WA CHAPTER REPORT
Clinical Supper – The World is Falling Apart
The WA Chapter recently hosted our Clinical Supper at Perth Children’s Hospital Auditorium. Professor Evalotte Mörelius presented the unique e-book titled “The World is falling apart” which depicts a series of children’s self-penned experiences of the COVID-19 restrictions from around the world. There were 12 attendees in-person and six attendees through webinar. Evalotte’s presentation received excellent feedback, including comments such as “thanks for a great insight into the children’s experiences of COVID-19” and “interesting to see the perspective of children from all around the world”.
The event was kindly sponsored by Paywise.
Midyear Dinner – Better in Then Out, Eliminations Conversations – Tuesday June 22 2021
We hope that you can join us at our next event for the ACCYPN WA Chapter Midyear Dinner on commencing at 5.30pm on Tuesday 22 June 2021 at Kailis Bros in Leederville.
We are honoured to have Consultant Paediatricians Dr Louise Houliston and Dr Colin Derrick presenting on children’s elimination conversations including bladder dysfunction and medical management of constipation and faecal incontinence.
Cost: Members $45 Nursing Students $50 Non-members $55 – 2 course dinner provided, drinks available for purchase.
Please register through the ACCYPN website www.accypn.org.au
Thank you to our Sponsors HESTA and Sanulac!
Vale Marian Miller 17.12.1941 to 13.04.2021
Marian’s nursing career began in 1960 at Fremantle Hospital, where she completed her general training, followed by Midwifery training at KEMH in 1965. She then worked in a country hospital as a generalist and midwife before completing a six month post basic certificate in paediatric nursing. Marian’s interest in the importance of support for families and young children in the community began in these early years of her career. Marian then spent the next seven years working in Papua New Guinea, teaching student nurses enrolled in a three year community health nurse program, located in an isolated group of islands.
After returning to Perth in 1977 Marian completed her nursing degree at Curtin University, followed by working as a nurse educator with Community and Child Health, and PMH. Marian became a lecturer in the Curtin School of Nursing in 1983 where she worked for twenty years in the areas of primary health care and community child health nursing, with both undergraduate and postgraduate nurses. Her main focus continued to be that of the importance of support for families in the pre-natal, post-natal and early years. During her time at Curtin, Marian was involved in a number of joint projects between the SON&M and the Department of Health. The most significant of these was the introduction of a home-based parent support program called the Community Mothers’ Program, based on a UK/Irish program, which Marian developed for WA after receiving a three year Healthway grant in 1994. Marian then developed the Train the Trainer Program in 2001/2002. Since their inception these programs have been implemented in different parts of WA and are still practised today. After retiring from Curtin in 2002, Marian worked in the Fremantle Health Service as a casual child health reliever which, in Marian’s words, were … “a fitting finale to my career which started in Fremantle 48 years ago”.
In 2003 Marian was a finalist in the Inaugural WA Nursing Excellence Awards for Community Nurse of the Year.
In June 2003 Marian was awarded Life Membership of ACCYPN.
Marian was a good friend to many and will be remembered for her warmth, generosity and commitment to the health of families and the community. Marian’s conviction in respect to children’s health was that “if you want to help children, then help and encourage the parents” (taken from Marian’s eulogy 23rd April 2021).
