Welcome to the May edition of ARCHI Net News
This month ARCHI helps to celebrate International Midwives Day and International Nurses Day with a focus on Nursing and Midwifery. We are showcasing some of our resources on these topics. For more resources and links to related websites, go to our Nursing and Midwifery topic pages.
Check out our noticeboard of International Nurses Day celebrations and tell us how you celebrated.
As part of our celebrations we are offering FREE access to our website to Nursing and Midwifery organisations and their members in Australia and New Zealand for the month of May. Please contact us to find out more admin@archi.net.au.
Happy reading from the ARCHI Team!
In this issue...
Nursing Highlights
New ARCHI Content
Ward Activity and Nursing Display (WAND)
The WAND tool provides nurses and ward staff with a visual snapshot of current bed occupancy in their ward, as well as details of pending patient admissions and discharges and a list of nursing staff.
This helps nurses and ward staff to:
- Manage ward-based flow, quality and safety issues
- Plan for expected patients from the emergency department
- Proactively plan patient discharge
- Align workforce with patient load
On-line Clinical Education in Nursing (OCLEN)
On-line Clinical Education in Nursing (OLCEN) combines the latest multi-media technology with contemporary approaches to health service teaching.
OLCEN is a new hospital-based service of 80+ hours of on-line lecture materials, a chat forum/discussion board, nursing taxonomies and selected web links providing for a new post-graduate cancer nursing program.
Workforce Roles
Job descriptions and roles that support new models of care including:
- Cardiac Liaison Nurse
- Ambulance Release Nurse
- Emergency Department Nurse Practitioner
Decision Making in Clinical Practice
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (ANMC) have developed a national framework for decision making.
The national framework consists of two parts. The first is a set of principles that form the foundation for the development and evaluation of decision-making tools. The second contains two templates for decision-making tools, one for nursing (registered and enrolled nurses) and one for midwifery, in recognition of the differences between the two professions.
Leeton District Hospital Midwifery Training Program
Leeton District Hospital developed a midwifery training program in partnership with Charles Sturt University Wagga and Griffith/Wagga Base Hospitals to address a critical shortage of midwives in the town. There are now two locally trained midwives on staff with one student currently training.
As a direct result of this initiative, the Leeton Maternity services have developed and progressed to offering new services that are women-focused in line with current trends.
Healthy Older People Earlier (HOPE) Program Updates: MAU Forum, Business Rules and Roadshows
Medical Assessment Unit (MAU) Forum
On 10 April 2008, over 100 representatives from the sixteen NSW hospitals that have and will be implementing MAUs met to discuss strategies and lessons learned when implementing MAU’s.
Renowned speakers Associate Professor John Henley (Clinical Director APU, Auckland Hospital) & Dr Patrick Fiddes (Medical Director MAPU, Frankston Hospital) shared their experiences.
The presentations and audio files, including the workshop results, are available to download.
Business Rules
The summaries of the business rules and associated documents used to run Medical Assessment Units (MAU) and HOPE wards in the HOPE Program have been updated with contributions from Sutherland and Gosford Hospitals.
Roadshows
New Roadshows have been added from Sutherland, Concord, Campbelltown and Canterbury Hospitals.
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ARCHI Nursing Discussion Forums
All ARCHI members are encouraged to participate in our discussion forums, for nurses we have:
- Emergency Department Nursing
- and our new Tidal Model of Nursing Care forum
www.archi.net.au/discussion
If you are interested in establishing a forum to support your group, please contact:
Catherine Knight
Phone: 02 4985 5223
Email: admin@archi.net.au
ARCHI Seminars
REGISTER NOW! ARCHI Events is holding the first of its Innovations in Practice Workshops for 2008 in Wagga Wagga on Friday 4 July at Calvary Health Care Riverina.
The workshop aims to improve quality of care, efficiency and patient safety in Pain Management by showcasing innovations in clinical practice and providing practical strategies, tools and tips.
For more details and to register please go to:
Innovations in Practice Workshop:
Pain Management
Do not delay! Register now to receive the early bird rate!
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For events and sponsorship enquiries, kindly contact:
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Hospital in the Home Society Conference
Call for abstracts is now open!
Hospital in the Home Society
1st Annual Scientific Conference
Friday 7 November 2008 at the Swiss Grand Bondi Beach, Sydney.
The conference theme is:
Substitution Revolution: Pioneering Care in the Home
Prizes for best paper and best poster will be awarded, so don’t delay, submit your abstract today!
ARCHI Events is proud to provide secretariat services for this conference.
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