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FREE TO ATTEND NURSING & CLINICIANS EVENT 27 - 28 November  |  Hilton Brisbane 2 Days | 20 Thought Leading Speakers | 12 Hours of Networking 10 FREE CPD POINTS Are you a Nurse or Clinician looking to enhance your professional development and network with industry peers? Well you're in luck! Nurses Professional Association of Queensland (NPAQ) in partnership with Queensland Healthcare Week is proud to launch the FREE TO ATTEND Nursing and Clinicians Two Day Event, held 27 - 28 November 2019 at Hilton Brisbane.  Register For Your Free To Attend Pass View Nursing & Clinicians Program Held over 2 days from 10AM to 4PM, the Nursing and Clinicians Event is accredited by the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) and offers attendees 10 FREE CPD points as well as the chance to hear from 20 industry leaders who will explore how to: Empower nurses, clinicians and midwives to shape health policy and demonstrate leadership Build a future-ready workforce to face the challenges posed by an increasingly aging population in a digital world Leverage nursing informatics and metrics to enable personalisation of services and achieve higher quality safer care Improve staff wellbeing to thereby improve quality of care for patients Register your free event pass now to gain access to the free Nursing & Clinicians event Connect, network and learn from inspirational industry leaders Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward FACN, Chief Executive Officer, Australian College of Nursing Kerri Holzhauser, Nursing Director eHealth Mentor, Metro South Health Darren Clark, Nursing Director - Medical Services, Logan Hospital, Metro South Health Lita Olsson, Clinical Lead, Queensland Occupational Violence Strategy Unit Doug Kynaston, Nurse Navigator - Clinical Support and Informatics, Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service Tracey Doherty, Nursing Director - Centre for Health Innovation (CHI) and Operations, Gold Coast Health Maree Ruge, Clinical Informatics Director, Metro North Hospital & Health Service April Gregory, Nurse Educator, Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service Amanda Garner, Director - Nursing, Surgical, Queensland Elizabeth II Jubliee Hospital, Metro South Health Susan Nguyen MACN, Endorsed Enrolled Nurse, Gold Coast Private Hospital Marli Millas MACN, Nursing Director, Caboolture Hospital and many more! VIEW EVENT PROGRAM REGISTER FREE PASS If you want to attend a FREE event that's focused on empowering nurses to utilise informatics for decision support and be leaders of change and improved staff wellbeing, this is a must attend for you! We hope you can join us in 3 weeks!   Australian College of Nursing & Queensland Healthcare Week Nursing & Clinicians at Queensland Healthcare Week 27 - 28 November  |  Hilton Brisbane

You may recall news about the Queensland Health memorandum distributed to every nurse in Q Health incorrectly stating that NPAQ didn't have the right to represent its members.

We do!! And it was very silly of the Queensland Labor Government, to put in writing something that is not only wrong, but requires them to have to make a public retraction. Watch this space! 

We had a significant win in the Fair Work Commission recently when we won the right to represent members in the health sector despite the best efforts of the QNMU to block us.  We triumphed in the Bolton Clark decision

Appointing NPAQ for Enterprise Agreement negotiations

Have you been advised that the Enterprise Agreement negotiations are underway at your workplace?

Then what happens...

Margaret Gilbert is a Duty Nurse Manager at The Prince Charles Hospital and has been in this position since 2007. She works within a cohesive team of five providing operational management as well as coordinating patient flow at TPCH over the 24hour continuum.

Are your friends and colleagues part of the NPAQ Community? 

Ask them today, refer them to join and you both receive a referral gift as a Thank You!

Why Refer a Colleague?

Let your friends and colleagues know they too have a choice … and many great reasons to join!

They can save up to $268 on fees and you both receive a referral gift.

How?

Via our new 'Refer a Friend' widget.

Your Dashboard Referrals Display

Keep up-to-date with the status of your referrals. When you invite one of your friends/colleagues to join their name will appear on your Dashboard under the Referrals button.

If you believe you have a referral gift outstanding please contact 1300@npaq.com.au  

Insurance Myth Buster

A letter from the NPAQ President

An NPAQ member recently sent through a notification regarding NMBA looking into dis-endorsing RIPEN (Remote and Isolated Practice Endorsed Registered Nurse). The Registered Nurse was concerned that their current scope of practice will be weakened and devalued.

There are approximately 900 RIPEN endorsed nurses practicing in many places that have limited access to healthcare. These are Nurses who are devoted to these communities and want to improve the health outcomes of the people they serve.