Monday, 2nd May Palliative Care Nurses Australia Conference 2022

Chair - Alison McLarty, Nurse Educator with QuoCCA and the Queensland Paediatric Palliative Care Service, Children’s Health Queensland

Speakers

• Julie Duffield, Nurse Educator, QuoCCA & Paediatric Palliative Care, The Women’s and Children’s Health Network South Australia
• Melissa Heywood, Clinical Nurse Consultant Victorian Paediatric Palliative Care Program & QuoCCA

Cheryl Porter-Pedras

Snr Aboriginal Health Worker

SWSLHD District Palliative Care Services, NSW

• National Palliative Care Program update - Alison McMillan
• Palliative Care Australia’s vision for the next 5 years - Camilla Rowland
• Palliative care in Residential Aged Care Facilities – a vision for the next 5 years - Deborah Parker
• Optimising assessment and management of key symptoms for older people with advanced complex illness/es – a clinical update on the current evidence - Elissa Campbell
• Cognitive assessments for the elderly – what tools are best for use in clinical practice? - Kheng Soo
• Frailty assessments in heart failure – what tools are best for use in clinical practice? - Julee McDonagh

This session allows up to 25 registrants to connect with one or more Australian Palliative Care nursing leaders to talk about career opportunities.

A practical and supportive session to provide mentorship advice for future palliative care leaders

Joanne Lewis and Katrina Recoche - Education

This session allows up to 25 registrants

Priyanka Vandersman – ELDAC dashboard / ELDAC

Palliative care nursing and digital health: How YOU can lead the way in clinical care and research. 

Chair: Julianne Brisbane

• Supporting Advance Care Planning (ACP) in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs) Project - Jo Sanders
• Residential aged care staff perspectives of the implementation of the Palliative Care Needs Rounds: A qualitative study - Angela Rao
• Implementation evaluation of a novel palliative care dashboard in Australian Residential aged care setting. - Priyanka Dr Vandersman
• What do older Victorians want from end-of-life care? - Jessica Cecil
• Engaging with Aged Care to build workforce understanding of palliative care - Katrina Erny-Albrecht

• PallConsult: Queensland-wide 24/7 specialist palliative care support for primary healthcare providers. - Lesley McLeod
• Resilience of nursing and midwifery students in coping with death and dying during clinical placements - Kaori Goudie
• Palliative care communication simulation to enhance undergraduate skills. - Samantha Hingley
• Best Practice Service Standards for all health professionals (not those working in Specialist Palliative Care roles). The promotion of Generalist Palliative Care - Andrew Allsop
• The Importance of Teams and Psychological Safety for Staff and Quality Care - Kim Devery

• Medicinal Cannabis for Children with Advanced Cancer: The MINI Trial - Alison Bowers
• It’s Starts With Hello - Sue Cowan
• Evaluating the Paediatric Palliative Care Outreach Collaborative - Alison P Bowers
• Last Days of Life: Paediatric and Neonatal (LDOL: P&N) Toolkit - Sandra Coombs

Assessment and management of breakthrough pain

Dr Diana Ferreira - Research Fellow, UOW

Panel Discussion with 

• Professor Melanie Lovell - MBBS PhD FRACP FAChPM, Senior Staff Specialist, Palliative Care Centre for Learning & Research in Palliative Care, Hammond Care
• Mr Joshua Cohen  - RN, MNNP, MPC, Medical Oncology Nurse Practitioner, Chris O’Brien LifeHouse, Camperdown, NSW; Honorary Associate, University of Technology Sydney
• Dr Jessica Lee  - MBBS FRACP FAChPM, Staff Specialist, Concord Centre for Palliative Care; PhD Candidate UTS; Clinical Senior lecturer, University of Sydney

Case study and break out rooms