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Apply for a DANA scholarship
Are you a full DANA member?  If you would like to attend DANA’s Inaugural Nurse Practitioner one-day Symposium and / or the DANA 2019 ‘The Power of Connection’ Conference, apply for a DANA Scholarship. These scholarships are available to help fund your registration, travel and accommodation.

DANA scholarship information and application form

Special scholarships for Queensland drug and alcohol nurses!
Queensland Health has  provided Queensland Drug and Alcohol Nurses the opportunity to apply for a scholarship to attend DANA’s Inaugural Nurse Practitioner one-day Symposium and / or the DANA 2019 ‘The Power of Connection’ Conference. These scholarships are available to help fund your registration, travel and accommodation.

Queensland scholarship information and application form

Look no further. Insight Queensland has a great range of archived webinars plus a new one, live every Wednesday morning,  plus some great toolkits.

Find out more. Click here.

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Further to an email sent to all DANA Members on Monday February 18^th 2019, an email will arrive in the in-box of all DANA members on Friday morning  a reminder that the DANA Management Committee has convened a Special General Meeting (SGM), to be held on Tuesday 12^th March 2019.

The SGM will be conducted via teleconference and will commence at 1800 hours (Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time).  Dial-in details are contained within  the SGM agenda.

The only item to be addressed at the SGM is a vote on the acceptance of the revised DANA Constitution.

If you wish to attend and / or vote on the new constitution then check your email for full details.

If you have any questions please send an email to secretary@danaonline.org or dana.mail2access@gmail.com

Dear Colleagues
A DANA Special General Meeting (SGM) will be held on Tuesday 12^th March 2019 commencing at  6:00 pm (Australian Eastern Daylight Savings Time).

DANA is incorporated under NSW law and is therefore required to provide 21 days’ notice of the SGM. The calling of an SGM is outlined fully in section 35 of the DANA Constitution.

The only item to be addressed at the SGM is a vote on the acceptance of the revised constitution.

An email is being sent to all DANA members at 4:00am on Monday 18^th February 2019. If for some reason you do not receive the email please advise the DANA Project Officer (dana.mail2access@gmail.com) immediately and you will be provided with a link to the documentation.

I look forward to meeting you at the SGM.

Darren Smyth
DANA President

DANA conference organisers always strive to showcase the great research and work being undertaken by drug and alcohol nurses.

This year in particular we are keen to celebrate  the work of colleagues who are new to presenting. We welcome you to be a part of this exciting program that addresses the important work nurses undertake.

If you have something of importance that you would like to share with your colleagues, but are hesitant to do so, we are also here to offer you support and advice.

Abstracts may be submitted from February 15th to May 3rd 2019.

Download the three documents below to begin your preparation:

• DANA Conference call for abstracts 2019
• DANA abstract submission form
• DANA abstract authors’ details form

Any enquiries should be directed to Dr Adam Searby adam.searby@rmit.edu.au

Find out more about this years event. Visit the DANA Conference website. 

You can join, renew and even extend your DANA membership during this 72 hour window of opportunity.

This offer begins on February 14th and ends strictly at midnight on February 16th.

Click this  link to join.

Click this link to renew or extend.

DANA members will enjoy a special discount to attend  the Inaugural DANA Nurse Practitioner one-day symposium, 15th August 2019, in conjunction with the DANA Annual Conference, themed ‘The Power of Connection, 16th August 2019’. Find out more at the DANA Conference website.

Are you keen to go to WOWS 12?

If you are from  a rural or remote area of Queensland you may be eligible for a travel grant of $980 to attend WOWS 12   in Brisbane on Friday May 10th 2019.

You need to hurry because applications close on February 14^th 2019.

Find out more:

Travel Grant Information

Travel Grant Application Form

Call for Abstracts

Date Claimer

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WOWS12

Protocol title: Methamphetamine and Emerging Drugs Australian Clinical Research Priority Setting Study

NCCRED invites you to participate in  research that will help  determine priority areas for further clinical research and the key questions that stakeholders wish to see answered by clinical research.

They  seek your opinions on areas for the treatment of substance use disorder due to methamphetamine and other emerging drugs of concern that would benefit from the conduct of clinical research.

Find out everything that you need to know at this link.

*National Centre for Clinical Research on Emerging Drugs

Shortly you will be advised about your opportunity to participate in the DANA 2019 Conference themed ‘The Power of Connection’.

Abstracts for oral and / or poster presentations will be officially invited in mid-February. Watch your email in-box or this website.

We would love to see you showcase the work that you do.

Find out more about the DANA 2019 conference. Click here.