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WHAT’S INSIDE? ASSOCIATION MATTER SURVEY RESULTS QUT FACULTY OF HEALTH 2014 AWARDS CEREMONY ACCYPN 2016 CONFERENCE APNA NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2015 – BRAVE TO BOLD WA CLINICAL SUPPER – UNDERSTANDING & RESPONDING TO ADOLESCENT DELIBERATE SELF-HARM NURSING & MIDWIFERY BOARD OF AUSTRALIA – POSITION STATEMENT EMAIL LISTING To ensure that all emailed ACCYPN correspondence reaches you please add [email protected] to your address book and/or safe senders list. THE NEWSLETTER OF THE ACCYPN – APRIL 2015 Chairperson’s Letter Dear Members Welcome to the April 2015 edition of College Communiqué. In this month’s edition, I would like to update you with the projects and activities that the College is undertaking and share with you the great amount of work that the Board and member representatives are undertaking on behalf of all members. Ms Rosie MacLeavy and Dr Jan Pratt continue to represent the College on the Credentialing project alongside other specialist nursing organisations. The Australian College of Mental Health Nurses was successful in securing funding to see the Credentialing Program developed to implementation stage. Currently there is a draft Memorandum of Understanding which the specialist colleges are reviewing, and future meetings have been planned for the year. Importantly, the work undertaken to date on the development of the ACCYPN Standards of Practice will support the Credentialing Program. The Reference Group has gone into recess at this time, with the Board reviewing the draft standards towards progressing to the member survey for feedback. Following the Board Planning Day in January, the draft Strategic Plan has been developed and will be distributed to members for feedback - keep your eye out for this and we welcome your input into the proposed plan. In addition, over the course of 2015, the Directors are reviewing and updating the College’s Business Rules and Position Statements. As the Position Statements are reviewed they will be distributed to members who have indicated they wish to comment on documents for feedback, prior to endorsement and publishing. Our advocacy activity since the last Communique includes a submission to the Western Australia Parliamentary Inquiry Review of the Functions of the Commissioner for Children and Young People. Thanks to the feedback from members who enable us to provide a comprehensive response and strong voice for children and young people. Your involvement is vital to sustain the work and profile of the College and achieve positive outcomes. The NPCHN Journal is the official journal of the College and we are a signatory to an agreement for the management of the Journal. ACCYPN member Ms Karen Berry and I sit on the Journal Management Board (JMB). Current activity includes a review of the Agreement of Cooperation between the member Colleges and the JMB, preparing the call for tender for a new publisher and developing the JMB strategic plan. In relation to professional development, we have active Chapters in Queensland and Western Australia, providing professional development and networking for members. Also the 2016 Conference Committee has just had its first meeting towards planning our next conference in Adelaide in 2016. In addition, you may notice some changes occurring to the ACCYPN website over the coming months. The Professional Development section has now been updated into the Knowledge Centre, and the look and feel of the site is being upgraded. We are investigating the development of a learning on demand to enable members and non-members to access on-line learning with ease of purchase through shopping cart facility.
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PAGE 2 THE NEWSLETTER OF THE ACCYPN – JUNE 2011
WHAT’S INSIDE?
ASSOCIATION MATTER SURVEY RESULTS
QUT FACULTY OF HEALTH 2014 AWARDS CEREMONY
ACCYPN 2016 CONFERENCE
APNA NATIONAL CONFERENCE
2015 – BRAVE TO BOLD
WA CLINICAL SUPPER –
UNDERSTANDING &
RESPONDING TO ADOLESCENT
DELIBERATE SELF-HARM
NURSING & MIDWIFERY BOARD
OF AUSTRALIA – POSITION
STATEMENT
EMAIL LISTING
To ensure that all emailed
ACCYPN correspondence
reaches you please add
[email protected] to your
address book and/or safe
senders list.
THE NEWSLETTER OF THE ACCYPN – APRIL 2015
Chairperson’s Letter Dear Members
Welcome to the April 2015 edition of College Communiqué.
In this month’s edition, I would like to update you with the projects and
activities that the College is undertaking and share with you the great amount of
work that the Board and member representatives are undertaking on behalf of
all members.
Ms Rosie MacLeavy and Dr Jan Pratt continue to represent the College on the
Credentialing project alongside other specialist nursing organisations. The
Australian College of Mental Health Nurses was successful in securing funding to
see the Credentialing Program developed to implementation stage. Currently
there is a draft Memorandum of Understanding which the specialist colleges are
reviewing, and future meetings have been planned for the year. Importantly, the
work undertaken to date on the development of the ACCYPN Standards of
Practice will support the Credentialing Program. The Reference Group has gone
into recess at this time, with the Board reviewing the draft standards towards
progressing to the member survey for feedback.
Following the Board Planning Day in January, the draft Strategic Plan has been
developed and will be distributed to members for feedback - keep your eye out
for this and we welcome your input into the proposed plan. In addition, over the
course of 2015, the Directors are reviewing and updating the College’s Business
Rules and Position Statements. As the Position Statements are reviewed they
will be distributed to members who have indicated they wish to comment on
documents for feedback, prior to endorsement and publishing.
Our advocacy activity since the last Communique includes a submission to the
Western Australia Parliamentary Inquiry Review of the Functions of the
Commissioner for Children and Young People. Thanks to the feedback from
members who enable us to provide a comprehensive response and strong voice
for children and young people. Your involvement is vital to sustain the work and
profile of the College and achieve positive outcomes.
The NPCHN Journal is the official journal of the College and we are a signatory to
an agreement for the management of the Journal. ACCYPN member Ms Karen
Berry and I sit on the Journal Management Board (JMB). Current activity includes
a review of the Agreement of Cooperation between the member Colleges and the
JMB, preparing the call for tender for a new publisher and developing the JMB
strategic plan.
In relation to professional development, we have active Chapters in Queensland
and Western Australia, providing professional development and networking for
members. Also the 2016 Conference Committee has just had its first meeting
towards planning our next conference in Adelaide in 2016. In addition, you may
notice some changes occurring to the ACCYPN website over the coming months.
The Professional Development section has now been updated into the
Knowledge Centre, and the look and feel of the site is being upgraded. We are
investigating the development of a learning on demand to enable members and
non-members to access on-line learning with ease of purchase through
shopping cart facility.
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Chairperson’s Letter cont.
The Board has had two recent resignations, Dr Yvonne Parry and Ms Michele Howard and although they have stepped
down as Directors, they continue to remain active in the College. I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank
both Yvonne and Michele for their contribution to the Board and to wish them well.
Regards
Catherine Marron - Chairperson, Board of Directors, ACCYPN
Association Matter Survey Results
Last year, as in the previous year, ACCYPN participated in the Associations Matter Study. The Study is conducted and prepared by Survey Matters, Australia with the aim of providing professional associations in Australia and New Zealand benchmark data about the opinions and preferences of members.
In this survey there were 21 participating associations with a total of over 6,500 responses. The Australian College of Children and Young People’s Nurses (ACCYPN) received 46 responses from a distribution of 512, which is a response rate of 9%, which was below the overall average of 16%.
ACCYPN’s benchmarked satisfaction score shows that overall 76% of ACCYPN members are satisfied/extremely satisfied with our organisation which is 2% higher than scores for all organisations. ACCYPN mid-level members have 80% satisfaction (11% higher) and senior level members have 78% satisfaction (3% higher).
This is great feedback for the College and we thank those members who participated in the survey.
Queensland University of Technology Faculty of Health 2014 Awards Ceremony
18th February 2015
Congratulations to Kate Rawstron (Munro) who was presented with the ACCYPN Lyn Frazer Post-graduate Nursing Award in Child and Adolescent Health. This prize is awarded to the student who achieves outstanding clinical assessment and the highest grade for the clinical unit Specialisation in Paediatric, Child and Youth Health.
Kate is a Clinical Nurse Consultant in Neurology at the Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital, Queensland. As well as receiving the Lyn Frazer Award, Kate is also a successful recipient of the Churchill Fellowship, United Kingdom and United States of America. Kate’s study will explore neuromuscular services to improve care for children with neuromuscular conditions.
Award recipient Kate Munro and ACCYPN Chairperson Cathy Marron
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ACCYPN 2016 Conference – Adelaide
September - Save the Month!
The Australian College of Children’s and Young People’s Nurses 2016 Conference will be held in Adelaide in October 2016 – SAVE THE MONTH. Dates and venue will be published in the next edition of College Communiqué.
Keep up to date via the ACCYPN website and also the College Communiqué for more information.
APNA National Conference 2015 - Brave to Bold
The seventh exciting APNA National Conference will provide extensive opportunities to network with your nurses colleagues from around Australia, and a fantastic program to enhance clinical expertise and add to your personal and professional development.
From an ice pandemic to a zombie apocalypse – the Brave to Bold program has it all. The program is now live online and as you can see we have a secured amazing speakers from around Australia and across the seas. Brave to Bold will educate you on topics such mentoring, co-payments, family planning, domestic violence, mental health, narrative communication, wound care, refugee health, spirometry, COPD, diabetes, chronic disease management, cognitive assessment and how to protect our vulnerable populations - just to name a few! Give APNA a call on 1300 303 184 or email [email protected].
To view the Current Program click here and to download the registration form click here.
ACCYPN on Facebook and Twitter! At the time of distribution, we have 408 Likes on Facebook…
This is very exciting and a good promotion of ACCYPN and what we stand for. Please continue to share this news within your networks so the good work of ACCYPN reaches right across the country. Our target audience for likes is Nurses involved in caring for children and young people.
Spread the Word www.facebook.com/ACCYPN @ACCYPN
CLINICAL SUPPER
"Understanding and responding to adolescent deliberate self-harm"
Anita Moyes CNS Adolescent Mental Health, CACH
5.00pm, Tuesday 21st April 2015 Staff Development Centre
Level 6, Hay St Building, PMH
Pizza and refreshment will be served
All welcome Members Free Non-Members $5
Registration prior to April 20 is preferred, please register through the ACCYPN website www.accypn.org.au
WA Chapter
TeleHealth link up available Please contact Robert
Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia G.P.O. Box 9958 | Melbourne VIC 3001 | www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au | 1300 419 495
Position Statement
February 2014
Specialist recognition and the nursing profession
Background
In 2010, the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) considered the endorsement of a range of nursing specialties in preparation for the transition to the National Scheme1. The requirement for endorsements was considered in accordance with the objectives and guiding principles of the National Law2.
The position of the NMBA at the time was to not endorse nurses other than those the NMBA was required to under the National Law, however, the NMBA made a commitment to explore the need for registration of specialty practice within the nursing profession at a later date.
Project findings
The NMBA has now completed its project Specialist registration for the nursing profession (NMP00013) which explored the need for regulation of specialty areas within nursing.
Findings from the 2014 sponsored project identified that:
a variety of mechanisms are employed internationally to recognise and regulate speciality practice, including licensure, endorsement, credentialing, validation and certification;
formally regulating speciality groups for purposes of registration did not reduce risk to the public; and
there was a lack of significant evidence that regulation of speciality practice improves patient/client outcomes.
The project further identified that specialist organisations representing speciality nursing groups in Australia have developed sound governance processes for speciality practice. This provides an effective means of acknowledging advanced practice, and may be recognised by employers and the health industry at large.
In addition, the NMBA noted the guidelines recently released by the Australian Health Workforce Ministerial Council (AHWMC), titled - Approval of specialties under section 13 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act, Guidance for National Board submissions to the Australian Health Workforce Ministerial Council.
The NMBA has therefore concluded that current systems in Australia provide an appropriate level of public protection, whilst ensuring a dynamic, flexible and responsive workforce.
1 The National Registration and Accreditation Scheme
2 The Health Practitioner Regulation National Law as in force in each State and Territory
February 2015
