JULIA GILLARD TO SHARE HER 'SURVIVOR'S GUIDE' AT THIS YEAR'S CONFERENCE
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JUNE 2018
IN THIS ISSUE:
JULIA GILLARD
TO SHARE HER
‘SURVIVOR’S
GUIDE’ AT
THIS YEAR’S
CONFERENCE
Connect with us
CONNECTING WITH
MEMBERS, ONE
WORKPLACE AT A TIME
Over recent months, I have been undertaking workplace trying to work through and resolve these issues.
walkarounds to connect with our members in their
respective wards and units. I am acutely aware that your individual and collective
talents and skills, incredible as they are, will never and can
Being able to directly engage and discuss any areas of never entirely substitute for system failures. We know you
concern with members is invaluable to my role of advocating need the resourcing and structure of a system to support
on behalf of South Australia’s nursing and midwifery you—an obvious gap that we remain determined to seal by
workforce and provides an important opportunity for me to advocating on your behalf.
thank you for the work that you do you each and every day.
I can absolutely assure you, that it is our commitment to
Regularly visiting member workplaces across the state is work with you at every level—whether that be unit, hospital,
also a key part of my personal commitment to be ‘with you in Local Health Network, state-wide, federal or indeed
work and in practice’. internationally—in order to protect and improve your ability
to provide the care your patients need and deserve.
I am always impressed by the work you undertake for our
community every single day in such diverse myriad ways. Thank you for taking the time to speak with me on these
I’m also often overwhelmed by the openness of members in visits. I congratulate you on the important work you are
sharing your experiences, challenges and opportunities with doing.
me.
The team and I look forward to continuing to work with
During these recent walkarounds, it has become you to address your challenges and progress positive
increasingly apparent not only how skilful you are, but how opportunities.
you manage to not only survive but incredibly to excel in
increasingly challenging circumstances.
Resources are often limited, and demand is ever growing.
So too am I impressed by the high-level and solutions- Adj Assoc Professor Elizabeth Dabars AM
oriented approach you individually and collectively take in
“I’d been on a contract for three years
when I spoke with Elizabeth on her visit
to my area of the hospital… my concern
has since been escalated and I’ve now
secured a permanent position. I’m so
relieved I now have an assurance that I
can return to my dream job after I take
maternity to have my first baby this
year.” – Sarah
“It was great to be able to personally express my gratitude
to Elizabeth for the ANMF (SA Branch)’s efforts in helping
me obtain a permanent role. The threat of the bed closures
in my ward meant I was in danger of not having continuing
employment. Thanks to the work of the ANMF team, I now have
a permanent position and so do a number of my colleagues.” -
Anonymous
CONTINUED VIOLENCE IN
HOSPITALS HIGHLIGHTS A
FAILURE TO CURB WORRYING
TREND
Two violent incidents in South Australian Nursing and Midwifery “It is completely unacceptable
Australian hospitals in recent Federation (SA Branch) CEO/ for staff to be working in an
weeks indicate the need for Secretary Adj Associate Professor environment that we know can
better protection of nurses and Elizabeth Dabars AM says become hostile very quickly
midwives and are further evidence the events are consistent with without adequate safeguards in
of a worrying trend of increased anecdotal evidence that incidents place.”
violence in healthcare. of this nature are on the rise.
In the wake of the RAH attack,
On June 7, a patient allegedly “It is concerning that RAH ANMF (SA Branch) has written
attempted to strangle a nurse members are reporting the to Central Adelaide Local Health
in the Royal Adelaide Hospital frequency of injury—and a Network (CALHN) seeking an
(RAH) Emergency Department, similarly inadequate response— independent review into its current
while a Medical Officer sustained to be a regular occurrence,” Ms policies and procedures.
a shoulder injury when they Dabars says.
intervened. “Appropriate measures need to be
“It’s an incredibly sad state of put in place to ensure the safety of
It took Spotless-contracted affairs when you have the people nurses and midwives, particularly
security staff seven minutes dedicating their lives to caring for those at the very frontline of our
to respond, and they were not others having to worry about their health care system.”
confident enough to provide own health and safety while doing
assistance once they did. so.” “The shooting of a security guard
and police officer at Sydney’s
The RAH attack followed an “What is especially disappointing Nepean Hospital in 2016 should
incident in the Mount Gambier is that the rise in these types of serve as a startling warning as
Hospital carpark on 20 May incidents is despite a relatively to the potential seriousness of
when a hospital employee was recent state-wide campaign calling situations which can arise should
assaulted by an inpatient. on the public to help put a stop to these concerns continue to go
violence in healthcare.” unaddressed.”
The victim was allegedly verbally
abused outside the main front The State Government campaign
doors of the hospital before (watch video here) launched in
being punched in the chin. The 2017 in response to an alarming
perpetrator, a 38-year-old Millicent 30 per cent increase in code
woman, has since been charged blacks.
with aggravated assault.
SCREENING TOOL SET TO
EMPOWER MORE ABUSED
PREGNANT WOMEN
One in three women in Australia have domestic violence behaviours and be doing or could be doing to help.
experienced physical and/or sexual foster conversations about an area But, she made it her mission to find
violence at the hands of someone that society really wasn’t openly talking out.
they know—a shocking reality that is, about three years ago.”
tragically, growing in prevalence. “That experience made me want to
“In preparation, I’m talking to staff have a better understanding of what
Helping to empower victims to about the barriers they might have this woman’s life looked like, what the
ultimately free themselves, and their in broaching the topic with a woman risks to her and her baby were, and
unborn and newborn children, from and I’m putting together an education what we as health professionals could
violent relationships are people like strategy around this.” do to help.”
Women’s and Children’s Hospital
Network’s (WCHN) Kerrianne Carter. “Asking the questions is one thing, “I wanted to better understand the
but staff also need to be educated on cycle of violence, why this woman
The Registered Nurse and Clinical the best way to help women who may wouldn’t leave and how I could better
Midwife is part of the team helping to identify as at-risk.” support her to make the right choice to
prepare the WCHN for the impending leave the relationship.”
rollout of an international evidence- She says, educating staff is a big part
based best practice guideline centred of ensuring the new practices are Kerrianne’s quest to help seems
on abused women. embraced network-wide. limited only by the small amount of
contact she has in a woman’s entire
One area of Kerrianne’s focus in “As health professionals, we need to life-span.
this capacity is the development of a have an understanding as to why a
screening tool to identify at-risk women woman would stay and also how best “You only see them for a short time,
across the network. we can empower her with the right so the best we can do is wrap the
support information, so if she chooses available services around a woman, so
“Women don’t necessarily know to leave she can do so safely for her she feels empowered to safely leave
they’re in an abusive relationship, and her baby.” to protect herself and her children.”
because society regards domestic
violence as physical abuse,” Kerrianne Statistically, women can reach out “If we can inspire one woman to make
says, “But there is a lot more to to help services up to 14 times a change in her life and the life of her
domestic violence than what you can before choosing to leave a violent child, then we’re doing a great job.”
see.” relationship.
‘Woman Abuse’ will be the third
“It can be emotional or financial, it Kerrianne’s long-held passion for Best Practice Guideline to be rolled
can be isolation or control—and these helping domestic violence victims was out across the WCHN to complete
types of domestic violence are often further incited by an experience during the site’s transition to become a
harder to identify,” she says. a home visit four years ago. Registered Nurses Association of
Ontario-accredited Best Practice
She says the tool will be embedded as “I was visiting a woman at what Spotlight Organization.
routine practice to screen all women I thought was her home, only to
aged over 16 who present at the discover it was her ex-partner’s The Women’s and Children’s Hospital
hospital for any reason and at any residence where an intervention order also became an accredited White
stage of their pregnancy journey. was in place because it was unsafe for Ribbon Workplace in 2017, recognised
her to be there.” for its efforts in taking active steps to
“The tool will enable us to ask a few stop violence against women.
key questions to raise awareness of At the time, Kerrianne says she wasn’t
confident in knowing what she should
FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE
NURSES, MIDWIVES SAFER
THANKS TO CAR PARKING WIN
Following safety concerns raised access to car parks closer to the “And it wasn’t unusual to have to
by members at Flinders Medical hospital entrance will also go a give up your tea breaks to move
Centre (FMC) nursing and long way towards keeping our your car, because you’d only
midwifery staff, accessible car members safer,” she says. managed to find a two-hour spot,”
parking for staff is a topic that’s she says.
been hot on the agenda for some This month’s car parking feat
time. follows ANMF (SA Branch)’s But her greatest sense of relief
success in securing an additional came with the knowledge that
Although it’s an issue that might 100 car parks for nursing and night-shift workers would no
now be a thing of the past, as midwifery staff earlier this year. longer have to park their car
ANMF (SA Branch) successfully nearly a kilometre away in a
negotiates additional car parking One nurse, who wishes to remain poorly lit private car park.
spaces for exclusive use by anonymous, says the news “I’m extremely relieved for
nurses and midwives at FMC. has lifted a huge weight off her my colleages who I never felt
shoulders. comfortable with them parking so
CEO/Secretary Adj Associate far away from hospital.”
Professor Elizabeth Dabars AM “I feel safer already knowing I
says staff safety has continued can leave for work at the usual “We all have a duty of care to
to be a priority for ANMF (SA time and still find a carpark close one another and for each other’s
Branch) since mid-last year when to the hospital and under good personal safety.”
reports surfaced about women lighting, rather than leaving
being stalked in FMC car park. an hour or so earlier with no The additional carparks have
guarantee of finding any parking been allocated in the Northern
“Everyone has the right to feel space.” Car Park, which is a well-lit
safe walking to and from their two-minute walk to the Medical
car for work—and even more so Her colleagues too are “rejoicing” Centre’s main entrance.
when you’re having to do this in at the news.
the middle of the night because
you’re a shift-worker,” Ms Dabars “Many nurses were having to
says. park illegally and cop the fines
because they didn’t have time to
“Onsite security of course has drive around for an hour waiting
a big role to play but securing for a park to free up.”
JULIA GILLARD TO SHARE HER
‘SURVIVOR’S GUIDE’ AT THIS
YEAR’S CONFERENCE
If there was anyone qualified to talk about surviving immense public
scrutiny and coming out on top, it’s the Hon Julia Gillard AC.
And we’re honoured to welcome her to this year’s line-up of
internationally renowned speakers, public figures and entertainers.
Australia’s 27th and first female Prime Minister certainly needs no
introduction, but that’s not going to stop us…
The former Prime Minister is Chair of beyondblue, where she’s been
a board member since December 2014. Ms Gillard also serves as
Chair of the Global Partnership for Education, a leading organisation
dedicated to expanding access to quality education worldwide.
Ms Gillard is a non-resident Distinguished Senior Fellow with the Center
for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution in Washington and
an Honorary Professor at the University of Adelaide. Ms Gillard serves
as Patron of CAMFED, the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library and the
Aim for the Stars Foundation, and is also on the Board of Governors of
the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia.
Ms Gillard will be speaking across her three capacities, presenting ‘A
Survivor’s Guide to Public Life: From politics to beyondblue and Global
Education’.
Don’t miss the opportunity to hear this first-hand account from the
epitome of a strong leader.
Register for this year’s conference and take advantage of the
discounted early bird rate, saving you $100 off until 30 June. And don’t
forget you can get even more money back in your pocket by claiming
the cost on this year’s tax return.
DEVELOPING AN ALTERNATIVE
FUNDING MODEL FOR
RESIDENTIAL AGED CARE
If you’ve ever found it academic. She has authored from the national residential aged
difficult to correlate the living over 450 papers on management, care Resource Utilisation and
conditions in residential aged quality, outcomes, information Classifications Study (RUCS).
care with the earnings of some systems and funding of the RUCS is currently in progress
of the for-profit providers, Australia and New Zealand health and will be complete by the end
you’re not alone. and community care systems. of 2018. This is the first ever
costing and classification study
In fact, thanks to the Australian She is currently heading up a in residential aged care and it is
Nursing and Midwifery team of over 60 researchers focusing on what drives costs in
Federation’s research and covering 20 disciplines across residential aged care.
reporting in this regard, the eight research centres including
Senate Economics Reference the Centre for Health Service
Committee last month announced Development (CHSD), the b) Can you tell us about the
an Inquiry into the financial and Australasian Rehabilitation most memorable time your life
tax practices of Australia’s for- Outcomes Centre (AROC), was impacted by a nurse or a
profit aged care providers. the Palliative Care Outcomes midwife?
Collaboration (PCOC), electronic My sister Sandy is a nurse
The ANMF’s report, prepared Persistent Pain Outcomes and she manages refugee
by the Tax Justice Network – Collaboration (ePPOC) and nursing services in NSW. Her
Australia, showed that the top six the National Casemix and experiences have made me
for profit providers received $2.17 Classification Centre (NCCC). proud of Australian health care
billion in government subsidies but ashamed of Australian
but paid little, or no tax. More pertinent to her conference refugee policies.
presentations, Prof Eagar is
Finding an alternative funding currently leading the national
model for residential aged care, Resource Utilisation and c) If your six-year-old self
fittingly, is the the focus of a Classification Study (RUCS) for dictated your current career path,
presentation at this year’s ANMF the Australian residential aged what would you be doing?
(SA Branch) Annual Professional care sector. A first-grade school teacher
Conference by University of
Wollongong’s Professor of Health We had a quick Q&A with
Services Research and Director Professor Eagar to find out more d) What are three things still left
of the Australian Health Service about her and, importantly, what on your bucket list?
Research Institute (AHSRI) Kathy we can expect to learn from her Travel, travel, travel
Eagar. conference address:
Prof Eagar has over 35 years’ a) Without giving away your
experience in health and message, what can attendees
community care systems, during expect to take away from your
which she has divided her time presentation at this year’s ANMF
between being a clinician, a (SA Branch) conference?
senior manager and a health I will present preliminary findings
ANMJ TO ALIGN WITH IN
PRACTICE: A ONE-STOP SHOP
FOR ALL YOUR NURSING AND
MIDWIFERY NEWS
You’ll soon be receiving all of your national and SA-specific nursing and midwifery news in one convenient bundle.
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal (ANMJ) is set to become a quarterly publication that will align with
the ANMF (SA Branch) In Practice magazine, and they’ll be delivered together, direct to your letterbox. You’ll
receive them both every three months, beginning in October.
The July edition of the Australian Nursing and October will bring the first quarterly edition of ANMJ,
Midwifery Journal (ANMJ) will be the last monthly edition which you’ll receive at home bundled with your ANMF
you’ll receive at home. (SA Branch) In Practice magazine.
In August and September, these will be issued
electronically and can be viewed online here
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