10
November 2004
Asia Pacific Nursing Congress: Day 2
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 2: 11 November | ||
| 9.00am | > | Global risk of disease: Protecting the community - Wilawan Senaratana (Thailand) |
| > | Speaker for the organising committee - Jill Iliffe | |
| 9.30am | > | Developing excellence through collaboration: The Griffith University Programme for Japanese registered nurses - Patricia Johnson (Aus) |
| 14.30pm | > | Australia and the Magnet Recognition Program - Rosemary Bryant (Aus) |
| > | Evaluating the first non-United States Magnet hospital - James Buchan (UK) | |
| 16.40pm | > | Nurses and midwives role to fight HIV/AIDS: A Fiji context - Loraini Ba (Fiji) |
Associate Professor Wilawan Senaratana (Thailand) Chair of Graduate Nursing Program in Infection Control, Faculty of Nursing, Chiang Mai University: Associate Professor Senaratana will be discussing the global risk of disease and protecting the community. She is an infection control expert for SARS and undertook peer review of SARS infection control guidelines for WHO/SEARO in 2003.
Dr Patricia Johnson (Aus) Lecturer and International Academic Coordinator, Griffith University: The Nissoken program for Japanese registered nurses has been a unique project of Griffith University since October 1997. It involved developing a program for delivery via flexible mode in Japan in the Japanese language. The aim of the program is to upgrade the educational preparation of Japanese nurses by providing a foundation from which to build their professional knowledge and skills.
Rosemary
Bryant
(Aus) Executive Director, Royal College of Nursing, Australia:
Ms Bryant's paper will describe the elements of the Magnet [hospital]
Recognition Program, its current developments in the USA and
its application in other countries, including Australia. It will
explore the findings of research carried out in Magnet hospitals
in relation to recruitment and retention of nurses and outcomes
of care. It will also consider how Magnet principles may be applied
in Australia.
James Buchan (UK) Queen Margaret University College
United Kingdom, Leader in an International Council of Nurses
project undertaking the first global investigation of the nursing
workforce: 'Magnet' institutions are healthcare organisations
which have been identified as being successful in recruiting,
retaining and motivating nursing staff. Research on magnet institutions
has highlighted positive links between good human resource practice,
staffing characteristics and outcomes of care. The first non-US
magnet hospital was Rochdale Infirmary, in England, which was
accredited in March 2002. This paper reports on the results of
a study to access the impact of preparing for, and achieving
accreditation at Rochdale.
Loraini Ba (Fiji) RN: The changing demand for nursing
care as new diseases are discovered, has never been as challenging
as with the threat of HIV/AIDS. The need to spread information
to the public to enable them to make informed choices is a competition
in itself. Put aside the taboos of tradition and the candid advice
from religious leaders on abstinence, sex and moral living, nurses
know that if they remain silent their work will multiply, the
small island nation will suffer, and the entire population may
be wiped out. At the end of May 2004 HIV/AIDS figures in Fiji
reached an alarming 153, an increase of 10 in just four months.
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.