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s CONNECTIONS Are you a midwife? Holistic Nurses’ Association of NSW 10-year Anniversary Celebration – all past and current members welcome Date: 19 March Venue: College of Nursing, Burwood Details: Honouring all nurses. Free therapies and lunch. Kate Belfield, 9634 3924, or Carol Morphett, morfeet@iprimus.com.au St Vincent’s Hospital 30-year reunion March PTS 1975 Date: 20 March Venue: Il Pergolato Restaurant, 71 Renwick Street Leichhardt Details: Sylvia Shepherd, 9799 1174, S.Shepherd@arthritisnsw.org.au RPAH 40-year reunion PTS Feb/Mar 1965 Date and Venue: TBA Details: Cathie Harris (Roper) 6974 1205, robcathie@bigpond.com.au Royal Newcastle Hospital commencing 1975, 30-year reunion Date: 2 April Venue: Bimet Executive Lodge Function Centre, The Junction Details: Therese Gleeson, 4954 9989, theresegleeson@hotmail.com Prince of Wales Hospital and Eastern Suburbs Randwick reunion April 1975 graduates Date: 24 April Venue: Randwick Golf Club Details: 1975 graduates contact Robyn Flowers, 9960 7370 Lewisham Hospital 30-year reunion PTS April 1975 Date and venue: TBA Details: Wendy Janick, 6925 0578, or Julie MacQueen (Conlan) 6686 7727 Western Suburbs Hospital Trained Nurses Association luncheon and reunion Date: 28 May Venue: Burwood RSL Details: Lesley Potter, 9349 8387, lesleypotter@bigpond.com RPAH 30-year reunion PTS September 1972 Date: TBA September Venue: Vanuatu for 5 nights!!! Details: ‘Don’ Stibbard, Stephen or Martha, 6629 5742, debraelfes@hotmail.com Orange Base Hospital PTS Feb and March 1981 Date and venue: TBA Details: Joyce Kennedy (Biggs), 6361 0408, jkenne14@postoffice.csu.edu.au
Desperately Seeking Debra Hoste (or Host) Debra was born around 1960, grew up in Toongabbie. She was a triple certificate nurse at Blacktown Hospital in the mid ‘80s. Debra loved to waterski and was last heard of living in Parramatta, she may have married and changed her name. If you know Debra’s whereabouts, contact Mark Compton, mark.compton@tandbergtv.com.
What’s on Mardi Gras NSWNA members are invited to be part of the Union’s NSW float for Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 2005 on Saturday 5 March. This year’s theme will focus on the attacks on workers’ rights. There will be a large puppet of John Howard and people dressed as slaves with whips. Volunteer marchers can wear anything red, and ‘Comrade Darling’ shirts are available for purchase from Unions NSW for $20. Ideas for working songs are Dolly Parton’s Working 9 to 5. Volunteers will meet in The Star Hotel at 5.30. For more information, contact Alison Peters, Unions NSW, 0425 231 814. Kenmore Hospital Museum – Goulburn “Village life in the asylum” Kenmore Hospital Museum invites visitors to take a walk through history. This year the museum will showcase the hospital village of Kenmore and the old asylum. Open weekends 12 March – 1 May, 10am to 4pm with guided tours at 11am and 2pm. Visit Kenmore Hospital Museum, Taralga Road, Goulburn. The Great Australian Bite Have a ‘bite’ for diabetes to raise funds for Diabetes Australia anytime this April. Get together with friends, colleagues or family for a meal or quick bite and make a donation to diabetes education and research. For more information, call 1300 136 588, or www.diabetesaustralia.com.au
A University of Western Sydney Maternal and Child Health Node study. Our team of researchers at UWS believe midwives are in a privileged position to be able to identify specific research priorities that could contribute to the improvement of health outcomes for families. We are seeking to consult current clinicians to complete a survey designed to ascertain these priorities. Ultimately, it is hoped that this project will provide direction for future research projects relevant to midwifery practice, ensure effective utilisation of research resources and foster partnerships between UWS and current clinicians and area health services. If you are a practising midwife in NSW and want to have a say on what you think that research priorities for midwives in NSW should be, contact Judy Reid 4620 3325 (business hours); or mobile: 0418227440 or email je.reid@uws.edu.au. Your contribution is greatly appreciated.
Diary Dates Diary Dates is a free service for members. Please send information at least two months before the event, in the same format used here – event, date, venue, contact details. Send information to: Claire Buckis cbuckis@nswnurses.asn.au Fax 9550 4524 PO Box 40 Camperdown NSW 1450 Please double-check all information sent is correct. The Lamp cannot guarantee that the issue will always be mailed in time for the listed event. Due to high demands on the page, some dates too close to publication or too far in the future may be cut.
Special Interest Groups Special Interest Groups is now part of Diary Dates. If you are a special interest group, you now must send information about your event as above.
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Send us your snaps If you’re having a reunion, send us some photos and any information from the night, and we’ll publish the results in The Lamp. THE LAMP MARCH 2005 47