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Final days! DANA Workforce 2020 survey. We need your input.

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On behalf of DANA, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the AOD nurses who have taken the time to complete the State of the Workforce: 2020 survey. We have received an outstanding response to the project so far.

This project aims to map where AOD nurses work across Australia and New Zealand, examine employment trends for AOD nurses and talk to AOD nurses about issues pertinent to their workforce. DANA will use this information to produce a comprehensive report on the state of the workforce, and to continue their advocacy work to advance the role and scope of the AOD nurse.

If you have not yet completed the survey, there is still time. The online survey takes approximately 10 minutes and can be accessed via this link  http://bit.ly/DANAstateOftheWORKFORCE

Thank you

Darren Smyth

DANA President

Selected presentations from the DANA D&A NP Symposium and Australasian Conference 2019

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DANA is thrilled to announce that many of the presenters from  the DANA Inaugural D&A Nurse Practitioner Symposium held in Sydney on August 15th 2019 and the DANA Australasian Conference 2019  ‘the Power of Connection’ held on August 16th 2019  have agreed to have their presentations made available on the DANA website.

DANA Inaugural D&A Nurse Practitioner Symposium

August 15th 2019

Ruari MacDonald: Buvidal® – Modified Release Buprenorphine

Karen Booth: Nurse Clinics in Primary Health Care: Building on the Learnings of the Enhanced Nurse Clinic Project 

Antoinette Sedwell: The ACI and Models of Care 

Leanne Boase: The Changing Landscape – Nurse Practitioners in Australia 

Sian Pritchard: The Geelong Experience- Private Practice Not for the Fainthearted 

Mary Fenech: The Pathway to Full Scope 

DANA Australasian Conference 2019  ‘the Power of Connection’

August 16th 2019

Adam Searby: State of the Workforce 2020 (presentation unavailable but updates will be posted regularly )

Mary Fenech:  Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in the Substance Use Population 

Margo Hickman: Credentialling Demystified 

Tonina Harvey and Kristie Mammen: Integrating Clinical Care Standards into AOD Treatment 

Kt Harvey: Substance Use in Pregnancy and Parenting

Laura Johnston and Emma Grace: Sublocade® – Buprenorphine Modified Release Injection

Robyn Rewell: The Other 27 Days 

Ravina Raidu: Clinical Supervision Helping Reduce Vicarious Trauma for Drug & Alcohol Nurses 

Samuel Brookfield:‘Dangerous Territory’ A Nurse-Led Ethnography of Methamphetamine Users Accessing Recovery Services in Queensland 

Andrew Taylor: Musings of an ITLO: Experiences and Learnings from Working with Involuntary D&A Treatment 

Krista Siegfried:Building Australia’s Research and Treatment Capacity for Methamphetamine and Emerging Drugs of Concern  

Glenn Taylor: Nursing & Midwifery Health Program Victoria 

Samar Zakaria: Extraordinary and Compassionate Nurses Within the Alcohol and Other Drug Health Field 

Jo Lunn and Antoinette Sedwell:   Accounting for Cognitive Impairment in AOD Treatment, it Truly is a No-Brainer Part 1

Jo Lunn and Antoinette Sedwell:  Accounting for Cognitive Impairment in AOD Treatment, it Truly is a No-Brainer Part 2

Tony Trimingham: Working with Families from the FDS Model in Harm Reduction Strategy

Tracey Greenberg: Brief Interventions in Smoking Cessation

Briony Larance: Reducing harm among people who use anabolic steroids and other performance and image enhancing drugs: An update on current Australian trends and opportunities for intervention

 The presentation by Nathan Wallis is not available. However you can find out more about his work HERE. He also has several presentations  available on You Tube.

It is anticipated that there will be more uploads as consent comes to hand.

Now recruiting RNs- All shifts! MSIC Sydney

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Join the Uniting Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) to work on the cutting edge of drug health services!

Uniting MSIC is currently recruiting Registered Nurses for Casual and Permanent Part-Time positions.

All shifts are available, days, evenings & weekends

For a confidential in-depth discussion or for more information please contact Nursing Unit Manager Julie Latimer on 02 9360 1191.

Visit Seek to find out more. click HERE.

Image by Max Wolfs on Unsplash.

Save 30%! DANA / Addiction Medicine post conference special offer

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Several delegates at last week’s DANA Conference won   copies of Addiction Medicine 2nd edition. A special post-conference offer is now extended  to you. You can save 30% and purchase this text for $70.67.

Addiction Medicine is edited by John B. Saunders – Professor and Consultant Physician in Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine, University of Queensland, University of Sydney, St. John of God Health Care, Wesley Health Care, and South Pacific Private Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

Chapters have been written by:

  • Katherine M. Conigrave – Professor in Addiction Medicine and Public Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Concord Hospitals, Sydney, Australia
  • Noeline C. Latt – Addiction Medicine Specialist, Royal North Shore Hospital and Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Australia
  • David J. Nutt – Professor of Psychopharmacology, Division of Brain Science, Department of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, UK E.
  • Jane Marshall – Consultant Psychiatrist, Alcohol Studies, South London and Maudsley National Health Service Trust and the National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, UK
  • Walter Ling – Professor of Psychiatry, Integrated Substance Abuse Program (ISAP), School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA Susumu Higuchi – Director, National Hospital Organization Kurihama Medical and Addiction Center, Kanagawa, Japan.

To take advantage of this offer click HERE and follow the instructions.

Photo by Dmitry Demidko on Unsplash

DANA launches ‘State of the Workforce’ research project

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Today we launched DANA’s State of the Workforce: 2020, a research project which aims to explore issues in alcohol and other drug nursing across Australia and New Zealand. We need your help to understand the alcohol and other drug nursing workforce.

The survey should take no longer than ten minutes to complete and all of your information remains anonymous. DANA will use the results from this study to continue to provide advocacy and support to the alcohol and other drug nursing profession.
Click  HERE to take the survey.

Daft Position statements for comment

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DANA members are invited to comment on two  draft position statements:

  • Pill testing
  • E-cigarettes.

The statements  are available for download.

DANA Draft Position Statement E-Cigarette V2

DANA Draft Position Statement Pill testing V3

Any comments that you wish to make should be using ‘track changes’ and return the documents to [email protected] no later than  September 5th 2091.

 

Photo by Florian Olivo on Unsplash

Now recruiting: Residential Nurse Fitzroy (Victoria)

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Summary of position

  • Fixed Term/ Part Time
  • R.N level dependent on qualifications and experience  + 9.5 % Employer superannuation
  • Generous salary packaging options available
  • Fitzroy location

The purpose of the Nursing role is to provide direct care to the Fitzroy Residential Unit. The position will facilitate withdrawal services for young people seeking assistance in their physical detoxification from licit and illicit substances. This position works closely with YSAS General Practitioners, community General Practitioners and residential staff team.

Your key responsibilities will include

Up to six points

  • General triaging and intake screening,
  • Clinical services and General Health Assessment,
  • Education and Health Promotion,
  • Consultation,
  • Administration tasks,
  • Liaison,
  • Program Development and Evaluation

For full details of the position, please view the POSITION DESCRIPTION by visiting our website www.ysas.org.au

How to apply

To support your application you must:

  • Be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident and
  • Complete the Application Form (available on the website) and
  • Send your current CV (in Word or PDF format only)

Applications close: COB 20th August 2019

and should be addressed to: [email protected],

using the subject line: Residential Nurse application via DANA.

DANA Annual General Meeting 16th August 2019

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The 2019 AGM will be held at 7:30 am on Friday 16th August 2019 at the Swissotel, 68 Market Street, Sydney NSW.

A light breakfast will be available at 7:00 am, prior to the meeting.  Please advise if you will be attending for catering purposes.  Send an email to [email protected] 

The agenda for the meeting, minutes from the last AGM, the DANA annual report and proxy voting form are all available, along with a draft copy of the 2019-2021 Strategic Directions.  Please click on the buttons below access these documents:

Agenda 2019 AGM

Minutes DANA AGM 2018

DANA Annual Report 2019

Proxy Form 2019 AGM

DANA Strategic Plan 2019-2021 DRAFT

I look forward to seeing you there.

Darren Smyth
DANA President

Don’t miss out! DANA D&A NP Symposium and Conference registrations close on August 1st

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You need to register now if you want to attend  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 15th.   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 16th 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 1st 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.

(Thank you Caleb Woods for the image)

 See you soon!

Darren Smyth
President

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