Respiratory Nurses' Interest Group of NSW

Presidents report

Welcome to the New Year! I hope that all our members had a safe and happy festive season and are relaxed and ready for the up and coming winter season (It doesn’t seem that long ago that we were celebrating the end of the winter season and it is coming again). The RNIG got off to a good start with an evening seminar on “European Respiratory Congress Review” presented by Darrin Penola. Darrin discussed a number of interesting studies and prompted discussion on research projects that we (‘normal clinicians’) can undertake. The evening was kindly supported by GSK and was well attended. See the Education Page for upcoming seminars and conferences. If you have topics that you would like presented or you would like to present yourself – please do not hesitate to contact us – Email: rnig@nursing.edu.au.

The RNIG web site is slowly coming along with new additions and we welcome any additions from our members. If you have presented a talk or found an interesting article and would like to disseminate it amongst fellow respiratory clinicians, please send them to rnig@nursing.edu.au.

Once again, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome all our new members and hope you find your membership valuable and consider taking an active role in the group. I would also like to thank all of our other members for their ongoing support. Please have your say on the future direction of the group. Your input is valued and we will do our best to address your wishes and concerns. We are always on the look out for new ideas and projects not to mention new committee members. If you are interested, or if you have any questions about the committee activities, which includes informal meetings several times throughout the year, or the RNIG in general, my daytime number is 02 9881 7481.

On a sad note, our support and best wishes go to our colleagues in Victoria with the recent events of ‘Black Saturday’. The Austin Hospital lost one of their own – Professor Rob Pearce. Many of us have had the pleasure of meeting Rob in the past or at least have read one of his text books. He will be sadly missed. Our condolences go to his family, friends and colleagues.

Regards

Mary Roberts RN, MN
President
NSW Respiratory Nurses Interest Group

RNIG Clinical Nurse Consultant
Respiratory Ambulatory Care
Sydney West Area Health Service

UPDATE

Please check diary dates for the rest of 2009 as there have been several changes to dates for Education Evenings and Workshops.

New Conferences

Check out Education page for further information

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