In 1945, Sir James William Barrett made a bequest to The University of Melbourne to provide a lecture on a subject of interest to Nursing and Medical professors and 1953, an inaugural Marian Barrett Lecture was delivered. Since 1997, the Marian Barrett Lecture has become an annual event and a highlight of our Nursing calendar at The University of Melbourne. Watch a recording of last year's Marian Barrett Lecture here.

Digital ways of working have become routine for many parts of our lives, including in health and care environments. The increasing use of digital systems to collect and provide information to nurses to help support care has potential impacts on increasing safety and efficiency of practice. However, there are also concerns that this may lead to issues with access to and delivery of care in an equitable way across vulnerable populations. This lecture will explore the role of digital technologies in nursing practice. It will consider how nursing can adapt to an increasingly digital environment, exploring issues of equity and how we develop nursing knowledge and understanding to meet the demands of a digital future.

Date: 13 May 2025

This webinar will explore the critical role of nurses in advancing trauma-informed care practices, emphasising prevention, safety, and equity in healthcare.

Key themes will include:

Through presentations and a panel discussion, this webinar will provide a deeper understanding of interconnected trauma, innovative approaches to prevention, and the hidden layers of trauma, reaffirming the importance of trauma-informed care as a fundamental nursing practice.

Date: 20 March 2025

The 4th seminar in our Department of Nursing 2024 seminar series, in partnership with the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Peter Mac, is titled Expanding Scope of Practice - RN Prescribing: Registration, Education and Practice.

This seminar will focus on registered nurse prescribing soon to be introduced in Australia. This will be a panel presentation, chaired by Dr Dianne Crellin (Senior Lecturer and Nurse Practitioner) to explore how RN prescribing has the potential to improve community access to medicines. Leah Bradley from the Nursing and Midwifery Board and Emma Saddington from Safer Care Victoria will introduce us to the proposed standards and legislation and the potential workforce implications for Victoria. The seminar will also include examples of the likely impact of RN prescribing on equity of access with presentations by Carmel O'Kane, Cancer Nurse Practitioner at Wimmera Heath Care Group and Cara Garrett, Clinical Nurse Consultant at the Royal Melbourne Hospital Residential Inreach (RIR).

Date: 9 October 2024

Registrations close Tuesday 8 October 12pm.

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In this Sneak Peek, Professor Mei Krishnasamy discusses the upcoming annual Marian Barrett Lecture.

Phillipa and Naomi discuss the experiences you've shared about being an international student and possible supports/solutions; from application through graduation.

Young people, homelessness and access to health care

Lecture Theatre B, Level 7

4-5 Lecture

Peter Mac and The University of Melbourne presents

Nursing at Melbourne: 2023 Seminar Series

Equitable access to health care is a key indicator of safety and quality of care and is fundamental to the performance of our health system. Nurses work at the intersections between primary, community and the acute health services and therefore play an important role in navigating timely access and advocating for system improvements that meet the needs of all people seeking health care.

This year the Department of Nursing, The University of Melbourne and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre are proud to co-host a public event series that will explore the concept of equitable health care and the critical role that nurses play in closing the equity gap.

Each event will be followed by canapés, drinks, and networking. Students are welcomed and encouraged to attend.

Our four-part series aims to:

1. Explore the design, implementation, and evaluation of nurse-led models of care that address equity of access to health care for vulnerable populations,

2. Consider strategies to optimise nurses’ scope of practice to enable better access to healthcare

3. Foster networking and collaboration among clinicians, researchers and students with an interest in health services research focussed on advancing equity of access to healthcare.

About this event:

Dot Henning – ‘Young People, Homelessness and Access to Health Care’

Dot Henning is a Youth Health Nurse Practitioner and a Midwife. She is a Registered Nurse, a midwife, has a Diploma of Adolescent Health (and Welfare), a Master of Nursing and a PhD. She was endorsed as one of the first four Nurse Practitioners in Victoria. Dot is employed at the Young People’s Health Service (YPHS), a program of the Department of Adolescent Medicine at the Royal Children’s Hospital. YPHS is located in a community setting collocated with other services to address the needs of young people experiencing homelessness. Being a program of the hospital brings the benefits of clinical governance and support while working within a social service setting provides access to highly vulnerable young people who may not otherwise access healthcare.

Dot has worked at the Young People’s Health Service (YPHS) for 21 years developing and refining her practice to best meet the complex health needs of the young homeless. She believes health access and good health care should be equally available to all young people.

This podcast is a comprehensive orientation to the subject Assessment in Mental Health Nursing (NURS90078) for currently enrolled students.

Audio for How Purpose Matters

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In this webinar, A/Prof Bridget Hamilton  will draw on research work with consumer academics over 15 years to share learnings about ways to plan and conduct work that sits higher on the ladder of citizen participation. She will show how this progression generates findings with greater potency for revitalising mental health service provision.

Associate Professor Bridget Hamilton is the Director of the Centre for Mental Health Nursing at the University of Melbourne. She leads a team of clinical nurse academics and consumer academics to build up the skills and contribution of mental health nurses in Victoria, for the benefit of people receiving mental healthcare. She contributes scholarship to maximising effective engagement and supported decision-making in mental healthcare settings, while building leadership and research capacity among mental health nurses and the consumer workforce. Her program of translational research in acute, emergency and community mental health settings aims to implement and sustain evidence-based interventions, including Safewards and sensory modulation. Her research expertise spans ethnographic fieldwork in healthcare settings, knowledge translation and program evaluation, discourse analysis and narrative approaches. Across her work, she highly values partnering with consumers.

In this presentation, Professor Mei Krishnasamy considers the potential for co-design methodology to influence cancer care and policy. Mei demonstrates how co-design can address critical elements of value-based health care.

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