9
November 2004
Asia Pacific Nursing Congress: Day 1
The Asia Pacific Nursing Congress is being held in Sydney from 10-12 November. The first Congress was held in Seoul, Korea in 1999. Its purpose is to establish professional nursing links between countries in the region. The Congress will be discussing issues such as worldwide nursing shortages, migration and the ethical recruitment of nurses; the impact of infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS; trade agreements and their impact on nursing and health policy; and, nursing education models in the Asia Pacific context.
Where:
Menzies
Hotel, 14 Carrington Street, Sydney
| Day 1: 10 November | ||
| 9.00am | > | CONFERENCE OPENING The Hon Tony Abbott MP |
| > | Speaker for the organising committee - Jill Iliffe | |
| 9.45am | > | Nursing in the Pacific Region - Pelenatete Stowers (Samoa) |
| 11.15am | > | Trade agreements and the impact on nursing - Patricia Ranald (Aus) |
| > | Managed migration of nurses: The policy options - James Buchan (UK) | |
| > | Nursing mobility: The Fijian perspective - Kuini Lutua (Fiji) | |
| 16.15pm | > | Construct development of nursing economics - Masako Kanai-Pak (Japan) |
| > | How many nurses: National approaches to workforce planning - James Buchan (UK) | |
| > | Nurses and nursing work: Maximising the use of human resources - Christine Duffield (Aus) | |
Pelenatete Stowers (Samoa) Government Chief Nurse, Registrar, Board of Nursing: Ms Stowers will be speaking on the South Pacific response to health care challenges. She is a member of the WHO panel of experts in nursing and was appointed Adjunct Professor in Nursing, University of Technology, Sydney, in 2000.
Patricia Ranald (Australia) Policy Manager, Public Interest Advocacy Centre and Convenor, Australian Fair Trade and Investment Network of 90 community organisations: Ms Ranald's presentation examines the impact of trade negotiations on nursing and health policy and discusses actions the ANF and other unions can take in alliance with other community organisations concerned about health care.
James Buchan (UK) Leader in an International Council of Nurses project undertaking the first global investigation of the nursing workforce: International recruitment and migration of nurses has become a prominent feature of the global health agenda since the late 1990's, and has been highlighted as a factor in undermining attempts to achieve health system improvement in some developing countries. Mr Buchan's presentation will draw on research that examines recent trends in the migration of nurses, examines the methods used in international recruitment, and explores the policy options when a country wants to become more active in managing the process of international recruitment. Mr Buchan will also provide an overview of recent trends in nursing workforce planning in the UK and in Australia, the USA and Canada.
Kuini Lutua (Fiji) General Secretary, Fiji Nursing Association: The impact of nurse migration in small island countries of the Pacific such as Fiji is a serious problem for government as the main health service provider and for workers' organisations such as the Fiji Nursing Association. Ms Lutua states that, In a country that graduates around 120-150 nurses a year and loses close to 50% to external migration, the nurse migration issue urgently needs the collaboration of government and the local nursing association to work on retention strategies that would benefit the country in the long term.
Masako Kanai-Pak (Japan) Professor of Nursing Administration, Tokyo Women's Medical University: Ms Kanai-Pak's presentation looks at the development of the world's first model of nursing economics.
Professor Christine Duffield (Aus) Director of the Centre for Health Services Management, University of Technology, Sydney: This presentation provides an overview of the impact and complexity of the variables that influence nursing workloads and patient, nurse and system outcomes.
A full program is available at: www.anf.org.au/apnc
Media
inquiries:
Jill Iliffe, ANF Federal Secretary 0419 576 590
Ged Cowin, ANF Assistant Federal Secretary 0417 053 322
Heather Witham, ANF Federal Communications Officer 0417 359 907
The ANF, representing 140,000 members, is the professional and industrial voice for nurses in Australia.