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:
Preparing services for a NP candidate (South Australia experience)

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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
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
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
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.
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.
Neurological Assessment, Tamsin Bryan
Department of Health Update November 2011, Jo Hall
Article, Mentoring for the New Millennium, Walker.
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)
September 2010 Forum: Notes and Actions
Department of Health Update (Jo Hall)
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
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.
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:
Caritas Christi Hospice/St V Melbourne (Word)
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.
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:
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.
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)




