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Palliative Care Study Day
From: 21/10/2019 21:45 PM
To: 22/10/2019 05:00 AM
Where

20 Foster St
Hamilton, Victoria 3300
Australia

Event Details

A Study Day

 

What Matters Most?

What you need to know in Palliative Care

 

WDHS Palliative Care Team Staff and Andrea Janes SWH

And Bronwyn Roberts Chief Happiness Officer ………

 

Tuesday 22 October 2019

 8.45 am Registration

9.00am – 4.00pm

 

 

Learning & Development Centre

Western District Health Service

Hamilton Base Hospital

20 Foster Street, Hamilton

 

PROGRAM

 

8.30am

 

Registration

 

8.45 - 9.00am

 

Welcome

Erika Fisher - Clinical Nurse Consultant Palliative Care

 

9.00 - 9.45am

The Non Malignant patient-is there a right time for palliative care?

Erika Fisher - Clinical Nurse Consultant Palliative Care

9.45 – 10.30am

ACP in practice

Cheryl Smith- Clinical Nurse Specialist Palliative Care

 

10.30 – 11.00am

 

Tea Break

 

11.00 -11.45am

Victoria’s Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD): what we need to know

Andrea Janes – VAD Project Worker SWH

 

11.45am-1.00pm

Laughter Therapy

Bronwyn Roberts – Chief Happiness Officer

 

1.00-1.45pm

 

Lunch Break

 

1.45 -2.30pm

Complex Pain-what is it, how can we do it better?

Dr Sue Robertson -MBBS, Post Graduate Diploma of Palliative Care, Palliative Care Physician

Janine Huf -Clinical Nurse Specialist Palliative Care

 

2.30 -3.30pm

End Of Life Care: Case Study and panel discussion

Palliative Care Team

 

3.30 – 4.00pm

Questions and Close

 

 

REGISTRATION

$52 Registration

Lunch and refreshments provided

This day is for generalist Nurses (RN's, EN's, PCW's) who care for palliative clientele and want to build their knowledge base.

 

Please Note:

  •  There is NO smoking allowed on any campus of Western District Health Service

  • The temperature in our Centre runs at 20º C. Please dress to suit this temperature – bring a jacket/warm top. 

  • Parking is available on Foster St (avoid 2 hour parks) and Kitchener Street