June 2005 (PDF version 18kb)

Hello everyone, and welcome to another update newsletter.

The website. www.adsna.info has been updated with a report from the conference in Spain. (Click here to view it.) Many of our committee and members attended and presented at the conference. There will be a more comprehensive report with more photos in the journal which is due in July.

Wendy Adams (with her ADSNA President hat on) has just returned from Brisbane where she was involved in the selection panel for the conference organiser for the International conference that will be hosted by Australia in 2009. She is very excited about what Australia will be able to offer the rest of the world and encourages us all to hang in there as day surgery nurses & be part of an amazing event!!

Our conference is almost here and so is the end of the financial year. We would like to remind you that if you send your registration and membership form in before June 30th, you will be able to claim it on this year’s tax!!

For your convenience, we have included another registration form for you or your colleagues at work.

Once again, we are overwhelmed with the number of trade who are willing to support us. This is certainly an indication of how highly we, as day surgery nurses are regarded.

As the shortest day of the year passes, we hope this finds you all well and looking forward to seeing you at the Conference.

Priscilla Guy
President, DSSIG Victoria.

May 2005 (PDF version 54kb)

Hello everyone, and welcome to another update newsletter.

As you will have already seen, there is a brochure for our 8th Annual DSSIG Conference on July 23rd available to you with this newsletter. Once again we will be meeting at Moonee Valley Racecourse and it will be an all day event. The committee has been working hard to ensure an informative and enjoyable day will be available. We have utilised feedback from last year’s conference to ensure that speakers and topics are reflective of our member needs.

The updated Best Practice Guidelines are now finalised and ready for purchase. Updated order forms will be available on the website (www.adsna.info & follow the Guidelines link). The Patient Education guidelines are new and the Patient Discharge has been revised with no changes being necessary. Once again well done to the ADSNA committee who have been working very hard to enable these to be up-to-date and relevant to our centers, and of course our patients.

We were treated to an entertaining and informative twilight session at Bellbird Private Hospital on Tuesday, 10th May. We had nearly 60 members present on the night and Miss Jai Kesari (Plastic and Reconstructive Cosmetic and Hand Surgery) gave a presentation with some fabulous slides displaying before and after pictures of her work. She emphasized the importance of teamwork in the successful outcome of plastic surgery. Many of us who attended on the night were able to take back to our units many suggestions for better patient care of our plastics patients. A big thank-you, to Debbie Graetz and staff from Bellbird Private Hospital, for organizing a very successful evening.

I hope to see many of you at the Conference.

Priscilla Guy
President, DSSIG Victoria

February 2005 (PDF version 39kb)

Welcome Back to the New Year of Day Surgery Special Interest Group.

Priscilla Guy
President (DSSIG)

April 2004 (PDF version 105kb)

Hello and welcome to A BUMPER MAIL OUT! Please find enclosed your copy of the: Best Practice Supplement: Management of the Day Surgery Patient. There is an accompanying letter explaining the supplement however we are very excited to have it in print and Victoria has funded this project and are now sharing the information with all ADSNA members throughout Australia. This supplement is also available to all Joanna Briggs Institute members through out the world! It will also be available on our website shortly!

Our first combined group's seminar for 2004 was held at the Royal Children's Hospital on Saturday March the 27th. It was very well attended and there was a fantastic turnout from members of the DSSIG, we are so glad you are enjoying the benefits of membership! The staff of the Day Surgery Unit at the RCH organised a large number of the speakers and it was a very informative morning….did you know that 30% of your paediatric patients will definitely be totally unfasted!! We would like to thank Paula and her team at the RCH for a great morning!

Don't forget to put Tuesday May 4th in your diary for the Twilight meeting at Cranbourne Day Surgery. The flyer is included in this mail out.

Our 7th Annual State Conference will be held on the 10th of July at Moonee Valley Racecourse. "This years run is a shorter one" is our theme and we have decided to have a ½ day conference at ½ the price (with the opportunity to renew your membership at a discount rate too!). This decision was made to ensure as many members as possible can afford to get to the Sydney conference in September, we appreciate the cost of 2 full conferences in one year is restrictive for many members and we would like as many people as possible to be able to go to both as they will be great meetings.

Don't forget to enter the competition to win $500 to attend the Sydney conference, all prizes will be drawn at the Cranbourne Twilight meeting (you do not have to be there to win, you will be notified by mail if you are not present on the night), with the number of applications we have had so far….the odds are very good….so put pen to paper today!!

WE ARE OFFERING TEN $500 PRIZES TO ASSIST MEMBERS TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!
JUST FILL IN YOUR DETAILS BELOW AND SEND TO:

DSSIG
PO BOX 7582
ST KILDA RD, MELBOURNE
VIC 3004

PRIZE WINNERS WILL BE ASKED TO WRITE A SHORT ARTICLE ABOUT
THE CONFERENCE FOR THE JOURNAL
ENTRIES CLOSE ON WEDNESDAY APRIL 28TH,
ALL PRIZES WILL BE DRAWN ON MAY 4TH AT THE TWILIGHT SEMINAR
TO ENTER, YOU NEED TO HAVE BEEN A FINANCIAL MEMBER FOR 12 MONTHS
ANY QUERIES PLEASE CONTACT MICHELLE BIRKS 0414 440 422 OR EMAIL (AS BELOW)

I look forward to seeing you all at our various meetings and please do not hesitate to contact me for anything at all! (birksm@bigpond.net.au ).

Name: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Address: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………

Phone Number: …………………………………… Mobile : …………………………………………..

I have been a DSSIG member since: ……………………………………………………………………..

January 2004 (PDF version 82kb)

Hello and welcome to 2004! I hope every one had a happy, safe and relaxing summer break & on behalf of the committee I would like to wish you all a happy and safe new year.

Click here for your calendar for 2004. Keep it in a prominent place so you can join us for all the fun and education that the year has to offer! We will be posting the calendar on the website too!

Our first combined group’s seminar for 2004 is at the Royal Children’s Hospital on Saturday March the 27th. As always our metropolitan meetings are well attended so please register early and we really look forward to seeing you all there…….no prizes for guessing that the morning will have a paediatric theme!

Tuesday May 4th will see us heading to Cranbourne Day Surgery for another twilight education evening. Flyers will be out prior to the evening so keep the date free and come along for a great night’s education and a look around the public integrated unit at Cranbourne.

Our 7th Annual State Conference will be held on the 10th of July at Moonee Valley Racecourse. Stay tuned for details!

The Preliminary Flyer for the 2004 National Conference can be downloaded as a PDF - click here. The conference is a combined meeting of the Australian Day Surgery Council and the ANZCA Day Care Special Interest Group. It will be in Sydney on Friday 17th & Saturday 18th of September 2004 and promises to be Fantastic!!!!!

WE ARE OFFERING TEN $500 PRIZES TO ASSIST MEMBERS TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!
JUST FILL IN YOUR DETAILS BELOW AND SEND TO:

DSSIG
PO BOX 7582
ST KILDA RD, MELBOURNE
VIC 3004

PRIZE WINNERS WILL BE ASKED TO WRITE A SHORT ARTICLE ABOUT
THE CONFERENCE FOR THE JOURNAL
ENTRIES CLOSE ON WEDNESDAY APRIL 28TH,
ALL PRIZES WILL BE DRAWN ON MAY 4TH AT THE TWILIGHT SEMINAR
TO ENTER, YOU NEED TO HAVE BEEN A FINANCIAL MEMBER FOR 12 MONTHS
ANY QUERIES PLEASE CONTACT MICHELLE BIRKS 0414 440 422 OR EMAIL (AS BELOW)

I look forward to seeing you all at our various meetings and please do not hesitate to contact me for anything at all! (birksm@bigpond.net.au ).

Name: ………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Address: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………

Phone Number: …………………………………… Mobile : …………………………………………..

I have been a DSSIG member since: ……………………………………………………………………..

August 2003

Hello and welcome to another update newsletter! Although you have only just received your journal there are things we need to let you know about!

The Annual General Meeting was held on Monday 11th August at the Epworth Day Surgery Unit. Natalie Anderson, a CNS from Epworth, gave us a fantastic presentation on the Endometriosis research that the staff at Epworth’s DSU have been involved with and we thank Natalie for the time and effort she put into her presentation. We also elected the new committee for the next 12 months. Neridah Creedon and Robyn Kennedy both “retired” from the committee at this AGM. They have been involved with the committee in various roles since 1997.They have both worked tirelessly and have contributed more than can be put in words here! We will all miss them and they have left big shoes to fill. We will be making a presentation to both Neridah and Robyn at the Twilight meeting in November, we hope you can join us to thank them! We also welcome the new committee members, Gill Brown, Glenda Langford and Priscilla Guy! My President’s report is on our member page on the web site www.adsna.info

The ANF have forwarded us information on a new SIG Grant that has become available. The SGE Credit Union is offering the opportunity for 4 ANF SIG members to secure a $1,250 Post Graduate scholarship. To apply for this grant you must meet the following criteria, which include:

· Current member of a Special Interest Group (SIG) eg.DSSIG
· ANF Financial member for a minimum of 12 months prior to applying for the scholarship
· Confirmation of enrolment in the relevant university course

Applications are via Michelle Cairns and the closing date for the ANF is September 27th. Therefore any member who is interested in this very generous opportunity, please contact Michelle on 0414 440 422 or michellecairns4@bigpond.com BY WED, SEPTEMBER 24TH.

Don’t forget to make sure your unit has a copy of the new GUIDELINES! Order forms can be downloaded from the website www.adsna.info

A FRIENDLY REMINDER that renewals are due by the end of AUGUST, if you haven’t renewed yet, fill in a renewal form (copy in the last mailout and also on the website) and post it back asap, we love having you as a member and want to keep it that way!

Michelle Cairns
President, DSSIG Victoria.

January 2003

Hello and welcome to 2003! On behalf of the committee I would like to wish you all a happy and safe new year.

Our first seminar for the year is on Saturday March 15th at the Alfred hospital. This is a combined group's seminar with VPNG & VSPAAN. Please register early when you receive your flyers as we can only take 200 registrants. That may sound a lot but almost 50 people were turned away last time! The topics will be comprehensive and their will be a focus on Burns and Trauma management in the OR, these presentations will be given by Alfred staff who managed many of the Bali Victims and will give us a great insight into their roles late last year. I look forward to seeing you there!

The article explaining the research results will be in the next journal as we are still working on the staffing results - you will not be surprised to know that it has proven to be a very political and tricky issue to tackle - the guidelines will be available soon. Stay tunned to the website to keep up to date with what's happening with both the research and guidelines and Day Surgery in Australia……..www.adsna.info

The committee will be starting off the year working on trying to secure funding for further research. If anyone has any contacts or a money tree please do not hesitate in contacting us!!

The 2003 Annual State Conference will be held on Saturday July 19th - put the date in your diary as it is shaping up to be the best yet. It will be at Moonee Valley again and we are looking forward to seeing you all there Please be reminded that the Annual Membership fee is $55 - we have recently received membership applications on forms that are over 3 years old.

Please throw out any old forms that may be lying around the tearooms and email me (michellecairns4@bigpond.com) or visit the website to get copies of the new membership application form .

We have received a "call for abstracts" for the International Ambulatory Surgery Conference in Boston in May. Abstracts and information can be found at www.iaascongress.org. Please be quick if you are wishing to present as we only received this over the Christmas break and abstract submissions close on Feb 7th. We apologise for the limited information that has been available, however, little has been supplied from the American organisers and the Australian Day Surgery Council has put in an official complaint in regard to the advertising and information surrounding this conference.

September 2002

5TH Annual Conference - "Moving down the track…….keeping ahead of the field"

August 24th saw over 200 delegates attend the annual conference. The day was a resounding success. The quality of speakers and fantastic trade display was commented on by many of the delegates. We are pleased to report that over 80 new members joined the group at the onference, we would like to welcome each and every one of them! Many delegates have asked about copies of the presentations given - please visit the website www.adsna.info where we have posted many of them or email me on michellecairns4@bigpond.com as most speakers are happy for us to send you their presentations from the day.

I would like to thank all the delegates who made the effort to attend - I'm sure you'll agree - It was well worth it!

I would also like to thank the committee, especially Trish Cashman, for the amazing effort that went into organising such a day!

Annual Subscriptions
Thank you to all the members who have paid their annual subscriptions! There are still some members who have not renewed yet.

If you have a pink renewal notice included with this newsletter you have not renewed
and your name will have to be removed from the membership list at the end of September! With so much happening in Day Surgery and the new look journal can you afford not to be a member?? - no!!

So please fill in the form and send your renewal remittance to

Trish Cashman
DSSIG Treasurer
PO BOX 7582
St Kilda Rd
Melbourne 3004

If you have any enquiries regarding your membership status - please call Trish on 9791 2299

Combined Groups Seminar
Don't forget to register for the Combined Groups Seminar on October 12th in Castlemaine. It is shaping up to be a great day and the staff at Castlemaine have put a lot of effort into organising the day - we'd love to see you there!

For more information about this seminar or to register- contact Judy Golomb on 98954648

Twilight Seminar and Christmas Party
Don't forget to mark Tuesday November 19TH in your diaries! We are currently finalising the venue and it will be a great night. It will be between 7-9pm and as well as a speaker and a tour of the unit we will be adding some Christmas Cheer!

So get ready to come along with a twist of tinsel and catch up with your Day Surgery Colleagues before the silly season really gets underway! A flyer will be out to you shortly!

Credit Card Facilities
Well our decision to go ahead with Credit Card facilities has been a hit! We have had an overwhelming response using this method of payment for both the renewal of memberships and the conference. Some members had queried their credit card statements as they read "Wantirna day surgery" - this was due to the way the bank had set up the details.
We have changed the details as best we can and "DSSIG" will appear on your statements as part of the description from now on. We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused and hope the new title will make things a bit clearer. I think we are now off our credit card L plates!

Boston 2003
Have you started planning for the 5th International Congress on Ambulatory Surgery?? It's in Boston, Massachusetts, USA from May 8 - 11, 2003. For more details visit www.fasa.org or www.sambahq.org It would be great to see as many Australians there as there were in Geneva in 2001

July 2002

Welcome to the winter update! There has been a lot happening since the last newsletter and there is a lot more about to happen - so read on!

5th Australasian Day Surgery Conference - "Expanding the scope of Day Surgery" - July 5th-7th, Gold Coast, QLD.
As you read this newsletter, many Victorians will be heading north for the Australasian Conference. Victoria is well represented with members speaking, chairing sessions, Show casing their units and of course, the committee will be at the ADSNA stand with the other state member bodies - so please come up and say hello! There will be comprehensive reports in the next journal for those who have not been able to attend this time.

WEBPAGE
The National ADSNA web site will be officially launched at the Australasian Conference, the web site address is www.adsna.info You will be able to access information on all the latest ADSNA information and also Victorian specific information and forms. Click on and see for yourself!

MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS
It's that time of year again - all membership renewals are due in August. Your membership renewal form is included in this mailout. WE NOW HAVE CREDIT CARD FACILITIES FOR ALL DSSIG PAYMENTS!!! The committee has put a lot of time and effort into researching and establishing credit card facilities for our members and we have been able to keep the establishment and ongoing costs of these facilities as low as possible. However to cover the ongoing costs we are increasing the annual fees by $5. This will ensure members can use their credit cards for any DSSIG payment and we will be able to continue offering free education sessions 4 times per year as well as the conferences. Please read about the conference costs as we are offering a big discount if you pay for the conference and renew your membership at the same time - this will save you $15! (ie. in effect you won't ever have to pay this if you come to the conference!)

This year you will also be receiving a membership card with your membership receipt. This will enable you to easily identify yourself as a current financial member. The membership form has also been updated so please remind any friends or colleagues who have let their membership lapse to grab a membership form and rejoin!

TWILIGHT SEMINAR - LINLEY CLINIC
A very successful twilight seminar was held on May 7th, 50 members and committee attended the evening and after an excellent presentation on BCC's and SCC's we all went home checking out our freckles and spots! Thanks to the staff of Linley Clinic for their contribution & hospitality!

THE NEW LOOK JOURNAL
You will have all received the new look journal and what an improvement! We hope you agree that it's been worth the wait! Now that all the systems are set up, the journals will be back to normal. They are now posted from the publisher so you will receive your other DSSIG information separately from now on.

Thanks to Marion Sheehan - our first member to contribute an article to the new journal! We really need articles coming in all the time, the committee is happy to help you "polish" articles off if that helps! Remember the last journal had an article on how to write articles - so have a go! If you are currently a student with the Deakin course - all you have to do is turn one of your assignments into an article - you have already done the hard work! The committee is working on "creative" prizes for articles contributed!

5th STATE DSSIG ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Included in this mailout is your official conference brochure. Please feel free to photocopy the registration forms, and remember - if you run out, they are available on the web site! We look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible, the program is packed and the trade display is shaping up to be the best ever! The concurrent sessions will offer you the choice of management and clinical presentations and discussions as well as the plenary sessions with useful and challenging information for everyone! The trade display will be in the "betting ring" and you will have plenty of time throughout the day to talk to all the representatives, find out about the latest products and maybe even win their competitions! For any conference information - call Trish Cashman on 9791 2299

The AGM will be held at the conference, nomination forms for committee membership are included in this mailout, if you would like to find out more about being on the committee, please call Michelle Cairns on 0414 440 422!

Keep safe and happy

Michelle Cairns
President DSSIG
On behalf of the committee

April 2002

Hello again, Welcome to our new look, colour letter head!

The Journal is having a "Face Lift" and is due out soon. I would love your feedback when you receive it and as always, I would love articles.

Our National Web Site should also be on line soon. When you log onto www.adsna.com.au, click onto Victoria to catch up on the latest DSSIG news.

Great to see so many of you at the Combined Groups Seminar at Monash last week. Yet again, another popular and successful Combined Groups Seminar with the next one in Castlemaine in October.

Our Twilight Education Session on May 7th is at Linley Clinic (formerly Bryson Private Hospital). Hope to see as many of you as possible.

Now, for our State Conference: Our venue is Moonee Valley and of course, we had to have a Racing Theme to match! I've included a preliminary flyer for you to mark the date in your diary before you put it up on your noticeboard at work so everyone knows where to be on August 24th, 2002.

As you can see by the "Form Guide", the programme is packed and varied with some of the day split into Concurrent Sessions covering both Clinical and Management Issues. This is aimed to suit all Day Surgery nurses from those new to Day Surgery through to those who have been around a little longer!!!

A full brochure and Registration Forms will be sent in May, 2002.

Keep safe and happy

Michelle Cairns
President DSSIG
On behalf of the Committee