Research SIG

NNP SIG hosted annual workshop.
Recharge and Reconnect Workshop
Time: 8am- 5pm
Venue: Noahs on the beach , 29 Zaara St , Newcastle East Open to all neonatal nurses (not only to Endorsed and Candidate NNPs)

Dream Big: Two Maternal Insights into Neurodevelopmental Care in the Neonatal Unit and Its Lasting Influence
Presenters: Alana Wilkinson and Tracey Azzopadi.

Time:  7pm start AEST
Presenter: Details coming soon 
Cost: Free for members, $22 for non-members
Registration: opening soon. 

Topic: Teamwork and Communication - Understanding Working Styles 
Presenter: Yolly Gangemi, Faculty Development Specialist - Senior Project Officer

As a dedicated nurse educator and paediatric intensive care nurse, Yolly brings over 14 years experience in providing exemplary care to critically ill children while fostering a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing within healthcare teams. She has a passion for paediatric healthcare and ensuring healthcare staff deliver care of the highest standards through dynamic education initiatives and interactive workshops. Recently she has moved to Safer Care Victoria, where she is part of the Capability Development Team, delivering programs on quality improvement, safety and partnering with consumers.

Yolly will be presenting on team relationships, and how your leadership personality works with others. 

 

Presenter: Prof Denise Harrison. 

Date: Tuesday 13 February 2024
Time: 7.30 pm (Sydney/Melbourne/Canberra time) - please adjust for daylight savings time for other states.
Topic: Modified LATCH tool - an example of breastfeeding assessment for preterm and sick newborns.
Presenter: Rachel Jones, CMC, NICU, Westmead Public Hospital
Cost: Free for members. $22 for non-members. 
Registration: is essential to receive login details. Register HERE. Zoom login details will be sent between 2-48 hours before the start time of the event. If not received within 2 hours of start time, please Facebook message acnn or email eso@acnn.org.au. 

Presentation: Sustainability in the NICU
Presenter: Justine Parsons
Date: Tuesday 30 January
Time: 7pm start (Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra time)

Date: Thursday 23rd November
Time: 7.30 pm (Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra time) - please adjust for daylight savings time in other States. 
Title: Working title - Ububele's use of the NBO in the local NICU and in homes/primary health care clinics
Presenter: Dr Nicki Dawson
Cost: Free for ACNN members; $22 for non-members

Thermoregulation and incubator humidity practices in preterm infants. Need for more evidence! - Evening On-line Seminar
Date: Wednesday 15^th November 2023
Time: 7.30pm AEDT (6.30pm QLD time, 7 pm SA time, 4.30 pm WA time) 
Where: ZOOM – Please register via the ACNN website to attend
Cost: ACNN Member $0; Non-Member $22

Programme
NeoSkin SIG Annual General Meeting - Election of the committee for 2024

Thermoregulation practices in preterm infants. Need for more evidence!
Presenter - Pranav Jani
Pranav Jani is an early career clinical academic researcher. He is a Staff Specialist Neonatologist at Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) and a Clinical Senior Lecturer at The University of Sydney. He was awarded a PhD in 2022 for research titled Regional oxygenation and perfusion assessments in high-risk perinatal infants during the neonatal period. His research interests include advancing understanding and improving early management of extremely preterm babies, e.g. thermoregulation, humidity and skincare practices, reducing brain injury, and optimising clinical monitoring and treatment using regional oximetry.

Incubator humidity practices in preterm infants. Need for more evidence!
Presenter - Umesh Mishra
Presenter details coming soon. 

Date: Wednesday 1 November 
Time: 7.30 pm (Sydney/Melbourne/Canberra time) - please adjust for daylight savings time for other states.
Topic: "Feeding Preterm Babies in the NICU- A Mother's Perspective"
Co-presenters: RPA Lactation Specialists Heather Taylor and Bronwyn Bernerius, and a mum of a preterm infant.
Cost: Free for members. $22 for non-members. 
Registration: essential to receive the Zoom login details. Please REGISTER HERE. Zoom link details sent out 2-48 hours prior to start time. If not received within 2 hours of start time, please Facebook message acnn or email eso@acnn.org.au. 

Date: October 26 
Time: 7 - 8 pm
Title: Safe Passage: A Tripartite Progressive Agency Theory
Summary: A mixed method Constructivist grounded theory study was commenced in 2020 to explain Australian neonatal nurses’ professional quality of life. The study had three distinct but interrelated components: 1) a literature review, 2) a descriptive, cross-sectional survey, and 3) focus groups and interviews. Meta-inferences relating to personal and professional agency use to attain collective healthcare and wellness goals within a female-dominated workforce informed a middle-range theory. The Tripartite Progressive Agency Theory specifies the alterations in consciousness, voice, and action required to enable knowledge, skill, and acculturation flow between nurses and parents to overcome constraints and optimise personal and collective healthcare and wellness goals.
Presenter: Trish Lowe. Trish is a registered nurse, midwife, and child and family health nurse, with almost four decades of experience working as a clinician and nurse educator. Trish was employed as a Clinical Nurse Specialist, in the Royal Hospital for Women’s Newborn Care Centre, before transitioning in 2013 to the Australian College of Nursing where she is now employed as Nurse Educator responsible for coordinating the Graduate Certificates in Child and Family Health and Neonatal care. Trish began doctoral studies at the University of Technology Sydney in 2020. Her research aims to explain the factors influencing neonatal nurses’ professional quality of life.
Cost: Free for members. $22 for non-members. 

Date: Tuesday 17 October 2023
Time: 7 pm start (Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra time - please adjust for daylight savings time)
Presenter: Kristin Bennie
Topic: Hear from Kristin Bennie, Clinical Nurse Educator, Newborn Care, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital who received the Leadership SIG scholarship to attend the International Council of Nurses (ICN) Congress in Montreal, Canada in July.  You will also meet the new incoming Leadership SIG committee members and hear all about our exciting plans for 2024 and have an opportunity to share your ideas.
Cost: Free for ACNN members; $22 for non-members 

Internationally accredited course coming to South Australia
Date: Tuesday, September 5, 2023
Time: 0800-1700
Location: Women’s & Children’s Hospital, King William Way, North Adelaide. Samuel Way Building, Room 202
Catering: only morning/afternoon tea provided; participants to supply own lunch (may be purchased onsite)
Cost:

• ACNN members - $110 (GST inclusive) and STABLE manual - only 10 available. Otherwise, $55 (GST inclusive) - but will need to purchase the manual online prior to the day. 
• Non-members - $132 (GST inclusive) and  STABLE manual for first 10 people who register including members. Otherwise, $77 (GST inclusive) - but will need to purchase the manual online prior to the day. 

Date: Tuesday 18 July 2023
Time: 7 pm start
Presenter: Karen Olver
Topic:  “The psychological contract”... will

• Introduce the concept of the ‘psychological contract’
• Discuss on what this can look and feel like at work
• Explore what actions we can take to use this in our work roles to support both ourselves and our teams

Neo-Skin open meeting - discussion around the 'Quick Resource Guide'
All members invited to attend
Time: 7.30 pm start
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86468712198?pwd=V2tqaGZ0MjJwdmZpUEt2VWxmdmdwdz09

Meeting ID: 864 6871 2198
Passcode: 640651

Date: Thursday 22nd June 2023
Time: 7 pm start
Topic: Co-bedding Twins
Presenter: Pip Mann, PhD Candidate

Date: Tuesday 13 June
Time: 6.30 - 7 pm AEST
Title: “When a Horse isn’t a Horse- it’s a Zebra”
Presenter: Greg Woodhead, Neonatal Consultant & Metabolic Fellow, RCH, Melbourne

Date: Tuesday 16th May 2023 7.00-8.00pm (AEST)
Presentation title: Creating high performing teams – why culture eats strategy for breakfast.
Presenter: Chris Hastie Manager, Health and Wellbeing, PwC
As part of PwC’s Health and Wellbeing Consulting team, Chris has over 13 years of experience across the Health and Government sectors. Chris is a trained Nuclear Medicine Scientist, as well as a Certified Health Executive and Fellow of the Australasian College of Health Service Management (ACHSM), with significant experience in the delivery of healthcare services, including developing culture and high performing teams. His strengths in all areas of health service delivery, including clinical and corporate governance, health and facility planning, project management and process redesign, data management and analysis allows Chris to understand both process and performance. Chris is also a certified Gallup-Strengths Coach and Schwartz Facilitator, enabling him to support culture and strengthen and improve individuals and teams. His experience across the federal, state and local levels of healthcare has provided solid grounding and a system-wide understanding.

Date: Monday 8 May 2023
Time: 6.30 pm start (Sydney time) 
Topic: Improvement in thermoregulation outcomes following the implementation of a thermoregulation bundle.
Presenter: Hannah Skelton.
Hannah Skelton is the Clinical Nurse Consultant for NICU at Westmead Hospital and a PhD Candidate at Western Sydney University. She has always been passionate about paediatric and neonatal nursing, and commenced employment as a neonatal nurse in 2014. Her interest is ensuring that evidence based practice is implemented in neonatal care, and to increase the engagement between staff and parents, to improve neonatal outcomes. 

Date: Wednesday 19 April 2023
Time: 7.30 pm AEST
Presenter: Stephanie Hall (NNP Candidate and CN at RBWH)