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Excitement is building…

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You are invited to the official launch of DANA’s latest initiative, the Connecting, Coaching and Changing Lives Program, a series of Clinical Support and Mentoring Workshops.

This new and novel pilot program  has been developed to ‘grow’ the next generation of Drug and Alcohol Nurse Practitioners (D&A NPs)  in Australia.

It has been developed by Nurse Practitioners for recently endorsed and aspiring D&A NPs, as well as NPs who work in other clinical settings with people who use alcohol and other drugs .

Beginning in March and concluding in October 2022 the program will offer:
* Six interactive educational webinars
* Six peer support webinars
* Six monthly group mentoring sessions.
These sessions will be facilitated by experienced NPs.

We hope that you can join us on Thursday February 24th 2022 at 6:00pm AEDT

Click HERE to register.

DANA is grateful to AbbVie for their support of this event.

 

DANA: clinical support & mentoring

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Are you

  • a recently endorsed Nurse Practitioner (NP)  ?
  • an endorsed NP seeking increased support  ?
  • a D&A NP Candidate and / or Transitional NP  ?
  • a nurse enrolled in a Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) program  ?
  • an NP who works  in other clinical settings with people who   use drugs ?

If you sometimes feel that  you are sailing in uncharted waters,  then you might find this pilot program just what you need  as it has been  designed with you in mind.

Features of the program
Interactive educational webinars
There will be six sessions beginning  in March 2022 and a final session in October 2022.
Evidenced-based practices for people being treated for AOD disorders will be addressed. The integration of Hepatitis C virus  education and management, making the full spectrum of evidence-based HCV treatment a part of normal practice  during routine NP care delivery, will also be covered.

Peer support sessions
There will be six sessions beginning  in March 2022 and a final session in October 2022.

Monthly group-based mentoring
For added support, a  group mentoring experience has been  built into the program.

There are a lot  more  details  outlined in the Mentee Expression of Interest  (see below), but before you read on, you should know that it is FREE!

There is already a lot of interest in this program and places are strictly limited, so you need to be able to commit to it fully before accepting an offer of a position.

Like to know more?
Please read and complete the Expression of Interest that is available to download  HERE. 

Applications close on January 24th 2022. Final offers will be made in late January / early February 2022.

We are grateful to Abbvie for their support of this program.

Find out about DANA’s next webinar…

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Join our live webinar where we will explore the impact of problematic substance use on nurses and midwives.

Research suggests that nurses and midwives are more susceptible to experiencing a substance related health impairment due to our work and that we are generally reluctant help-seekers. This is largely due to our fear of being stigmatised and judged, along with the potential for reputational damage and our fear of losing our registration and employment.

Fortunately nurses, midwives and students have exclusive access to free, confidential and independent support services which address  this challenge. It  is designed by nurses and provided by experienced nurse and midwife counsellors.

Our speakers

Glenn Taylor (Nursing and Midwifery Health Program Victoria) and Mark Aitken (Nurse & Midwife Support) will share their knowledge and experience which is based on decades of experience in the profession and in supporting their colleagues throughout Victoria and across Australia in recent years. They will discuss the factors which present greatest risk to our health, how to identify these and how and where to find support to address these important challenges.

Our anchor for this event is Dr Adam Searby. As well as being DANA’s president, Adam is a lecturer at Deakin University in Melbourne.  He will speak to a  survey that he is undertaking with Deakin University and  in conjunction with the Victorian Nurse and Midwife Health Program exploring stress and alcohol consumption among Australian nurses.

https://bit.ly/DanaWebinarAugust

Registrations are open! DANA’s Canberra Forum: Creating the new normal: Drugs and alcohol – every nurse’s business

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DANA has some good news to share with you!
We’ve locked in arrangements for  DANA’s first  2021 one-day Forum, Creating the New Normal: Drugs and Alcohol,  Every Nurse’s Business.
We are excited at the prospect of once again networking face to face with leaders in our field. To celebrate we have also planned a networking event to take place immediately after the Forum concludes.

The event will be held at  The Canberra Rex Hotel 150 Northbourne Ave, Braddon ACT 2612 on August 27th 2021.

Early bird registrations  are open.  Click HERE

Some program highlights include  presentations about:

  • the impact of COVID-19 on our work
  • emerging models of care
  • the COVID-19 experience from treatment and service users
  • the latest news from drug courts
  • the impact of community advocacy.

The final progam is still under development, so there  is more to come.

DANA members are eligible for discounted tickets so make sure that your membership is up to date (you will be prompted for your membership number when you register). If you are not sure you can check it out yourself  by clicking HERE or send an email to [email protected])

Hope to see you there!

Start living on your own terms! DANA presents a webinar for D&A Nurse Practitioners and Nurses Interested in Private Practice

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Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 5:30 pm AEST

Join our live webinar and learn more about how  you can have  greater control over the direction of your  professional practice and your career, including if you  choose a move into private practice.

This webinar is intended to shine a light on some of the issues that you need to consider.

With special consideration of  your drug and alcohol patients we have three powerful speakers to guide you:

Margaret Faux: solicitor, academic scholar of Medicare and health insurance law, will speak about Medicare billing as it relates to Nurse Practitioner practice. Margaret, whose career began as an RN  is one of Australia’s leading experts on the operation of Medicare. She is the founder and CEO or Synapse Medical. Her PhD on Medicare claiming and compliance is currently under examination.

Darren Smyth: with a 30-year career in the drug and alcohol sector, Darren now  works as a Nurse Practitioner  for a Non-Government Organisation, managing a community withdrawal program that he has established.  Darren will speak about how the opportunity to work privately has provided him with the opportunity to work to his full scope of practice as an NP.

Adam Searby:   currently a lecturer at Deakin University in Melbourne, Adam is also the President of DANA.  He completed his PhD examining co-occurring mental illness and AOD use in older adults and he has  recently  completed research into the AOD  nursing workforce, including the challenges faced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Right now, he is working  on a project examining alcohol consumption among Australian nurses. Adam will be presenting key points from DANA’s most recent research, ‘Exploring models of care in the Drug and Alcohol Nurse Practitioner  workforce’. Adam will also be your host for the webinar.

Find out about

  • Billing practices / revenue generation relevant to Nurse Practitioners.
  • Challenges to be managed during private practice journey
  • Insights into Drug and Alcohol Nurse Practitioner models of care
  • The demographic profile of D&A Nurse Practitioners, including their work location and demographic characteristics

and

  • Be one of the first to obtain a copy of DANA’s publication: Private Practice Information for Australian Drug and Alcohol Nurse Practitioners

Find out more or register HERE.

Photo by Thom Frijns on Unsplash

Register now for the APSAD 2020 Webinar Series

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Through November in place of the annual conference APSAD is holding a series of webinars. The series has been convened by Prof Leanne Hides with input from APSAD’s members through subcommittees and special interest groups. The Webinar Series will include the annual APSAD Awards presentation ceremony, with the APSAD Early Career Awardee Cheneal Puljevic presenting on Missed opportunities to reduce tobacco smoking among people who experience incarceration or homelessness.

Professor Wayne Hall deliver a keynote oration Retrospections of a Recovering Drug Researcher.

The ASCP-SIG have put together the annual Australasian Smoking Cessation Professionals Update Day with two 1-hour webinars.  Professor Tom Calma AO will provide an Overview of the Indigenous Tobacco Strategy, and Dr Raglan Maddox takes a look at the continuing downward trend within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smoking rates, amongst other great speakers and topics.

The APSAD 2020 Webinar Series concludes with two sessions on COVID-19 and the impact it has had on people who use drugs and clinicians.

All webinars are free, APSAD members will have priority on registration, along with access to all the webinars from the end of November via the Members’ Portal.

Find out more. Click HERE.

Hepatitis C in Drug and Alcohol Settings (free training)

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Hepatitis C in Drug and Alcohol Settings
free training to support your role in curing hepatitis C!

Synopsis

People who inject drugs represent approximately 90% of newly acquired hepatitis C (HCV) infections. This course aims to provide practitioners working in Drug and Alcohol settings with the skills and knowledge to diagnose HCV, manage comorbidities and treat HCV.

Hurry! it starts on November 6 2020
This course will be delivered in threeparts:
Part 1 — a 1.5-hour eLearning component to be completed before the online session
Part 2 — a facilitated online Zoom session building on the eLearning content through interactive
case study discussions facilitated in small groups
Part 3 — an HCV Capacity Strengthening Toolkit provided at the end of the training
Find out more. Click HERE.

New! Clinical Care Standards for Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment

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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.

WOWS presentations now available to download!

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DANA is delighted to bring you access to selected WOWS12  presentations. Click the title to download:

Removing Barriers: Providing Care for People with BBVs

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From our colleagues at ASHM, a DANA partnering organisation.

ONLINE LEARNING FOR NURSES AVAILABLE: Nurses have a significant role to play in the elimination of stigma and discrimination experienced by people with blood borne viruses accessing health care.

ACCESS the Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine’s ‘Removing Barriers: Providing Care for People with BBVs’ online learning module which will provide nurses with a greater understanding of BBVs, the impact of stigma and discrimination, and help identify opportunities to change practice and policy to reduce stigma and discrimination experienced by people living with BBVs.

ENROL at http://removingbarriers.ashm.org.au/how/

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