Past Webinar – 27 September 2022

ACCYPN Webinar

Tuesday 27 September 2022 – Organ Donation in Paediatrics.

ACCYPN invites you to join Mel Short, Donation Nurse Specialist, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne on a webinar.

Members please use the registration link sent to you via email to access member rates.  
Non-Members to access Member rates please click here and join as a member now and you will be emailed a link to register for the webinar at member rates. 

Presentation:  Organ Donation in Paediatrics.
Date: Tuesday 27 August 2022
Presenter: Mel Short, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne
Time: 1:00 pm QLD / NSW / VIC / ACT (AEST) | 12.30pm SA / NT (AWST) | 11.00am WA (ACST) (1 CPD Hour) (1/2 hour presentation with 15 minutes Q&A and 15 minutes open discussion)
Attendance: Live Webinar
Cost: Members (Free), Non Members $25.00
Registration: Online Registration
Non-Members to access Member rates please click here and join as a member now and you will be emailed a link to register for the webinar at member rates.

Disclaimer: The webinar will be recorded.  As this webinar includes Q&A and open discussion, anyone who participates or has their video turned on may be included in the recording.

Title: Organ Donation in Paediatrics.

Abstract

Organ donation in paediatrics is less developed than in adult population.  Mel will discuss Victoria’s Donate Life service, their role in organ donation including the different pathways of donation that are available.  Using a case study Mel will work thru and review the donation process and her role in the hospital to support and education teams about organ donation.

Presenter BIO:

Mel Short 
Donation Nurse Specialist, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne

I feel like I have had the world’s luckiest career! I started my career on the Alfred’s respiratory ward caring for patients waiting for and subsequently receiving lung and heart transplants.

I then went on to complete a Graduate Diploma of Intensive Care Nursing within the Intensive Care Unit at the Alfred. From there I worked doing international retrievals, before defecting to the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, here I have completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Paediatric Intensive Care and have ALMOST finished my Masters of Advanced Nursing Practice through the University of Melbourne.

I completed a short stint as a donation specialist nursing coordinator at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne before returning home to work as the donation nurse specialist at RCH, an appointment which I have held since 2021.