Conference Program
The Sydney PNCE conference program has been developed in conjunction with the Australian Practice Nurses Association, and using valuable feedback received from nurses across New South Wales, to ensure your practice needs are met.
To view the 2008 program, please see below. Sessions in italics denote practical sessions, and are limited to 20 places per session. You may choose one practical session per day as part of your program.
Saturday, 24th May
| | 8.00 - 8.30am | Registration |
S6D | 8.45 - 9.45am | Mental Health First Aid |
N6A | 8.45 - 9.45am | Diabetes Management |
N6B | 8.45 - 9.45am | Sterilisation for accreditation in General Practice |
N6C | 8.45 - 9.45am | Respiratory |
| 9.30 - 10.30am | Morning tea |
S7D | 10.30 - 11.30am | Chronic Wounds - venous leg ulcers and the diabetic foot |
N7A | 10.30 - 11.30am | Travel Health |
N7B | 10.30 - 11.30am | Alliance of NSW - NiGP program |
N7C | 10.30 - 11.30am | Respiratory |
S8D | 12.00 - 1.00pm | Acute Wounds - tears, cuts, abrasions and minor burns |
N8A | 12.00 - 1.00pm | Undertaking an effective Mini-Mental |
N8B | 12.00 - 1.00pm | Developing clinicla policies and procedures |
N8C | 12.00 - 1.00pm | ECG Interpretation |
| 12.00 - 2.00pm | Lunch |
S9D | 1.45 - 2.45pm | Manging the patient with Hepatitis C |
N9A | 1.45 - 2.45pm | Setting up a diabetes clinic |
N9B | 1.45 - 2.45pm | Streamlining accreditation - a demonstration of AccreditationPro |
N9C | 1.45 - 2.45pm | ECG Interpretation |
| | 3.00 - 3.45pm | Afternoon tea |
S10D | 3.30 - 4.30pm | Childhood Immunisation Update |
N10A | 3.30 - 4.30pm | Suspecting child abuse and mandatory child protection reporting |
N10B | 3.30 - 4.30pm | Sexual health - contraceptive update |
N10C | 3.30 - 4.30pm | Suturing |
Sunday, 25th May
| | 8.00 - 8.45am | Registration |
S11D | 8.45 - 9.45am | Legal issues & professional indemnity |
N11A | 8.45 - 9.45am | Triage |
N11B | 8.45 - 9.45am | Chronic Kidney Disease - what the PN needs to know |
N11C | 8.45 - 9.45am | Suturing |
| | 9.30 - 10.30am | Morning tea |
S12D | 10.15 - 11.15am | Understanding your scope of practice |
N12A | 10.15 - 11.15am | GARDASIL and the National HPV Vaccination Program: Update, Uptake and Compliance |
N12B | 10.15 - 11.15am | Mens reproductive health |
N12C | 10.15 - 11.15am | Strapping |
S13D | 12.00 - 1.00pm | Wound Exudate & the role of dressings |
N13A | 12.00 - 1.00pm | IT Management |
N13B | 12.00 - 1.00pm | Continence management |
N13C | 12.00 - 1.00pm | Strapping |
| | 12.00 - 2.00pm | Lunch |
S14D | 1.45 - 2.45pm | Effective communication skills for Practice Nurses |
N14A | 1.45 - 2.45pm | Foot check & assessment |
N14B | 1.45 - 2.45pm | The importance of a hearing test for the over 50s |
N14C | 1.45 - 2.45pm | Casting |
| | 2.45 - 3.30pm | Afternoon tea |
S15D | 3.15 - 4.15pm | Understanding your role in managing disease outbreaks |
N15A | 3.15 - 4.15pm | Managing vomitting & diarrhoea in children |
N15B | 3.15 - 4.15pm | APNA salary & conditions |
N15C | 3.15 - 4.15pm | Casting |
