Forums

‘Forums are conducted approximately four times each year. All Nurse Practitioners, candidates, service managers, and nurses interested in learning more about the role are very welcome to attend. The first forum for 2012 is scheduled for February 22nd and will be held in the Education Centre, 3rd Floor Healy Wing, St Vincent’s, Victoria Parade Melbourne. For further details, please contact Karen Quinn: Karen.quinn@svhm.org.au

Upcoming Forums

'Forum dates for 2012  are:

  • Tuesday 12th June 2012
  • Thursday 13th September 2012
  • Thursday 13th December 2012

All forums will be held in the Education Centre, 3rd Floor Healy Wing, St Vincent's, Victoria Parade, Melbourne

The first forum for 2012 is confirmed as February 22nd, and the venue is the Medical Education Centre, 3rd Floor Healy Wing, St Vincent's Hospital.

Please note the agenda for the February 2012 forum will focus on the role of service managers and will be inviting for service managers who currently have NP candidates employed in their service and also for managers considering appointing a NP candidate. 

For further details kindly contact Project Officer Karen Quinn

E: Karen.Quinn@svhm.org.au  or T: + 61 3 9854 1665

 

Past Forums

The Eleventh Victorian Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Collaborative Forum

The eleventh Victorian Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Collaborative Forum was conducted on 22nd February 2012 in the Education Centre, 3rd Floor Healy Wing, St Vincent’s, Victoria Parade, Melbourne. The focus for this forum was on exploring the experience of service managers who have employed Nurse Practitioners and candidates and identifying ways in which the collaborative can provide support. The following presentations informed the day:

Agenda

CPC update

Nursing and Midwifery DH

Preparing services for a NP candidate (South Australia experience)

 

 11th Forum11th Forum

 

 

 

 The Tenth Victorian Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Collaborative Forum

The tenth Victorian Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Collaborative Forum was conducted on 8th December 2011 in the Michael Chamberlin Theatre, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne.

Intergrated Mental Health Lanyards

K10 anx and dep

CPC Update

Forum Agenda

 

The Ninth Victorian Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Collaborative Forum

The Ninth Victorian Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Collaborative Forum was conducted on 22nd September 2011 in the Education Centre, 3rd Floor Healy Wing, St Vincents Hospital, Melbourne.

Nurse Practitioner Collaborative

NP Mentorship Collaborative

Forum Agenda

The Eight Victorian Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Collaborative Forum

The Eight Victorian Palliavite Car Nurse Practioner Collaborative Forum was conducted on 28th June 2011 in the Education Centre, 3rd Floor Healy Wing, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne.

Developing a sustainable and strategic policy framework for NP Services

Forum Agenda

 

The Seventh Victorian Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Collaborative Forum

The Seventh Victorian Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Collaborative Forum was conducted on Tuesday 15th March 2011 in the Education Centre, 3rd Floor Healy Wing, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne.

CPC update

Word evaluation summary.pdf

 

The Sixth Victorian Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Collaborative Forum

The Sixth Victorian Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Collaborative Forum was conducted on Thursday 25 November 2010 at Caritas Christi Function Room, 104 Studley Park Road in Kew.

CPC Update 25 November 2010

Neurological Assessment, Tamsin Bryan

Department of Health Update November 2011, Jo Hall

Mentoring, Karen Glaetzer

Article, Mentoring for the New Millennium, Walker.

Forum Notes and Actions

 

The Fifth Victorian Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Collaborative Forum

The Fifth Victorian Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Collaborative Forum was conducted on Thursday 2 September 2010 at the Medical Education Centre at St. Vincent's Hospital.

Centre for Palliative Care Presentation

Motor Neurone Disease (Karen Glaetzer)

Metro 7 Report

September 2010 Forum: Notes and Actions

Department of Health Update  (Jo Hall)

Collated Evaluations

 

The Fourth Victorian Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Collaborative Forum

The Fourth Victorian Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Collaborative Forum was conducted on Wednesday, 16 June 2010, in the Conference Room, Nurses Board of Victoria.

Centre for Palliative Care Education & Research Presentation

Nurse Practitioner Case Study Preparation

Department of Health Report

Nurse Policy Branch Report

Bendigo Health Report

Hume Region Report

Northern Health Report

Metro 7 Report

Anne Booms Report

 

The Third  Victorian Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Collaborative Forum

The Third Victorian Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Collaborative Forum was conducted on Thursday, 18 March 2010, in the Conference Room, Nurses Board of Victoria.

Notes & Actions 2010 (PDF)

Several presentations were provided and electronic versions available are:

Case Studies (Karen Glaetzer) (PowerPoint)

Department of Health (Jackie Kearney) (PowerPoint)

National Nurses Registration Update (Michelle Thomas) (PowerPoint)

Update from Centre for Palliative Care (Karen Quinn) (PowerPoint)

Documented activity reports were received from the following funded services:

Metro 7 (PowerPoint)

Southern Health (Word)

Caritas Christi Hospice/St V Melbourne (Word)

Peter Mac (PDF)

 

The Second Victorian Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Collaborative Forum

The Second Victorian Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Collaborative Forum was conducted on Thursday, 10th December 2009, in the Medical Education Centre at St Vincent's.

Notes & Actions (PDF)

Photo1 / Photo2 / Photo3 / Photo4 / Photo5 (PDFs)

Several presentations were provided and electronic versions available are:

Summary of funded services submissions (Jo Hall DH) (PowerPoint)

Update on NP endorsement process (Michelle Thomas NBV) (PowerPoint)

Update from Centre for Palliative Care (Karen Quinn CPCER) (PowerPoint)

Documented activity reports were received from the following funded services:

Metro 7 (Mark Cockayne) (PDF)

Ballarat Health Service (Tara Haneveld) (PDF)

Southern Health (Shyla Bauer) (PDF)

Hume Region (Carmel Smith) (PDF)

Barwon Health (Natalie Ashley) (PDF)

Gippsland Region (Anthony Hooper) (PDF)

 

Inaugural Forum

The Inaugural Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner Collaboration Forum was held on the 30 July 2009 at the Education Centre at St Vincent's Hospital.

Group Photograph (Image JPG)

A number of presentations were given at the forum:

NP Collaborative: Role, Function and Resources (Peter Hudson & Mark Boughey) (PowerPoint)

Australian College of Nurse Practitioners (Alison Bean-Hodges) (PowerPoint)

Nurse Practitioner – Palliative Care (Karen Glaetzer) (PowerPoint)

Developing the Nurse Practitioner Role in Community Palliative Care (Leanne Davey) (PowerPoint)

Nurse Practitioner & Organisational Insights (Elizabeth Morley) (PowerPoint)

The University of MelbourneSt. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne