Aotearoa College of Diabetes Nurses
Aotearoa College of Diabetes Nurses (ACDN)
ACDN is a specialty college of NZNO dedicated to supporting all nurses caring for people with diabetes across the age span in New Zealand (NZ). Our aim is to promote excellence in diabetes nursing in NZ through the development of clinical practice frameworks, policy, education and research.
Please feel free to visit our homepage for up-to-date information and resources to support ALL nurses working in diabetes in NZ: http://www.nzno.org.nz/groups/collegessections/colleges/aotearoacollegeofdiabetesnurses
ACDN would also like to encourage nurses working in diabetes to join our College by completing the online
application form at http://www.nzno.org.nz/groups/collegessections/sections/joinsectionsandcolleges
Aotearoa College of Diabetes Nurses committee members:
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Tricha Ball - Chair |
Auckland |
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Anne Waterman - Secretary/Website/Communications |
Bay of Plenty |
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Kerrie Skeggs - Treasurer |
Mid-Central |
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Bryan Gibbison - Accreditation Coordinator |
Waikato |
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Andrea Rooderkerk - Workforce Development and Newsletter |
Hawkes Bay |
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Bobbi Milne |
Greater Auckland |
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Hazel Phillips - Membership Portfolio and Website |
Hutt Valley District Health Board |
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Newsletter via ACDN secretary |
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Angela Clark - NZNO Liaison |
National |
Accreditation Programme
ACDN is dedicated to the provision of excellent standards of care and education for people in New Zealand living with diabetes; our accreditation programme allows us to support nurses to be the best they can be within this specialty. The goal of our Programme is to provide a framework by which nurses working within the area of diabetes can be recognised for having attained knowledge and skills, as defined by the National Diabetes Nurses Knowledge and Skills Framework (2009) within their area of practice and have demonstrated continued maintenance and development of knowledge and skills through a systematic and regular review process. The NDNKSF framework (2009) is currently under review and will be updated by 2017.
Visit our website to find out how to apply for accreditation, closing dates, contacts, mentors etc:
http://www.nzno.org.nz/groups/collegessections/colleges/aotearoacollegeofdiabetesnurses/accreditation
Conferences and Events
ACDN hold a number of events for nurses in New Zealand. Please visit our Webpage http://www.nzno.org.nz/groups/collegessections/colleges/aotearoacollegeofdiabetesnurses/conferencesevents for more information
Issues of the ACDN newsletter On Target can be found here:
http://www.nzno.org.nz/groups/collegessections/colleges/aotearoacollegeofdiabetesnurses/newsletter
If you would like to contribute to our newsletter please email: acdnnewsletter@gmail.com
Scholarships
ACDN has established educational scholarships to assist nurses to attend or participate in events related to diabetes nursing that will further their knowledge base in their current field of work i.e. workshops, conferences, study days, seminars, postgraduate study. The scholarships can also be used to cover the cost of the Aotearoa College of Diabetes Nurses accreditation application.
To view our scholarship page, please visit: http://www.nzno.org.nz/groups/collegessections/colleges/aotearoacollegeofdiabetesnurses/scholarships
Special Interest Groups (SIG)
Are you a nurse working in diabetes and interested in joining our Indigenous nurses SIG, or working with Insulin Pumps and CGM’s and wanting to link in with other nurses working in a similar area? Have a look at our special interest group webpage for these and other special interest groups working across the lifespan in diabetes
http://www.nzno.org.nz/groups/collegessections/colleges/aotearoacollegeofdiabetesnurses/specialinterest_groups
To contact ACDN please feel free to email Chair, Tricha Ball at: trichab@adhb.govt.nz or Secretary, Anne Waterman, at acdn.secretary@gmail.com
National Diabetes Nursing Knowledge and Skills Framework
All nurses deliver to people with diabetes. This National Diabetes Nursing Knowledge and Skills Framework (NDNKSF) has been developed to assist all registered nurses to demonstrate that they are adequately prepared to provide the required care and education for the person with diabetes and related comorbidities, whatever their practice setting. To promote best practice the NDNKSF is linked to national guidelines, standard of practice and the Nursing Council of New Zealand's competencies for registration.
National Diabetes Nursing knowledge and skills framework
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