NEWS & EVENTS
International Collaboration of Orthopaedic Nurses: ICON Conference
Date: 16 September 2010
Location: Dublin, Ireland
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8th Annual Queensland Orthopaedic Nurses Conference 2010
Date: 5 - 6 November 2010
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland
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6th Orthopaedic Nurses State Conference
Date: 11 - 12 November 2010
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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5th International Congress of Chinese Orthopaedic Association
Date: 11-14 November 2010
Location: Chengdu, China
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31st Annual NAON Congress
Date: May 14 - 18, 2011
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
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5th ANZONA Conference
Date: 28-29 October 2011
Location: Brisbane, QLD
South Australian Orthopaedic Nurses Association (SAON) - News
The SAON committee is in full swing conference planning. However in our spare time (!) there has been the February AGM 2009 with some most welcome inclusions to the committee. Orthopaedic Consultant Graham Mercer spoke about the ADAM initiative in SA and his personal experience of service redesign for joint arthroplasty patients in his health unit. He also provided information on the National Joint Registry.
The last SAON Education Meeting on Tuesday May 12 saw us combining with The Orthopaedic Special Interest Group to hear Orthopaedic Surgeon Pete Stavrou speak on Ankle Conditions. Thanks go to Advanced Surgical for sponsoring the evening and providing refreshments.
Pete covered a number of ankle conditions including: hallux valgus, hallux rigidus, peroneal tendonitis, tibialis posterior deficiency, ankle instability, ankle arthritis and ankle fusion. Common to most conditions is a lengthy post-operative period. Most conditions required a period in a post-operative shoe/plaster/boot accompanied by a period of modified weight bearing. A full recovery can be expected anywhere between 6 to 12 months!
A company representative also spoke on the technique of Lars Ligament Reconstruction.
Anita Taylor
SAON President
SAON Web page : www.saon.org
Updated: 9th Aug 2009
Orthopaedic Nurses Association of Victoria
Dates: All meetings held the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 6.30pm.
Location: 1st floor, ANF House, 540 Elizabeth St, Melbourne.
Orthopaedic Nurses Association of Western Australia (ONA/WA)
Dates: All meetings held on the second Tuesday of the month at 5pm.
Venue:
The Boardroom (Level 1)
Clinical Training Education Centre
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Carpark entrance No 2, University of WA
Hackett Drive, Crawley
The ONA WA’s AGM was held in March and we are pleased to welcome Svetlana Spasojevic as our new president of the incoming committee. The committee has good representation of nurses from a range of hospitals (from both the public and private sector). Membership numbers are also positive and we have over 80 members already for 2010.
In May we ran a “Lower Limb” Study Day. 65 nurses were in attendance (including several nurses who had travelled from Bunbury for the day). The study day was a combination of trauma and elective surgery topics, and evaluations have indicated that the presentations were well received by the participants.
Articulate, Align, Unite – Challenges and Changes is the theme for this year’s WA state conference and it will be held on the 11 and 12 November at the Royal Perth Yacht Club in Crawley. Call for Papers will be sent out soon. Key Note Speakers already confirmed include orthopaedic surgeons Mr Michael Wren and Mr Colin Whitewood, and anaesthetist Dr Rob Storer.
We have been promoting the ICON 2010 conference to our members and have several that are keen to attend, plus at least one member who has submitted a paper. Our involvement with Post Graduate Orthopaedic courses at the Perth universities is also ongoing with members of the ONA WA involved in the teaching and supervision of the students.
ONA WA had quite a few members at the 2009 ANZONA conference in Adelaide and wish to congratulate SAON on the success. The WA delegates really enjoyed themselves and got a lot out of many of the presentations. An overview of the conference was presented to WA members at our AGM, and we are already encouraging our members to go to Brisbane in 2011. We are looking forward to the opportunity to catch up with our interstate colleagues again.
Wendy Duperouzel
President
Orthopaedic Nurses Association/WA
25 May 2010
ONA/WA Web page: http://www.ona.asn.au
Queensland Orthopaedic Nurses
Queensland Orthopaedic Nurses Interest Group News
We are in the process of organizing the next QONSIG conference in November, the title is “ Back to the Future”. We have decided to hold the conference on the Gold Coast more details to follow so keep this free.
The committee will be doing a big recruitment drive by doing road trips to visit as many orthopaedic units as possible. We will be handing out a poster to each unit to place on the wall or notice board in the staff room so a contact is visible for all staff. This allows the staff to have contact with the committee and to see what they would like us to do for them.
We continue to provide education evenings for the members and any interested staff to attend. We are kicking off for the year with paedeatric spinal conditions.
We are underway with the next ANZONA conference to be held in Brisbane 2011. An event organizer is in the process of finding a suitable venue, we are hoping the venue will be on the Brisbane River.
Sharan Ford
Secretary/Treasurer
Q.O.N.S.I.G
Queensland Website: http://www.qonsig.org
Updated 23 March 2010
New South Wales Orthopaedic Nurses
NSW Website: http://www.aona.com.au
New Zealand Orthopaedic Nurses
Summary from New Zealand Orthopaedic Nurses Association (NZONA)
July 17th saw Grace Hospital on Tauranga (Bay of Plenty) host an education session and the AGM.
The resignations of Teena Robinson as President and Sheree Gare as Treasurer were both accepted at the meeting. The President's role is currently vacant, the responsibilities falling to Kim Brooks Past president, until the position is filled.
Preparations for International Orthopaedic Nurses Day are underway, with several projects underway.
The Northern and Southern regions of NZONA have run successful eduacation sessions, all well atended. This confirms the need for these sessions.
Bev Hopper, Nurse Educator at Waitemata DIstrict Health Board on Auckland's North Shore, was the successful applicant for the outreach to Cambodia. This is planned for October this year. We look forward to Bev sharing her experiences.
Lynley Papadopoulos
Promotions Officer NZONA
papafam@ihug.co.nz
2 August 2010
Event Archive
Event: EFORT Meeting
Date: 3 June 2010
Location: Madrid Spain
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Event: 33rd Canadian Conference
Date:16-19 May 2010
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Event: NAON 30th Annual Congress:
NAON at 30 -Memories and Momentum
Date: 15 -19 May 2010
Location: Seattle, Washington
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Event: Paediatric Orthopaedic Workshop
Date: 13 Feb 2010
Location: Monash, Victoria
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