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Announcements
Nephron Clinical Practice Issue 2, 2010, is now out. Click here for the digest.
The April 2010 edition of the Australian Nursing Journal (ANJ) is featuring Aged Care in its nursing focus section. You are invited to contribute short articles (200-400 words). See the writer's guidelines: please refer to the nursing focus guidelines. The deadline for articles is Friday 5 March 2010.
The ANJ has an audited circulation of 64,763 and is read by over 120,000 nurses across Australia, so this is a great opportunity for you to highlight your work, and some of the practical programs / research of nurses and midwives working in these areas, or issues confronting this area of nursing that would be of interest to your nursing colleagues. Photo stories are also welcome (specifications for photos are included in the writer's guidelines).
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council is undertaking a project to develop accreditation standards and criteria for courses leading to
re-entry to the register for nurses and midwives. A Steering Committee has been established to develop the standards and criteria and a consultation draft has been prepared on which the ANMC now seeks your feedback. The closing date for feedback is Friday 19 March 2010. The ANMC thanks you in advance for taking the time to respond with your comments. Please go to the ANMC website for further information.
The consultation draft of the Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare has been released.
Ensuring kidney relief for the victims of the Haiti earthquake: the ISN Renal Disaster Relief Task Force is in motion once again.
An assessment team from the ISN Renal Disaster Relief Task Force (RDRTF) has entered Haiti on 15 January via Santo Domingo on the flight from Paris. The team included one doctor, R. Caluwe and one nurse, S. Claus from the hospital of Ghent, Belgium and is working in close collaboration with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). A second team including one renal nurse, S. Maddens and one dialysis technician, P. Stockman with further equipment reached Port-au-Prince the 17th January. Full report
Victorian members, see the Clinical Networks news for November 2009. A reminder also about the 'Network to Network - the inaugural Australasian
Clinical Networks Conference' which is to be held at the MCG March 17-19, 2010.
The RSA Federal Board is pleased to announce that the Nephrology Educators Network (NEN) is now the education subgroup of the Renal Society of Australasia. The NEN is now offering the inaugural Nephrology Educators Network Education Scholarship, worth $6000. Apply now, applications close 30th April, 2010. More information
Amgen Australia are proud to announce that, through the ANZSN, it will support the Nephrology Community by providing 5 grants of $10000 each to support projects aimed at improving patient care and clinical outcomes. See flyer for more information.
Open a communiqué from the Australian Health Workforce Ministerial
Council announcing the appointments to National Boards for the National
Registration and Accreditation Schemes. Congratulations to Denise Fassett
for her appointment as one of the inaugural members of the Nursing and
Midwifery Board of Australia.
The Joanna Briggs Institute, a not for profit
evidence based research institute, is currently seeking persons who may be
interested in becoming JBI-Reviewers; these reviewers search the
literature and update/create content for JBI's online database of evidence
based resources, JBI-COnNECT. They are then renumerated for their work.
This is an exciting opportunity for all postgraduate students and staff
who may be interested in contributing to evidence-based healthcare in
their specialty, developing their literature searching skills, and receive
payment for their work. More information
Leadership and Practice Development in Health: Quality and Safety through Workplace Learning, 18-19 March 2010, Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart. More information.
Please click here for information regarding the Victorian and Tasmanian Dementia Training Study Centre. Or open flyer
The Report for the NSW Renal Nursing Education Survey, 2008 is now available. Open Report here
Please read the Influenza Pandemic Guideline jointly developed by the ANF and RCNA to inform members and other nurses about your role in preparing for, and managing, an influenza pandemic in Australia. Resource list also included.
SANE Australia is a national charity working for a better life for people affected by mental illness. Please visit their website to view their extensive range of resources. www.sane.org
The organising committee from Nurse Education Today has decided to hold their next conference in conjunction with the Australian Nurse Education Conference in Sydney in April 2010. Abstracts will be called for soon. NETNEP website
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