COVID-19 has taken a new, nasty turn.
The Drug and Alcohol Nurses of Australasia (DANA) position on the Recruitment and Selection of Drug and Alcohol Nurse Practitioners (NP), Nurse Practitioner Candidates (NPC)/ Transitional Nurse Practitioners (TNP) and Drug and Alcohol Nurses should be undertaken by a recruitment panel that includes an experienced and qualified Drug and Alcohol NP or Drug and Alcohol Nurse.
Accordingly, we have developed a draft position statement and we would like you feedback on the document. It would be a great help if you used ‘track changes;’ in the word document that is available to download below.
Please return it to [email protected] by August 14th, 2020.
To download the position statement, click HERE.
Get on board with DANA’s research into the impact of COVID-19 on the AOD workforce.
It takes one click: https://bit.ly/DANAresearch
The results will be used by DANA to build a stronger case advocating for the D&A nursing role.
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If you recently participated in a survey of drug and alcohol nurses to find out experiences of the COVID19 pandemic, thank you!
We had a fantastic response, so much so that we are now undertaking a more extensive research project and would like to learn even more, especially if you have been impacted by social distancing, healthcare rationing, redeployment or other issues related to COVID19 .
We will be conducting telephone interviews to learn more about this issue. If you would like more information, download a copy of the information sheet for this project HERE . If you would like to participate, click HERE to record your contact email and a researcher will be in contact with you to find an agreed time to conduct the interview.
You may also contact the chief investigator, Dr Adam Searby, at [email protected] if you have further questions.
Thank you for considering participating in this project.
We are inviting Expressions of Interest from DANA’s New Zealand members to contribute to a review of the DANA Specialist Nursing Standards and Competencies document (click HERE to download)
Between 2009 – 2011, the original standards were developed by a team of DANA clinicians, educators, and researchers. These standards form the framework that guides our AOD Nursing practice today. To ensure that the document remains contemporary, DANA is conducting a review of the contents and we are seeking some assistance from our New Zealand members.
Should you apply? If you answer ‘yes’ to any of these questions, then take the next step and submit an ‘Expression of Interest’.
The review is being undertaken by a sub-committee using Zoom videoconferencing. The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday June 30th at 6:00pm AEST
For further information send an email to [email protected] and submit your expression of interest to join the team of reviewers. Applications to be received by Thursday 25th June 2020.
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The Clinical Care Standards for Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment (the Standards) outline the core elements of care that underpin treatment within the alcohol and other drug treatment sector in NSW.
These standards apply to all alcohol and drug treatment service types and locations and do not identify specific interventions used in treatment. The intention is to detail foundational elements of care, support clinical decision making and complement rather than replicate other sources of information that guide the delivery of high-quality and safe treatment.
Visit the website NSW Health website to find out more and to download your copy. Click HERE.
Dear DANA Members
We will host our first Annual General Meeting (AGM) using Zoom technology on Thursday 13th August 2020 from 05:00 pm – 06:00 pm.
One of the items to be addressed at the AGM is the election of the DANA Management Committee. The following positions on the Management Committee are now open for nomination:
A nomination form is available to download (click HERE). More information about each of these roles is also available below. For inquiries relating to any of these vacant positions please contact the DANA President at [email protected]
The DANA Management Committee encourages you to consider nominating for one of these roles. You will be supported and encouraged by your fellow committee members. You will be challenged, and you will learn, as you give back to your professional body.
Additional documentation relating to the AGM will be circulated in the near future.
I look forward to meeting you via Zoom at the AGM.
Warm regards
Darren Smyth
President
DANA is incorporated under NSW law. The DANA Constitution is available if you would like to review it before the AGM. (Click HERE)
Job description Vice President
Job description Advancing Practice
Job description Education and Training
2020 designated has been designated The Year of the Nurse and Midwife. This is especially poignant when we consider the work being undertaken by nurses across the world in response to COVID-19. So let us commemorate the work of more than 20 million nurses across the world on May 12th, International Nurses Day.
This date was chosen to honour the work of Florence Nightingale. This is her 200th birthday.
One of her many quotes still seems as relevant today as when she wrote it in 1863: “Money cannot replace…the loss of a well-trained nurse by preventable disease1.”
1 ‘Notes on Hospitals’ published in 1863 available to download HERE
A collection of resources that provide information about the app and how to use it. They explain how the COVIDSafe app will help to slow the spread of the COVID-19. Downloading the app is something you can do to protect you and yours.
Click HERE.
DANA has an opportunity to make a submission to the COVID-19—Select Committee. This committee has been established to inquire into and report on the Australian Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We invite you to respond to one question only. The responses that DANA receives will inform the final submission.
Click HERE.