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Welcome to Issue 15 Editor’s Note...

Contents

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Welcome to Issue 15 of The Nursing Post.

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This issue, we introduce Professor Jonathan Carapetis, the new Director of Perth’s Telethon Institute for Child Health Research. Carapetis was appointed following an international search for a successor to the Institute’s Founding Director Professor Fiona Stanley, who retired at the end of 2011.

Our feature this issue is Theatre and Critical Care Nursing and we take a close look at the world’s leading independent organisation for medical humanitarian aid, Médecins Sans Frontières.

Eileen Goersdorf, an Operating Theatre (OT) Nurse, shares her ‘sometimes heartbreaking’ yet inspiring experience on field during placements in South Sudan, Nigeria and Gaza.

Lise Willis, a Registered Nurse from Brisbane also shares her inspiring experience while on volunteer at a health centre in Arusha, Africa. This placement was supported by Projects Abroad, the leading volunteer abroad organisation.

We thank Eileen Goersdorf and Lise Willis for sharing their stories with us and encourage you to continue sending in photos and stories sharing your experiences with our readers.

Cancer Council: Daffodil Day....................................03 Medacs Healthcare .................................................04 Institute of Health and Nursing Australia................... 05 Cancer Council: Daffodil Day....................................06, 07 Curtin University: Innovative Heathcare Solutions.....08, 09 Telethon Institute for Child Health: New Director.......10, 11 Pulse International...................................................12 Royal College of Nursing Australia............................13 Mediserve Nursing Agency.......................................13 FEATURE: Medécins Sans Frontiéres Australia..........15 - 18 FEATURE: ACCCN ‘Critical Care Awards’...................19 Projects Abroad: Lise Willis......................................20 - 23 Educational Courses,Conferences & Events..............24, 25 ACMHN’s International Mental Health Conference....26 ACN Shaping and Influencing Primary Health Care...27 Prevocational Medical Education Forum...................28 2013 ICN 25th Quadrennial Congress Melbourne.....29 Oceania University of Medicine................................30 Mediserve Nursing Agency.......................................31 Crossword Puzzle....................................................32 CQ Nurse.................................................................33

Our next issue is out on Monday 20 August where we take a look at Indigenous Health.

The Arts: MCA 18th Biennale of Sydney...................34, 35

Until then, take care.

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Curtin University

Curtin delivers innovative healthcare solutions through $5 million boost Curtin University has secured more than $5 million to refurbish and provide innovative healthcare solutions at its public clinics. The funding has been granted by Health Workforce Australia (HWA), an Australian Government initiative.

Soon to be known collectively as the Curtin Health and Wellness Clinics, the clinics offer public consultation for a variety of health conditions including stuttering, tinnitus, musculoskeletal problems and psychological counselling.

Professor Clare Pollock, Acting Pro Vice-Chancellor of Health Sciences, said HWA’s multi-million investment would open up additional interprofessional clinical training places for health sciences students, provide modern facilities and services and ensure new models of healthcare are provided to the public.

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“Clinical training places have always been an integral part of our students’ learning, however HWA’s funding will expand the number of clinics managed directly by Curtin and take more of our students out into the community,” Professor Pollock said.

“We are currently leading the way in Australia by teaching a new generation of health professionals a team-based approach to healthcare. This funding will enable us to further apply our unique healthcare solutions in the clinics in crucial areas such as aged care, chronic diseases, mental wellbeing and Indigenous health.”

Professor Pollock said Curtin could address the predicted shortfalls in medical training places by offering alternative clinical training places for our medical students should the proposed School of Medicine be approved.

“The medical students would also be exposed to Curtin’s collaborative way of training future health specialists from day one for the benefit of the client,” she said.

She said Curtin’s interprofessional model was currently being pioneered at all clinics including the Uniting Church Homes Rowethorpe Village aged care facility in Bentley.

“At Rowethorpe clients are asked to fill in questionnaires on arrival, and based on their answers they are matched with the healthcare professional that best meets their needs that day. This can range from a nurse, to a physiotherapist or an occupational therapist,” she said.

“The feedback we are receiving from clients is very positive. They are getting quicker access to the right health professional, and their healthcare needs are being addressed promptly.”

Curtin has also had success with its interprofessional clinical placements at Challis Early Childhood Centre in Armadale.

“Health sciences students have been working together at Challis for quite some time. We have seen some outstanding results and are pleased that HWA’s funding will see a permanent interprofessional clinic established on site at Challis,” Professor Pollock said.

While the majority of HWA’s $5 million investment will be used to support student clinical placements, $1.4 million of the grant will be directed to refurbishing Curtin’s Bentley Campus clinics in order to provide more services to the members of the general public.

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Telethon Institute for Child Health Research

New Director’s focus on translating research into action...

Professor Jonathan Carapetis holds separate qualifications as a medical practitioner (MBBS), specialist paediatrician (FRACP Paediatrics), specialist infectious diseases physician (FRACP Infect Dis), and specialist public health physician (FAFPHM), as well as a PhD. He is recognised as a leading mind in the Australian health field, with particular expertise in Indigenous child health.

The new Director of Perth’s Telethon Institute for Child Health Research says his focus will be to ensure that high quality research is effectively translated to health practice and policy so that it makes a real difference to the lives of children and families.

UWA Winthrop Professor Jonathan Carapetis started in the role this week after heading the highly respected Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin where he doubled staff numbers and tripled research income in six years.

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He was appointed after an international search for a successor to the Institute’s Founding Director Professor Fiona Stanley, who retired at the end of 2011.

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I know how important it is to

have that strong connection between

“As a paediatrician I know how important it is to have that strong connection between practice and research. It not only means that we’re working on the basis of the latest evidence, but that what we see in clinics can also be fed back to shape and inform the type of research that’s undertaken,” Professor Carapetis said.

“The Telethon Institute has an outstanding record of advocacy and influence and I’ll be very keen to see that continue and grow.”

“In particular, Aboriginal child health research will continue to be a priority area and I am committed to pursuing that agenda at both the Institute level and through my own research interest in rheumatic heart disease.”

Professor Carapetis said he was also excited by the strong focus on scientific discovery at the Telethon Institute.

“It’s very important that we better understand the biological basis underpinning the disease process at the cellular and molecular levels as well as the influence of genetic and environmental factors.”

practice and research... what we see in clinics can also be fed

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Professor Carapetis said he was very keen to forge strong links with the people delivering health services at hospitals and the Health Department.

back to shape and inform the type of research that’s undertaken

“I think the mix of translational and discovery science is very powerful and gives the Institute a breadth and depth that sees it very well positioned for the future.”

With the Institute’s geographical position on the west coast, Professor Carapetis said he was keen to increase its activity in international health issues.

“Our proximity to Asia and Africa and our expertise in child development and indigenous child health research presents some excellent opportunities within the broader region.”

The Telethon Institute for Child Health Research was founded in 1990 and has more than 500 staff and postgraduate students investigating major diseases, disabilities and disorders affecting children and families.

Find out more at childhealthresearch.org.au.

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Theatre / Critical Care Nursing INSIDE THIS FEATURE: Medécins Sans Frontiéres Australia: Doctors without Borders........... 15 - 16 Medécins Sans Frontiéres Australia: Eileen Goersdorf........................16 - 18 ACCCN: Critical Care Prize WA............................................................19

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Medécins Sans Frontiéres Australia Doctors without Borders

Médecins Sans Frontières is the world’s leading independent organisation for medical humanitarian aid.

Every day more than 24,000 field staff provide assistance to people caught in crises around the world.

Wherever Médecins Sans Frontières teams are working their goal is the same: to provide essential medical humanitarian aid to those who need it most, regardless of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. At any one moment, their teams are working in over 60 countries; providing relief after natural disasters, helping victims of conflict, running emergency feeding programs during nutritional crises, tackling neglected diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, kala azar and chagas, treating survivors of sexual and gender based violence, organising mass vaccination programs to halt to spread of epidemics, training local medical staff to better assist their own populations and putting into place safe drinking water and sanitation facilities.

Médecins Sans Frontières’ work is based on the humanitarian principles of medical ethics and impartiality; only limited funds are accepted from government donors with more than 80% of the international budget and 100% of the Australian budget coming from private donations. This financial independence means that field teams are themselves able to define operational priorities; activities are based on needs alone, not on political, economic, religious or social agendas.

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Theatre and Critical Care Nursing Médecins Sans Frontières field staff includes doctors, nurses, midwives, administrators, epidemiologists, laboratory technicians, mental health professionals, logisticians and water and sanitation experts. The majority of teams are made up of national field staff from the countries where the crises are occurring with ten percent made up of international field staff.

Eileen with a burns patient and new friends from Aweil, South Sudan

One such female field staffer is Eileen Goersdorf, an Operating Theatre (OT) nurse based in Darwin. OT nurses with Médecins Sans Frontières often work with emergency teams following natural disasters or during conflicts and sometimes they form part of a team providing longer-term surgical care to communities without access to a functioning health care system. Regardless of the exact context, whilst working for Médecins Sans Frontières, an OT Nurse manages the OT, recovery room and sterilisation teams. Diagnostic and theatre equipment is often extremely limited, and the nurse must become comfortable working in a facility that in many cases doesn’t even have x-ray facilities.

Eileen, originally from Germany has a background in intensive care nursing in Europe and Australia.

Her first placement with Médecins Sans Frontières was to Aweil in South Sudan, assisting primarily in gynaecological and obstetric surgery. The work was difficult and sometimes heartbreaking with many women presenting to hospital for caesarean section (the most common emergency surgery performed

by Médecins Sans Frontières) extremely late, sometimes after first spending days at home in agony with a labour that was failing to progress. “A number of the foetuses were already dead. From talking to the women in South Sudan, it’s common to have about eight or ten children, but only end up keeping two of them.

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Rehabilitation after hand surgery It was very sad to see, but our job was to help as many mothers as possible to keep their babies alive.’’

Part of Médecins Sans Frontières’ objectives in Aweil involves educating local women and traditional birth attendants about the importance of seeking medical attention earlier rather than later and showing the community that by giving birth in a health facility, attended by trained medical staff a woman’s life and that of her baby need not be put in extreme danger.

Also in Aweil, Eileen assisted in a number of paediatric surgeries. According to Eileen: “Most of the children’s injuries were burns that happened inside their family’s huts.” Previously, Eileen had little experience working with burns victims but she learnt quickly. ``There was no burns unit in Aweil, so we couldn’t do skin grafts because at the time we didn’t have the instruments or the surgeon; we just had to dress the wounds to minimise infection and scarring’’. Eileen even found herself delivering physiotherapy to burns victims as part of their rehabilitation.

After South Sudan, and a few months home in Darwin, Eileen accepted another Médecins Sans Frontières placement, this time to Jahun in Nigeria. Her role here was to assist in repairing obstetric fistulas, socially stigmatising injuries caused by obstructed labour. Essentially a hole forms between a woman’s vagina and her urethra or bowel, causing her to leak urine or faeces. “It is heartbreaking meeting [the patients] when they first come to the hospital, but then they realise they aren’t alone and slowly start to blossom. If we can fix their problem, social rehabilitation happens almost automatically. ”Sadly, not all fistulas are repairable; the best method of treatment is prevention which is possible when births are attended by skilled medical staff who know at what point it is necessary to intervene.

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Fistula surgery patients doing a physiotherapy session

Eileen’s third placement was in Gaza, in the Palestinian Territories. She worked at the government run Khan Younes hospital, in an area where some locals have been refugees for over sixty-four years. Here, under a canvas hospital tent, she aided in the provision of specialised reconstructive plastic and orthopaedic surgery. Eileen has many stories to tell of her time in Gaza, including that of Amna, a 33 year old mother of five, with a hand severely disfigured in an accident many years ago. “The team transferred one of her tendons and now she can move her hand. As a test, we made her hold on to a piece of paper, and she could. Her hand still hurts after not being used for five years and she has to do a lot of physio, but with five children, every hand comes in useful.”

To work as an OT nurse with Médecins Sans Frontières in the field, you will need experience in general surgery, trauma, orthopaedics and/or obstetrics.

Familiarity with sterilisation and hygiene procedures in the OT is essential, as is general knowledge of all OT duties. An OT nurse must be able to train staff and manage the OT, and have the ability to work in a low-tech environment.

Availability to work in the field for at least three months is essential.

For more information about working with Médecins Sans Frontières or for more information on their projects visit www.msf.org.au

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Australian College of Critical Care Nurses WA Branch ‘Critical Care Prize’ The Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN), is the professional organisation representing over 2,400 nurses across Australia practising or interested in critical care nursing. The College supports the research and practice of nurses and provides financial, educational and professional opportunities.

The ‘Critical Care Prize’ and the ‘Presidents Award’, sponsored by the WA Branch of ACCCN, recognises WA registered nurses undertaking postgraduate studies in critical care nursing. The term ‘Critical Care’ incorporates the specialties of Adult and Paediatric Intensive Care, High Dependency and Coronary Care.

Each prize and award is made yearly with most outstanding student receiving the ‘Critical Care Prize’, and most improved student receiving the ‘Presidents Award’. Each prize and award recognises consistent outstanding academic and clinical excellence as well as role modelling and leadership in their respective clinical areas.

Last year, the ‘Critical Care Prize’ was awarded to Janice Verkuylen from Royal Perth ICU, Tihana Vojnovic from CCU Fremantle Hospital and Stacey Fuller from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. The ‘Presidents Award’ went to Cherie Miiller from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. An outstanding achievement by these nurses.

For more information about the ACCCN WA Branch ‘Critical Care Prize’, visit www.acccn.com.au

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Projects Abroad

Projects Abroad

Lise Willis shares her inspiring experience...

I am a 51 year old Registered Nurse from Brisbane, Australia. Having always wanted to volunteer in Africa I realised I suddenly had a window of opportunity to come, and within 6 weeks I had departed - arriving in Arusha mid-January 2012.

I didn’t know it, but the timing of my departure put me on a collision course with the wonderful Constanze (a German Midwife with 30 years experience). We couldn’t have been more blessed and from day 1 we were united as a team, we worked, laughed, cried and sealed a lifelong friendship.

Communication was not easy at first as Constanze’s English was minimal as having grown up in East Germany (her first languages being German and Russian).

Somehow though, we understood and respected each other whole heartedly and the language barrier only added to our moments of hilarity. I thankfully had embarked on a 15 hour Kiswahili course, so I became the main communicator for us at our placement, although most of the nurses had some basic English.

I have the utmost respect and admiration for the wonderful staff at my placement. The conditions they endure including their very low wages and low resources are very difficult, yet they are always cheerful, smiling and calm no matter what the situation. They always find a way to cope with anything thrown at them, then after a hard day’s work they travel long distances home where their work starts 20

all over again at home. In singing their praises I extend the same to the Tanzanian Mumma’s, who visit the health centre to have their mtoto’s (babies) cared for. These women attend antenatal clinics (3 times only during their pregnancy), outpatient’s clinic, family planning, 0-5 clinic (immunisations and councilling), HIV department (testing, services and councilling) and the laboratory (for malaria, HIV and Hep B screening). They often travel long distances whilst in labour to reach the hospital and then endure long labours without any pain relief. They then return home 6-12 hours after giving birth. They must also bring their own water, food, and birth supplies (gloves, sutures, syringe/needle, oxytocin, cotton wool) with them.

A typical day at the hospital (labour ward) was - arrive 8 am, ward round/handover, Dr’s discussion with staff, cleaning/dusting the ward/delivery room, cleaning and wrapping the instruments for sterilising, bed making as the patients are discharged (the sheets and pillow cases were only changed if blood stained - as limited replacement sheets and some days there is no water for washing. There is no laundry and all the washing is done by hand in the patient’s bathroom) - these duties all done in between deliveries. I also worked in the 0-5 clinic doing immunisations and documenting - some days you would weigh and immunise up to 300 babies/children. I spent a few days in the antenatal clinic assisting the midwife with urinalysis, HIV/malaria testing, estimating gestational age and date of delivery, and administering malaria, worm and HIV (where indicated) medications. The hospital also performs tubal ligations (each month), which are done under local anaesthetic. All the cleaning of instruments, drapes and linen is done in strong solutions of chlorine, this unfortunately is very harsh on the instruments and fabrics - and hence the rusted stiff instruments and the torn and rotting fabrics of the linen and drapes.

The health centre became my life for the next 2 months, totally consuming me. Soon after I arrived I realised how desperate the hospital was for many supplies, equipment, repairs to equipment and general maintenance. Constanze instantly got in touch with the German surgical companies that she is associated with, asking them for donations of instruments, gloves, syringes/needles - to mention a few.

These arrived during our time at the hospital and were warmly received (n.b. donations like this can’t be posted or you are heavily taxed). Constanze was lucky to have people she knew arriving in Arusha who were able to bring them for her.

When I first caught sight of the pillows on the beds I decided the only place for them was the incinerator.

They were black with grime and without pillow cases; the sheets were stained, too short and badly 21

stained too. So I emailed my friends at home, launching the Triple P Fundraiser (Purchase a Pillow and Pillow case). Two days later I had raised $3,700 which I knew would buy far more than 22 new pillows and 44 pillow cases. With the remaining money I also purchased/mended: 2 manual suction machines (1 for the neonates, 1 for gynaecological procedures), repair of oxygenation machine, new oxygen cylinder with carriage, new cabinet work and shelving in delivery room, 2 new timber table tops (1 for resuscitation trolley, 1 for sterilising work table), repaired a broken bed, 2 solar lamps and charger, 20 stainless steel surgical instruments, indwelling catheters, iv cannulas, 30 new sheets (stamped with hospital initials), a large pot for boiling and sterilising delivery instruments (power failures are daily), sugar, tea, powdered milk, coffee mugs, teaspoons, saucepan for milk/food, thermos, electric kettle, gas kettle, gas bottle for burner, cupboard for storage, cupboard to house gas burner and gas bottles, repair of labour ward and delivery room sinks, 2 notice boards, and new stainless steel clothes line.

These were all so warmly received by the staff and patients. There are still many things that they are desperate for and the most fruitful way to do this is whilst you are here. If you send things in the post they are heavily taxed, if you send cash then you never know if or what it gets used for.

My time at the health centre was professionally and personally fulfilling and rewarding and at times very challenging. Once you adapt to the wonderful ‘easy come, easy go’ ways of the Tanzanian people/staff and begin to beat to the sound of their drum and clear your mind of all the set ways/routines engrained into your heads then you also realise that it is a far nicer working environment to be part of.

Important things to remember: • Don’t come thinking you can change their ways or that your ways are better because their ways are best for the environment here. They are happy to share with you and love to learn from you.

• Bring your sense of humour with you • Wipe the words “there is nothing to do”, or “I’m bored” from your vocabulary • Be prepared to work (if you sit waiting for someone to tell you what to do then you will still be sitting there 5 hours later) • Show initiative • Ask • Learn the staff’s names (they love this and you will quickly be accepted as a friend) • SMILE • Be patient, put your body clock on Tanzanian time - you will enjoy your time far more and be a lot happier for it.

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Learn Kiswahili (Projects Abroad offer private lessons - which I did) or carry a little note book and pen with you and write down the Swahili words that you will use in your work. The nurses love to teach you.

TAKE YOUR MALARIA PILLS (contrary to what anyone tells you, there is malaria in Arusha). If you do evening or night shifts the mozzies are out in force on the ward.

I leave tomorrow to return home to my family in Brisbane, Australia. I will be very sad to leave and have truly loved my 2 months nursing here. I have loved so many things about this beautiful country. During my time here I also visited Zanzibar and went on Safari (best safari company ever - Green and Gold Safaris with Daniel Shamba - the office has his details), Lake Manyara, Tarangire National Park and Arusha National Park. I also contacted the local hiking group and did a glorious walk.

I will miss: • Their smiling faces • My milky morning Chai Marsala made by Mumma Brenda • Evening dinners of Ugali, Wali, Mcicha,Marge, Mboga, Chapati • Feasting on all the glorious fruits • Exploring the markets • Searching for the perfect Khanga • The glorious landscape • The happy-go-lucky nature of the wonderful Tanzanian people I can’t say that I will miss the dirt, dust and mud when it rains or hand-washing my clothes. But hey, if that is all I won’t miss then you can guarantee that you too are going to have a wonderful time.

Thank you to all the staff at Projects Abroad here in Arusha. They were always warm, friendly, welcoming and helpful.

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Educational Courses, Conferences and Events CONTENTS: Upcoming Courses, Conferences and Events........................................... 27 ACMHN’s 38th International Mental Health Nursing Conference.............. 28 RCNA Community and Primary Health Care Nursing Conference 2012... 29 17th National Prevocational Medical Education Forum............................. 30 2013 ICN 25th Quadrennial Congress Melbourne Australia...................... 31

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Educational Courses, Conferences and Events 2012 National Australian Conference on Evidence-based Clinical Leadership ‘Transforming Clinical Leaders to Reform Healthcare’ Mercure Grosvenor Hotel, Adelaide

13 - 14 August 2012 www.joannabriggs.edu.au/Adelaide2012

Australian College of Nurse Practitioners 7th Annual Conference Outrigger Surfers Paradise, Queensland 5 - 8 September 2012 www.dcconferences.com.au/acnp2012/

16th International Congress of Dietetics Convention and Exhibition Centre, Sydney

Palliative Care Bruce Hunt Lecture Theatre, Royal Perth Hospital 17 August 2012, 8:30 - 4pm Contact RPH to register (08) 9224 2498 www.cancerwa.asn.au/

5 - 8 September 2012 www.icd2012.com

ACMHN’s 38th International Mental Health Nursing Conference ‘The Fabric of Life’ Darwin Convention Centre

Targeted Therapies in Cancer Treatments Cancer Council WA, Shenton Park Perth 21 August 2012, 2 - 4pm Contact PaSCE to register (08) 9382 9300 www.cancerwa.asn.au/

Diabetes Refresher Mercure Hotel Hobart, Tasmania 23 - 24 August 2012 www.ausmed.com.au/course/registration-1353

Australian and New Zealand Childrens Haematology/Oncology Group Annual Scientific Meeting ‘The Challenge of Relapse Disease’

3 -5 October 2012, Optional workshops 2 October conventionhouse.com.au/acmhn2012/

7th World Conference on the Promotion of Mental Health and the Prevention of Mental and Behavioural Disorders Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre 17 - 19 October 2012 www.perth2012.org/index.html

RCNA Community and Primary Health Care Nursing Conference 2012 The Vines Resort, Swan Valley Perth 17 - 19 October 2012 www.rcna.org.au

Outrigger Surfers Paradise, Queensland 24 - 26 August 2012 www.anzchog2012.org

37th Annual ANZICS/ACCCN Intensive Care Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) Convention and Exhibition Centre, Adelaide 25 - 27th October 2012 www.intensivecareasm.com.au 25

ACMHN’s 38th International Mental Health Nursing Conference

The Fabric of Life REGISTER NOW Registrations are now open for the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses International conference - to be held in Darwin, from 3-5 October 2012.

Confirmed Keynotes include: Mary O’Hagen

mental health activist, peer support consultant and international mental health human rights advocate.

Alan Simpson

world leading mental health nursing researcher, focusing on service user and carer involvement

Edward White

internationally renowned research and biostatistical consultant specialising in clinical supervision

Nicholas Proctor

internationally recognised nursing leader and researcher in refugee and asylum seeker mental health See website for full bios and speaker updates.

The Northern Territory is Australia’s portal to Asia and we welcome delegates from across the region and around the world to share in the ACMHN’s premier conference event of 2012.

We look forward to meeting and yarning with you in Darwin.

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REGISTRATION Complete your registration online before Monday 27th August 2012 to ensure your place at the conference at the special early bird rate.

• Early Bird Member ......................................................$780 • Early Bird Non-Member ............................................$1030 • Standard Member .......................................................$880 • Standard Non-Member .............................................$1130 • Concession Registration .............................................$580 • Day Member Registration Early Bird ............................ $275 • Day Non-Member Registration Early Bird..................... $325 • Day Member Registration Standard ............................. $325 • Day Non-Member Registration Standard ..................... $375 Full Registration Includes: • All Conference Sessions • Welcome Reception and Oration • Morning, Afternoon Tea and Lunch • Satchel • Program book Register now at: http://conventionhouse.com.au/acmhn2012/registration

shaping & influencing Primary HealtH Care

17–19 OctOber 2012 | the Vines, swan Valley, perth

registratiOns Open For more information and registration please visit www.acn.edu.au AustrAliAn College oF nursing Community and Primary 17–19 October Health Care Nursing Conference Perth

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Lee Mingwei, The Mending Project, 2009, (installation view), mixed media, dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist and Lombard-Freid Projects, New York.

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Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney Levels 1 and 3, 27 June - 16 September As one of the four major venues hosting the 18th Biennale of Sydney: all our relations, the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia is exhibiting 26 international artists and 48 works in a show subtitled Possible Composition.

The title, Possible Composition, stems from and echoes the composite nature of the artworks on display at the MCA in the Level 1 and 3 Galleries. Many of the artists bring together disparate elements, or reassemble disjointed parts to create something new from something broken or unexpected. New Yorkbased Taiwanese artist Lee Mingwei presents The Mending Project (2009), an interactive work that invites visitors to bring their old clothes in to be repaired by the artist in a space equipped with a long table, two chairs and a wall of colourful cone-shaped spools of thread. The clothes are sewn into the installation and remain until the end of the exhibition, when visitors can retrieve their items.

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Occupying the entire ceiling of the MCA’s monumental Level 1 North Gallery is Thai artist Pinaree Sanpitak’s Anything Can Break (2011). Origami cubes and clouds shaped like breasts hang expectantly from the ceiling. Some of the clouds are lit with fibre-optics and lined with motion sensors that generate sound in response to the audience’s movement. The sheer mass of suspended elements infuses a lifegiving force into the space.

Pinaree Sanpitak, Anything Can Break, 2011-ongoing (installation), handmade glass, paper, specially composed music, motion. Courtesy the artist. Photograph: Aroon Permpoonsopol

The Biennale’s main title, all our relations, reflects the curatorial premise for Artistic Directors Catherine de Zegher and Gerald McMaster: relations. Their curatorial association led to the idea of relations and interconnections. The 18th Biennale of Sydney presents works by more than 100 artists hailing from Australia, New Zealand, Asia Pacific, the Americas, Europe, South Africa and the Middle East. Nearly half the artists in the 18th Biennale of Sydney present works created specifically for this exhibition, including many substantial collaborative installations. Alongside the Venice and São Paolo biennales and documenta in Kassel, the Biennale of Sydney is one of the longest running exhibitions of its kind and was the first biennale to be established in the Asia-Pacific region.

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