Joint Nurses Session - Expanding Nursing Scope of Practice: Meeting the Changing Needs of Communities
Tracks
| Wednesday, August 31, 2022 |
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Minyama 4 |
Speaker
Q&A Discussion
Ms Shannon Woodward
Nurse Practitioner
Canberra Sexual Health Centre
How has S100 Prescribing Changed NP Practice and how has it Addressed the Changing Needs of PLWHIV?
2:00 PM - 2:15 PMBiography
Shannon has been nursing for 30 years working as a nurse and midwife in both acute and community-based settings in metropolitan and rural areas. Shannon has worked in sexual and reproductive health and HIV for 20 years and currently works as a Nurse Practitioner at Canberra Sexual Health Centre.
Ms Lydia Mainey
Academic
CQ University
Role of Nurses and Midwives in Abortion Care, Inclusive of Gender Violence
2:15 PM - 2:35 PMBiography
Lydia Mainey is a lecturer at CQUniversity in Cairns, Australia. She is a Registered Nurse and has specialised in abortion care. Lydia’s research area focuses on improving pregnant people's access to comprehensive, trauma-informed abortion care. She positions herself as an intersectional feminist who views research as advocacy work.
Miss Kim Grant
Sexual Health & Hiv Cnc
Western Nsw Lhd
Nurse led transgender health in regional and remote settings.
2:35 PM - 2:55 PMBiography
I am the WNSW LHD SH & HIV CNC and a proud Wiradjuri woman. Our nurse led clinics have been providing transgender, gender diverse and gender affirming health services since 2014 with increasing numbers accessing the services. In August 2021, dedicated 4 hour bi-monthly telehealth clinics with SSHC Drs commenced to meet the need of local clients.
Suzanne Werder
Nurse Practitioner
New Zealand Sexual Health Society - NZSHS
Chairperson
Emma Knowland
NP
ASHHNA
Frances Turner
Nurse Unit Manager
Sydney Sexual Health Centre
