2021 Proceedings

The 2021 Tasmanian Nursing and Midwifery Conference was held on the 19th November at the Hotel Grand Chancellor Hobart. Below are the plenay and oral presentations that were presented at the conference. Click on the title to view the abstract. Where permission was received the presentation slides are also available linked to the PDF icon.

If you are a presenter and have yet to provide permission for your slides to be shared please email mail@conferencedesign.com.au. No slides will be shared unless permission is received.

Friday 19th November

0730                           Registration Open
                                    OPENING PLENARY SESSION
Chair                          Jenni Pyefinch
0830 – 0900 Welcome to Country

Welcome from the Minister of Health Honourable Minister Rockliff

Welcome from the Secretary and State Health Commander Katherine Morgan-Wicks

The University of Tasmania – Platinum Partner Professor Sonj Hall

0900 – 1000 Keynote Speaker

Grace’s Story

Grace Tame (2021 Australian of the Year)

1000 – 1030 MORNING TEA & EXHIBITION Mezzanine Level
1030 – 1230 CONCURRENT SESSION ONE
Room Grand Ballroom 1 Grand Ballroom 2 Grand Ballroom 3 Harbour View 1
Theme The Power Within Passion & Potential Making the Impossible Possible Workshop
Chair Fiona Wilson & Raul Cox Ana Navidad & Kathleen Tori Marina Buchanan-Grey & Patricia Bromley
1030 – 1050 Trust, Empower, Lead: Hospitals South Shared Governance Journey
Anna Kallonen & Felicity Roger
Harnessing passion and potential to establish a unit-based nursing shared governance council
Chloe Jordan, Georgina Rolf
A passion for quality – in clear focus
Courtney Jones & Kate Turner
1030 – 1230

Consent, Care and Trust
Catherine Schofield & Erin McLeod

1050 – 1110  The role of the Intensive Care Nurse on the Medical Emergency Team
Cindy Weatherburn
‘Stepping up’ – A new shift coordinator development pathway
Phoebe Bone
Applying Critical Systems Analysis to Serious Incidents in Aged Care
Pete Williams
1110 – 1130 The speciality of rehabilitation nursing and the Australian Rehabilitation Nurses’ Association: 30 years of practical partnership
Brendan Bakes
Basinless Bathing- Back to basics
Ellen Burke
Renal Supportive Care – Trail blazers at a smaller regional hospital
Bridget Brown
1130 – 1150 Unleashing and Embracing the Possibilities- Implementing an End of Life Care Plan in the Acute Care Setting
Anna Nicholas
Delivering PPE training to Tasmanian rural general practices: Enhancing COVID-19 preparedness and response
Catherine Teare & Belinda Beavin
Advanced Nursing Practice: Influencing workforce strategy
Anne Wallace
1150 – 1210 Workforce research: a window on the power within
Stephanie Haines
The abundant potential of passionate nurses promoting Primary Health Care in Schools
Isabella Juric & Molly Hanson
Building capability of supervisors of nursing students in rural areas: Whole of Community Facilitator Model of Support
Elaine Bentley & Denise McLean
1210 – 1230 Expressing our Experience: Health Staff Experience of Working During COVID-19 in Tasmania, Australia
Laura Pyszkowski
Nurse-led collaborative health clinic for homeless individuals: Mission Health
Michele Dowlman & Jane Laidlaw
The Invisible Nurses of COVID-19
Samantha Elrick
1230 – 1330 LUNCH & EXHIBITION MEZZANINE LEVEL
1300 – 1430 CONCURRENT SESSION TWO
Room Grand Ballroom 1
Theme The Power Within
Chair Felicity Rogers & Melanie Greenwood
1330 – 1350 Medecs Learning – Demonstrating nursing leadership in a non-nursing environment
Deborah Stone
Boldly Taking the Challenge of Quality Improvement to Clinical Learning Environments
Alison Sayer
Fanning the Flames of Our Future Leaders
Dana Gray, Erin McLeod & Cat Schofield
Collaborative Midwifery Partnerships: Introducing Endorsed Credentialed Midwives into the Tasmanian Health Service 
Sue Hughes
1350 – 1410 From ‘just a nurse’ to ‘policy influencer’ – one nurses journey
Claire Morley
Keeping the passion going: A lifeline thrown to a graduate nurse
Erin Mercieca
The power of possibility for global facilitation and connection in the midst of a Pandemic
Catherine Schofield
Midwives and CHaPs Nurses partnering together for improved evidence-based Postnatal Care
Hayley Potter & Eleanor Hodge
1410 – 1430 Nurse Taster – An immersion Workshop for High School students
Ann-Marie Brown
Unlocking the possibilities of preceptorship
Erin McLeod
Unemployable to General Practice co-owner – Kerrie Duggan and the Cygnet Family Practice Journey so far
Kerrie Duggan
Safer Baby Bundle Implementation Project
Ana Navidad
1430 – 1500 AFTERNOON TEA & EXHIBITION Mezzanine Level

Poster Viewing Session (poster authors to stand by their posters)

1500 – 1530 RAPID FIRE SESSION
Chair Marina Buchanan-Grey & Josie Von Allmen 
  Exploring women’s experiences of maternity service delivery in north west Tasmania: A qualitative study
Sally Hargreaves
  Leadership -Excellence in Practice Pathway
Kylie Chilcott & Kylie Sih
 
Crossing Boundaries: An acute hospital and a Renal Service collaborate on a renal education program for nurses
Catherine Phillips & Ria Gilham
  Passion and Possibility – Practice Development Tasmania
Erin McLeod
  CLOSING PLENARY SESSION
Chair Jenni Pyefinch
1530 – 1615 Keynote Speaker
Power, Passion and Possibilities – Leading into the unknown
Professor (Practice) Alison McMillan PSM
1615 – 1630 Symposium Close and Farewell
1800 – 2000 Tasmanian Public Sector Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards