Seasons Greetings from CHS

Seasons Greetings to all our students and colleagues. The College of Healthcare Sciences will close at 12noon on Christmas Eve and reopen on Monday 4th January. We wish you all a restful and safe break and look forward to welcoming you back in 2016.

NP Masterclass

Nurse Practitioners from around the North Queensland region come together today for their annual 2-day Nurse Practitioner Masterclass proudly hosted by JCU Nursing, Midwifery and Nutrition and The Townsville Hospital.

Patient Safety Survey

Dear nursing student

I wish to invite you to participate in a research project about patient safety competence among Australian nursing students. Your university is one of 8 across Australia that has been invited to participate in this study.

Participation in this study involves completing an anonymous online survey that will take approximately 15 minutes.

Please take the time to complete the survey, the information you provide will be important in expanding understanding about how patient safety learning evolves at various stages of nurse training, and will be useful for reforming and developing patient safety education.

To connect to the survey, please click on the link below.

Survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PAT_SAFETY

After completing the survey you will be invited to enter a draw for the chance to win a $250 Coles/Myer gift card as a thank you for sharing your information.

Regards

Prof. Jane Mills, Director CNMR

Join the club!

Undergraduate student nurses are being invited to join a journal club to better understand and use research.

A new journal club for undergraduate nursing students at James Cook University is helping to strengthen the links between research and clinical practice.

The club is led by Associate Professor and Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Research (CNMR) member David Lindsay, and is open to staff and to students from all year levels.

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Information session on SP2 elective subjects NS2215; NS2216; NS2217

Dear BNSc students,

A V/C information session has been timetabled for 3-4pm  Wednesday 22nd April in the following rooms and locations to provide information and to answer any questions students may have regarding the three SP2 elective subjects in the BNSc program.

·         040-103 (Padua) Townsville

·         A3.2 (Cairns)

·         MMater-001 (Mackay)

·         Tarabada-007 (Mt Isa)

If you are planning to enrol in a SP2 elective subject in 2015 (NS2215, NS2216 or NS2217) in the BNSc program, and you have not already done so, you are reminded to enrol as soon as possible. The SNMN requires student enrolment numbers to organise tutorial groups, PEP and to be able to finalise the SP2 timetable.

Information regarding subject content can also be found in the Mariner and in the power point presentations under Quick Links on each LearnJCU subject site. A vodcast of the information session will be made available on the NS2022 subject site.

Each elective has a ten day PEP attached to it.  Student enrolment numbers are required to assist the clinical placement team with forward planning and securing placements. Thank you to all students who have already enrolled.

Kind regards

Ylona Chun Tie

BNSc Course Coordinator

Last date for alterations to SP1 subjects - Census Date 26 March

SP1 Census Date

Census Date for Study Period 1 is 26 March 2015.

Things you need to do prior to Census Date for each study period:

1) Finalise your enrolment for the study period. You’ll be financially liable for any subjects you are enrolled in after this date.

2) Submit the relevant HELP-loan forms to defer your fees. If your fees aren’t deferred or paid by this date, your enrolment may be cancelled.

For more information about fees, visit Fees and Financial Support.

Census Date: Thursday 26 Mar 2015

More information

http://www.jcu.edu.au/student/feessupport/index.htm

NAHSSS Scholarship applications open now - closing 8th April 2015

The Nursing and Allied Health Scholarship and Support Scheme are now open. Find out if you're eligible for one of the many scholarships on offer at http://www.acn.edu.au/nahsss 

NAHSSS Rural and Remote Clinical Placement scholarships worth up to $11,000 are now open

NAHSSS Rural and Remote Clinical Placement scholarships worth up to $11,000 are now open for nursing and midwifery students undertaking a clinical placement in a rural or remote area.

For more information, visit http://www.acn.edu.au/nahsss_rural_and_remote

JCU Undergraduate Student Prizes - Prize money to be won - closing date Friday 31 October

Attention all JCU undergraduate students.

Entries are invited for two writing prizes – the H Neil Smith Prize (a short story of not more than 2,000 words) and the Mabel Innes Prize for Lyric Verse (a lyric poem of any length).

The H Neil Smith Prize is valued at $750 and the Mabel Innes Prize for Lyric Verse is valued at $500.

Closing date is Friday 31 October.

For more information please email exams-townsville@jcu.edu.au 

JCU Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition photo albums now on flickr

Not on Facebook?  You can now access the JCU Nursing, Midwifery & Nutrition photo albums online at flickr @ https://www.flickr.com/photos/127549362@N03/

CNMR News: Going Bush

Rural and remote health services and James Cook University are working to expose greater numbers of nursing students to the rewards and possibilities of working in the bush.

A new rural clinical placement elective in the Bachelor of Nursing Science (BNSc) degree has been embraced by JCU students and healthcare providers in remote and rural locations.

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Create your own personal social learning profile on LearnJCU

Social Learning

The new Social Learning Tools in LearnJCU allow you to connect and collaborate with your personal learning network online. It does this while also letting you keep your academic life separate from your social life. This network connects users at Blackboard Learn institutions around the globe and enables them to learn from each other in a more social, informal way – complementing the more formal classroom and online course experiences.

With the addition of Social Learning Tools, you can discover, connect, and communicate with a global learning network.

Features include:

Profile and Profile card
You now have an enhanced profile that not only includes your picture, area of study or focus, and an “about me” description, but also includes a profile wall for communication and the ability to message and follow other users to make connections and build your learning network. You will also have the option to link your profile to your Facebook and/or Twitter profiles, so that others can easily find you on those social networks. 

People
The People tool is the access point to your global learning network. It is where you can see who is in each of your Subjects and Communities with you, view an institution-wide directory, and now (with the addition of the social learning tools) you can search the global learning network to connect with others who have similar academic interests at Blackboard Learn institutions around the globe. The People tool is also where you can view and manage your connections – the people you are following and those who are following you. 

Messages
The Messages tool provides the ability to quickly and easily communicate with other users at your institution or at other institutions in the global learning network. You can send one-to-one and one-to-many messages that are similar to the messages you utilize through today’s social platforms. From the Messages tool, you can compose, read, reply, and delete messages. You can also send a message to someone from his or her Profile or Profile Card and the conversation will appear in your Messages tool.

Spaces

The Spaces tool allows you to create communication and collaboration group spaces – for study groups, group projects, interest groups, clubs, or other learning purposes. Each Space contains a wall where the members of that Space can post and communicate with each other. These wall posts are then aggregated in each member’s Posts tool (which also consolidates Profile wall posts as well as posts from Discussion Boards, Blogs, Journals, and Wikis), so that you can always stay up to date on the conversations going on.

Blackboard Learn Quick Hit: Social Learning Tools

Duration: (4:18)
User: blackboardtv - Added: 17/01/13

YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CMATBAkj4E

Blackboard Learn Quick Hit - Profiles

Duration: (1:27)
User: blackboardtv - Added: 8/11/12

YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMEwrLskxaI

CRANAplus Undergraduate Remote Placement Scholarship applications close 31st July

CRANAplus Undergraduate Scholarships - Helping students with remote placement

Each year CRANAplus offers a number of scholarships to  provide financial assistance  of up to $1000 per applicant, per remote placement. These scholarships  can be applied to the cost of fares, accommodation and other incidental costs incurred by a student undertaking an undergraduate placement in a remote area of Australia and its external Territories.

The closing date for the scholarship application is the 31st July of each year.

https://crana.org.au/advocacy/students/undergraduate-scholarships

Graduate Profile - Victoria Lancini

Nursing Alumni Prize for Citizenship - Eri Takahashi

Congratulations to Eri Takahashi, recipient of the 2014 Nursing Alumni Prize for Citizenship.

This prize was founded in 2011 and is maintained with donations from the JCU Nursing Alumni with contributions from the graduating classes.  It is awarded to the Cairns Campus student who has completed the second year and is enrolled in the third year of the Bachelor of Nursing Science degree and who demonstrates:

• leadership qualities within the peer group;
• a positive and collegial attitude to peers and colleagues;
• and outstanding personal qualities in contributing to the betterment of the School community.

They must also:

• provide service to the University;
• participate in co-curricular activities;
• and promote the University and themselves in a professional manner.

ACN Emerging Nurse Leader (ENL) Program - 2015 Applications now open

Are you, or do you know an exceptional nursing student currently in their second year of nursing (completing degree in 2015), or completing a Masters?

Applications for the 2015 intake of Emerging Nurse Leaders is now open. Take this opportunity to be supported by ACN as you begin your career. 

Join your JCU Nursing student colleagues, Evan Casella and Anna Groth, (JCU Cairns Campus) - current ACN 2014 Emerging Nurse Leaders.



Applications open 3 March to 29 June 2014

Last date for withdrawal from SP1 subjects - Thursday 27th March

Please note Census Date (Thursday 27^th March) is the last date for alterations to enrolment for Study Period 1 without financial penalty. 

 

To avoid fee liability, subject withdrawals must be made via eStudent by the Census Date. Please see "Component Withdrawal" at the eStudent Online help webpage for further information. 

 

Students who have already paid their subject fees can apply for refund – see http://www.jcu.edu.au/student/feessupport/JCU_107418.html for details.

 

For enquiries regarding withdrawal or fees please contact the Student Enquiry Centre on 1800-246446 or email enquiries@jcu.edu.au

 

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CRANAplus Undergraduate Scholarships now open

CRANAplus Undergraduate Scholarships: Helping students with remote placement

In addition to the professional connections, access to resources and support undergraduate students gain from CRANAplus membership, there is the possibility of being awarded an Undergraduate Remote Placement Scholarship. The scholarships offer financial assistance to support students who are interested in working remotely giving them the opportunity to experience a remote health setting first hand. This demonstrates the commitment of CRANAplus to the future remote health workforce.

Each year CRANAplus offers a total of six scholarships. These scholarships provide financial assistance of up to $1000 per applicant, per remote placement. They can be applied to the cost of fares, accommodation and other incidental costs incurred by a student undertaking an undergraduate placement in a remote area of Australia and its external Territories.

The closing date for the scholarship application is the 31st July of each year.

Visit the CRANAplus website for application information.

QHealth Presentation - Career Fest Townsville - Tuesday 18 March

TOWNSVILLE CAREER FEST: QHealth Presentation

Queensland Health Presentation – Information on the Qld Health job application process, requirements and strategies for success. Medical, Nursing, Allied Health, Social Work and Psychology students should attend.

Date: Tuesday 18 March
Time: 1-3 pm
Venue: DB040-103
Presenter: Catherine Betcher from Qld Health

Please book to attend these events. You must be logged into CareerHub to book: https://careerhub.jcu.edu.au/ (use your JCU username and password).

James Cook University app now available for iPhone iPad & Android

The free James Cook University app has been developed to help you make the most out of your university experience, both on and off campus. The app is available for iPhone, iPad and Android.

The app has the following features, with more to come!

Maps – Are you lost? Find your way around campus with in depth information about buildings and places of interest.

Events – What are you doing this weekend? Check out our event info covering everything from O-Week events, important academic dates and public lectures.

Contacts – Who are you looking for? Search the public directory for faculty and staff. Send an email or place a call, and save contact information to your phone’s address book.

News – Read all about it! Check out the latest stories about JCU’s great research and students.

LearnJCU – Access directly into your LearnJCU Blackboard mobile app.

Ask Us – You’ve got questions and we’re got answers! Check out Hot Topics or ask us your questions.

Library – Mobile friendly search of the Library catalogue, including library hours and the ability to check your account.

Email – You’ve got mail! Direct link into student and staff email.

Social Media – Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, oh my! All the links you could ever want to stay in touch with JCU on social media.

JCUSA – Direct link into JCU’s Student Association mobile app.