ASHM

Twitter   LinkedIn   Facebook   Vimeo  

 

 

Contact Us |  Careers    MyASHM 

   

  • Register
  • Cart ()
  • All
  • Website
  • Resources
  • Courses
  • Forums
  • HIV
    • HIV
    • PrEP
    • HIV Prescriber Program
    • Find an HIV s100 Prescriber
    • HIV Training
    • Undetectable = Untransmittable
    • HIV Strategies & Policies
  • Hepatitis B
    • Hepatitis B
    • HBV Prescriber Program
    • Find an HBV s100 Prescriber
    • Hepatitis B Training
    • HBV Strategies & Policies
  • Hepatitis C
    • Hepatitis C
    • Management and Treatment
    • Trained Community Medical Practitioners
    • Hepatitis C Training
    • HCV Strategies + Policies
    • Aus GPs End Hep C
    • Practitioners trained and/or experienced in hepatitis C
    • Regional NSW nurse-prescriber linkages program
    • Hepatitis C Elimination INHSU Declaration
    • Hep C Community of Practice
    • Beyond the C
  • Sexual Health
    • Sexual Health
    • Australasian Sexual Health Alliance
    • STI Strategies & Policies
    • STI Resources
    • STI Training
    • Sexual Health Workforce Bulletin
  • International
    • International
    • International Services
    • International Projects
    • Consultancy Pool
    • International Resources
    • Regional Network
    • Donate
  • Programs
    • Programs
    • Nursing Program
    • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Program
    • Community Pharmacy
    • Viral Hepatitis Mapping Project
    • Our work in QLD
    • Our work in VIC
    • Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Program
    • Our work in HTLV-1
  • Resources
    • Resources
    • HIV Resources
    • HBV Resources
    • HCV Resources
    • STI Resources
    • Conference Resources
  • Conferences
    • Conferences
    • Conferences We Organize
    • Our Conference Services
    • Our Team
    • Our Clients
    • Scholarships and Awards
    • Levinia Crooks Emerging Leader Award
    • Sector Events
  • Training
    • Training
    • Training Locator Map: Enter your Address or City
    • Kirby Seminar Talks
    • ASHM/SSHC HIV/Sexual Health Clinical Education Session
    • Contact Us
    • ASHM Online Learning
    • LMS
  • About
    • About
    • ASHM Membership
    • Annual Reports
    • Strategic Plans
    • Policy and Advocacy
    • Governance
    • History
    • Charitable Gift Fund
    • Board of Directors
    • What We Do
    • Vale Levinia Crooks AM
    • News
    • Contact Us
    • Careers

ASHM Logo 2020

  • HIV
    • HIV
    • PrEP
    • HIV Prescriber Program
    • Find an HIV s100 Prescriber
    • HIV Training
    • Undetectable = Untransmittable
    • HIV Strategies & Policies
  • Hepatitis B
    • Hepatitis B
    • HBV Prescriber Program
    • Find an HBV s100 Prescriber
    • Hepatitis B Training
    • HBV Strategies & Policies
  • Hepatitis C
    • Hepatitis C
    • Management and Treatment
    • Trained Community Medical Practitioners
    • Hepatitis C Training
    • HCV Strategies + Policies
    • Aus GPs End Hep C
    • Practitioners trained and/or experienced in hepatitis C
    • Regional NSW nurse-prescriber linkages program
    • Hepatitis C Elimination INHSU Declaration
    • Hep C Community of Practice
    • Beyond the C
  • Sexual Health
    • Sexual Health
    • Australasian Sexual Health Alliance
    • STI Strategies & Policies
    • STI Resources
    • STI Training
    • Sexual Health Workforce Bulletin
  • International
    • International
    • International Services
    • International Projects
    • Consultancy Pool
    • International Resources
    • Regional Network
    • Donate
  • Programs
    • Programs
    • Nursing Program
    • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Program
    • Community Pharmacy
    • Viral Hepatitis Mapping Project
    • Our work in QLD
    • Our work in VIC
    • Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Program
    • Our work in HTLV-1
  • Resources
    • Resources
    • HIV Resources
    • HBV Resources
    • HCV Resources
    • STI Resources
    • Conference Resources
  • Conferences
    • Conferences
    • Conferences We Organize
    • Our Conference Services
    • Our Team
    • Our Clients
    • Scholarships and Awards
    • Levinia Crooks Emerging Leader Award
    • Sector Events
  • Training
    • Training
    • Training Locator Map: Enter your Address or City
    • Kirby Seminar Talks
    • ASHM/SSHC HIV/Sexual Health Clinical Education Session
    • Contact Us
    • ASHM Online Learning
    • LMS
  • About
    • About
    • ASHM Membership
    • Annual Reports
    • Strategic Plans
    • Policy and Advocacy
    • Governance
    • History
    • Charitable Gift Fund
    • Board of Directors
    • What We Do
    • Vale Levinia Crooks AM
    • News
    • Contact Us
    • Careers
  • HIV
    • HIV
    • PrEP
    • HIV Prescriber Program
    • Find an HIV s100 Prescriber
    • HIV Training
    • U=U: ASHM Guidance for Healthcare Professionals
    • HIV Strategies & Policies
  • Hepatitis B
    • Hepatitis B
    • HBV Prescriber Program
    • Find an HBV s100 Prescriber
    • Hepatitis B Training
    • HBV Strategies & Policies
    • Hep B Community of Practice
  • Hepatitis C
    • Hepatitis C
    • Management and Treatment of Hepatitis C
    • Hepatitis C Training
    • Hepatitis C Strategies and Policies
    • Practitioners trained and/or experienced in hepatitis C
    • Facilitating linkages between nurses and hepatitis C prescribers in regional NSW program
    • Hep C Community of Practice
    • Hepatitis C Elimination INHSU Declaration
    • Beyond the C- Hepatitis C Elimination in your Practice
    • Aus GPs End Hep C
  • Sexual Health
    • Sexual Health
    • Australasian Sexual Health Alliance
    • STI and Sexual Health Strategies
    • STI and Sexual Health Resources
    • Sexual Health Training
    • Sexual Health Workforce Bulletin
  • International
    • International
    • International Services
    • International Projects
      • Collaboration for Health in Papua New Guinea
      • The Pacific Sexual Health Workforce Capacity Building Program
      • Transgender Health Training for Pacific Health Workers
      • Pacific Multicountry Mapping and Behavioural Study
      • The Sexual & Reproductive Health Integration Project
    • Consultancy Pool
    • International Resources
    • Regional Network
    • Donate
  • Programs
    • Programs
    • ASHM Nursing Program
    • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Activities
      • Indigenous Training
      • Indigenous Resources
      • THE NOONGAR BOODJA STATEMENT
    • Community Pharmacy
    • Viral Hepatitis Mapping Project
    • Our work in QLD
      • Queensland Sexual Health Research Fund
    • Our work in VIC
    • Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Program
    • Our work in HTLV-1
  • Resources
    • Resources
    • HIV Resources
    • HBV Resources
    • HCV Resources
    • STI and Sexual Health Resources
    • Conference Resources
  • Conferences
    • Conferences
    • Conferences We Organise
      • Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference
      • Australasian Sexual Health Conference
      • Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference
      • Australian Viral Hepatitis Elimination Conference
      • The art of ART
    • Our Conference Services
    • Our Conferences and Events Team
    • ASHM Conference Environmental Policy
    • Our Clients
    • Levinia Crooks Emerging Leader Award
    • Scholarships and Awards
    • Sector Events
      • HIV Update: Contemporary Issues in Management
  • Training
    • Training
    • Training Locator Map: Enter your Address or City
    • Kirby Seminar Talks
    • ASHM/SSHC Clinical Education Session
    • Contact Us
    • ASHM Online Learning
    • LMS
    • Terms and Conditions
  • About
    • About
    • ASHM Membership
      • Organisational Sustaining Membership
      • Individual Memberships
      • Membership FAQ
      • Become a Member
      • Membership Benefits
    • Annual Reports
    • Strategic Plans
    • Policy and Advocacy
    • Governance
      • Key ASHM Policies
    • History
    • Charitable Gift Fund
    • Board of Directors
      • Information for Prospective Directors
    • What We Do
      • Position Statements
    • Vale Adjunct Associate Professor Levinia Crooks, AM
    • News and Media Releases
    • Contact Us
    • Careers
      • Kirby Institute UNSW - PhD Opportunity
      • Monash University - PhD Scholarship in Sexual Health - Melbourne Sexual Health Centre
      • Monash University - PhD Student
      • Mid North Coast Local Health District - Staff Specialist - HIV Sexual Health
      • Mid North Coast Local Health District - Medical Director - North Coast Sexual Health Service
      • SHINE SA - Board Members
      • Thorne Harbour Health - General Practitioner Sexual Health Physician, St Kilda Victoria
      • Tasmanian Health Service - Project Nurse Tasmanian Eliminate Hepatitis C Australian Outreach Project
      • AFAO - Project Manager - DFAT Accreditation
      • The Royal Melbourne Hospital - Epidemiologist Data Analyst Medical Scientist
      • ASHM - Administration Officer
      • Thorne Harbour Health - General Practitioner Sexual Health Physician, Abbotsford Victoria
      • AFAO - Learning Program Coordinator & Content Developer
      • AFAO - Learning Coordinator
      • AFAO - E-Learning Designer
      • AFAO - Learning Content Developer

ASHM Nursing Program

Nurse Slide 1
Nurse Slide 2
Nurse Slide 3
Nurse Slide 4

Aims of the Nursing Program

A​SHM recognises the vital role that nurses play in prevention, screening, testing, diagnosis, treatment and management of those at risk of and living with HIV, viral hepatitis and STIs. Our Nursing program aims to:

  1. Strengthen the role of nurses working in HIV, viral hepatitis and STIs
  2. Develop, deliver and evaluate continuing professional development opportunities in HIV, viral hepatitis and STIs education, in collaboration with relevant nursing organisations
  3. Advocate for the role of nurses to work their full scope of practice in providing care to people with HIV, viral hepatitis and STIs
  4. Advocate for safe and equitable care, free of stigma and discrimination for people with HIV, viral hepatitis and STIs

 

Training and development

Our program offers nursing education and resources in HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections for novice to expert nurses in Australia and New Zealand.  Ensuring nurses have access to high quality and relevant training to enhance their professional development is a priority. Visit ASHM's training calendar to see what education is being offered in your area. 

 

Policy and advocacy

ASHM is committed to supporting nurses to work to their full scope of practice. We do this via the program in the following activities:

  • Development of position statements in consultation and collaboration with relevant BBV sector experts
  • Supporting affiliated organisations to develop competency standards and guidelines​ which assist to define the role of the nurse
  • Actively seeking opportunities to contribute nursing perspectives into national committees, strategy and policy discussions 
  • Encouraging ASHM members to contribute to the Nursing Program's strategic direction and priorities via the annual nurse member survey

 

ASHM Nursing Team

 

Melinda Hassall

Melinda.Hassall@ashm.org.au  T +61 422 596 701

Melinda is a Registered Nurse with experience in acute care, primary health care and public health, has completed a Graduate Certificate in Health Promotion and a Masters degree in Public Health. She is a Fellow of the Australian College of Nursing and the Brisbane Region Secretariat. Please contact Melinda for further information on ASHM’s nursing related activities and the Nursing Program.​ Melinda is a Registered Nurse with experience in acute care, primary health care and public health, has completed a Graduate Certificate in Health Promotion and a Masters degree in Public Health. She is a Fellow of the Australian College of Nursing and the Brisbane Region Secretariat. Please contact Melinda for further information on ASHM’s nursing related activities and the Nursing Program.​

Elizabeth Crock

Dr Liz Crock is aNurse Practitioner who specialised in infectious diseases and worked in HIV in the early 1990s as an HIV Clinical Nurse Specialist at Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital in Melbourne.  She has worked with the Royal District Nursing Service, now Bolton Clarke HIV Team as Clinical Nurse Consultant in Melbourne for the last 17 years and is the current Vice President of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANZANAC).  Liz is currently on the ASHM Board of Directors.

 

Penny Kenchington

Penny has been working in the sexual health, HIV and hepatitis health sector as a specialist nurse since 1995 and is currently the Nurse Practitioner at the Townsville Sexual Health Service. She has extensive knowledge and skills in sexual health, women’s health, reproductive health, sexual function, genital dermatology and forensic nursing.  Penny is currently on the ASHM Board of Directors.

 

 

ASHM Nursing Board Subcommittee members

 

Nurse Practitioner

Nurse Practitioner

Program Manager, Workforce Developement and Health Service Delivery

Nurse Practitioner

Clinical Nurse Consultant

Clinical Nurse Consultant

Clinical Nurse Consultant

Management and Treatment Coordinator, Hepatitis, HIV/AIDS and Sexual Health Program

 

Become an ASHM member

All nurses are invited to become ASHM member with ASHM membership for nurses now available for $110. 

Nurses who are members of organisations that hold ASHM organisation sustaining membership are also eligible to become an ASHM Affiliate member.

 

Download our Nursing Program Bulletin

  • September 2017 
  • March 2018
  • May 2018
  • December 2018

 

Download our Nursing Forum Report from the
2018 Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference

ASHM held a one-day forum, a satellite event of the 2018 Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference. Participants shared nurse-led models-of-care, knowledge and experiences for the management and treatment of viral hepatitis. 

Download a copy:  2018 Australasian Viral Hepatitis Conference: Nurse-led Models-of-care Report   |   View it as an Online Publication

ASHM

  • Home

    • Products
    • News
    • Store Locator
    • Careers
    • Sitemap
  • Community

    • Ideas
    • Blogs2

Privacy  |  Terms & Conditions  |  Contact Us  |  Copyright

Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine  |  ABN 48 264 545 457  |  CFN 17788  |  Copyright © 2020. ASHM