Tuesday, 24th November Palliative Care Nurses Australia Conference 2020

• Evidence-based knowledge and perspectives on medicinal cannabis - Grace Walpole
• How a psychedelic compound may alleviate death anxiety in palliative patients - Margaret Ross
• Common symptoms experienced by people receiving immunotherapy: evidence from a systematic review - Melanie Mora
• A multicomponent non-pharmacological intervention to prevent delirium for hospitalised people with advanced cancer: A phase II cluster randomised waitlist controlled trial (the PRESERVE pilot study)  - Annmarie Hosie

Q&A for the session will occur after each speaker.

• A retrospective incidence audit of Pressure Injury development among inpatients of a specialised palliative care unit: analysis of associated clinical indicators, non-avoidable pressure injuries and impact on survival. - Toni A Bradley
• Delirium treatment practice, practice change and influencing factors: an online survey of interdisciplinary clinicians working in palliative care and other specialties - Annmarie Hosie
• Development of a Position Statement to Guide Next-of-Kin Presence in the ICU for Patients Dying from COVID-19 - Melissa J Bloomer
• Dying, A normal part of life: What learners see as the one thing they could change in the workplace to enable quality end of life - Deb Rawlings
• InterACT Study: Intervention for Appropriate Care and Treatment at the end-of-life - Christine Brown

Q&A for this session will occur at the end of the session.

• Palliative care for people with brain cancer: clinician, patient, and carer perspectives - Michelle DiGiacomo
• Promoting cultural congruent care for Chinese migrants living with cancer pain: a mixed-method research project - Jane L. Phillips
• Development of a state-wide approach to goals of care for children - Rebecca Iten
• What are the unique palliative care needs of people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia? An integrative review of the literature.   - Abby Earrey
• Clinical Assessment and Management of Constipation in Specialist Palliative Care: A Multi Method Study - sonja McIlfatrick

Q&A for this session will occur at the end of the session.

• Death doulas in end of life care: What does that look like? Surveys and Interviews with Death Doulas - Deb Rawlings
• Public awareness and attitudes toward palliative care and advanced care planning: a population-based survey study - Sonja McIlfatrick
• From invisible to visible - highlighting the role of carers. - Suzanne Peyton
• Spirituality and resilience among palliative clients and caregivers   - Joy Penman
• Will Voluntary Assisted Dying see new social rituals evolving? - Deb Rawlings

Q&A for this session will occur at the end of the session.

• Creating a bridge between hospital and home in palliative care - using a hospital to home project. - John Doran
• Evidence-Based Models of Rural Palliative Care: A Systematic Review - Claire Fraser
• Concealing disclosure: Nurses grief experiences after the death of a patient within acute care setting  - Nikki Meller
• Discerning and Responding to Suffering at the end of life in acute care - Cheryl Blaber
• ‘There will be times when priorities compete’ Caring for people who die suddenly and unexpectedly in the emergency department: nurses’ experiences. - Katrina Breaden

Q&A for this session will occur at the end of the session.