5th Asia & Pacific Nurses Convention (ASPAN)
14 - 17 Nov 2001
The Mandarin Singapore
 



Convention Theme

 
 


Three main domains were formulated around the theme of this Convention: “Exploring the Web of Nursing - Integrating Touch & Tech”. It is believed that the nursing profession will need to untangle challenging complexities by examining key factors which influence the nursing profession and its ability to validate and quantify nursing practice. Areas deserving attention include use of innovative technology, cost of healthcare, nursing manpower, nursing informatics and evidence based nursing.

The primary goal of the nursing profession is quality patient care. The issues in patient centred care such as patient education and empowerment, disease prevention and health promotion, and continuity of care must be comprehensively reviewed.

New Opportunites are abundant in this era of change. While the health service environment becomes more cost conscious, nurses must demonstrate its resourcefulness and abilities in providing cost-effective quality care. Nursing plays a pivotal role in the healthcare management of patients and their initiatives can influence health care policies. Nurses must be empowered, and be more autonomous, and accountable for their actions. Educational preparation for nurses, creation of a continuous learning environment and nursing specialisation are just some of the issues to discuss.

The following list provides some areas for discussion in this ASPAN Convention. It is by no means exhaustive.


 
 

Domain

Complexities Untangled





Patient Centred Care



New Opportunities
Examples for Presentation

Information Technology in Health Care
Healthcare Cost and Financing
Human Resource Management
Health Informatics and Quality Management
Evidence Based Nursing

Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Patient Education and Empowerment
Case Management and Continuity of Care

Nurses' Influence on Health Care Policies
Autonomy, Accountability and Empowerment
Education and Learning
Nursing Specialization

  

 

Convention Programme

 
14 Nov (Wed)
0800
Registration
0900
Opening & Reception
1000
Keynote Address
1100
Prof. Alan Pearson: Quality Control in Online Education for Nurses
Dr. Doris Glick: Analysis of Use of a Community Nursing Clinic
Workshop
Mr. Gilbert Fan: An Experiential Approach to Counselling Cancer Patients
1130
Ms. Tan Lye Hua: Information Technology and Nursing Education
Mr. Faustino Babate: New Directions in Nurses' Involvement in Public Policy and Health Care Practice
1200
Dr. Audrey Snyder: Hand-held Technology for Acute Care Nurse Practitioners : Using the Palm Pilot to Promote Clinical Decision-making
Dr. Betty Chang: Consumer Satisfaction with Telehealth Advice-nursing
Dr. Steve Parker: Distance vs. Flexibility: Responding to Technological Possibilities
1230
Lunch
1330
Motivational Talk
Dr. Seet Ai Mee:
Creative Carers
1430
Plenary I
Ms. Genedine Lim:
Implications of Economic Evaluation to Nursing Practice, Education and Research
1530
Tea
1600
Plenary II & Summary
Dr Alan Barnard:
Integrating Technology and Touch: Resolving Invented Differences
1730
End of Day 1

 

 
15 Nov (Thur)
0800
Registration
0830
Motivational Talk
Dr. Kanwaljit Soin:
Women's Health and Wellness - Nurses' Leadership Roles
0930
Plenary III
Dr. Rosalie Shaw:
The Challenge of Intimacy
1030
Posters Presentation & tea
1130
Dr. Daniel Chew:
A Model of Nursing Care for Older People in Acute Settings
Ms. Judy Bridges: Teaching Clinical Skills in Postgraduate Distance Education
LFC:
Creating an Environment for Evidence-based Nursing in Institutions
1200
Dr. Chow Yeow Leng: Nursing: Should it be 'High Tech, Low Touch' or 'High Touch, Low Tech?'
Ms. Judith Turner: Ethnography as a Mixed Method Approach: Shock Learning Curve - From Hostage to Bush Operating Theatre
LFC:
Increasing the Web of Influence
1230
Mr. Patrick Peroose:
Tech and Touch in Practice
Prof. Keiko Kishi: The Development of a Model for Survival Coping Patterns of Japanese Patients Undergoing Peripheral Stem Cell Transplant
Ms. Siti Zubaidah Mordiffi:
Inpatient Registered Nurses' Perception Towards Role Expansion
1300
Lunch
1400
Workshop
Ms. Rebecca Low: The Healing Voice: Creating Wellness and Wholeness
Workshop
Ms. Jolene Purdie: Ovid Technologies' Online Nursing Solutions
Workshop
Dr. Chow Yeow Leng: Towards Conducting Nursing Research
1530
Tea
1600
Plenary IV and Summary
Prof. Rhonda Griffiths:
Developing Evidence-based Practitioners
1730
End of Day 2

 

 
16 Nov (Fri)
0800
Registration
0830
Motivational Talk
Dr. Ang Yong Guan:
Achieving Wellness as a Nurse: The Do-Learn-Grow Model
0930
Plenary V
Dr. Arlene Keeling:
A Historical Perspective on Touch and Tech: Coronary Care Nurses and Cardiac Monitoring in the 1960s.
1030
Tea
1100
Ms. Mary Yeo:
New Challenges in Mental Health Nursing: Career Pathway and Specialisation
Dr. Stephanie Chee:
M any-helping-hands Framework: An Alternative Approach to Community Services for the Elderly
LFC:
Development of the Clinical Nurse Specialist in Singapore
1130
Ms. Chua S H Catherine: Managing Work-related Crisis and Risk in Mental Health Nursing
Ms. Catherine Teo: Patient Issues in Cancer Pain Management
LFC:
Grooming Tomorrow's Nursing Leaders
1200
Lunch
1300
Ms. Loke Jennifer: Evidence-based Practice: Nursing Implications
Ms. Wong Luan Wah: Nursing Education in a Knowledge-based Economy
Ms. Pauline Chia: The Attitudes and Practices of Neonatal Nurses in the Use of Kangaroo Care for Neonates in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
1330
Ms. Ritin Fernandez: Management of MRSA in Acute Hospitals: What is the Evidence?
Mr. Gilbert Fan: Building a Therapeutic Approach in Patient Care
Ms. Ang Nancy: Rehabilitation After Breast Cancer Surgery -SGH Experience
1400
Ms. Chin Soh Mun: Acute Care Case Management and Linkage with Community Services for Continuity of Care
Ms. G. Subramaniam: Patient Teaching and Empowerment
Ms. Victoria Williamson: The Effectiveness of Therapeutic Interventions for Women who have had Mild to Serious Postnatal Depression
1430
Tea
1500
Plenary VI
Ms Sally Shaw:
Exploring the Complexities of Nursing Leadership
Summary & Presentation of "Leadership for Change" Certificates
1700
End of Day 3

 

 
17 Nov (Sat)
1000 hr
to
1400 hr
"Easterners"
Visit to an Acute Hospital and a Polyclinic
"Westerners"
Visit to an Psychiatric Hospital and a Polyclinic



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