Many education session are held throughout the state. They are hosted by individual branches and are often supported by Medical Companies and Company Representatives - our Health Partners, who willingly provide us with their time, expertise and often sponsor or co-sponsor the event.
Workshops and Conferences provide a more formal environment to increase our knowledge and skill in all aspects of Perioperative Nursing. The programs are designed to offer something for everyone from novice to Unit Manager and include keynote speakers, plenary and concurrent sessions along with clinical presentations.
Conference sessions are interjected with plenty of time to visit the Trade Displays. Here questions are answered and that piece of equipment or product information found. Knowledge flows between the company reps, clinical staff and unit managers. Friendships and networks are developed or strengthened.
It isn't all work and no play at our Conferences, with evening festivities a further opportunity for interaction to foster and build those all important supportive relationships. Having fun at our Workshops and Conferences is mandatory!
Support is available for members to attend Workshops and Conferences. For further information see our Grants & Scholarships Guidelines.
Post Graduate Education in Perioperative Nursing is available from a number of Universities. Watch this space, as in the future we will have links to them here. |
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Seen in the SMH,
October 17, 2011:
New drugs offer hope of life to 150 - plus
The first drugs that can slow the ageing process are likely to become available within five to 10 years, raising the prospect of people living to 150 or more, researchers say. Peter Smith, dean of medicine at the University of NSW.
October 14, 2011:
Hospitals now safer as mistake rate drops
A national hospital hazard checklist instituted five years ago shows that serious hospital mistakes and adverse events have fallen overall from a total of 183 incidents in public and private hospitals to 134. Procedures involving wrong patient or body part resulting in death or permanent injury totalled 79 in 2005-06 but 10 in 2009-10. Surgical instruments or other materials being left in the patient after surgery requiring re-operation numbered 44 cases in both years. The figures are contained in the latest resport of the Australian Commision on Safety and Quality in Health Care.
Seen in THE AUSTRALIAN,
September 24, 2011:
FUNDS get hip to cost cutting
Three health insurers, Medibank Private, BUPA and Australian Unity, have teamed up to support development of cheap generic hip and knee replacements. It's a project the three hope will eventually slash their spiralling prostheses costs by $1 billion a year.
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