The Nursing Centre News

In 2010, The Nursing Centre is focussed on engaging nurses to help nurses (N2N).  The Australian nursing community is full of nurses who have an amazing amount of practical wisdom, developed through their nursing career and experiences.

Here's a very interesting video on practical wisdom - why not take a few minutes to watch this presentation from Barry Schwartz and reflect on your own 'wisdom' and that of the people around you.

 The video is from TED - ideas worth spreading - visit the website at www.ted.com.

Our Preceptor Development Workshop series is NOW OPEN.  There are three one-day workshops on offer in three states around Australia.

Our calendar of events included:

Melbourne - 23 April 2010: Register online here

Adelaide - 14 May 2010: Register online here

Brisbane - 17 May 2010: Register online here

Placed are limited at each workshop - so register online today!

The Victorian Nursing and Health Expo will be held on Sunday 18 April 2010 at the Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton - and The Nursing Centre team will be there!

Entry is by gold coin donation and the Expo opens at 10 am and continues to 3pm.

We'd love to meet you on the day - so stay tuned for more information on our exhibition booth!

The Weekend Australian (20-21 February 2010) contained an excellent article by Margo Brewer, Director of Interprofessional Practice at the faculty of health sciences at Curtin University of Technology. 

This article outlined a concept of 'allowing final-year students from health professions to develop an understanding of interprofessional issues in patient admission, care and discharge.'

The article outlines the experiences and benefits of this approach for students, staff and patients.  Feedback from students, staff and patients about this approach has been overwhelmingly positive.

To read the full article - go here: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/shared-steps-to-a-robust-performance-teamwork/story-e6frg8y6-1225831966795.

To see a poster presentation on Interprofessional Education - go here: http://www.itl.usyd.edu.au/projects/nationalgap/resources/gapposters/Interprofessional%20Education%20to%20meet%20changing%20Health%20&%20Social%20Care%20Demands%20Curtin%20-%20M.%20Brewer.pdf

The National Prescribing Service (NPS) is holding the National Medicines Symposium from 26 to 28 May 2010 at the Melbourne Exhibition and Convention Centre.

As the world of medicines is constantly evolving, attendance at this event will enable you to learn, discuss and debate the quality use of medicines at all stages of the lifecycle.

The symposium themes are:

1. Medicines in people’s lives
2. Ensuring equity
3. Creating opportunity
4. Safe and effective use
5. Sustainability.

For further information and registration details, visit the official website at: www.nms2010.org.au.

Did you know that 2010 is the International  Year of the Nurse!

What a great way to celebrate this fantastic profession and your chosen career path, by celebrating alongside millions of other nurses world wide!

According to the official website, the '2010 International Year of the Nurse (IYNurse) is the centennial year of the death of the founder of modern nursing — Florence Nightingale (1820-1910). To celebrate this historic milestone, the 2010 IYNurse was established to actively involve the world’s nurses — estimated to be more than 15 million — in a celebration of commitment to bring health to their communities, locally and worldwide.'

Why not download this free flyer and share with your nursing colleagues - click here.

Want to know more? Visit the official website at www.www.2010iynurse.net

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (ANMC) are currently conducting a series of Train the Trainer Workshops on the ANMC Professional Practice Framework. 

The Professional Practice Framework is the matrix of standards including:

• Code of Ethics
• Code of Professional Conduct
• Competency Standards
• Other relevent standards and documents.

These documents support nurses and midwives in providing 'safe, quality care in an increasingly complex and challenging health environment' (www.anmc.org.au).

Here are the links for further details:

• Workshop details
• Criteria for Trainers
• Workshop dates and locations.

According to the ANMC website, the following workshops are NOW FULL:

• Sydney - February 17 and 19
• Perth - March 2
• Launceston - March 15
• Hobart - March 17
• Gold Coast - April 7
• Rockhampton - April 9
• Brisbane - April 12 and April 13
• Adelaide - April 28

Notes (as at 4 March 2010):

1. Workshops have been endorsed by the Royal College of Nursing, Australia (RCNA) has endorsed the workshops and attendance attracts 5 RCNA Continuing Nurse Education (CNE) points.
2. At the request of the Nurses Board of Victoria, the ANMC  confirms that the PPF workshops scheduled to be held in Victoria have been cancelled.

For more information - please visit www.anmc.org.au.
 

The Nursing Centre now offers a unique one-day professional development activity for nursing preceptors - the Preceptor Development Workshop.  Learning objectives include:

• Understand the leadership and public relations role of the preceptor
• Understand the role of key nursing competencies and standards and their relationship to the preceptor role
• Create an environment conducive to learning in the preceptor role
• Identify and apply effective preceptor attributes
• Apply theory to action in problem based learning scenarios.

Participants at a recent Preceptor Development Workshop said:

• 'I feel well informed and more confident re my role as a preceptor.'
• 'Great workshop!'
• 'Gilly was fantastic - so informative and knowledgeable yet no dictating or too authorative.'
• 'Information and documents provided are very useful and interesting.'
• 'Fantastic, interesting, well presented, great resource file - thanks so much.'

Please contact us if you would like further information our upcoming public Preceptor Development Workshops OR to discuss an onsite workshop at your healthcare facility.

Note: We anticipate conducting a public workshop in Melbourne and Sydney in May 2010.

We're excited to share with you that our numbers are growing at the Nursing Centre's Career Network! 

We've nearly reached 100 people in just a few months!  Our sincere thanks to everyone for your support! 

Why not refer a friend to the career network and invite them into your own network?  Remember - it's FREE!

Access the Career Network by clicking on the link of this title in the main menu at www.thenursingcentre.com.au.

The Nursing Centre team are working hard to prepare for 2010!  So what are we working on? 

Here's a sneak peak of three of the activities we'll be bringing your way ...

• Membership of The Nursing Centre (just $99 per year)
• The Dynamic Nurse^TM (our nursing career magazine)
• Career mentoring for nurses (at all stages of your nursing career)

Remember - we're still on the lookout for nurses who'd like to be consultants with us AND we'd love to talk to those smaller nursing organisations about how our FREE career centre can support your members.

Get in touch with us today!