27th March

NT PEPA Palliative Approach for Renal Patients Workshop

Name: NT PEPA Palliative Approach for Renal Patients Workshop
Start: 2024-03-27T13:30:00+0930
End: 2024-03-27T16:00:00+0930
Location: Seminar Room, Menzies School of Health Research

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Event description

NT PEPA is partnering with Top End Renal Services and Purple House to provide this NT PEPA Palliative Approach for Renal Patients Workshop in Darwin. The workshop will also be available to attend online via Microsoft Teams.

Please come along to build your knowledge, skills and confidence in providing palliative care for people with renal disease in the Top End region.

Topics:

Principles of palliative care
Communication
Providing care
Advance care planning
End-of-life care
Ethical issues in palliative care
Caring for yourself

Target audience:

All health care professionals working in health, aged care.

Facilitators:

Yvonne Tafirenyika, Renal Supportive Care Nurse, Top End Renal Service

Yvonne Tafirenyika, a registered nurse, brings 24 years of extensive nursing experience, dedicating 18 years to Top End Renal Services (TERS). Since 2006, she has shared her expertise across various TERS departments, gaining valuable insights into Indigenous Australian healthcare. Serving as a Kidney Supportive Care Nurse since 2016, Yvonne has been a guest speaker at numerous conferences across Australia, sharing her experiences in Kidney Supportive Care in the Top End. Her passion lies in providing holistic care to Renal Supportive Care patients and their families, ensuring their wishes are respected and addressed in a culturally appropriate and sensitive manner. Yvonne holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Renal Nursing and a Master’s Degree in Clinical Nursing for Chronic Conditions. Currently enrolled at CDU, she is pursuing a Master of Nursing with the aspiration of becoming a Nurse Practitioner.

Heather Hall, Purple House, Darwin

Heather is a registered nurse, who has worked in the Top End of the NT for more than 20 years. Heather’s clinical experience in the acute health care and community centre covers renal nursing and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health. Heather is the Top End Manager of Panuku, the Darwin based support centre for Purple House.

Kelly Clark, A/ PEPA NT Manager, Territory Palliative Care

Kelly is an Aboriginal woman who has had the privilege of working remotely across the NT since 2012. Kelly started with NT PEPA in 2021 and enjoys her role in supporting mainstream healthcare staff to deliver culturally responsive palliative care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people that is holistic and safe to them, and which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are leading.

Contact details for further information:

Kelly @ PEPA NT

Ph: 08 8922 7679

Email: PEPANT.DoH@nt.gov.au

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The Australian Government Department of Health funds a range of national palliative care projects to enhance the quality of palliative care service delivery and increase support for people who are living with life limiting illness, who require end-of-life care, their families and carers. The overall aim is to improve access to high quality palliative care for all Australians as they require it.

The Program of Experience in the Palliative Approach (PEPA) forms part of the Palliative Care Education and Training Collaborative. As a national palliative care project, this Collaborative takes a strategic approach to education and training of the health workforce and delivers programs for priority health care provider groups across primary, secondary and tertiary settings.

Specifically, PEPA aims to enhance the capacity of health professionals to deliver a palliative care approach through their participation in either clinical placements in specialist palliative care services or interactive workshops.

PEPA provides opportunities to develop confidence, knowledge and skills in the palliative approach to care through:

funded clinical workforce placements or workshops
integration of learning into your workplace
establishing networks of support

The PEPA learning experience can help you, as a health care provider, to:

gain a clear understanding of the principles of good palliative care
identify the needs of your patients with life-limiting conditions
understand the role of your discipline in managing common problems faced by palliative care patients
recognise your own knowledge base/scope of practice in regard to optimal palliative care provision
identify personal coping strategies for effective management of personal issues related to working in this area.

PEPA is being implemented in all Australian states and territories and applicants from rural and remote areas are encouraged to apply.

This program provides an ideal opportunity to learn from experienced specialist staff to enhance skills, knowledge and experience in the palliative approach.

PEPA/IPEPA Workshops are occurring all across the Northern Territory. Please click on the Register for our Workshops button to see what Workshops we have on offer.

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