JSTA December 2010 - Australian Association of Stomal Therapy ...

State reports
Australian capital Territory
Hi everyone
I hope you all enjoy the upcoming festive season. We have
been unable to hold an AGM this year in Canberra due to other
commitments from the members. Hopefully in the first meeting
next year we will have an AGM and a new committee.
Congratulation to Kirsti, our Education Subcommittee
representative, on the birth of her baby daughter in September.
All reports are that mum and bub are doing very well.
Regards
Kellie
New South Wales
Our second monthly meetings continue with a good attendance,
with teleconference a very good option for members who are
unable to physically attend the meetings. Our last meeting for
the year is on Friday 3 December, followed by our Christmas
dinner at the nearby Newtown Vegetarian Restaurant. If you
would like to attend the dinner, please call Jenny.
The October meeting was our AGM. The elected office bearers
are: Chairperson/State Rep Jenny Rex; Secretary – Trish Morgan;
Treasurer – Susan Dunne; Committee members – Mark Murtagh,
Jackie Johnson, Anne Marie Lyons, Sally Auld and Lee Gavegan;
Education and Professional Development Subcommittee Reps
– Susan Dunne and Lesley Everingham; Education Session
Organiser – Heather Hill.
Our educational speaker at the August meeting was Lachlan
Davis from Medtronic talking about Sacral Nerve Stimulation
(Interstim Therapy). Our speaker for the October meeting was
Carol Stott presenting her Stomal therapy education in Indonesia.
The Newcastle study day on 28 August was very successful,
with 83 registrants. The plans for the South Coast study day
are going will, with a very good programme offered. For more
information,please contact Julia Kittscha on 0414 421021 or email
Julia.Kittscha@sesiahs.health.nsw.gov.au
We welcome new members to the AASTN NSW branch: Lisa
Clare, Kerry Terry and Samantha Butcher. Meetings for 2011
are held on Tuesdays: 1 February, 5 April, 7 June, 2 August, 4
October and Friday 2 December.
If you are an AASTN member and do not get our branch
minutes, please contact me on 9515 8990.
Merry Christmas and cheers,
Jenny rex
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Northern Territory
The NT has been busy of late, with lots of changes at the wound
and stomal therapy front. We would like to welcome a new
stomal therapist to the role at Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH),
Donna Fisher who previously worked at Alice Springs. Donna
is now working part-time at RDH and brings our numbers to
four stomal therapists employed in the NT. I will be taking a step
back from stomal therapy as Donna takes charge of the stoma
management in RDH, whilst I take on a more extensive wound
care focus as I expand the role of wound management nurse
practitioner at RDH.
Gail McBean and Chris Clarke continue to work in their
respective roles in the Darwin community setting as stomal
therapists and continence and wound advisors. It looks like 2010
will be an exciting year and more changes are afoot.
It was great to see so many STNs at the WCET/WOCN
conference in Phoenix, and exciting to see the interested raised
for the next WCET conference in Adelaide.
Looking forward to seeing everyone in Cairns in July next year.
That’s all from the NT for now.
Cheers,
Jenni
Queensland
This year has certainly flown and we are organising our
Christmas lunch breakup. Brenda, Colleen, Jan D and myself
have all just returned recently from trips on the Rhine and
Danube rivers in Europe. We all had an amazing time and would
recommend this area/trip to anyone. Petra is in the Netherlands
for a family reunion, so we are waiting to hear all about her
adventures at the November meeting.
Panel of STN’s.