On the Record July 2017 by Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (Vic Branch)

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RECORD JULY 2017

Every shift violence is never OK

ANMF calls on CEOs to drive change to end violence pages 6 and 7

BlueCross EBA deal

Bupa fair pay campaign

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Australian Nurses and Midwives Conference

Your conference of the year

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Know your entitlements Tax information

Inside this edition

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Secretary’s report • BlueCross pay offer

• Bupa members vote no

• More evidence supports need for aged care ratios

• Australian Nurses and Midwives Conference • Night shift and mood disorders don’t mix

In focus: action on violence

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• CEOs must drive safety changes • Ending violence in workplaces • Member profile: Ros Morgan • Parental leave cuts defeated • Victorian HESTA award finalists

• Mildura understaffing resolved • SIGs calendar

• Job Rep training

• OHS workshops and seminars

Alison O’Gorman, Information Officer

Know your entitlements

• Education calendar

What items can I claim back on my 2016–17 tax return? It is that time of year again, when we begin to gather up our group certificates and lodge a tax return with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). Remember, there are many items that nurses and midwives can claim in relation to work-related expenses. • Union/professional body memberships – members can claim the cost of their union fees and also fees associated with being a member of a professional body. • Registration fees – nurses and midwives are able to claim the cost of their AHPRA registration fees. • Self-education – nurses and midwives are able to claim education costs associated with their practice/role including but not limited to:

• Tax agent fees • Vehicle and travel expenses - you can claim vehicle and other travel expenses directly connected with your work but you can’t claim for normal trips between home and work, which are considered private travel. • Clothing, laundry and dry-cleaning expenses - you can claim a deduction for the cost of buying and cleaning occupation-specific clothing, protective clothing, and uniforms and stockings that are unique to your work. • Tools, equipment and other assets if you buy tools or equipment to help earn your income, you can claim a deduction - for example, stethoscopes, equipment pouches, neurological torches, nurses’ and midwives’ watches, and mobile phones (if required for your role).

Reimbursements. You cannot claim a deduction for expenses if those expenses Midwifery Federation are reimbursed to you by your employer. Scheduled Election - Victorian Branch - E2017/131 For a detailed overview of what can be - costs of professional literature claimed, including exemptions and ELECTION NOTICE professional journal subscriptions, examples, please refer to information Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 access to research articles, text books about deductions for nurses, midwives and Nominations are called for: - costs for transport to professional carers on the ATO website: goo.gl/CPqPKD Victorian Branch conferences. Note – members are reminded that they Branch Secretary • Professional services – nurses and (1) can download their ANMF tax receipts and Branch Assistant Secretaries (2) midwives evidence of professional indemnity insurance Branchaccessing President professional services (1) Vice-President (1) suchBranch as professional supervision services. from members.anmfvic.asn.au Branch Executive Members (4)

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Nominations, which must be in writing and comply with the registered rules of the organisation, may be made at any time from Monday, 7 August 2017. They must reach my office or postal address or vicelections@aec.gov.au not later than 12pm AEST on Monday, 28 August 2017.

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In accordanceare with Branch Nominations called for:Rule 85.5 candidates may submit a 200 word (maximum) statement and a Nominations, whichOnly must be in writing photograph of themselves, in support of their candidature to be included with ballot material. Victorian Branch and comply with(Benjamin the registered rules of statements which comply with the ANMF Rules and are received by the Returning Officer Branch (1) will be published.the organisation, may be made at any Murray) Secretary by 12pm AEST, on Monday, 4 September 2017 Branch Assistant Secretaries (2) time from Monday, 7 August 2017. Branch President (1) NOMINATIONS HOW TO LODGE They must reach my office or postal Branch Vice-President A properly completed nomination form(1)including all necessary signatures and address or vicelections@aec.gov.au attachments may be scanned and submitted as a pdf file to vicelections@aec.gov.au Branch Executive Members (4) not later than 12pm AEST on By email: Branch Councillors (14) to be spam may be blocked. It is the responsibility of PLEASE NOTE: Emails to the AEC inbox that appear Monday,You 28 may August senders to ensure that their email reaches the AEC before the deadline for nominations. call the2017. contact number provided to check.

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Secretary’s report

Your ANMF Lisa Fitzpatrick State Secretary

Paul Gilbert

Assistant Secretary

Hospital boards and executives must drive change Lisa Fitzpatrick

Following the recent tragic attack on a surgeon at the entrance of Box Hill Hospital, many people have rightly said ‘enough is enough’. It will take more than words to end the violence. With seven out of ten nurses and midwives experiencing violence in the past year we know the old way of doing things is failing to keep many health workers safe. To assist, ANMF is sending every public health facility a copy of our new ‘10 point plan to end violence and aggression: a guide for health services’. The Guide provides the knowledge, the information and the actions necessary to end preventable violence in the workplace. The Guide articulates what a successful organisational response to the prevention of violence and aggression should look like.

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Cover image: An image from the Andrews Government ‘It’s never OK’ violence against nurses and midwives campaign advertisement. On the Record is the official publication of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (Victorian Branch). OTR is published monthly.

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Here’s what hospital executives should insist happens. The nurse or midwife should be provided with appropriate emergency medical treatment if required. The nurse unit manager ensures the incident is reported through the formal channel. This will mean it is reported to the hospital board and the Victorian Parliament. Advice should be provided on reporting the incident to the police and WorkSafe and making a workers’ compensation claim. Debriefing and counselling should be made available. The nurse or midwife should not be required to finish the shift, nor required to return and care for the perpetrator. The manager should have the authority to call in a replacement staff member.

The Andrews Government is committed to the ANMF’s 10-point plan to end violence. New clauses in our public sector agreements place obligations on employers to implement real actions that prevent violence.

Immediate action should be taken to ensure the violence is not repeated, such as a more appropriate admission or security presence when treating the patient. There should be a thorough investigation into the incident, the incident should be recorded on the patient’s history and preventative lessons should be learnt and implemented.

The resolve to end violence has never been stronger. On top of investing an additional $20 million in the Health Service Violence Prevention Fund, the Andrews Government’s new confronting community campaign sends a powerful message to the public that hurting the people trying to care for you is never OK.

We are starting to see examples of this comprehensive and compassionate response in Victorian health facilities. This is what will happen in all health facilities when we all mean ‘enough is enough’. The Guide provides a clear way to make hospitals and health facilities safer. Let’s work together to make it happen.

We are seeing a significant reversal of the entrenched culture of accepting violence and a reduction in violence at major metropolitan hospitals where the chief executive officer chairs the occupational violence and aggression committee and makes things happen.

See stories on pages 6 & 7.

Change is starting to happen, but because people’s safety is at stake we need it to happen faster.

Assistant Secretary

This is what systemic and cultural acceptance of violence looks like.

The challenge now is for all chief executive officers and hospital boards to drive these changes so all levels of management embrace a safer way of doing things. Clinical, human resources and occupational health and safety managers need to be empowered to change culture and practices. Here’s an example of what I mean. ANMF receives many reports of nurses and midwives who are violently attacked by patients or their family or friends. Far too often the management response is a cup of tea and a direction to finish the shift, sometimes telling the nurse to return to the perpetrator adding to the distress.

Bupa members vote no Bupa members have voted down an unfair wage rise proposal. Because Bupa nurses and carers are already paid thousands of dollars less than their colleagues each year, ANMF sent a ‘VOTE NO’ mobile billboard to every workplace across the state during the ballot. It was important the local community understood the significance of the vote taking place inside your workplaces. Bupa members sent their employer a strong message that the offer was disrespectful. Members’ robust workplace engagement, including meetings to vote no together and supporting each other on social media also sent a strong message to ANMF that they support their campaign for wages that value, recognise and reward aged care nurses and carers. We will carry your commitment into the next round of negotiations. See story page 4.

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BlueCross staff offered 10 per cent pay rise over four years ANMF (Vic Branch) has negotiated a new in-principle enterprise agreement for BlueCross aged care nurses and personal care workers with a 10 per cent pay rise over four years. The agreement, which was yet to go to ballot at the time of print, includes most of the claims made by ANMF on members’ behalf. We congratulate and thank all members who took part in their enterprise agreement campaign. Under the new four-year agreement, which ANMF is recommending members accept: • All existing agreement terms would be retained. • There will be a one per cent increase from the first pay period on or after 1 November and a 2.25 per cent increase every year from 2018–2021 inclusive. • The nominal expiry date of the agreement will be 31 May 2021. • The ‘low care’ pay rate for registered and enrolled nurses will be abolished in favour of the current ‘high care’ wage rates. For staff not already being paid at the high care rate, this will mean a pay increase per week of approximately $108 for registered nurses and $45 for enrolled nurses on top of the percentage increases. • The number of facilities designated as high care has been increased from seven of 24 facilities to 20. Nurses at the facilities still designated as low care will be paid at the ‘high care’ rates. The change in classification will mean 24/7 staffing by registered nurses at the facilities reclassified to high care. • Enrolled nurses in charge of the ‘low care’ homes will be paid a higher in-charge allowance than the current 10 per cent. • Permanent staff who have worked for BlueCross for more than a year will be eligible for one week of paid parental leave as primary or secondary carers (partners). ANMF visited all BlueCross facilities in May and promoted the campaign with billboards outside BlueCross facilities to ensure that residents, their families and the community understood the campaign’s importance for resident care. Full details of the proposed agreement were emailed to members working for BlueCross and are available on our website anmfvic. asn.au/agedcareVRR on the private aged care page of our ‘Campaign’ section.

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ANMF campaign mobile billboard at a Bupa aged care facility in Echuca.

Bupa nurses and carers stand together to reject agreement Bupa aged care nurses and personal care workers rejected a management offer of a one-year enterprise agreement with a 2.3 per cent wage rise after ANMF members stood together in waging a strong ‘Vote no’ campaign. ANMF was not provided with the ballot figures but the result sent a clear message to Bupa management that staff would not accept inferior wages. ANMF had told members the 2.3 per cent wage increase offer would mean continuing to earn thousands of dollars less per year than nurses and personal care workers at other large Victorian aged care groups. Bupa, a multinational company with interests in aged care, healthcare and health insurance, reported a £344.4 million ($597 million) underlying profit from its Australian and New Zealand operations in its 2016 annual report. Yet registered nurses working for Bupa earn a base rate of about $91 less per week than registered nurses in comparable aged care facilities, enrolled nurses earn about $64 less and personal care workers earn about $49 less.

After the vote result was announced on 31 May, ANMF was prepared to return to the negotiating table as soon as possible. The ANMF will continue to seek a fair base wage rise of at least 10 per cent over a fouryear agreement, together with appropriate catch-up amounts depending on classification. We are prepared to reach in-principle agreements on the same basis as improvements offered by other large providers such as Aged Care Services Australia Group, Arcare, BlueCross and Royal Freemasons. If Bupa management is unwilling to make a respectful offer, an application for conciliation by the Fair Work Commission or protected industrial action ballot are next options. While ANMF acknowledges the Federal Government has cut funding to aged care, Bupa and other private aged care providers continue to be highly profitable. There is no reason why nurses and personal care workers at Bupa should accept wages that are significantly lower than those of nurses and personal care workers employed with competitor aged care facilities. Visit the private aged care campaign page at anmfvic.asn.au/agedcareVRR#bupa

Increase in aged care deaths highlights need for ratios The ANMF says a 400 per cent rise in deaths in aged care facilities over the past 13 years highlights the need for mandated nurse and carer to patient ratios in this sector.

Skills Mix Project, which showed that staff shortfall in the sector meant frequent episodes of missed care. Only 8.2 per cent of the study’s more than 3000 respondents said that staffing was always adequate.

Research carried out by Monash University’s Professor Joseph Ibrahim and published in the Medical Journal of Australia showed the most frequent causes of preventable death among aged care residents were falls (81.5 per cent), choking (7.9 per cent) and suicide (4.4 per cent).

“Unfortunately, the findings of Professor Ibrahim’s research do not come as a big surprise to the ANMF or to our members working in the residential aged care sector, who have been telling us how much worse the sector has become and how difficult it is for them to provide the care they know their residents need,’ Ms Butler said.

ANMF Acting Federal Secretary Annie Butler said the research confirmed findings of the union’s National Aged Care Staffing and

‘There just simply aren’t enough nurses or carers to ensure that every resident receives quality care.’ anmfvic.asn.au

Don’t miss your premier nursing and midwifery conference The 2017 Australian Nurses and Midwives Conference is unmissable for the latest clinical practice and keynote presentations on topics including mentally healthy workplaces, the new Health Complaints Commissioner, what nurses and midwives should know about domestic violence and more. Attending the conference on Thursday 21 September and Friday 22 September will provide 15 CPD hours. Conference attendees can choose between five concurrent sessions in seven timeslots, as well as hearing nine keynote presentations from experts and academics in healthcare. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kym Peake will present on eliminating avoidable harm and strengthening quality of care in the Victorian health system and Professor Christine Duffield, from University of Technology, Sydney, will explore the impact of nursing support workers on patient, nurse and system outcomes.

With the Victorian Parliament passing the Access to Medicinal Cannabis Act 2016 on 12 April last year, the Department of Health and Human Services’s Dr Tony Gill will present the latest evidence on medicinal cannabis and eligibility. Concurrent sessions include how to better engage and support women in managing complex substance use and alcohol dependence during pregnancy; reducing pressure-related injuries; strategies for worker health safety and wellbeing, and prevention and management of workplace aggression. This year sees a focus on family violence, with Domestic Violence Victoria Chief Executive Officer Fiona McCormack delivering the opening keynote presentation on what nurses and midwives should know and Queen Elizabeth Centre Director – Services and Operations, Helen Cunningham presenting on supporting and protecting maternal and child health nurses who are working with mothers and children experiencing family violence. The Women’s Hospital Employee Relations Manager, Georgia Shepherd, will share details of how the hospital developed and implemented its family violence program.

ANMC speaker Fiona McCormack Concurrent sessions relevant for midwives and maternal and child health nurses include a presentation by Jean Hailes for Women’s Health’s Research Unit Director Professor Jane Fisher and Senior Project Officer Fiona Darling about an online initiative to prevent postnatal mental health problems. Other sessions include the use of virtual reality technology in neonatal resuscitation and supporting midwives to collect and record perinatal data. Law and ethics relating to social media will be discussed by nursing, midwifery and law lecturer Lyn Francis and Dr Janet Green, from the University of Technology, Sydney.

Night shift and mood disorders don’t mix As a graduate nurse recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder, admission to a psychiatric ward via the emergency department where she worked was Sally Buchanan-Hagen’s greatest fear. Disclosure of her mental illness, fear of unemployment and rows of night shift were all workplace challenges to maintaining good mental health. Ms Buchanan-Hagen was speaking at the ANMF’s recent conference ‘The proven, the practical and the personal: work impacts on psychological health’ about the collision of her specialist year working in an emergency department with her diagnosis of bipolar disorder with seasonal patterns. ‘Not only was I terrified of being a psychiatric patient, now I was terrified of being admitted via the emergency department – my workplace,’ Ms Buchanan-Hagen said. At 22 years old she was admitted to a psychiatric hospital. A conversation with a kind, dry-humoured nurse lightened the mood, created a safe therapeutic relationship and stands out in a confusing time. During her first shift back at work after her hospitalisation she felt the ‘slap’ of a colleague’s flippant ‘ranting and crazy eye’ remark when they were treating a woman with chest pain who also had bipolar disorder. anmfvic.asn.au

She urged nurses to take care with workplace banter because they really didn’t know the impact of throw away comments on colleagues. At the end of her specialist year in the emergency department she experienced her first full blown manic episode. She resigned from her permanent emergency department role after spending about seven months in hospital in an 18-month period. ‘The night shift made me unwell,’ she said, ‘the night shift physically impacted my psychological health because it physically altered my circadian rhythm. ‘Whenever I worked night shift or a string of night shifts I would become manic or depressed.’ Resigning was one of the worst times in her life because she lost her identity as a nurse and her purpose. She became a Blackdog Institute youth presenter and started writing about her experience with bipolar. Her work caught the attention of a mental health nursing academic who employed her as a research assistant. ‘It was refreshing doing work that didn’t make me unwell, that instead gave me a reason to stay well, and for the first time since my diagnosis I was excited about my future.’ While aspects of nursing work made Ms Buchanan-Hagen unwell, she said having nursing work has also helped her stay well. Today she still works casual shifts in the emergency department, but she does not

Sally Buchanan-Hagen in front of an image she drew while hospitalised. work nights. Ms Buchanan-Hagen is also a research assistant at Deakin University, she teaches undergraduate nursing students, she works for The University of Melbourne’s Centre for Psychiatric Nursing and conducts in-services for emergency department staff about caring for patients with mental health conditions and she is about to start her PhD looking at mental health in the emergency department. Read more at Ms Buchanan-Hagen’s blog www.ibpf.org/tags/sally-buchanan-hagen July 2017

In focus - action on occupational violence and aggression

Every shift violence is never OK

An image from the Andrews Government aged care worker ‘It’s never ok’ community campaign advertisement.

Campaign underpins work to end violence CEOs must drive safety changes The Andrews Government ‘It’s never OK’ campaign and further funding are important steps toward ending the every shift violence nurses, midwives and carers experience in healthcare facilities. Health Minister Jill Hennessy and Finance Minister Robin Scott, who is also responsible for WorkSafe Victoria, last month launched the confronting television advertisements showing attacks on a nurse, an aged care worker and a paramedic. The advertisements will not end the violence, but they do send a strong message to the community to take responsibility for their behaviour. ANMF (Vic Branch) Secretary Lisa Fitzpatrick said: ‘It’s really important that the community understands that a large number of attacks on nurses, midwives and carers are by angry people under stress. ‘The violence has to stop and people have to learn to manage their frustration in difficult circumstances rather than hurt the people who are trying to care for them or their loved ones.’

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The campaign and a further $20 million investment in the Health Service Prevention Fund underpin significant work underway in public acute, aged care and mental health facilities. The work is a result of the Andrews Government enacting its election commitments and new public sector enterprise agreement clauses designed to end violence against nurses and midwives. ANMF will use the work as a blueprint for employers to adopt in private acute hospitals and aged care facilities. The work includes practical changes and makes employers accountable and responsible for the occupational health and safety of their staff by developing and implementing plans to end preventable violence, as well as a contractual obligation on hospital boards to report incidents. ‘The challenge now is for all chief executive officers and hospital boards to drive the changes so that all levels of management embrace a safer way of doing things,” Ms Fitzpatrick said. ‘We know anecdotally that the culture of accepting violence as part of the job is changing in hospitals where the CEO actually

Collage of recent articles citing occupational violence and aggression incidences in health service settings. chairs the occupational violence and aggression committee. ‘A lot of the changes needed to make health workers safer don’t cost any money, but they won’t happen until we change the culture of not doing enough. ‘The families of nurses, midwives, carers, doctors and paramedics should not have to worry if they will come home safely tonight,’ she said. To view the advertisements and download ‘It’s never OK’ workplace resources visit www.worksafe.vic.gov.au/itsneverok

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Ending violence in our workplaces HSRs, Job Reps and OVA HSRs have five key powers under the OHS Act:

Inspect any part of the workplace after giving reasonable notice , or immediately in the event of an incident.

Accompany a WorkSafe inspector during an inspection at your workplace.

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Require a health and safety committee to be established and be a member of the committee. The right to seek the assistance on health and safety matters whenever necessary. Issue Provisional Improvement Notices (PINs) and directions to cease work. Under the 2016–20 public health sector enterprise agreements health facilities were required to develop or review their OVA policies, in consultation with their occupational health and safety committee, including HSRs, within three months of the agreement commencing. The agreement also states that health facilities will undertake audits of their OVA management strategy at least every six months in consultation with HSRs and clinical care staff. Employers are obliged under the agreement to provide audit results to HSRs and to Job Reps upon request. Job Reps and HSRs are entitled to reasonable time off from duties to attend to matters relating to workplace occupational health and safety.

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ANMF (Vic Branch)’s effort to end violence and aggression in Victorian hospitals and aged care is on track, with our 10-point plan against occupational violence becoming embedded into the health system. In our campaign to end occupational violence and aggression (OVA) against members, ANMF (Vic Branch) has orchestrated a series of ‘firsts’: • We have WorkSafe Victoria and the Department of Health and Human Services working together to resolve issues. • Funding agreements include requirements for health services to take action to prevent violence and aggression. • Executives of health services are undertaking ‘walk throughs’ of their facilities to identify risks of violence and aggression. • CEOs are chairing committees specifically tasked with preventing violence in their health services. • Health services are developing action plans to prevent violence and aggression. • The importance of OVA has been highlighted by its inclusion in the 2016–20 public sector enterprise agreement. • Health and Safety Representatives have WorkSafe Victoria-approved industry specific training on OVA. • OVA is being treated as an occupational health and safety hazard. • Health facilities must report OVA incidents in their annual reports. Leading in to the November 2014 Victorian election, Daniel Andrews, now Premier, committed to implementing the ANMF (Vic Branch) 10-point plan to end violence and aggression. ANMF participated in the Violence in Healthcare Taskforce established in August 2015 to identify issues and make recommendations to Health Minister Jill Hennessy on ways to reduce violence. In June last year, the Health Minister Jill Hennessy and Mental Health Minister Martin Foley released the Violence in Healthcare Taskforce Report setting out measures to deal with violence in the health system. The taskforce found a critical need for improved awareness and reporting of violence, and recommended:

• Developing a public awareness campaign. This was launched last month. • Supporting more training for frontline workers, including how to de-escalate potentially violent situations. • Identifying and reviewing Code Grey responses – coordinated clinical and security responses to actual or potential violence or aggression. • Developing and implementing a simplified reporting system. • Continuing to support the roll out of the Health Service Violence Prevention Fund. The second round of the fund provided more than $7 million in 2016–17 to Victorian health facilities. The $20 million fund, was last month doubled to $40 million and is being rolled out over four years. In the 2017–18 Victorian Budget the Andrews Government earmarked a further $3 million over the next two years to tackle bullying and workplace violence in public health facilities. The funding dovetails into the violence prevention work that was embedded in the 2016–20 public sector general and mental health enterprise agreements. Under the agreements health facilities must form occupational violence and aggression working parties and action plans in consultation with HSRs, ANMF and staff members. Health facilities which did not have an action plan to deal with occupational violence and aggression when the agreement commenced were required to develop one within six months. Health facilities also need to ensure staff receive periodic refresher training regarding OVA. The need for action on OVA has been starkly apparent following the government’s introduction of a requirement for health services to report on occupational violence and aggression in annual reports. Analysis by Fairfax Media showed there were 8627 reports of occupational violence in Victoria’s public hospitals in the year to July 2016, with 1166 cases resulting in staff injury or illness. That means three hospital staff being hurt by violence every day. Where violence has been reported via ANMF’s online form we are pursuing facilities to provide details of their violence prevention approach, and their Code Grey policy. ANMF encourages nurses and midwives to report incidents of occupational violence and aggression to their employers, as well as reporting them to us: anmfvic.asn.au/OVAreport

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Member profile – Ros Morgan Start where you are, do what you can Ros Morgan’s life as a sustainability activist started in 2009 with a humble goal – introducing recycling bins at Dandenong Hospital. Environmental awareness in healthcare was in its infancy then. But it did not take long for nurses and midwives to understand the connection between working in healthcare and sustaining life through environmental stewardship. In 2012 ANMF Job Reps passed a motion at the delegates conference, asking the union to become active in climate change and environmental health issues and in 2013, the first ANMF (Vic Branch) Health and Environmental Sustainability Conference was held. For Ms Morgan, then a team leader in intensive care, the recycling initiative was a product of the simple observation that if recycling was important at home, it was just as important at work. ‘Recycling gives you small wins and through those you can expand. Another thing that it gives you is self-agency. You have those wins and you start to think you can make a difference,’ Ms Morgan said.

‘It’s often recognised that recycling can be a platform for bigger changes and that was very much our story because we got a few other people together who were interested and from that we did an audit of our stocks and began to look at other practices that could be improved.’ Ms Morgan represented nurses on the Monash Health Eco Champions Committee and in March concluded a 15-month secondment as environmental sustainability officer for Monash Health. Dandenong Hospital’s intensive care unit was the first in Monash Health to introduce fully co-mingled, PVC and single use steel instrument recycling. Another major win was the banning of unrecyclable polystyrene cups across Monash Health facilities.

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Ms Morgan has recently been appointed environmental health officer at ANMF (Vic Branch) and with Monika Page, environmental sustainability officer at Melbourne Health, is delivering a new continuing professional development (CPD) course ‘Nursing for the environment: a practical introduction to environmentally sustainable practices’. The hands-on seminar debuted in June, with nurses and midwives exploring why environmental sustainability is important to our professions and to health generally, and developing individual resource and action kits for their own workplaces. The next seminar is scheduled for 24 October. Ms Morgan has also shared her campaign success stories with other ANMF members at delegates conferences and this year’s Health and Environmental Sustainability Conference. At the 2014 Delegates Conference, her playful approach to raising environmental awareness saw nurses modelling Kimguard recycled into fashion garments. As environmental sustainability officer at Monash Health, Ms Morgan oversaw a project in which 20,000 bread bags from the Monash Medical Centre kitchen were diverted from landfill and remodeled into 27 rugs. Ms Morgan said that although pharmaceuticals and procurement practices are the biggest contributors to a hospital’s carbon footprint, recycling is the area where

nurses and midwives have most power to make a difference. ‘Because recycling is accessible we can have some big wins, we can have a huge impact on that part of our footprint. What I’m always saying to people is start where you are, use what you have, do what you can,’ Ms Morgan said. ‘I got started in recycling and as I got going, I had more opportunities arise. ‘We can still be mindful of the resources we use – not opening up excess packages, being careful what we take to the bedside, not opening packs just in case we might use them,’ she added. On a personal level, there is a plethora of actions that nurses and midwives can take to reduce their environmental footprint, from ceasing to use plastic bags to eating less meat (globally, greenhouse gas emissions from livestock make up almost 15 per cent of emissions and meat consumption worldwide is rising). The Sustainability Victoria website sustainability.vic.gov.au has advice on improving energy efficiency in the home and recycling household items including TVs, batteries and paint. ANMF, as a founding member, encourages nurses and midwives to make a pledge as part of Sustainability Victoria’s Take 2 campaign, an initiative to reach net zero emissions by 2050 and keep the global temperature rise to below two degrees: goo.gl/n3RvaX And of course, you can also join an environmental action group within your workplace.

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Finalists in the HESTA Awards, left to right: Bernie Maynard, Louise Beer, Angela CarrollSmith, Kerry Georgiou, Rebecca Rich, Sarah Brown, Sarah Tooke (The Mater Sydney), Lesley Whyte (Gladstone Palliative Care), Andrea Mitchell, Helga Merl (Integrated Living), Angela Langdon.

Victorian finalists in HESTA nursing awards Nurses from regional Victoria have been recognised in the HESTA Australian Nursing and Midwifery Awards, with finalists for Nurse of the Year from Gisborne and Ballarat and finalists for Team Excellence also from Ballarat. Community health nurse Louise Beer from Macedon Ranges Health was nominated for significantly contributing to the improvement and establishment of adolescent mental, sexual and physical health services in her region. Angela Langdon of Ballarat’s St John of God Hospital earned a nomination for her innovative direction and leadership as a nurse unit manager, significantly improving staff satisfaction and patient care outcomes within the cardiology ward. Of the field of nominees for ‘Outstanding Graduate’ two out of three were Victorian nurses. Kerry Georgiou from Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, was nominated for her outstanding leadership when completing her nursing graduate year and for her

instrumental role in improving the quality of the Monash Health graduate program. Angela Smith-Carroll from Frankston’s Peninsula Private Hospital used her initiative to develop and research an oncology handbook that has become a resource for other graduate nurses at the hospital. 2 West Nursing Unit, St John of God, Ballarat, was a finalist in the Team Excellence award category. ANMF (Vic Branch) congratulates all finalists and the winners of Nurse of the Year, Sarah Brown, from Alice Spring’s Western Desert Dialysis and Outstanding Graduate, Rebecca Rich, from West Perth, who was nominated for her commitment to patient-centred care in mental health nursing.

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Student Study Day It was only six hours, but it gave more than 700 student nurses and midwives a kickstart to their career. The ANMF’s annual undergraduate study day, held at Melbourne Town Hall last month, provided an insight into how to secure a graduate position and what life will be like when you do. The day was jam-packed with useful information about Computer Match, successful interview tips, penalty rates, enterprise agreements and what support is available for graduate nurses and midwives. If you missed this important day, it will be available soon on the ANMF’s CPD Portal as a webinar.

Paid parental leave cuts defeated

A message from Victorian nurses and midwives to

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After a sustained two-year union campaign, the Federal Government has quietly withdrawn legislation which would have seen paid parental leave cuts affecting thousands of families. Derryn Hinch Don’t

cut my paid parental leave by 20 per cent

Don’t

put more pressure on my family

Save Paid Parental Leave Authorised by L. Fitzpatrick, Secretary, ANMF (Vic Branch), 540 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne

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ANMF (Vic Branch) congratulates all members who took part in our campaign against the paid parental leave cuts, including sending postcards to Senator Derryn Hinch to persuade him not to support the so-called Fairer Paid Parental Leave Bill.

On the day after the Federal Budget, the Minister for Social Services, Christian Porter, formally withdrew a range of Bills including the Fairer Paid Parental Leave Bill 2016 and a social security Bill that included similar changes.

The ANMF and individual members also gave evidence to a Senate inquiry about the issue, arguing that the existing paid parental leave system allowed women to spend valuable time with their newborns to breastfeed and bond, leading to better health outcomes for mother and baby.

The government was unable to secure Senate support for the legislation, despite lengthy negotiations with the Nick Xenophon Team and other senators.

The cuts proposed by the Federal Government would have meant ANMF members losing between $2690 and $10,763 per year where they have employer-paid parental leave.

We must remain vigilant in support of our hard-won paid parental leave entitlements. Mr Porter reportedly told Workplace Express that it would not be ‘an immediate priority for the government to revisit the issue.’

July 2017

Maternity understaffing at Mildura Base Hospital resolved ANMF (Vic Branch) has worked with Ramsay Health to address midwives’ clinical risk concerns about understaffing in maternity and newborn services at Mildura Base Hospital. ANMF held a members meeting in May to discuss midwives’ concerns about clinical risk to mothers and babies in the Mildura, Riverina and Robinvale regions because of inadequate staffing in delivery suites and the special care nursery. For the first time since nurse/midwife: patient ratios legislation was passed in Victoria, ANMF (Vic Branch) formally lodged a dispute under the Safe Patient Care Act. ANMF had been in discussions about midwifery staffing levels with Ramsay Health since June 2016. Under the Safe Patient Care Act which sets nurse/midwife: patient ratios in Victoria’s public hospitals Mildura Base Hospital is required to staff two midwives per three birthing suites.

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Mildura Base Hospital has four birthing suites and argued that if it opened only two of its birthing suites it did not need to have the number of midwives mandated by the Safe Patient Care Act because the legislation makes no mention of two birthing suites. Under the Safe Patient Care Act, the hospital’s six cot special care nursery requires two nurses. By ‘closing’ two cots, Ramsay Health had been sidestepping this requirement and staffing the special care nursery with one nurse. At a meeting on 10 May of the ANMF, Mildura Base Hospital management, and the Department of Health and Human Services, including Chief Nurse and Midwifery Officer, Ann Maree Keenan, the hospital agreed to staff delivery suites with two midwives and a four cot special care nursery with one nurse and one on call when the fourth cot was occupied. In total, Mildura Base Hospital’s maternity and newborn services – special care nursery, delivery suites and postnatal wards – would be staffed with six midwives during the morning shift, six midwives in the afternoon

and four at night. ANMF also secured an undertaking from Mildura Base Hospital management that redeployment of a midwife from the birth suite would only occur in consultation with the midwife-in-charge and would not be included in ratios in the redeployed area. Mildura Base Hospital midwives also requested that ANMF work with Ramsay Health in finalising a maternity escalation policy including a review of transfer procedures for obstetric patients during high capacity times, birthing numbers and pregnancy complexity. The understaffing meant that midwives were unable to provide women in labour with continuous support for a full shift, as they were often required to care for more than one woman in labour, take phone calls or care for postnatal patients. Midwives at Mildura Base Hospital had also been unable to provide close monitoring for an increasing number of pregnant women experiencing medical complications due to obesity and diabetes.

Visit anmfvic.asn.au/interest-groups for all ANMF special interest group news, events and meetings. When: Friday 15 September, 9.30am – 2pm Venue: ANMF House Inq: Stephen Morley smorley@bendigohealth.org.au

Advance Care Planning Nurses

Injured Nurses Support Group

Topic: Members meeting, When: Thursday 14 September, 4pm – 6pm Venue: ANMF House Inq: Anne Marie Fabri, Secretary 9495 3235 annemarie.fabri@nh.org.au

Topic: Members meeting When: Tuesday 18 July, 11am – 12.30pm Venue: ANMF House Inq: Annie Rutter 1300 760 602

ANZANAC HIV Nursing

Topic: National conference When: 14 – 15 October Venue: Grand Hyatt Melbourne Inq: Deborah Shears deborah.shears@i-med.com.au

Topic: Executive eeting When: Wednesday 9 August, 6pm – 9.30pm Venue: TBC Inq: VAMCHN executive vamchn.group@gmail.com

Orthopaedic Nurses Association

Victorian Association Of Research Nurse

Inq: Milena Pinamonti 0466 280 445 anzanac.vic@gmail.com

CoNSA Vic/Tas Topic: Meeting of the Waters When: Saturday 22 July, 8am – 4pm Venue: St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne Inq: consavt@gmail.com

Day Surgery Inq: Chris Guidotti chris_guidotti@y7mail.com

Diabetes Nurse Educators Topic: Members meeting When: Wednesday 25 October, 6pm – 9pm Venue: ANMF House Inq: Catherine Wallace-Wilkinson 0411 557 631 positivehealth@bigpond.com

Immunisation Nurses Topic: Members meeting When: Wednesday 20 September, 6.30pm – 10pm Venue: ANMF House Inq: INSIG administration membership@immunisationnursesvic.org.au ANMF House: 540 Elizabeth St, Melbourne

July 2017

Medical Imaging Nurses Association

Topic: Plastering workshop When: Wednesday 16 August, 6pm – 8.30pm Venue: TBC Inq: Cheryl Dingey 9345 7027 Meinir Griffiths 9342 8417 onavic@anmfvic.asn.au

Palliative Care Nurses Topic: Members meeting When: Monday 21 August 6pm – 8.30pm Venue: TBC Inq: Carole de Greenlaw records@anmfvic.asn.au

Pre-Admission Nurses Topic: Professional day When: Saturday 25 November, 8am – 1pm Venue: ANMF House Inq: Kate Hussey k.hussey@healthscope.com.au

Safe Patient Handling Topic: Members forum

Victorian Association Of Maternal & Child Health Nurses

Topic: Professional Development Day When: Friday 20 October, 8.30am – 5pm Venue: ANMF House Inq: Sean Hosking

Victorian Midwifery Homecare Topic: Opening the door to domiciliary care When: Friday 4 August, 8.30am – 5pm Venue: The Woolshed at Emerald Bank, Shepparton Inq: Ingrid Ridler IRidler@mercy.com.au

Victorian School Nurses Topic: Members meeting When: Tuesday 1 August 6.15pm – 9pm Venue: TBC Inq: Gina Harrex 0401 717 352

Victorian Urological Nurses Society Topic: Meeting of the Waters When: Saturday 22 July, 8am – 4pm Venue: St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne Inq: vunssecretary@gmail.com anmfvic.asn.au

Job Rep training Job Rep Introductory Program All new Job Reps are encouraged to undertake this program which includes an online module and a one-day face to face training day to help you understand the role and how you can help your colleagues build a strong ANMF presence, as well as a happier and safer workplace. Job Reps must complete the online module before registering for the training day. Job rep trainer, Jo Denton, with ANMF Job Reps Nicole Brown and Elizabeth Whittam

Job Reps and enterprise agreements With new 2016–20 public health sector enterprise agreements in place, Job Reps are playing a crucial role ensuring the general and mental health EBAs are being implemented in workplaces. Job Reps and ANMF organisers represent ANMF members on workplace implementation committees (WICs), which are the forum established under the agreement to make the EBA a reality on the ground. At WIC meetings, Job Reps and organisers go through a template document with health facilities’ management, marking off progress against the list of changes under the new agreement. Job Reps are entitled to leave from their duties to perform this important role. The WIC meetings are also an opportunity for Job Reps to learn about the agreement and their workplace, and to establish a relationship with management.

Health and Safety Reps (HSRs) are the highly dedicated representatives who work to maintain a safe and professional workplace. Become an HSR or upgrade your HSR skills at one of our courses. Under Section 67 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004, HSRs and Deputy HSRs, after being elected, are entitled to attend a five-day course. The course must be WorkSafe approved and chosen by the HSR in consultation with their employer. The HSR is entitled to time off work with pay and the costs associated with attendance at the course paid by the employer. Under OHS legislation and guidelines, employers must not obstruct or prevent HSRs from attending an approved course. For further details about 2017 OHS training and conferences visit anmfvic.asn.au

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The one-day face to face training will provide practical skills, further information and a range of Job Rep resources. We urge any new Job Reps to complete the online module and register for one of our monthly face to face introductory training days. If you are a more experienced Job Rep but haven’t attended any training for three years or more, we encourage you to undertake this training to refresh your knowledge and skills. 5 July Melbourne

7 September 8 November Melbourne Melbourne

25 July 4 October Warrnambool Melbourne

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.

The online module, which takes about an hour to complete, provides basic information about the Job Rep role, the structure of the Branch, an introduction to the industrial relations system and an overview of the current and historical role of unions.

HSR Refresher OHS Training Course (WorkSafe Victoria approved) October 12 , 9am – 5pm, New venue: ANMF (Vic Branch) at 535 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne. Cost: $250 (payable by employer) Register: goo.gl/e5BqsJ 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.

HSR Initial OHS Training Course (WorkSafe Victoria approved)

1 August Melbourne

10 October Ballarat

22 August La Trobe

24 October Wangaratta

21 November Bendigo

Download the instructions for the module at anmfvic.asn.au/reps/intro-programs

Keeping it Organised Program This two-day program provides an update on the new public sector EBA, problem solving to address specific workplace issues, building the ANMF profile and presence as well as giving Job Reps valuable dedicated time with their organiser to develop an organising plan to implement in the workplace.

23, 24, 25 August, 7 and 8 September 9am – 5pm, New venue: ANMF (Vic Branch) at 535 Elizabeth Street, Melbourne. Cost: $750 (payable by employer) Register: goo.gl/GpHT2D

Job Reps must only attend the Keeping It Organised training program that applies to their organiser and geographical area.

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.

12 and 13 September, Melbourne Organisers: John Mills/ Jo Petrini

23 and 24 August, Latrobe Organisers: Liz McCormack/ Lynne West

25 and 26 October, Wangaratta Organiser: Alison Kairns 1 and 2 November, Melbourne Organiser: Gail Were/Judith Milne Register at anmfvic.asn.au/jrtraining For inquiries email jrt@anmfvic.asn.au July 2017

Education calendar July 2017

August 2017

RN Medication administration –

RN EN

Foundations of pharmacology and medication administration for registered nurses

principles and practice revisited

Advanced skills for dementia care

CPD: 12 hours, course code: 3993 19 and 26 July 2017, 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter Sue Pleunik

CPD: 6 hours, course code:3996 2 August 2017, 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter Dr Rosalie Hudson

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.

This workshop assists nurses to increase their knowledge, skills and confidence to offer people with dementia (in any setting) the best practice, evidence based personcentered care emphasising end-of-life care for people with advanced dementia and appropriate symptom management.

Maintaining your knowledge regarding the underpinning information associated with medication administration can be challenging. This four day course revises your knowledge of pharmacology and medication administration. Topics include pharmacology and adverse drug reactions as well as an overview of common medications using a systems approach.

Member $190, Non-member $240, Job Rep or SIG member $180

This seminar series will give attendees access to the IntelliLearn medication safety package.

Member $380, Non-member $500, Job Rep or SIG member $360 RN EN

Law and ethics for registered and enrolled nurses

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CPD: 12 hours, course code: 5226 20 and 27 July, 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter Lorraine Walker, Senior Lecturer, Monash University

CPD: 3 hours, course code: 4076 1 August 2017, 9.00am – 12.00pm Presenter Dr Wendy Pollock

Law and ethics directly impact nursing and midwifery practice in a myriad of ways. This seminar is designed to refresh nurses’ understanding of the fundamentals of the law and the legislation that impacts on nursing practice. Included is an outline of legal precepts, documents, scope of practice of registered and enrolled nurses and the legal and ethical principles of nursing practice. This course is also applicable to midwives.

Member $380, Non-member $500, Job Rep or SIG member $360 RN EN

Principles and practice of aseptic technique and infection control CPD: 6 hours, course code: 5227 21 July 2017, 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter: Allyson Odgers NHQHS Standard 3 – Preventing and controlling health care associated infections outlines the importance of working to reduce the development and spread of infections in health settings. This workshop reviews health care related infections and infection control practices. Risk management procedures including standard precautions, transmission based precautions and asepsis with practical application of knowledge and skills are also covered.

Course available to registered nurses

July 2017

September 2017 RN EN

ACFI for registered and enrolled nurses

Midwives and nurses are expected to implement ‘evidence-based practice’. This session will cover where to get up to date evidence-based information, how to evaluate the ‘evidence’ and what to consider in applying this ‘evidence’ to your own practice.

CPD: 6 hours, course code:3988 1 September 2017, 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter Margaret Lang

Member $115, Non-member $200, Job Rep or SIG member $105 RN M

IV cannulation for registered nurses and midwives CPD: 6 hours, course code: 4063 24 August 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 sites and cannula, insertion techniques, infection control, common problems and corrective action. Identification of appropriate equipment, specific cannulation techniques and participant practice will be conducted utilising manikin simulation.

Member $190, Non-member $240, Job Rep or SIG member $180 (This is not an accredited course)

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 RN EN

Management of chronic/ persistent pain in older people CPD: 6 hours, course code:4001 6 September 2017, 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter Dr Rosalie Hudson Many older people needing nursing care suffer from one or more serious, chronic illnesses that are characterised by pain. How is this pain assessed and how are appropriate interventions identified, particularly for those with cognitive impairment? This seminar focuses on advanced skills development for nurses caring for older people who suffer from chronic/ persistent pain.

Member $190, Non-member $240, Job Rep or SIG member $180

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Course available to enrolled nurses Course available to midwives

Can’t find the course you’re looking for? Phone the Education Centre on 03 9275 9363 or email education@anmfvic.asn.au

Member $700, Non-member $900, Job Rep or SIG member $650

Research influences in nursing and midwifery practice

Member $190, Non-member $240, Job Rep or SIG member $180

ALL Course available to all nurses, midwives, PCAs and AINs

CPD: 24 hours, course code: 5209 31 August, 7, 14 and 21 September 2017 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter Jennifer Irwin

RN Two-day Paediatric Advanced

RN ECG – Recording and interpretation

RN Managing fluid and electrolyte

Life Support program

CPD: 6 hours, course code:4065 15 September 2017, 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter Kate Potter

administration and blood transfusion in the acute care setting

A total of 16 CPD hours are assigned to this program (based on 12 hours program contact and four hours selfdirected learning), course code: 4131 12 and 13 September 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 • 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.

ANMF/ACCCN member $360, Non-member $460 ALL Effective communication for

nurses CPD: 6 hours, course code:5228 13 September 2017, 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter Bonnie Miller This workshop is designed to support nurses to communicate in a clear, assertive and sensitive way in a multidisciplinary, multicultural and often tense environment where clients, patients and colleagues alike have diverse and varying needs.

Member $190, Non-member $240, Job Rep or SIG member $180 ALL Course available to all nurses, midwives, PCAs and AINs RN

Course available to registered nurses

This in-depth seminar discusses the theories and assessments behind various fluid therapies. The focus is on advanced understanding and skill development for nurses managing fluids in the acute patient. The why, what and when of fluid, blood and blood products orders and their clinical effects.

Member $190, Non-member $240, Job Rep or SIG member $180

ALL Leadership in Nursing Workshop

CPD: 12 hours, course code: 3968 18 and 19 September 2017, 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenters Bonnie Miller and Jim Cummane, Directors, The Value Creation Group

RN EN Contemporary wound

management

Have you ever found yourself in a leadership role and felt ill equipped? ANMF (Vic Branch) Education Centre is pleased to offer nurses and midwives the opportunity to attend this two day workshop that is designed to assist you to work with the group to develop a nursing leadership framework. Together you will explore fundamentals to leadership success in nursing, including leadership capabilities, behaviours and leadership skills as they sit within the nursing values.

CPD: 12 hours, course code:3984 20 and 27 September 2017, 9.30am – 4.30pm, Presenters: Julie Baulch and Anne Bryant This two day interactive course 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 or SIG member $360

October 2017

ALL ICE/methamphetamine addiction

seminar – nurse/midwife program

ALL Relationship management in the

CPD: 3 hours, course code: 5211 19 September 2017, 9.30am – 12.30pm Presenter Sharon Patterson ANMF House, Melbourne

healthcare sector

ANMF (Vic Branch) has partnered with Turning Point to deliver this program focusing on methamphetamine (ice) use in Australia, the science of addiction and effects of methamphetamine on brain and behaviour, and ice use and mental health. These face to face seminars are designed to complement the standard Frontline Worker Ice Training Package released earlier this year. nceta.androgogic.com.au

This seminar is fully funded by the Andrews Government as an outcome of the Premier’s Ice Action Taskforce.

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Course available to enrolled nurses Course available to midwives

Can’t find the course you’re looking for? Phone the Education Centre on 03 9275 9363 or email education@anmfvic.asn.au

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CPD: 6 hours, course code: 4073, 21 September 2017, 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.

CPD: 6 hours, course code:3970 5 October, 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter Bonnie Miller, Director, The Value Creation Group This new seminar examines opportunities for nurses to develop collaborative relationships by discussing and understanding relationship and conflict management in the healthcare environment. Whether you would like to understand the underlying causes of conflict, how to negotiate good outcomes, or learn how to best manage common responses to conflict, this seminar will equip you to engage in constructive relationship management.

Member $190, Non-member $240, Job Rep or SIG member $180

RN EN

Respiratory management – advanced care CPD: 6 hours, course code: 4067 6 October 2017, 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter Kate Potter This one-day program is suitable for registered nurses who are working within an acute care setting, managing patients who require more advanced respiratory interventions. All theoretical sessions are comprehensively supported by both audio-visual and practical training aids, which enable the participants to become more familiar with the associated equipment in a supportive, learning environment.

Member $190, Non-member $240, Job Rep or SIG member $180 ALL Nursing the balance

CPD: 6 hours, course code: 3972 9 October 2017, 9.30pm – 4.30pm Presenter Jane Robotham A nourishing self-care workshop for nurses, midwives and carers focusing on reflection, relaxation and continued rejuvenation through the use of practical experiential techniques. This nourishing seminar equips participants with simple tools enabling them to care for themselves on a daily basis, so they can continue to care for others through clarity of mind, enjoyment in the moment and optimal energy. Workshop includes take home materials offering a variety of guided techniques which boost essential energy, vitality, relaxation and ongoing self-care.

Member $190, Non-member $240, Job Rep or SIG member $180

RN EN

The principles of documentation in the current nursing environment

ALL ICE/methamphetamine addiction

seminar – nurse/midwife program CPD: 3 hours, course code: 5212 18 October 2017, 9.30am – 12.30pm Presenter Sharon Patterson ANMF House, Melbourne

CPD: 6 hours, course code: 5529 16 October 2017, 9.30am – 4.30pm Presenter Allyson Odgers Designed to assist nurses to revisit the principles of documenting care and other activities in an objective and concise manner within the context of a diverse range of readers, this course covers the importance of transparency, clarity and positive patient/ client/family and health care outcomes in an increasingly litigious health care environment.

Member $190, Non-member $240, Job Rep or SIG member $180 RN EN

Recognising and responding to clinical deterioration CPD: 6 hours, course code: 4004 17 October 2017, 9.00am – 4.30pm Presenter Simon Plapp

This seminar is fully funded by the Andrews Government as an outcome of the Premier’s Ice Action Taskforce. ALL White belt quality improvement

training

This new workshop explores the important aspects of early recognition and management of deterioration in patients in acute care. 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? • How to manage care in a timely and effective manner?

Member $190, Non-member $240, Job Rep or SIG member $180

26 October, 9.30am – 4.30pm, Presenter Tristan Vasquez, Senior Improvement Manager ANMF House, Melbourne ANMF (Vic Branch) is partnering with the Transformation & Quality Team at Melbourne Health to deliver this quality improvement training. During this interactive one day workshop you will learn about Lean Principles and tools and their application to healthcare. You will be introduced to Lean Six Sigma Methodology; a structured approach to problem solving which will provide you with skills to manage a local improvement project.

Member $550, Non-member $700, Job Rep or SIG member $520

ALL The Bottom Line – how chronic

constipation and faecal incontinence interact CPD: 4 hours, course code: 4075, 11 October, 9am – 1pm Presenter Lisa Wragg, Continence Foundation of Australia, Victorian Branch Every nurse and midwife has experienced a patient who has suffered from the discomfort and physiological effects of constipation. It’s estimated that over a million people in the Australian community suffer with constipation and, if left untreated, constipation can lead to faecal impaction and/or faecal incontinence. This workshop will cover the pathophysiology of the bowel and case studies will explore current management strategies used to resolve faecal impaction, manage faecal incontinence and develop bowel regimes to prevent ongoing constipation.

Member $115, Non-member $200, Job Rep or SIG member $105

July 2017

ALL Course available to all nurses, midwives, PCAs and AINs RN

Course available to registered nurses

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Course available to enrolled nurses Course available to midwives

Can’t find the course you’re looking for? Phone the Education Centre on 03 9275 9363 or email education@anmfvic.asn.au

Register for courses online at anmfvic.asn.au/coursecalendar ANMF (Vic Branch) members receive $400 annual credit to spend on continuing professional development (CPD) at our CPD Portal. Associate and student members receive $80 annual credit.

Learn how to respond to child abuse ANMF (Vic Branch) has released three new professional development modules that will help you learn how you, as a healthcare professional, can protect children from child abuse. The modules have been created in partnership with Gatehouse at the Royal Children’s Hospital with the aim of assisting nurses and midwives in identifying, managing, reporting and responding to child abuse, including sexual abuse.

The learning is based on real case studies. The modules are ‘Mandatory reporting’, ‘Responding to abuse’, and ‘Understanding and identifying abuse’. Each module takes approximately two hours to complete, earning nurses and midwives two hours CPD towards the annual hours required for registration. ANMF recommends that learners undertake ‘Understanding and identifying abuse’ before completing ‘Responding to abuse’.

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