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Dear Members
I hope this June edition of the newsletter finds you all well and that you are getting ready to join us in Darwin in September. We are pleased to announce that we have confirmed the following three (3) keynote speakers for our Conference.
Amanda Harley
RN, BN, GradCertEdu, MEN, PhD
Amanda Harley is the Queensland State-wide Paediatric Sepsis Clinical Nurse Consultant and the first and paediatric sepsis Clinical Nurse Consultant in Australia. Amanda is the paediatric nursing representative on the Queensland Sepsis Steering Committee, a member of the National Sepsis Clinical Reference Group, lead by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare and the Australian paediatric and nursing representative for the Global Sepsis Alliance platform. Amanda is an assessor for AHPRA and the Director for the Paediatric Emergency Nursing Course. Amanda has her masters in critical care, post-graduate qualification in education and PhD. Her PhD investigated the recognition and management of paediatric sepsis in the ED. Her current role involves supporting the implementation of a paediatric sepsis pathway in EDs and inpatient units throughout QLD, alongside state-wide, national and international education design and delivery. She has been involved in and instigated a number of research projects around sepsis in the ED, led the first and only multi-site ED paediatric sepsis Randomised Controlled Trial on early inotropes and is the recipient of multiple research grants. Amanda is passionate about sepsis recognition and management and the roles nurses’ play. By undertaking clinical practice with research and quality improvement she is encouraging others to do the same.
Keynote Presentation – Paediatric Sepsis Guidelines and International Partnerships
Keynote Presentation – Paediatric Sepsis Recognition and Red Flags
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Professor Nathan Wilson, School of Nursing and Midwifery at Western Sydney University, is a registered nurse with experience in working with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families as a nurse, manager, clinical specialist, clinical educator, applied researcher, and independent consultant. Nathan’s applied research is focussed on enhancing the health, wellbeing and social participation of people with IDD, with an underlying emphasis on chronic illness, men’s health, oral health, participation and social inclusion. Nathan also conducts research about the nursing workforce, including nurses who specialise in the care and support of people with IDD and increasing the capacity of nurses working in mainstream contexts to work with people with IDD. He has published over 120 scientific papers about disability, has co-written two books and multiple book chapters, and regularly presents his research findings at national and international conferences.
Keynote Presentation – Toward Better Healthcare for Children and Young People with Intellectual Disability and/or Autism: Every Nurses’ Business
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Kristy McVee
Kristi spent 10 years in the police force as a specialist child interviewer and a detective senior constable. When she retired from the force, Kristi believed there was a better way to help. By taking a proactive approach, rather than a reactive approach, she could help prevent child abuse and break the cycle of trauma that victims are so often subjected to.
In addition to her experience in the force, Kristi has appeared on TV and was an Online Safety Specialist. During this role, she presented to schools’ students from years 3-12 about staying safe online. She has also presented to many parents and teachers during this time.
More than just a presenter, Kristi is a facilitator – driving the message and bringing experts together. She is passionate about keeping kids safe and isn’t afraid to keep it real (prepare for some swearing from Kristi!).
At home, her family includes her 14-year-old daughter, a very supportive partner and two dogs. She is passionate about youth mental health and has mentored for Zero to Hero Youth Camp.
Kristi is excited to embark on her journey of discovery in this new venture for CAPE-AU.
About CAPE-AU
CAPE-AU was founded in 2022 by former police officer, Kristi McVee, who spent a decade investigating child abuse cases and recognised that parents don’t have enough knowledge and education to protect their children. Kristi believed if she could teach parents what she knew, many more children would be safe.
The decade Kristi spent talking to kids about what had happened to them and not being able to stop it was so hard that Kristi had to walk away from the front line duties. What Kristi couldn’t walk away from was the pain she knew so many kids were suffering, and that she wanted to do everything in her power to prevent this pain from happening more.
The only way to stop child abuse from occurring is if we stop ignoring it, raise awareness and educate. We need to see it, hear it and get the message out in every way.
This is why CAPE-AU was founded. To provide an educational service for parents, caregivers and guardians around child protection and abuse prevention.
Keynote Presentation – The Impacts of Online Child Exploitation on our Kids
Keynote Presentation – Child Sexual Abuse – The Facts and What We Can Do
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Cathy Doidge
Cathy has been working in the Northern Territory for many years as a Midwife, Child and Family Health Nurse and Public Health Nurse. She recently completed a Master in Public Health and has been in the role of Clinical Nurse Manager of the Northern Territory Rheumatic Heart Disease Program since early 2022.
Keynote Presentation & Panel – Keynote Presentation – Preventing Broken Hearts
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Desley Williams
Desley is a Registered Nurse and Midwife and holds a Graduate Diploma in International Mother and Child Health. She has lived and worked in the NT since 1989 and has held various positions in both the Katherine and Darwin regions. For the last 8 years she has been in the role of Clinical Nurse Specialist, NT Rheumatic Heart Control Program.
Keynote Presentation & Panel – Keynote Presentation – Preventing Broken Hearts
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Elizabeth Forster
RN, BN, Master of Nursing, Grad Cert Education (Higher Ed) (QUT), Grad Cert Positive,Psychology (CQU), PhD (UQ)
Centaur Fellow, SFHEA
Post Graduate Program Director, Griffith University School Of Nursing & Midwifery
Dr Elizabeth Forster is an Associate Professor and Program Director of Postgraduate Nursing and Infection Prevention & Control programs in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. She is also Program Advisor for Paediatric Nursing. Her research interests include paediatric nursing, paediatric pain and end of life care, positive psychology as well as teaching and learning. Her doctoral study focused on parent and multidisciplinary health professional perspectives of bereavement support surrounding the loss of a child. Further research in this area has explored developing bereavement support skills among undergraduate nurse midwives using simulation. She is presently conducting research with the Nurse Practitioner Acute Pain Service at Queensland Children’s Hospital investigating paediatric pain including: parent measures of children’s pain post discharge and perceptions of support from the Nurse Practitioner Acute Pain Service, telehealth pain management follow up and opioid induced constipation in paediatric surgical patients. Elizabeth is Editor in Chief of the Journal of Children & Young People’s Health (JCYPH), the only national journal focusing on children and young people’s health across acute and community contexts. JCYPH is the journal for the Australian College of Children and Young People’s Nursing, recognised as an influential leader for paediatric nursing in the Asia-Pacific region. In 2023 Elizabeth was invited to be an International Editorial Review Board member for the Journal of Pediatric Nursing. She is the editor of a number Australian paediatric nursing texts “Paediatric Nursing in Australia: Principles for Practice” co-edited by Jenny Fraser, Donna Waters and Nicola Brown and “Paediatric Nursing Skills for Australian Nurses” co-edited by Jenny Fraser. In 2022 “Paediatric Nursing in Australia and New Zealand” was released.
Master Class – Writing for Publication
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Yvonne Parry
Associate Professor Yvonne K Parry, PhD, MHlthServMgmt, GradCertEdu (Higher Ed), BA (Psychology & Public Policy), RN
College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University
Associate Professor Yvonne Parry from Flinders University, College of Nursing and Health Sciences research with international partners seeks to improve the health of infants, children and young people. Yvonne’s work exists at the important intersection between nursing, primary health, and public health. Her award-winning research focuses on community and acute care health services for marginalised children and their families. She has over 70 publications, with 28 journal articles, 12 book chapters and 19 ERA eligible reports in the last 10 years.
Associate Professor Parry’s research is foundational to her teaching, combining in-depth and extensive collaborative community and acute care research, with quality teaching scholarship informed by practice. She is a productive scholar who has made an outstanding contribution to the field of child health, development, and welfare, specifically child and family homelessness, since she completed her PhD in 2012. She has led research projects in Improving Health and Development Outcomes for all children aged 0-5 years: A Nurse Practitioner led Routine Healthy Development Check; Noise Levels in NICU, Does ISBAR improve Handover and Family Inclusive Nursing Care? Child and Family Homelessness, Evidence inform Community Programs for at risk Children, Domestic Violence Responses for Elderly Women, and in the Impact of Disaster on Families, to name a few. This research has informed national and international policy and practice. Importantly a considerable component of her research is translating findings into appropriately developed education and training for service professionals including undergraduate health professionals.
She was appointed as the Chair [President] of the Australian College of Children and Young Peoples’ Nurses, Additionally, she was the Chair of the Australian College of Child and Young People Credentialing Committee. The ACCYPN is the only national nursing professional organisation credentialing children and young people nurses. Yvonne is the inaugural Editor of the Journal of Children and Young People’s Health the official journal of ACCYPN.
Master Class – The Needs of Homeless Infants, Children and Youth: How can a Paediatric Nurse make a Difference?
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PS – if you want to make a holiday of it, click on this link to see what the Northern Territory has to offer!
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