Seminars and Conferences

Details of seminars and conferences at a local, state, national and international level are available on this page

Education Packages

There are now a limited number of education packages which have been supplied by NSW ICUs.

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Transition to Intensive Care

Work on the first stage of the Transition to ICU (Specialty Nursing) Project is now complete. The Chair of the Working Party, Martin Boyle (POW), Tina Kendrick (CHW / ACCCN), Linda Williams (SSWAHS / Co-chair of the ICU Taskforce) met with the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer (CNMO) Adjunct Professor Debra Thoms and Susie Lang (NaMO) on 19 February 2008.

At this meeting the Final Report and Recommendations were formally presented and the ensuing discussion was very positive and productive. More information about how the recommendations will be addressed will be provided once the CNMO has met with representatives from the Transition to ED Working Party. This group has been traveling a similar path and the degree of overlap between ICU and ED and the core elements that exist in curricula for both Critical Care areas is acknowledged. There may be opportunities for sharing expertise and experience and both programs could benefit from utilising experts from both areas.

On behalf of Debra Thoms, the members of the Steering Group and the Working Party, I thank everyone who gave so generously of their time and expertise and critical review during this process.

Martin Boyle RN (POWH)
Working Party Chair
Transition to ICU Nursing Project
2006-2008

 

Prince of Wales ICU

• Acid Base Guide
• All Staff Competencies
• Haemodynamic Monitoring
• Introductory Package
• Neuro Learning Package
• New Graduate Competencies
• Orientation
• Professional Certificate in Clinical Practice - Intensive Care Nursing, Curriculum
• Ventilation

Western Sydney

• First year graduate orientation Nepean
• Haemofiltration - Nepean Hospital
• The A-Z - Nepean Hospital
• Intra Aortic Balloon Pump - Nepean

Hunter-New England

• UWSD, self directed learning package - John Hunter Hospital

Critical Care Graduate Certificates

• University of New England - Graduate Certificate in Acute Care Nursing

Area Health Service Education Programs for Intensive Care

• South East Sydney Illawarra Health Service

ICCMU Workshops

'Research in the Clinical Setting' February 2005

• Clinical Research: Context and importance - Professor Doug Elliott
• The Final Step: Publication and Presentation - Professor Doug Elliott
• Ethics and Privacy in Intensive Care Research - Dr Ian Seppelt

'Getting Evidence into Practice' June 2005

• The Systematic Review (Professor Doug Elliott)
• What is Evidence Based Practice (Kaye Rolls CNC)
• What Guidelines to develop? (Kaye Rolls CNC)

'Getting Evidence into Practice Mark II' Tamworth August 2005

• 'Getting Evidence into Practice' (Presented by Roz Elliott CNC RNSH ICU in absence of Kaye Rolls CNC)

If there are any resources that you would like to see added to this page please feel free to email ICCMU and make a suggestion.