DANA Conference

If you leave it much longer you will miss your opportunity to register for

• the DANA Inaugural Drug and Alcohol Nurse practitioner 1-day symposium

and / or

• the DANA Australasian Conference 2019 ‘The Power of Connection’

THE INAUGURAL DRUG AND ALCOHOL NURSE PRACTITIONER 1-DAY SYMPOSIUM

will be launched on August 15^th.   Featuring clinical updates and a killer line-up of speakers, this promises to be an event to remember. It is open to Nurse Practitioners*, and those in transitional or candidate positions.
Come away from the day with increased confidence in harnessing the collective potential of Drug and Alcohol Nurse Practitioners!
(*if you have already registered for this event but you are not a Nurse Practitioner or candidate, we will happily swap you over to the Conference. We’d hate you to be disappointed on the day.)

DANA’S AUSTRALASIAN CONFERENCE 2019
‘THE POWER OF CONNECTION’

will be held on Friday 16^th August. Book your spot for this annual event, this year themed ‘The Power of Connection’, it is a reminder that in this increasingly impersonal digital age, the power to lead and make change is still derived from the relationships that we build.
We have an exciting program featuring sessions dealing with:

• the ‘Developing Brain’, ‘Substance Use in Pregnancy’, ‘Pill-testing’, a ‘Cognitive Remediation’ workshop to highlight just a little of what is on offer.
• three workshops
•  papers based on their abstract submissions. A sample of the topics includes – Challenging stigma & strengthening professional connection; Building Australia’s research and treatment capacity for methamphetamine and emerging drugs; a nurse-led ethnography of methamphetamine users in Queensland, workforce development, clinical supervision.

REGISTRATION AND PROGRAM

If you haven’t registered yet you still have time. Just!  Registrations close on August 1^st 2019.   Click here to visit the Conference website and  register for either or both of these DANA events  and to access the full program.

BUT THAT ISN’T ALL

Make it a 3-day celebration of learning and attend a post- DANA Conference workshop!  In collaboration with the Kirby Institute, the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine, ASHM, has planned a workshop, Hepatitis C in Primary Care and Drug and Alcohol Settings ‘ for Saturday August 17th . Its goal is to strengthen the capacity of Nurse Practitioners and other nurses working in drug and alcohol settings to effectively test for, treat and manage hepatitis C.
The Amora Jamison, at 11 Jamison Street Sydney is the venue.
You need to register directly with ASHM for this event.  Click here for more information and to register.

 See you soon!

Darren Smyth
President

Thank you to our sponsors:

Early bird registration ends this week for two big educational events from Drug and Alcohol Nurses of Australasia (DANA) 

DANA’s major educational events for the year  will take place in the heart of Sydney’s CBD at the Swissotel in August 2019.

THE INAUGURAL DRUG AND ALCOHOL NURSE PRACTITIONER SYMPOSIUM

August 15^th will be the launch day of DANA’s Inaugural Drug and Alcohol Nurse Practitioner Symposium.  Featuring clinical updates and a killer line-up of speakers, this promises to be an event to remember.

DANA’S AUSTRALASIAN CONFERENCE 2019 ‘THE POWER OF CONNECTION’

The DANA Annual Conference will be held on Friday 16^th August. We have an exciting program featuring sessions dealing with the ‘Developing Bain’, ‘Substance Use in Pregnancy’, ‘Pill-testing’, a ‘Cognitive Remediation’ workshop to highlight just a little of what is on offer.

SHORT PRESENTATIONS / ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

Several colleagues will be presenting papers based on their abstract submissions. A sample of the topics include-   Challenging stigma & strengthening professional connection; Building Australia’s research and treatment capacity for methamphetamine and emerging drugs; a nurse-led ethnography of methamphetamine users in Queensland, workforce development, clinical supervision.

REGISTRATION AND PROGRAM

Click HERE to register for either or both of these DANA events  and to access the full program.

AND THERE IS MORE   

DANA is collaborating with the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine (ASHM) in collaboration with the Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia, to bring you a special post-conference work shop, ‘Hepatitis C in Primary Care and Drug and Alcohol Settings’.  This is planned for Saturday 17^th August. You need to register directly with ASHM for this event.  Click here for more information and to register.

LIKE MORE INFORMATION?

Send an email to Colleen Blums at danamail2access@gmail.com

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The cost of registering for the
DANA Inaugural Drug and Alcohol Nurse Practitioner one-day Symposium being held  in Sydney on August 15th 2019
and / or
the DANA Australasian  Conference 2019 ‘the Power of Connection’ being held in Sydney on August 16th 2019
goes up  at midnight on June 14th 2019.

View the programs.

DANA Inaugural Drug and Alcohol Nurse Practitioner one-day Symposium 2019 Program

DANA Australasian Conference 2019 ‘The Power of Connection’ Program

Register now. Click here.

Hurry! Showcase  your work at the DANA 2019 Australasia Conference ‘The Power of Connection’  being held in Sydney on Friday August 16th .

Submissions close at midnight on May 3rd 2019.

Click here  to go to the DANA Conference website to find everything that you need to know.

We are delighted to announce that  DANA’s Inaugural Drug and Alcohol Nurse Practitioner one-day symposium  will take place on Thursday August 15th, 2019. This is open to Nurse Practitioners, and those of you in transitional or candidate positions. Come away from the day with increased confidence  in harnessing the collective potential of Drug and Alcohol Nurse Practitioners.

The DANA Conference 2019 will follow on Friday August 16^th 2019. ‘The Power of Connection’ is the event theme; selected to remind us that in the increasingly impersonal digital age, the power to lead and make change is still derived from the relationships that we build.

But that isn’t all. Make it a 3-day celebration of learning and attend a post- DANA Conference workshop!  In collaboration with the Kirby Institute, the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine, ASHM, has planned a  workshop, Hepatitis C in Primary Care and Drug and Alcohol Settings,  for Saturday August 17th . Its goal is to strengthen the capacity of Drug and Alcohol Nurse Practitioners and other nurses working in drug and alcohol settings to effectively test for, treat and manage hepatitis C.

Visit the DANA Conference website to have all of your questions answered.