AGENDA

DAY 1 - TUESDAY 5 MAY

8am	Registration
9am	Acknowledgement of Country Nartarsha Bamblett, Founder, Queen Acknowledgements
9.10am	Conference open – day 1 Maddy Harradence, Secretary, ANMF (Vic Branch)
9.15am	Conference welcome
9.20am	The non-pathologising neuroplastic narrative in nursing contexts Dr Haley Peckham, Mental Health Nursing Lecturer, Centre for Mental Health Nursing, The University of Melbourne
10.05am	Gold sponsor address: HESTA
10.10am	Morning tea
10.40am	Positive impact of the 100,000 Lives program Louise McKinlay, Chief Executive Officer, Safer Care Victoria, Victorian Department of Health
11.10am	The Standing Together Against Racism report Giridharan Sivaraman, Race Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission Michael Whaites, Assistant General Secretary, The New South Wales Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA)
11.40am	Empowering care: the importance of digital health in nursing and midwifery Karen Booth, Chief Clinical Adviser (Nursing), the Australian Digital Health Agency
12.15pm	Lunch
1.05 – 1.30pm	Concurrent sessions 1
1A – Nursing	1B – Maternity	1C – Public health	1D - Digital health
A retrospective study of ventriculostomy-associated infections at a single centre, tertiary centre in neurosurgical patient with an external ventricular drain Carly Rienecker, RN, Intensive Care Unit, Royal Melbourne Hospital City Campus, Lecturer, Monash University	Victorian Maternity Taskforce – an update on the recommendations arising from the taskforce Nicole Allan, Assistant Secretary, ANMF (Vic Branch)	Homelessness as a public health emergency: learnings from crisis Dr Deborah Batterham, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Housing, Homelessness & Urban Studies, Swinburne University of Technology Chris Hartley, Research Fellow, City Futures, University of New South Wales	Approaching refusal of care in the virtual space Dr Marija Kirjanenko, Emergency Physician, Victorian Virtual Emergency Department and Box Hill Hospital Clinical Ethicist, Plunkett Centre for Ethics
1.35 – 2pm	Concurrent sessions 2
2A – Nursing	2B – Midwifery	2C – Nursing	2D - Digital health
Panel: Nursing horizons – career paths and possibilities Elena Sunderland, Cystic Fibrosis Clinical Nurse Consultant, The Royal Children’s Hospital Denise Fracchia, Transplant Clinical Nurse Consultant, Western Health (recently retired), Sunshine Hospital Dr Dianne Crellin, Nurse Practitioner, Royal Children’s Hospital, Senior Lecturer, Department of Nursing, University of Melbourne Jarryd Walkley, Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Nurse Coordinator, Austin Health	Postpartum haemorrhage evaluation Dr Penelope Sheehan, Obstetrician and Clinical Lead, Maternity and Newborn Improvement Team, Safer Care Victoria	Modern slavery is a public health issue in Australia Eve Wintergreen, RN and Emergency Department Care Coordinator, Modern Slavery Project Manager, St Vincent’s Health Australia Tarang Jain, Modern Slavery Liaison Officer and Group Procurement Specialist, ESG, St Vincent’s Health Australia	Digital health: an update on ANMF strategy Alice Kett, Strategic Lead, Education, Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation
	2.05 – 2.30pm – Concurrent sessions 3		2.05 - 2.30pm - Concurrent sessions 3
	3B – Mental health		3D - OHS
	Postnatal women’s engagement and experience of their participation in the Barwon Health ‘Mental Health Hospital in the Home’ program Jessica Pollard, Registered Nurse, Barwon Health Judith Foord, Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Barwon Health Mental Health Hospital in the Home		HSR panel Claire King, Senior WHS Policy Officer, Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) Marita Wilson, Registered Nurse, ED, Central Gippsland Health Service Jessica Adams, Clinical Nurse Specialist, ED, Central Gippsland Health Mary MacGregor, Registered Nurse, Hospital in the Home, Albury Wodonga Health
2.30pm	Afternoon tea
2.55pm	Coroner’s process Ingrid Giles, Victorian Coroner, Coroners Court of Victoria Elizabeth Mackie, Clinical Forensic Medicine Nurse Manager, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine Denis O’Callaghan, Lawyer
3.40pm	Navigating the river – exploring the Franklin River rescue Dr Jorian Kippax, Emergency and Hyperbaric Medicine Specialist, Royal Hobart Hospital
4.20pm	Conference close – day 1

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DAY 2 - WEDNESDAY 6 MAY

8am	Registration
9am	Conference open – day 2
9.05am	Nurse prescribing – an update Marie Gerdtz, Dean, School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University
9.45am	This is what it takes to change the world: looking back at abortion access in Victoria Dr Jo Wainer AM NEM PhD, former Adjunct Associate Professor, Eastern Health Clinical School, Monash University
10.30am	Silver sponsor address – Aware Super
10.35am	Morning tea
11.05 – 11.30am	Concurrent sessions 4
4A – Nursing	4B – Midwifery	4C – Mental health	4D – Digital health
RUSON employment model evaluation: what helps, what hinders and what it means for transition to practice and the nursing workforce Sarah (Seung A) Park, PhD candidate, University of South Australia, Nursing Lecturer, Swinburne University	What is ‘physiological birth’? The findings of the PRIMROSE Project Dr Brooke Henshall, Acting Midwifery Research Manager, Mercy Hospital for Women	‘Doing it my way’ on an MBU: supporting neurodivergent mothers with their infant's care Laura Hill, Associate Nurse Unit Manager, Mother Baby Unit (MBU), Mercy Mental Health	Continuous learning: why your voice is important to improving digital health Thomas Kitt-Thompson, Senior Inpatient Clinical Informatics Officer, Inpatient Services, The Royal Melbourne Hospital
11.35 – 12pm	Concurrent sessions 5
5A –Nursing	5B – Midwifery	5C – Mental health	5D – Digital health
Pink Bus – bringing vital healthcare services to women in regional Victoria Louise Holland, Registered Nurse Midwife, Bendigo Community Health Services, Central Elise Kornmann, Nurse Counsellor, BreastScreen Victoria	Sensitive, not silent: building brave and confidential spaces for sexual health in maternity care Associate Professor Marjan Khajehei, Clinical Midwifery Consultant, Women’s Health Research, Westmead Hospital, UNSW, University of Sydney, Australian Catholic University	The impact of menopause on mental health and wellbeing Jo Suggett, Acting Director of Nursing, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Western Health	The new face of compassion: end-of-life care in a digital world Dr Priyanka Vandersman, Registered Nurse and Senior Research Fellow, Flinders University
12.05pm	Keeping nurses nursing – the importance of mentoring and supervision Adjunct Associate Professor Jo Mapes, Deputy Executive Director Nursing and Midwifery, Western Health
12.45pm	Lunch
1.25pm	Beyond the bedside: nurses and midwives at the heart of humanitarian relief Christine Murphy, Midwife, Frances Perry House Jasmine Dilley, Registered Nurse and Midwife, South West Healthcare Ruth Jebb, Emergency Nurse, Queensland Health Kim Anna Kroneseter, Paediatric Nurse, Mercy Ship
2.10pm	Recreating safe and sacred maternity care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents Professor Catherine Chamberlain, Head, Indigenous Health Equity Unit, University of Melbourne, Chief Midwifery Officer, The Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives
2.55pm	Challenging the stigma around dementia diagnoses Jim Rogers, co-host of Dementia Australia’s podcast Hold the Moment
3.40pm	Conference close – day 2

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