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Program

The CNSA 2009 Organising Committee is pleased to announce the Congress Program is now available at the link below. This has been developed to cover a wide range of topics relevant to the Cancer Nursing industry with a focus on the Congress theme of Heart Mind and Voice: A shared vision

Click Here to View the Friday 19 June Program

Click Here to View the Saturday 20 June Program

Pre-Congress Workshops

Thursday 18 June 2009

Radiation Oncology Nursing Specialist Interest Group: Pre-Congress Workshop
Models of care in radiation oncology nursing
1030 - 1630
Venue: Newcastle City Hall

Facilitator: Dr Mei Krishnasamy
Clinician-Researcher, Nursing
Department of Nursing and Supportive Care Research
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Victoria.

This workshop will provide an opportunity for nurses working in diverse radiotherapy settings to explore commonalities and differences in models of care delivery across Australia.

The aims of the workshop include:

• Identifying effective models of nursing care in radiotherapy settings
• Articulating best-practice systems to document and monitor patient toxicities and outcomes

Maximum number of participants: 80

Fee: $120.00

 

Venous Access Device Workshop
1100 - 1645
Venue: Newcastle City Hall

Facilitator: Keith Cox OAM
Nurse Practitioner
Oncology/Chemotherapy
Sydney Cancer Centre
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, New South Wales.

This evidence-based workshop will provide you with a review and update on issues related to vascular access devices.

The program will include educational instruction supported by case studies and audience participation and will comprehensively cover the full scope of issues-routine care to managing catheter complications!

The workshop will conclude with an interactive practicum to provide you with hands on experiences with the latest in vascular access devices.

Maximum number of participants: 150

Fee: $120.00

 

Caring for ourselves whilst caring for others
0930 - 1630
Venue: Newcastle City Hall

Facilitator: Catherine Adams
Senior Clinical Psychologist
Calvary Mater Newcastle, New South Wales

This workshop will provide an opportunity for nurses working in diverse cancer settings to examine professional burnout and psychological distress in cancer nurses and engage in interactive learning sessions.
Outcomes of the workshop include:

Individuals will
1. Have a greater understanding of the causes and consequences of occupational stress
2. Have developed personal management plans to monitor and manage their own levels of Occupational Stress and burnout

Working Groups will
1. Have identified causes and consequences of occupational stress in their sub specialty
2. Have developed management plans for these issues

The Group as a whole will
1. Develop a position statement about the importance of identifying and managing occupational stress and burnout on both personal and organisational levels

Maximum number of participants: 30

Fee: $120.00

 

Breast Cancer and Beyond
0945 - 1615
Venue: Crowne Plaza Hotel

Facilitator: The NSW Breast Cancer Interest Group

Beyond can be such an ominous space...  Now that more women are living longer than ever before after breast cancer, there is a real need for information on what happens in the years after treatment finishes.

This workshop will provide nurses working with people with breast cancer, an important update on clinically relevant information about the important issues of survivorship and breast cancer.

Speakers will cover such diverse areas as cognitive functioning in cancer survivors, follow up care, complementary therapies, and pain management.

Maximum number of participants:  100

Fee: $120.00

 

Introducing the New EdCaN Education Resources
1330 - 1600
Venue: Newcastle City Hall

Target audience: Nurse Educators / University Providers of Cancer Units for Nurses

The aim of this afternoon workshop is to introduce clinical educators to the newly developed EdCaN suite of resources. The National Cancer Nursing Education (EdCaN) project received funding from the Australian Government through Cancer Australia and has been auspiced by Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.  The project provides a way forward for the development of the cancer nursing workforce in Australia through a framework and a set of capabilities outlining the role expectations of nurses working in cancer control. It also provides resource materials to help nurses acquire these capabilities.  This workshop will demonstrate the resources and provide case examples of the use of these resources in practice.  Resources include the EdCaN framework, case based education modules, facilitators guides, and educator’s fact sheets.  Come and feel, experience and take away these essential educational resources that will support you in providing cancer control continuing education or university units.

Maximum number of participants: 50

Free of Charge

 

Breakfast Symposia

Pharmatel Breakfast Symposium

Combining Chemotherapy Agents in Treatment Protocols
(How & why different drugs are combined)

Friday 19 June 2009
0730 - 0845
Venue: Newcastle City Hall

Chairperson: Keith Cox OAM
Oncology Nurse Practitioner, Sydney Cancer Centre Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW

Speaker: Maree Kane
Oncology Pharmacist, Pharmatel Fresenius Kabi Pty Ltd.

Maree Kane is the Education Manager at Pharmatel Fresenius Kabi (PFK). Her role involves provision of education to pharmacists and pharmacy technicians within PFK as well as nursing staff, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians working in oncology units throughout NSW. She has 13 years of oncology experience in tertiary teaching hospitals. Maree has spoken and tutored at many conferences and seminars, been a lecturer and preceptor for post-graduate pharmacy students at Sydney University and is an invited lecturer at the NSW College of Nursing.

Sanofi-Aventis Breakfast Symposium

Taxotere patient DVD launch with guest speaker Professor Brian Kelly presenting on:

"The psychology of oncology: managing caregiver stress and burnout in an oncology unit"

Saturday 20 June 2009
0730 - 0845
Venue: Newcastle City Hall

Speaker: Prof. Brian Kelly
Chair in Psychiatry at the University of Newcastle

Care of cancer patients may be a source of considerable stress for nursing staff and there are some strategies that may be helpful in preventing and combating burnout. We are pleased to present Professor Brian Kelly who is the Chair in Psychiatry at the University of Newcastle. He has a long standing research and clinical interest in psychological aspects of palliative care, including a study investigating family intervention in urban and rural palliative care services and previous work investigating clinical aspects of the wish to hasten death among cancer patients. The latter received the award by the US Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine for Best Original Research published in Psychosomatics in 2005.

 

EdCaN Breakfast Symposium

Cancer Control for Non-Cancer Specialists

Friday 19 June 2009
0730 - 0830
Venue: Newcastle City Hall

Target audience: Regional and rural nurses

Nurses from the Newcastle area are invited to join the EdCaN team for breakfast to learn more about the newly developed EdCaN resources.  The National Cancer Nursing Education (EdCaN) project received funding from the Australian Government through Cancer Australia and has been auspiced by Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre.  The project provides a way forward for the development of the cancer nursing workforce in Australia through a framework and a set of capabilities outlining the role expectations of nurses working in cancer control. It also provides resource materials to help nurses acquire these capabilities.  As nurses working in a regional or rural area you will be involved in the provision of care for people affected by cancer, these resources will be useful to update your knowledge in cancer control.  The resources are able to be used by individual nurses or as facilitated learning with a nurse educator.  If you would like to know more about cancer come and find out about these freely available resources that will help support your learning.