7 – 10 October 2009, Jupiter’s Casino, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia


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Provisional Program
   
This program is provisional and will be updated as planning proceeds; it is likely some sessions will change between now and the conference. Please ensure you check this program regularly.
 
 

Tuesday 6 October 2009

0900 – 1700

Trauma Nursing Program

Gold Coast Hospital

 

 

 

Wednesday 7 October 2009

0900 - 1700

Registration
We suggest you register on Wednesday to avoid queuing up before the opening session.

   
  Workshops
Click here for workshop descriptions and costs. These workshops are not included in the conference registration fee.
0900 – 1700

Trauma Nursing Program

Gold Coast Hospital

1000 – 1200

Writing for publications

Coolangatta I

0930 – 1300

Splinting trauma injuries – just add water

Coolangatta II

1400 – 1530

Suturing workshop for Emergency Nurses

Coolangatta II

1300 – 1500

Preparing research proposals

Coolangatta I

1530 – 1700

Clinical practice guidelines and making them useful

Coolangatta I

1530 – 1700

Ventilation strategies for Emergency Presentations

Coolangatta III

1600 – 1700

Tissue Adhesive "Hands On" Workshop

Coolangatta II

 

 

  Committee Meetings

1100

Research Committee

Coolangatta IV

1200

Publications/AENJ Committee

Coolangatta IV

1300

Finance Committee

Coolangatta IV

1500

Administrative Committee

Coolangatta IV

1600

Professional Standards Committee

Coolangatta IV

1700

Education Committee

Coolangatta IV

 

 

 

Thursday 8 October 2009

0800 - 0900

Registration

   

0900

Opening Session

  Welcome to Country
  Welcome Address

0915

Invited Speaker
Dr Kim Forrester
R
egistered Nurse, Barrister-at-law

1015

Morning Tea

1045

Invited Speaker
Acute Care Nurses, Decisions and Irreducible Uncertainty in Practice
Professor Carl Thompson
Department of Health Sciences, The University of York

1130

Invited Speaker
Examples of Evidenced Based Practice in Emergency Nursing: Will it Ever Change?
Dr Renee’ Semonin Holleran

Intermountain Medical Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

1230

Lunch

1330

Concurrent Sessions

  1A
Clinical Intervention 1
1B
Disasters
1C
Paediatrics
1D
Violence
1330-1355 Stroke and TIA management in the ED
Annette Lenstra*, Dr Jay Weeraratne 
Evaluating the influential factors in mass gathering casualty presentation characteristics – World Youth Day, Sydney, Australia 2008
Jamie Ranse*, Prof Paul Arbon, Mayumi Kako
Emergency Personel Response to Families who experience Pregnancy Loss and Sudden Unexpected Death of an Infant (SUDI)
Lorraine Harrison*
A qualitative descriptive study of the experience of triage nurses regarding patient-related workplace violence
Jacqueline Pich*

 

1355-1420 Getting with the program - introduction of Thrombolytic therapy for Stroke patients in a rural ED
Louise Vuillermin*, Sue Roberts, Jennifer Dennett, Dr Krishna Mandaleson

 

Total Threat: The Implications of a Bushfire Emergency
Jane Mateer*
Improving patient safety in the paediatric emergency department-the use of oral syringes
Kay Best*, Dr Fenton O'Leary, Kellie Rafter
Developing Clinical Practice Guidelines for violence risk assessment at triage
Dr Natisha Sands*, Dr Marie Gerdtz*

 

1420-1445 How evidence-based is ED management of exacerbation of COPD?
Dr Julie Considine*, Prof Mari Botti, Prof Shane Thomas
 

 

The pre-hospital role of nurses during the Victorian Bushfires
Jamie Ranse*, Brett Aimers, Shane Lenson
Paediatric Emergency Department New Graduate Program: A recruitment strategy or the start of something new?
Nadine Griffiths*, Jenny Major
Developing processes for responding effectively to violence risk at triage
Cathy Daniel*, Marie Gerdtz, Vikki Dearie

 

1445-1510   It's Hot, Hot, Hot! The 2009 Adelaide heatwave - stories, relfections and leasons learned
Matthew Conaghty, Janice Elliott, Philip Coward, Megan Wake, Debra Henrys
 
Charmaine Power*, Judith Dwyer, Janny Maddern, Deb McCarthy, Laura Bahnisch
1510

Afternoon Tea

1530

Concurrent Sessions

  2A
Clinical Intervention 2
2B
Flow
2C
Paediatrics & Triage
2D
Violence & Trauma
1530-1555 An Australian audit of emergency department pain management patterns
Sue Huckson
Management of Infectious Patients within limited resources in the Emergency Department: A strategy for effective management
Jonathan Magill*, Christine O'Sullivan, Allan Ajami
Evidence-based practice translation project in a paediatric emergency department: Antipyretic interventions for children with fever
Ruth Hollin*
Evaluation of a tiered trauma call system in an Australian Level 1 Trauma Centre
A/Prof Kate Curtis*, Dr Amit Rana, Anthony Cook, Dr Jake Olivier, Dr Wendy Watson, A/Prof Thomas
Nau
1555-1620 Nurse-initiated narcotics: Their role in optimum patient management
Jennifer Sando* , Prof Kim Usher, Dr Petra Buettner
Three streams are better: the addition of discharge/paediatric streaming to improve patient flow
Vanessa Tran*, Dr Rose Chapman, Shane Combs
The triage encounter from the patient perspective
Dr Katarina Göransson*, Dr Anette von Rosen

 

Perceived causes of workplace violence among nurses working in a non-tertiary setting: An ecological approach
Sarah Ogbourne*, Dr Rose Chapmanx, Shane Combs
1620-1645 Implementing a Burns Protocol into the Emergency Department
Margaret Villella*
Does type of clinician influence ED fast track performance?
Dr Julie Considine*, Matthew Kropman*, Dr Helen E Stergiou
“They just don’t like to wait” A comparative study of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people who do not wait for treatment or discharge themselves against medical advice from rural emergency departments
Leanne Wright*

 

Factors to consider for family violence screening implementation in New Zealand emergency departments
Karen Schimanski*, Bronwyn Hedgecock
1645-1710 How do you make a choice in utilisation of resources in the absence of evidence? A randomised double blinded trial comparing two topical dermal anaesthetic creams for cannulation success rates
Jacqueline Fong
The art of streamlining flow- the impact of innovative design, utilisation of expert nursing skills and lean thinking
Jenny Price*
Problems with Implementing a standardised Triage System in Saudi
Mohammed Aljohani*, Dr Joy Lyneham
 
Climbing the clinical ladder: Implementation of a trauma education pathway
Liz Leonard*, Jodie Ekholm*
1710

Session Close

   
1710 -1810

CENA AGM

   
1810 - 1930

Welcome Reception
Exhibition Area, Conrad Jupiters

 

 

 

Friday 9 October 2009

 

Registration

   
0800

Invited Speaker
Advanced nursing practice and advanced practice nursing in Acute Care settings: What is the future?

Professor Andrew Cashin
P
rofessor of Nursing, School of Health and Human Sciences, Southern Cross University

0900

Invited Speaker
Ms Rosemary Bryant
Chief Commonwealth Nurse

1000

Morning Tea

1030

Concurrent Sessions

  3A
Clinical Intervention 3
3B
Education
3C
Health Service Delivery & IT
3D
Nurse Practitioners & Leadership
1030-1055 The Forensic Nurse Examiner in a rural emergency department: A new role for emergency nursing
Kate Sloan*
Integration of CENA Practice Standards for Postgraduate Emergency Nursing Assessment
Dr Karen Theobald*, Pauline Calleja, Dr Fiona Coyer
Long distance damage control - Is it worth it?
Rebekah Ogilvie*, Dr Damian McMahon
A 12 month prosoective review of the impact of emergency transitional nurse practiitoners in one metropolitan emergency department
Jaqueline Fong
1055-1120 Exhaled versus arterial carbon dioxide levels: improving the identification of hypercapnia
Elaine Killeen*, Dr Julie Considine, Dr Judy Currey
Can eLearning be a resuscitation training tool?
Shane Lenson*, Matt Luther

“City going Country” – The marriage of rural and metropolitan nursing teams
 Grant Isedale*, Ron Wilson

Nurturing within emergency. The developing and guidance of inexperienced nurses in the emergency department
Sarah Ogborne*, DR Rose Chapman, Shane Combs

120-1145 Redback Spider Bite: Signs, Symptoms and Sequelae
Sarah Bullen*
Emergency, In the Shed – Podcasting Education for ED nurses
David Corkill*

 

Reducing the Tyranny of distance, bringing specialist expertise to rural EDs
Trish Oxley*, Sharon Rogers

1145-1210 Should We Go or Should We Stay
Karen Croker, Jennifer Craig, Dr Peter Miller, Rick Davies, Peter Randell
  Royal Melbourne Hospital Emergency Department redevelopment - A marriage of bricks and information technology
Elizabeth Virtue*

Addressing Emergency Nurse Practitioner scope of practice issues from an organisational perspective
Grainne Lowe*

1210

Lunch

1320

Concurrent Sessions

  4A
Clinical Intervention 4
4B
Workforce & Quality
4C
Pre-hospital Care & Risk
4D
The Art and Science 1
1320-1345 The L-A-T-E-X principle – Safe and effective care of the latex-allergic patient in the emergency department
Sarah Bullen*
Royal Melbourne Hospital emergency department redevelopment- the journey continues
Elizabeth Virtue
 
Prehospital peripheral venous catheters incidence and usage
Dr Katarina Göransson*, Dr Eva Johansson
Balancing staff and family presence during resuscitation
Dr Trudy Dwyer*
1345-1410

The Alfred Hospitals Emergency Department response as H1N1 (Swine Flu) gripped Victoria
J Thompson*, C Batey, S Borrell, L Houston, G Land, P Bass, A Lickliter, K Watson, C. Stansfield, G Harrington
 

Department based recruitment & retention plans - one departments journey to success
Rowena Dyer*, Shane Lenson
The effects of ambulance ramping on Emergency Department length of stay and in-patient mortality
Maree Hitchcock*, Dr Julia Crilly, Dr Brigid Gillespie, Professor Wendy Chaboyer
No touch technique. Balancing the use of technology with the “art of nursing” in Emergency Nursing
Wendy Porteous
1410-1435 Checking the children: Reviewing the changing model of practice for Discharge Planning in the Emergency Department
Bridie Cooper*
Change from the ground up. The Victorian emergency care clinical network story, a clinicians’ perspective
Merrin Bamert
An exploratory study to examine the phenomenon and practice of ‘Ambulance Ramping’ at hospitals within the Southern Health Service Districts of Queensland and Queensland Ambulance Service
Eleanor Hammond*, Kerri Holzhauser, Ramon Shaban, Nicola Melton

Balancing the art and science of aeromedical emergency nursing in the Australian Outback
Kathy Arthurs*

1435-1500

The new frontier of clinical initiative nurses
Allison Jordan, Matt Luther, Shane Lenson
, Michael Holroyd*

 

Presentation of Emergency Department Shift Cordinators Report which improved communication and assisted in risk managenent within the ED
Heather Pearce*

Intersection of art and science for Advanced Practice ED Nurses? Nursing management of Irukandji syndrome
Jennifer Sando*, Prof Kim Usher, Dr Petra Buettner
1500

Afternoon Tea

1500 - 1600

Poster Session

1515

Free time
Optional site visit to Robina Emergency Department

 

 

1900 - 2400

Conference Dinner
Pavilion Marquee, Conrad Jupiters

   
 

Saturday 10 October 2009

 

Registration

   
0830

Invited Speaker
The Emergency Care Community of Practice: Working in partnership to implement best practice
Sue Huckson

Director, Effective Practice Program, National Institute of Clinical Studies, National Health and Medical Research Council

0930

Invited Speaker
Gayle Cullinan
Clinician and programme manager, Psychological health and well-being

1030

Morning Tea

1100

Concurrent Sessions

  5A
Professional Development & Ethics
5B
Special Topics
5C
Health Service Delivery
5D
The Art and Science 2
1100-1125 Credentialling for Advance Practice Nurses - 'what is it and why do I need it'
Matthew Rodway
Helping Emergency Nurses to act sooner: Identifying the deteriorating adult and child
Jodie Ekholm*, Paul Hudson*, Maree Johnson, Rachel Langdon
Clinical risk management: What are the sources of clinical risk in Emergency care?
Belinda Mitchell*, Dr Julie Considine, Prof Mari Botti
The joy of storytelling and humour; A wonderful ingredient within the Art and Science of Emergency Nursing
Ronnie Taylor*
1125-1150 Same same but different? Learners' perceptions of post-graduate studies
Amanda Charles*, Kate Holden

A new model of care for the discharged Emergency Department Patient
Frances Onions*

Our role as a Private Hospital Emergency Department in the future
Sarah Arnold*, Fiona Frew*
Emergency Nursing Basics: Some new perspectives on ‘old’ knowledge…
Cathi Montague*
1150-1215 Raising the bar - Creating a supported professional development program in a metropolitan community hospital
Michelle Cruse*, Deb Lewington

Factors affecting referral and response for clients who present with a mental illness to the ED
Marc Broadbent*, Dr Lorna Moxham, Dr Trudy Dwyer

  Telling tales: A method of maintaining the art in emergency nursing
Delia O'Brien*
1215-1240 The Emergency Nursing experience during the Black Saturday Bushfire tragedy: The Alfred hospital response.
S Smith*, P Liston, L Niggemeyer

Analysis of the emergency care experience of older people and their carers
Dr Julie Considine*, Peita Wellington*, Prof Keith Hill, Robyn Smith, John Gannon, Ms
Marnie Graco, Christine Behm, Dr Tracey Weiland, Sally McCarthy, Samantha Corrie

Linking ambulance, emergency department and hospital admission records to examine patient and health service delivery outcomes when opening an additional emergency department: a before and after study
Dr Julia Crilly*, Dr James Lind, Marilla O'Dwyer*, John O'Dwyer, Kerri Melki, A/Prof
Vivienne Tippett, Nerolie Bost, Prof Marianne Wallis, Dr Gerben Keijzers, Dr Sue Shiels

Education - Innovative practice for the future
Simone Andrews

1240

Lunch

1330

Closing Plenary - The Great Debate
It is the year 2025 - What is the scope of practice of the ED nurse? What are we doing?

1515

Awards

  • National Health and Medical Research Council - National Institute of Clinical Studies (NHMRC-NICS) - Evidence into Action Prize
  • Australasian Society for Emergency Medicine (ASEM): Best Rural and Best Metropolitan
 

Handover to 2010 Conference Committee

1530

Farewell Drink



 



 

 

 

 

 
     


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