IVNNZ Conference was held March 2024
Thank you to sponsors, speakers and delegates for making our March 2024 conference a great success. Congratulations to the winners of the awards. A full report of the conference and the preceding forum will be in the next newsletter in June. We will shortly be posting selected presentations to this website for members to view. […]
IVNNZ Conference Programme
Conference Programme For IVNNZ members Registration is $100 cheaper Grants are available to pay for your registration https://ivnnz.co.nz/members/education-grants-scholarships/
Pharmac consultation: Proposal to fund treatments for people with breast cancer and leukaemia
Kia ora, We are proposing to enter into a new supply agreement with Novartis which would involve the funding of two new treatments for cancer, ribociclib (branded as Kisqali), for the treatment of people with HR-positive, HER2-negative locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer, and midostaurin (branded as Rydapt) for the treatment of people with acute […]
Bi-National Survey of Vascular Access Device Insertion and Management Teams
Dear Colleague, We invite you to participate in a short electronic survey of vascular access device (VAD) workforce models; VAD selection and decision-making; and training and education. This survey will collect information from healthcare professionals with experience in VAD insertion and management across Australia and New Zealand. We would also very much appreciate and encourage […]
Presidents Report – September 2023
With spring upon us, the committee can announce some further exciting news, regarding education and conference. While we are using our website to communicate up to date information regarding conference in March, I am sure you will be as pleased as the committee with our next instalment. Firstly, a reminder of our Specialist Nurses’ forum […]
ThoughtExchange invitation to provide feedback on infections arising from peripheral intravenous catheters
Te Tahu Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission is planning a national quality improvement initiative to reduce blood stream infections associated with peripheral intravascular devices (PIVCs) in our hospitals. Healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia (HA-SAB) has been increasing steadily since 2017. Over two-thirds of these events are related to medical device use, and most of the devices involved […]
Evan Alexandrou Keynote Speaker – IVNNZ Conference 2024
Evan Alexandrou is a Clinical Associate Professor with the School of Nursing at the University of Wollongong as well as a Clinical Nurse Consultant in the Intensive Care Unit at Liverpool Hospital where he coordinates the Central Venous Access Service which is internationally renowned for its clinical expertise in vascular access procedures and research. Evan […]
Some challenges with Membership renewals
Dear Members. We have ongoing challenges regarding membership and autorenewal via our website and paypal We turned off the auto renewal function (that we weren’t aware was in the system), however we understand thee are ongoing issues and some members are being autonewed. So a work in progress, and bear with us as we are […]
Membership Auto Renewals
The committee are aware some members have had their membership automatically renewed We asked the website designers to turn this feature off some weeks ago, however we are aware of at least one member who has had this occur The committee apologise for this occurring We have asked for this feature to be disabled permanently […]
IVNNZ Education opportunity
Kia Ora, We have an exciting learning opportunity to offer our IVNNZ members. A Zoom education presentation from Karen Mueller while she is in New Zealand, Karen is a biomedical executive leader, entrepreneur and visionary. She spent her career in life sciences, initially, as a registered nurse with a specialty in vascular access. Karen has […]