0730 – 0830

Breakfast Session 1 - Closed System Infusion: safeguarding your long term health
Supported by Hospira

Breakfast Session 2 - Supportalk
Cancer Council NSW Peer Support programs – connecting with others
Supported by Cancer Council NSW

CNSA Research Committee breakfast meeting

0845 – 0900

Welcome to Country Ceremony

Welcome Note by   Sandy McKiernan, CNSA President, and Jane Campbell, LOC Chair

0900 – 0915

Official Opening
Dr Frances Hughes, Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer for Queensland Health

Read More Dr Hughes will officially open the congress and will set the scene for a thought provoking congress. What really is the nursing climate at the moment, what does she foresee in the future for nursing as a whole? What do we need to ensure we have a role and the support required to enhance and advance cancer nursing? What are the threats and opportunities for our role and what should we be doing now to ensure we survive in the way we want to, not in the way that economics and government may want us to.

0915 – 0950

Plenary Session 1 -   Who are we, where are we going and how do we get there?
Professor Brenda Nevidjon -Professor and Faculty Coordinator of the Health Care Systems Instructional Area, Duke University, USA 
"Leadership" 

Read More Brenda will talk about leadership. She will outline ways in which we need to take ownership of ourselves and our profession, how we can influence change, how we are all leaders in our own way, and how we can recognise and take responsibility for our own practices and where we can direct our future in cancer nursing. Our future is in our hands, we need to take it, grab it, and own it.

0950 – 1030

Associate Professor Jane Turner, Psychiatrist, University of Queensland

Read More Jane is a renowned psychiatrist who specialized in the treatment of cancer patients. She is a strong advocate for nursing having completed her PhD studies in nursing and communication. In the ever changing current environment of uncertainty, Jane will speak to us about change fatigue. What is it? How do we recognize it and what strategies can we put in place to deal with it? 

Concurrent Session A - Models of Care 1

Concurrent Session B - Supporting Health Professionals

Concurrent Session C - Quality and Safety 1

Concurrent Session D -  Workshop: Improving cancer pain outcomes

1230 – 1330

CNSA AGM

Concurrent Session E - Education

Concurrent Session F - Practice Improvement 1

Concurrent Session G - Improving the Symptom Experience

Concurrent Session H -  Improving the patient & family experience

1530 – 1700

Plenary Session 2 - DEBATE

Does palliative care have a place in haematology?

Chair: Jane Campbell 

This will be a stimulating debate on a subject that is topical and controversial. The debating panel will include a Palliative Care Physician, an ethicist, a nurse practitioner and a heamatologist.

0730 – 0830

Breakfast Session 3
- The role and management of EGRF TKIs:  The Good, The Bad and the Ugly 

Supported by Boeheringer Ingelheim

Breakfast Session 4
- Optimising   patient outcomes in advanced prostate cancer: a proactive management approach

Supported by Sanofi

CNSA Education Committee breakfast meeting

0845 - 0900

Providing best practice cancer survivorship care - an online Cancer Learning module
Dr Mei Krishnasamy

Read More Here we hear about the development of an online education module for cancer nurses regarding cancer survivorship.  This initiative is funded by the Australian Cancer Survivorship Centre (ACSC, based at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre) and has been developed in collaboration with Cancer Australia, The University of Sydney and Queensland University of Technology.  Associate Professor Mei Krishnasamy, on behalf of ACSC, will provide a brief overview on the modules, resources, tools and cancer learning certificate

0900 - 1030

Plenary 3 – Looking Into the Future

Dr Kim Alexander, Lecturer, QUT
Mr Dan Mellor, Deputy Director of Pharmacy at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Read More Here we delve into the future to look at where our practice is heading and how patient treatments may change in the near future. Individualised therapies, genome and genetic research will all impact on our role. Come and be updated, learn where we are heading and where you may wish to think of your future role in this exciting profession, or where your next research project may sit. The two presenters for this session are Dr Kim Alexander PhD who has worked with renowned nurse researcher Christine Miakowski and Mr Dan Mellor, Deputy Director of Pharmacy, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Come prepared with your questions on the impact of genome and genetics and targeted therapies for our patients and in our practice settings.

Concurrent Session J - Models of Care 2

Concurrent Session K - Practice Improvement 2

Concurrent Session L - Quality and Safety 2

Concurrent Session M - Improving Cancer Services

1230 – 1330

SIG Meetings

Breast SIG 
Radiation Onc SIG

Regional Group Chair Meeting

AJCN Editorial Meeting

1330 - 1400

Awards Presentations (Best Paper, First time presenter award and Best Poster)

1400 - 1530

Plenary Session 4 - Sex in the afternoon - Afternoon Delight

A panel style discussion session on the topic of sexuality.

Panel Members;
Dr Margaret Redelman - Medical Sex and Relationship Therapist in Private Practice, Sydney
Ms Kim Hobbs - Social Worker, Westmead Hospital
Ms Janine Porter-Steele, Manager of the Wesley Hospital Kim Walters Choices Program in Brisbane.

Read More This session will feature experts in the area of cancer and sexual functioning, a subject that is often not adequately addressed with our patients. Three eminent speakers will present on this topic. We have then left time for open discussion. This is where we would love you input. We would like you to think about any difficult situations, issues or questions you would like addressed at this session. Please bring these with you. There will be a box available in the exhibit area where you can post your questions. These will be given to the presenters. We can’t guarantee that all questions will be answered due to time restrictions, however as many as possible will be addressed.

Welcome to Winter Congress 2014