mixed acute mental AM + PM shifts health beds* (other than HDU beds) Up to 12 beds 3 nurses 13 – 17 beds 4 nurses 18 – 23 beds 5 nurses 24 plus beds 1 nurse per 4 beds (or portion thereof) Night shifts Up to 10 beds 1 nurse 11-22 beds 2 nurses 23 – 30 beds 3 nurses 31+ beds 1 nurse : 10 beds (or portion thereof) *Where the application of the ratios above for adult acute and mixed mental health beds results in four or less nurses on any shift, for safety, the minimum number of nurses shall be increased to four nurses across all shifts. Secure extended care beds (other than HDU beds) Up to 10 beds 11 - 15 beds 16 – 20 beds 21 – 25 beds 25 - 30 beds 31 + beds Child mental health beds Up to 8 beds 9 -12 beds 13 beds + Adolescent & youth mental health beds (other than HDU beds) Up to 10 beds 11- 14 beds 15 - 19 beds 20-24 beds Acute parent infant psychiatry and/ or mother/ baby mental health units Up to 5 beds 6-7 beds 8 beds or more Aged acute mental health (other than HDU beds) up to 14 beds 15 - 19 beds 20 – 24 beds 25 – 30 beds Sub-acute psychogeriatric/ aged residential Up to 9 beds 10 - 15 beds 16 – 20 beds 21 – 25 beds 26 – 30 beds 31 – 35 beds 36 - 40 beds 41 – 45 beds
AM + PM shifts (1 nurse : 5 beds) 2 nurses 3 nurses 4 nurses 5 nurses 6 nurses 1 nurse per 5 beds AM & PM shifts 4 nurses 5 nurses 1 nurse per 2 beds
Night duty 2 nurses 2 nurses 2 nurses 3 nurses 3 nurses 1 nurse to 7 beds Night duty Minimum 2 nurses 1 nurse per 4 beds
AM + PM shifts
Night duty
3 nurses 4 nurses 5 nurses 6 nurses
2 nurses 2 nurses 3 nurses 4 nurses
AM + PM shifts 2 nurses 3 nurses 1 nurse per 2 beds
Night duty 2 nurses 2 nurses 1 nurse per 3 beds
AM + PM 3 nurses 4 nurses 5 nurses 6 nurses AM + PM (1 nurse : 5 beds or portion thereof) 2 nurses 3 nurses 4 nurses 5 nurses 6 nurses 7 nurses 8 nurses 9 nurses
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Night duty 2 nurses 2 nurses 3 nurses 3 nurses Night duty 2 nurses 2 nurses 2 nurses 2 nurses 2 nurses 3 nurses 4 nurses 4 nurses
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In focus - Nurses in wartime Remembering the nurses of Bangka Island It is difficult to imagine a more harrowing scenario. Seventy five years ago, on 16 February 1942, Australian Army nursing sister Vivian Bullwinkel and 21 fellow nurses were forced to walk into the sea at gunpoint. Only one – Lt-Cl Bullwinkel – returned to shore. Lt-Cl Bulwinkel was one of 65 army nurses who had boarded the SS Vyner Brooke, along with 265 men, women and children, to escape the Japanese advance on Singapore during the Second World War. Bombed by the Japanese, those who survived washed up on the shores of Bangka Island, east of Sumatra. They thought they would be taken prisoner. Instead, the survivors were divided into three groups. Two groups of men were taken around the headland by their Japanese captors and massacred. The nurses’ group knew they were next when the Japanese soldiers ordered them to walk into the sea. As they walked into the surf to a certain death, their Matron Irene Drummond called out: ‘Chin up, girls! I’m proud of you all and I love you all.’ Though shot in the hip, Lt-Cl Bullwinkel remained silently floating in the sea surrounded by the bodies of her fellow nurses, feigning dead until the Japanese soldiers left. She then survived 12 days in the jungle, nursing a British soldier who had also survived a massacre, before the pair gave themselves up and were interned in a prisoner of war camp. Vivian Bullwinkel AO, MBE, ARRC, ED, FNM, was reunited in the camp with nurses Betty Jeffrey OAM and Wilma Oram AM, who were also working in Victorian hospitals before the war. They would remain in the camp for three and a half years. Of the 65 nurses from the Vyner Brooke, 12 drowned in the Bangka Straits, 21 were shot at Radji Beach and 32 were interned with civilian women at the prisoner of war camp in Buntok and Palembang and later at Loeboek Linggau in Sumatra. Eight of these nurses died from sickness and starvation in the camp.
After the war, Lt-Cl Bullwinkel and Betty Jeffrey, with the support of colleagues Wilma Oram-Young, Colonel Annie Sage, Edith Hughes-Jones and others, set to work raising money for the memorial. They toured hospitals and RSLs around Victoria in a little Austin car explaining their vision for a centre which would provide nurses with professional development and a gathering place. ‘They talked about the situation they’d faced and the community were outraged about what had happened to nurses,’ Ms Bennett said. ‘Nurses were non-combatants in those days. All they had to protect them was their red cross armbands. At the end of the day the Geneva Convention did very little for them.’ After the most successful fundraising drive in Victoria’s history to that point, in 1949 the nurses purchased the Victorian home ‘Madowla’ on St Kilda Road, Melbourne, the site of the Nurses Memorial Centre. Ms Bennett was one of about 80 people who attended the 75th anniversary ceremony held at Radji Beach on 16 February, along with relatives of the nurses, the Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, a group of Indonesian nurses and 15
Australian Army nurses. Wreaths were laid in the ocean and the army nurses joined hands, walked into the ocean and saluted the memory of their fallen comrades. Vivian Bullwinkel told her fellow nurses in the camp what had befallen their friends but for her own safety told no-one else of the massacre before returning to Melbourne. She testified before the Japanese War Crimes Tribunal in Tokyo in 1946. She also sent Christmas cards every year to the families of the nurses who had died, Ms Bennett said. Her nephew John Bullwinkel said his aunt’s achievements post-war, particularly her passion about nursing education, had understandably been overshadowed by her wartime experiences. ‘Nurse education, communication and comradeship were all very important to her,’ he said. ‘And that was part of the reason why the Nurses Memorial Centre was set up.’ Last year five nurses joined the ranks of the many nurses who have received scholarships from the Nurses Memorial Centre to assist them in completing postgraduate study. In forging new pathways in nursing, they carry with them the indomitable spirits of Vivian Bullwinkel, Betty Jeffrey, Wilma Oram-Young, and other nurses who were determined that their colleagues’ suffering would not be forgotten.
Betty Jeffrey’s diary of their time in the camp was immortalised in the book White Coolies, which formed the basis of Bruce Beresford’s film Paradise Road. The idea of a ‘living memorial’ to the heroism and sacrifice of the nurses who had died or spent years in brutal prisoner-of-war camps was conceived in the camp, explained Arlene Bennett, former Royal Melbourne Hospital nurse and chair of the Nurses Memorial Centre History & Heritage Committee. John Bullwinkel with his late aunt Vivian
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Lt-Col Vivian Bullwinkel (left) and Betty Jeffrey
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The heroic volunteers of Vietnam Like so many wartime volunteers before them, a naive sense of adventure propelled Australian nurses to answer the call to serve on civilian surgical teams in Vietnam. The South Vietnam government had appealed for medical aid to treat the civilian population as the majority of doctors had been conscripted into the army. On arriving at the provincial hospitals where they would serve, the Australian medical teams were confronted by tropical heat, buildings that flooded in monsoonal rains, rats, and lack of basic supplies such as blood and drugs. They were afflicted by dysentery. Then there were the terrible injuries inflicted on innocents and fearing for their lives during bombings by the VietCong. The first of the Australian teams came from the Royal Melbourne Hospital in 1964. From then until 1972 about 450 nurses, doctors, radiographers, anaesthetists and administrators arrived from teaching hospitals around Australia. The volunteers provided medical care to anyone, many of them civilians with shocking wounds, including children injured by landmines. Road accident injuries and tropical diseases such as typhoid and cholera were also common. Between 1966 and 1972, 19 nurses in five teams from The Alfred Hospital volunteered at the Bien Hoa Hospital. With the Alfred Hospital Nurses League’s permission, we share some of their memories from the documentary Nineteen nurses, in honour of all the nurses who volunteered during the Vietnam War.
Canny Rigg – first team, January 1966
After two days in Saigon we were driven down to Bien Hoa where we were greeted by the Vietnamese hospital and a band, and they were not quite sure about our national anthem so they played ‘Come to the cookhouse door, boys’. It was quite delightful. We were served beer and whiskey and fresh fruit. The people were friendly and kind and very supportive.
Dot Angell OAM – fourth team - January 1967
It was mind-blowing. I had never seen anything like it. It was filthy dirty; you had to watch where you walked because you were literally walking through a human toilet.
Sue Leyland – third team – August 1966
We worked very hard, we worked very long hours and the first week we arrived I wasn’t
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Von Clinch (left) and Maureen McLeod with patients’ children and below, on the ward at Bien Hoa Hospital sure what to expect but on what was probably the second day and we were still doing a handover with the previous team…the VietCong had blown up a bus and they used Claymore mines, which were very dirty mines. When we arrived at the hospital the scene was pretty horrific. There were bodies lying on the floor, there were two theatres and what I suppose was a triage area, which was covered in these bodies with limbs missing. There was so much blood and it was something quite horrific. I remember thinking ‘If this is how it’s going to be every day, I’m not sure how I’m going to cope with this.’
full blast of the shockwave and all of a sudden the windows blew in, the instruments blew off the trolleys, patients were blown out of their beds. We got blown off our feet and thrown against the theatre wall. We ended up on the theatre floor with the glass from the IV bottles all around us.
Von Clinch OAM – third team – August 1966
One of the nurses, the late Robyn Anderson, established a nursing school at Bien Hoa.
When we first arrived and I went through the drugs to see what we had, we had no morphine, three ampules of pethidine, four flasks of intravenous fluid and five intravenous giving sets. We had one bottle of oral erythromycin and no other antibiotics at all. In early 1968 the VietCong launched a massive attack across South Vietnam – known as the Tet Offensive. Twelve months later, a similar offensive brought the Bien Hoa town, including the hospital, directly under attack. The team was taken to the hospital under military escort and performed over 50 operations in a day, only to be told the attack was expected to continue for the next week. Evacuation was offered but all decided to stay.
Maureen McLeod – third team – August 1966
All of a sudden I cannot tell you the loudness of it because it defies description…there was this noise and a few seconds later we took the
Robyn Anderson – composite team, April 1969
That was the one of the things we left behind in Vietnam and I’m really very proud of it because that school five years ago turned out its first baccalaureate students. We also left behind thousands of people who are not dead because of the surgical work we did there. I’m very proud that I went. It was a pleasure to serve people who were so amazingly stoic.
Medical care campaign Just like military personnel, those who had served in the volunteer surgical teams had an unusually high incidence of cancers and psychiatric ailments; unlike the military veterans, volunteers had to pay for their own medical treatment. An association for the Australian nurses continues to campaign for repatriation benefits to be extended to volunteer medical teams.
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Member profile – Frances Van Der Weele
Frances Van Der Weele – nursing the aged for over 27 years For 27 years, authorised enrolled nurse and ANMF Job Rep Frances Van Der Weele has nursed residents at Tabulam and Templer Homes for the Aged in Bayswater. When Ms Van Der Weele describes the home and its atmosphere as ‘like a family’, she’s not exaggerating: her daughters work there – the eldest as an enrolled nurse (beginning her Bachelor of Nursing this year) and the youngest as a personal care worker. Ms Van Der Weele also recommended the facility to her sister-in-law and several family friends who have also joined the fold. Despite the longevity of her employment and high opinion of the home’s management, as a Job Rep of 23 years standing, Ms Van Der Weele is not complacent about the need to campaign for fair pay and decent working conditions. With the private and not-for-profit aged care EBA currently being negotiated amid the Federal Government’s cuts to aged care funding, it’s important for private aged care nurses and personal care workers to step up and get involved, Ms Van Der Weele said. Staff work hard in the 118-bed facility, which has been extended twice during Ms Van Der Weele’s time there. Tabulam and Templer accommodates both ‘high’ and ‘low’ care residents, and has a specialised dementia care area with about 35 residents. Within the EBA log of claims is a bid to remove the ‘high’ and ‘low’ care wage difference, as the categories have become almost meaningless in terms of the level of care needed.
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‘The residents who are coming in now are coming in more sick because they really want to stay home. They come in (to aged care) when they really need to come in, when they need more intensive care,’ Ms Van Der Weele said. ‘And I have found that aged care itself has totally changed. It’s a specialised field of nursing.’ Ms Van Der Weele praised her colleagues at the home, describing them as supportive, well-trained and providing a high standard of care. This high standard clearly matters to a nurse who has spent 27 years of her life working in one aged care home and more than 40 years in nursing overall. Asked what keeps her passionate about her job, Ms Van Der Weele doesn’t miss a beat: ‘The residents’. As an ANMF member, Ms Van Der Weele understands that the EBA campaign outcome will put residents first by influencing staff retention and staffing numbers. As the home’s only Job Rep, Ms Van Der Weele has formed a staff working group to consider staff numbers and workloads in order to identify areas of need. The EBA log of claims contains claims for staff: resident ratios and specified skill mix. For example, ANMF is asking for a full-time registered nurse to be on site at each campus of each facility, a clinical care coordinator to
be on a morning shift Monday to Friday and registered nurse: resident ratios for each shift. For example, on an AM shift, ANMF is seeking to have one registered nurse for up to 30 residents and an additional registered nurse for 45-74 residents. On weekends and public holidays there would be at least one registered nurse for each 40 residents on both morning and afternoon shifts. We are also seeking staffing requirements in respect to the overall number of registered nurses, enrolled nurses and personal care workers on any given shift. Ratios would provide relief for staff who are going home exhausted because of care workloads, Ms Van Der Weele said. The EBA claim seeks to recognise the hard work of private and not-for-profit aged care nurses and personal care workers with a 13 per cent wage increase over four years and ‘catch up’ increases for those facilities paying below standard rates. Ms Van Der Weele encourages her private and not-for-profit aged care colleagues to get involved in their campaign. Become a Job Rep. Attend ANMF EBA update meetings. Encourage colleagues to become ANMF members. ‘As I’ve said to staff before, if you want new working conditions and better working conditions and a pay rise, you have to help us,’ she said. If you would like to become a Job Rep, contact the Job Rep Training Team at jrt@anmfvic.asn.au or call them on 9275 9333. You can also find more information and a nomination form at goo.gl/6N9Coj
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April wage increase for public sector Nurses and midwives working in the general public sector will receive a further three per cent pay rise this month under the 2016–20 enterprise agreement. The increase comes on top of the initial wage increase of 3.6 to 4.8 per cent which was paid to public sector members from the first pay period on or after 1 April 2016. At the time of OTR going to print, the new EBA for public sector mental health nurses was awaiting approval by the Fair Work Commission. Seven days after the Fair Work Commission approves the new agreement, it will become legally enforceable. When the new EBA is operating, nurses working in the public mental health sector will receive a three per cent pay rise, plus back pay from the first pay period on or after 1 October 2016, a one-off good faith payment of 1.5 per cent of total annual remuneration including salary and allowances, and the three per cent pay rise earmarked for April.
Tell us what you love about your work We want to create a photo or video collage celebrating members for international nurses and midwives days, 12 and 5 May, respectively. All we need is a photo of you holding a sign that tells us what you love about nursing or midwifery and how long have you been a nurse or a midwife. If you’d like to submit a video, all you need to do is record in a quiet room the suggested line: “My name is X, I’ve been a nurse for X years and what I love about nursing is X”. Please send us the highest resolution you can (e.g. if you have taken it on your iPhone, always choose “original size”), specify if you’re a nurse or midwife and email to npestana@anmf.org.au by 25 April.
Victorian mental health nurses voted to approve their 2016–20 EBA, with more than 99 per cent of voters voting in favour of the agreement, in a ballot which ended on 12 February. The next wage increases under the general and mental health public sector EBAs – of 3.25 per cent – are due in April 2018. Nurses and midwives working for private acute employers St Vincent’s Private, Ramsay, Cabrini and Epworth received wage increases under their new enterprise agreements in October or November 2016 and will be due for their next increases in October or November this year. Nurses and midwives working for HealtheCare, HealthScope and St John of God received wage increases under their new agreements in July 2016 and will receive their next increases in July 2017.
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Local variations to ratios agreed The first anniversary of the nurse/ midwife: patient ratios legislation saw a number of local agreements introduced which enable variations from ratios specified within the Safe Patient Care Act. The first anniversary of the Safe Patient Care Act brought an end to health services’ capacity to continue with a current workload management arrangement that is below ratios specified in the legislation.
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Health services have either had to increase staffing levels to comply with the Act or introduce a local agreement with the approval of ANMF. Local agreements have been introduced, or are under consideration at about 50 health facilities, mainly to: • maintain the use of registered nurses in postnatal areas where these nurses are undertaking their post graduate midwifery education in an employment model • utilise direct entry midwives in special care nurseries
• maintain an historical arrangement, such as including students in ratios. Organisers have consulted with members about local agreements to ensure that they are meeting staffing needs. The ANMF has also been working with the Victorian Health Industry Association and the Department of Health and Human Services to work through issues associated with local agreements, such as preserving skill mix and the 50 per cent rule where additional funding from the 2007 EBA had increased staffing levels.
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Thunderstorm asthma response report released Triple 000 received 201 calls in 15 minutes at the peak of the surge in respiratory emergencies during the thunderstorm asthma epidemic on 21 November last year, an interim report into the emergency services response says. Ambulance Victoria had 2036 cases with 1268 of these being Code 1 time-critical cases. The list of emergency ambulance cases pending dispatch peaked at 8pm on the night of the surge with over 150 cases waiting for help. Ambulance Victoria deployed additional resources – 74 paramedics and five intensive care ambulances. Ambulance Victoria transported 381 patients to public hospitals and 25 patients to private hospitals during the surge, representing only a quarter of all hospital arrivals. The combination of a cool change and a thunderstorm in the late afternoon of 21 November was believed to have triggered the release of small pollen allergen particles, causing a surge in asthma. The Victorian Coroner is investigating the deaths of eight people from asthma-related conditions during the event. The Inspector-General for Emergency Management report says the Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority had forecast only 29 calls for the period but rapidly
responded to the surge by increasing calltaking resources by 28 per cent during the first hour of the surge (6-7pm) and 94 per cent by the second hour. Hospitals’ measures included organizing extra staff, and making more beds available. As communication between the Department of Health and Human Services and hospitals was primarily to individuals, comprehensive broadcasts were not made to hospitals on 21 November to inform them of the surge. In his interim report, the Inspector-General for Emergency Management, Tony Pearce, said the event had created unprecedented demand for emergency healthcare. ‘Never before have the Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority (ESTA), Ambulance Victoria (AV) or Victorian hospitals experienced this level of demand in such a condensed time period and dispersed over such a large geographical area,’ he said. Mr Pearce commended the work of all involved in the emergency response. ‘An early observation is that thunderstorm asthma is not well understood. Similarly, nor are the factors that enable thunderstorm asthma to be predicted,’ he said. The Inspector-General will provide a final report to the government in late April. The interim report is available at the InspectorGeneral for Emergency Management website: igem.vic.gov.au
Online Job Rep training ANMF (Vic Branch) is proud to launch its first online training for Job Reps. New Job Reps are now able to access an online module which is part of our redesigned introductory training program. When Job Reps have completed the online component, they will be able to register for the one day face to face training component of the introductory course. The online module, which generally takes less than an hour to complete, provides Job Reps with basic information about the role of the ANMF Job Rep, the structure of the Victorian Branch – including the roles and functions of key staff, an introduction to our industrial relations system and an overview of the role of unions. ANMF sees the introduction of the online module as a way of providing preliminary but critical information to all Job Reps regardless of location. The face to face training has been scheduled in Melbourne for the first week of each month and a number of training sessions have been scheduled for regional areas. Additional face to programs may be considered depending on demand. We encourage all new Job Reps - and those who haven’t attended any Job Rep training for three years or more - to register for this program at anmfvic.asn.au/reps/intro-programs or if you have any questions, contact the Job Rep training team on jrt@anmfvic.asn.au
OHS courses Nurses, midwives and personal care workers are exposed to many hazards including manual handling, violence and aggression, bullying and harassment, stress, shiftwork, hazardous substances and infectious diseases. 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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HSR Refresher OHS Training Course (WorkSafe Victoria approved)
HSR Initial OHS Training Course (WorkSafe Victoria approved)
Date: 4 May Time: 9am-5pm Venue: Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House, 540 Elizabeth St, Melbourne Cost: $250 (payable by employer) Register: https://goo.gl/33Gvqa
Date: 31 May, 1, 2, 15 and 16 June Time: 9am – 5pm each day Venue: Carson Conference Centre, ANMF House, 540 Elizabeth St, Melbourne Cost: $750 (payable by employer) Register: goo.gl/lL3aNF
This one-day refresher course relates specifically to health and aged care workplaces, with a strong focus on issues and hazards relevant to nursing and midwifery, and is designed to refresh HSRs’ knowledge and understanding of the OHS regulatory framework.
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. For further details about the2017 OHS training and conferences visit the ANMF website: anmfvic.asn.au
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The bigger picture of bullying behaviour ‘Usually there are things in the organisation creating stress and they contribute to people behaving badly,’ Dr Jenkins said. ‘Laissez faire’ leadership where managers do not address poor behaviour in the workplace contributes to bullying behaviour becoming normalised.
Dr Jenkins said she would run an interactive workshop at the conference examining what bullying is and isn’t, myths about bullying and ways nurses, midwives, personal care workers and managers can have an impact to stop bullying.
Bullying tends to happen more often in highly hierarchical organisations like health facilities, Dr Jenkins said, where there were high levels of stress as a result of workload, coupled with low levels of control over how work is carried out.
The conference will deal with a range of psychological hazards at work that are influenced by factors including heavy workloads, repeated and prolonged exposure to trauma and exposure to occupational violence and aggression.
‘My research shows that rather than interventions that address only the perpetrator and target of bullying, organisations need to look at what’s going on in the organisation,’ she said.
The conference will not address specific grievances related to the workplace.
Visit anmfvic.asn.au/interest-groups for all upcoming ANMF (Vic Branch) special interest group news, events and meetings.
Injured Nurses Support Group
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Advance Care Planning Nurses
Medical Imaging Nurses Association
Bullying behaviour in the workplace does not usually arise ‘out of the blue’ and is rarely just a personality clash, says clinical psychologist and workplace bullying expert Dr Moira Jenkins. Dr Jenkins is the director of Aboto, a company which assists organisations to prevent and manage workplace bullying, discrimination and harassment. Dr Jenkins is one of the speakers at ANMF’s The proven, the practical and the personal: work impacts on psychological health conference on Friday 12 May.
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Special Interest Groups
Topic: Members’ meeting When: Thursday 15 June, 4pm-6pm Venue: ANMF House Inq: Anne Marie Fabri, Secretary annemarie.fabri@nh.org.au 9495 3235
ANZANAC HIV Nursing
Inq: Milena Pinamonti anzanac.vic@gmail.com 0466 280 445
CoNSA Vic/Tas
Topic: Committee meeting When: Thursday 6 April, 6pm-9pm Venue: ANMF House Inq: consavt@gmail.com
Day Surgery
Inq: Chris Guidotti chris_guidotti@y7mail.com
Diabetes Nurse Educators
Topic: Members’ meeting When: Wednesday 12 April, 6pm-9pm Venue: ANMF House Inq: Catherine Wallace-Wilkinson positivehealth@bigpond.com 0411 557 631
Immunisation Nurses
Topic: Members’ meeting When: Wednesday 20 September, 6.30-10pm Venue: ANMF House Inq: INSIG administration,
membership@immunisationnursesvic.org.au
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April meeting cancelled Inq: Annie Rutter 1300 760 602
Topic: Members’ workshop When: Saturday 27 May, 8am-12.30pm Venue: ANMF House Inq: Deborah Shears deborah.shears@i-med.com.au
Orthopaedic Nurses Association
Inq: Cheryl Dingey 9345 7027 Meinir Griffiths 9342 8417 onavic@anmfvic.asn.au
Palliative Care Nurses Topic: When: Venue: Inq:
Members’ meeting Monday 15 May, 6pm-8.30pm ANMF House Carole de Greenlaw records@anmfvic.asn.au
Pre-Admission Nurses
Topic: Professional day When: Saturday 24 June, 8am-1pm Venue: ANMF House Inq: Kate Hussey k.hussey@healthscope.com.au
Topic: Professional development day When: Friday 20, October, 8.30am-5pm Venue: ANMF House Inq: Sean Hosking sean.hosking@mh.org.au
Victorian Midwifery Homecare
Topic: Members’ meeting When: Wednesday 26 April, 10.30am-12.30pm Venue: ANMF House Inq: Ingrid Ridler IRidler@mercy.com.au
Victorian Perioperative Nurse
Inq: enquiries@vpng.org.au 1300 721 169
Victorian School Nurses Topic: When: Venue: Inq:
Members’ Meeting Tuesday 2 May, 6.15pm-9pm ANMF House As is
Victorian Urological Nurses Society
Inq: vunssecretary@gmail.com
Safe Patient Handling Topic: When: Venue: Inq:
Members’ forum Friday 19 May, 9.30am-2pm ANMF House Stephen Morley smorley@bendigohealth.org.au
Victorian Association Of Maternal & Child Health Nurses
Topic: Executive meeting When: Wednesday 12 April, 6pm-9.30pm Venue: ANMF House Inq: VAMCHN executive vamchn.group@gmail.com
ANMF House is located at 540 Elizabeth St Melbourne
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Education calendar April 2017
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Assessment skills in the acute setting (Code: 4070)
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CPD: 6 hours, 20 April 2017, 9.30am- 4.30pm Presenter Kate Potter
CPD: 6 hours 3 May 2017, 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Dr. Rosalie Hudson
This one day seminar updates knowledge and skills in patient assessment with an emphasis on the accurate, effective and timely assessment of patients in the acute setting. Member $190, Non-member $240, Job Rep or SIG member $180
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 decisionmaking. This workshop will empower nurses to identify symptoms that can be effectively treated. Member $190, Non-member $240, Job Rep or SIG member $180
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ACFI for registered and enrolled nurses (Code: 3985) CPD: 6 hours 21 April 2017, 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Margaret Lang Any nurse working in aged care will encounter ACFI. This seminar explores all ACFI business rules, a comprehensive breakdown of the 12 ACFI questions and a practical review of compiling and completing an ACFI appraisal pack. Member $190, Non-member $240, Job Rep or SIG member $180
EN Strengthening EN medication
practice (Code: 3974) CPD: 6 Hours 27 April 2017, 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Are you a Div 2/EN delivering medications and would like to further develop your skills and knowledge? This seminar will cover learning related to a variety of health care settings with reference to the professional practice framework. It builds on skills and knowledge associated with NMBA approved enrolled nurse medication administration requirements and work practice. Member $190, Non-member $240, Job Rep or SIG member $180 RN EN
Respiratory management – Review of concepts (Code: 4069) CPD: 6 hours 28 April 2017, 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Kate Potter This one day program is suitable for RNs and ENs working in all areas of health care. The topics covered provide a broad overview of assessing and caring for patients with respiratory dysfunction, and may be undertaken as an introduction to Respiratory Management - advanced care. Member $190, Non-member $240, Job Rep or SIG member $180
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RN EN Venipuncture, conducting
a 12 lead ECG & contemporary pathology collection (Code:4007) CPD: 6 hours 4 May 2017, 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Kate Potter This workshop delivers a comprehensive one-day program relating to venipuncture and conducting a 12-lead electrocardiogram. A wide range of practical training aids for blood collection is provided, and the program allows participants to undertake practice of the relevant techniques under guided supervision in a simulated clinical environment. It is a must for nurses who are required to perform phlebotomy and undertake 12-lead ECG recording Member $190, Non-member $240, Job Rep or SIG member $180
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Leading and managing others (Code: 3967) CPD: 12 hours, 8 & 9 May 2017, 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Bonnie Miller and Jim Cummane, Directors, The Value Creation Group Have you ever found yourself in a leadership role and felt ill-equipped? ANMF (Vic Branch) Education Centre offers a two day seminar designed to assist nurses and midwives to develop a nursing leadership framework. Fundamentals to leadership success, including leadership capabilities, leadership behaviours, leadership skills, and creating a leadership climate will be explored. Member $380, non-member $500, Job Rep/SIG member $360
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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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Recognising & Responding to Clinical Deterioration (Code: 4003) CPD: 6 hours, 9 May 2017, 9.00am-4.30pm Presenter Simon Plapp, President ACCCN (Vic Branch) This new workshop explores the important aspects of early recognition and management of deterioration in patients in acute care. Relevant to NSQHS Standard 9: Recognising and responding to clinical deterioration in acute health care, this workshop supports nurses and midwives in patient assessment by utilising case studies to focus on: • Who is at risk? • The signs and symptoms that should “worry” you? • How to manage care in a timely and effective manner. Member $190, Non-member $240, Job Rep or SIG member $180
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Doing Dying Better (Code 4187)
CPD: 6 hours, 11 May 2017, 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Julie Hassard This program is designed to inspire nurses to explore Australia’s approach to dying and death, and what it means to ‘die well.’ You’ll discover current research and contemporary thinking and reflect on work-related concerns and challenges associated with the end of life. Activities will guide your plans to support your patients, their families, your peers, and importantly, yourself. Member $190, Non-member $240, Job Rep or SIG member $180 RN M
IV cannulation for registered nurses and midwives (Code: 4062) CPD: 6 hours 12 May 2017, 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Kate Potter This seminar will focus on the process and procedure for inserting peripheral IV in the adult patient. It includes an overview of relevant anatomy, selection of insertion
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sites and cannula, insertion techniques, infection control, common problems and corrective action. Identification of appropriate equipment, specific cannulation techniques and participant practice will be conducted utilising mannequin simulation. Member $190, Non-member $240, Job Rep or SIG member $180 (Please note: this is not an accredited course)
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How to Stay Calm and Confident at Work (Code:3971) CPD: 6 hours, 15 May 2017, 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Jane Robotham This workshop, delivered by experienced nurses and wellness educator, Jane Robotham, will provide simple tools to take control of discomfort in order to develop a sense of confidence, self-trust and clarity in your daily work. Minimise anxiety and worry by learning quick and practical techniques that are easy, enjoyable and highly effective. Please note there are supporting materials associated with this course that will be emailed to attendees after course completion. Member $190, Non-member $240, Job Rep or SIG member $180
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Law & ethics for registered and enrolled nurses (Code: 4511) CPD: 12 hours Friday 19 & 26 May 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Kate Potter Law and ethics directly impact nursing and midwifery practice in a myriad of ways. This seminar is designed to refresh nurses’ understanding of the fundamentals of the law and the legislation that impacts on nursing practice. Included is an outline of legal precepts, documents, scope of practice of registered and enrolled nurses and the legal and ethical principles of nursing practice. This course is also applicable to midwives. Member $380, non-member $500, Job Rep/SIG member $360
RN Adult Advanced Life Support:
1 day Recertification (Code:4162) CPD: 10 hours (6 hours training and 4 hours self-directed learning). 24 May 2017, 9am-5pm Presented by Australian College of Critical Care Nurses certified ALS trainers This one day recertification is suitable for those working in a critical care environment and/or who have previously attended an ALS course and require an annual update.
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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, so prior knowledge of ALS is required. The morning is a review of ALS content with the opportunity to apply those concepts in practice scenarios. The theoretical and scenario training for recertification will follow in the afternoon. Member $210, non-member $310 M Early recognition of clinical
deterioration in pregnant and postpartum women and postpartum haemorrhage (Code:4074 ) CPD: 6 hours 23 May 2017, 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Dr Wendy Pollock Part 1 – Early recognition of clinical deterioration in pregnant and postpartum women Early recognition of clinical deterioration is increasingly recognised as a vital element of any health care and is included in Standard nine of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards. This session will discuss what clinical deterioration means for maternity patients and outline what makes recognition of clinical deterioration more challenging in the care of pregnant women. Part 2 – What is new on postpartum haemorrhage? Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is a leading cause of intensive care admission for maternity patients and remains a cause of death in Victoria. This seminar will cover the current rates of PPH in Victoria, provide an overview of factors associated with major haemorrhage and discuss new management options. Member $190, Non-member $240, Job Rep or SIG member $180 RN EN
ACFI for registered and enrolled nurses (Code: 3987) CPD: 6 hours 26 May 2017, 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter Margaret Lang Any nurse working in aged care will encounter ACFI. This seminar explores all ACFI business rules, a comprehensive breakdown of the 12 ACFI questions and a practical review of compiling and completing an ACFI appraisal pack. Member $190, Non-member $240, Job Rep or SIG member $180
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Cardiac rhythm recognition & 12 lead ECG workshop (Code:4005) CPD: 6 hours, 29 May 2017, 9.00am-4.30pm Presenter Simon Plapp, President ACCCN (Vic Branch) This workshop will simplify cardia rhythm and 12 lead ECG interpretation, making it easier for you to identify, understand and manage cardiac rhythm changes. It is suitable to be attended in combination with ‘Managing the deteriorating patient’. Member $190, Non-member $240, Job Rep or SIG member $180
June 2017 RN EN
‘Contemporary wound management’ (Code:3983) CPD: 12 hours 7 & 14 June 2017, 9.30am-4.30pm Presenters Julie Baulch & 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 $380, non-member $500, Job Rep/SIG member $360
RN Two-day paediatric advanced life
support program (Code 4130) CPD: 12 Hours Monday 19 and Monday 26 June 2017 9am-5pm Presenter ACCCN accredited trainers This practical and theoretical program provides healthcare professionals training in paediatric basic and advanced life support in a clinical setting. The program content runs over two days with certification for both BLS and ALS on the second day. Based on the latest 2010 Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines, the program incorporates theoretical lectures, clinical skill stations and scenarios. Registration includes a program manual and e-learning material. Program includes: • Priorities of care • Paediatric Basic Life Support algorithm and principles • Advanced airway management including laryngeal mask airway insertion
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• ECG interpretation of life treating rhythms and defibrillation • Pharmacology including intraosseous cannulation • Post resuscitation care • Team roles • Legal and ethical issues. The program is most suitable for those with little or no experience or knowledge of paediatric ALS or those wanting a comprehensive update. It is also suitable for experienced Adult ALS trained healthcare professionals requiring paediatric ALS Certification. A total of 16 CPD hours are assigned to this program (based on 12 hours program contact and four hours self-directed learning). ANMF/ACCCN member $360, Non-member $460
RN Adult ALS Certification: 2-day
program (Code: 4984) CPD: 12 hours Wednesday 14 & 21 June 2017 9am-5pm Presenter ACCCN accredited trainers ANMF (Vic Branch) Education Centre in partnership with the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses delivers the ACCCN accredited advanced life support course. This course is most suitable for those with little or no experience/knowledge of ALS or those wanting a comprehensive update. Prior reading is expected. This two-day program is for healthcare professionals who are required to provide adult basic and advanced life support in a clinical setting. The program incorporates theoretical lectures, clinical skill stations and scenarios. A total of 16 CPD hours are assigned to this program (based on 12 hours program contact and four hours self-directed learning). ANMF/ACCCN member $360, Non-member $470
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Nursing for the environment: a practical introduction to environmentally sustainable practices in health service delivery CPD: 6 hours 13 June 2017, 9.30am-4.30pm Facilitators: Ros Morgan and Monika Page This new hands-on seminar will explore why environmental sustainability is important to nursing and midwifery practice and more broadly to health. The program includes two seminars, the first covering the professional and practical aspects of sustainability in health. Prior to the seminar you will receive pre-reading and information. Participants will develop a personalised resource and action ‘toolkit’ to help you set up or progress your own workplace actions. Although participants don’t have to attend the second seminar it is recommended that you attend both. Bring your questions, your ideas, your stories of successes and failures, your frustrations and your hopes. Member $100, Non-member $300
July 2017 RN Medication administration –
principles and practice revisited (Code:3993 ) CPD: 12 hours 19 & 26 July 2017, 9.30am-4.30pm Presenter: Sue Pleunik
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Shepparton ICE/ methamphetamine addiction seminar – nurse/midwife program CPD: 3 hrs 31 July 2017 Session 1: 9.30am to 12.30pm (Code: 4117) Session 2: 1.30pm to 4.30pm (Code: 4118) Location: Elsie Jones Education Centre , Goulburn Valley Health, Graham Street Shepparton
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HLTAID003 Provide First Aid (Code: 4504) CPD: 12 hours 1 and 8 May 2017 9.00am-4.30pm Presenter Sue Pleunik 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 $380, non-member $500, Job Rep/SIG member $360
This two-day workshop is designed to update the register nurse skills in medication administration. Topics covered include administration via all five routes, drug calculations and managing IV pumps, syringe drivers and PCA systems. Member $380, non-member $500, Job Rep/SIG member $360
CPD Portal online case studies Did you know the ANMF Vic Branch CPD Portal has shorter case studies as well as longer modules to complete for your CPD hours? All full members of ANMF (Vic Branch) get $400 credit to spend on online CPD learning. You could spend your credits on our colorectal cancer case study. Based on a real patient with
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real images, this case study will improve your knowledge, symptom identification, assessment and diagnostic strategy. Two CPD hours Register online at: cpd.anmfvic.asn.au
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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
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