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Issue | July 2014

I had the great honor of attending the CISA 2014 Conference. This is all thanks to EQUALS. The Conference started on the 7th of July and ended on the 9th of July 2014. There were student leaders from various parts of Australia present. Example from Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. The Conference was challenging from Day 1. We had students with various degrees and from various disciplines present. First day we had a debate. We had almost 300 participants in the room so I got a shock when I was chosen to be a member of the

We were on the positive team for ESOS . The negative team had very strong contenders. Numerous students from the audience supported the fact that the ESOS does not actually carry out any function. I was under stress that our team will lose , however thanks to God we had a tie!

We had various panels present like the Religion Panel, the Cultural Panel, Health

CISA comes to Adelaide! Written by Khushbu Chand (pictured above right)

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“The world of

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IN THIS EDITION CISA comes to town – EQUALS Student Khushbu Chand reports

Page 1 Excellence in Practice

Page 3 Staff Profile Book Review

Page 4 Chinese Medicine Get Ready for Springtime! Learner Profile

Page 5 Gettin' Through Hard Times Together, Book Review TED! Ideas worth spreading

Page 6 Evidence Based Practice Joanna Briggs Institute

Page 7 Thank you to all contributors and staff who assisted in bringing this newsletter to fruition. (Pictured far left, Action Learning! Learner working on models in class)

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These were some of the issues that were discussed. By attending this Conference my knowledge had widened. I interacted with a wide range of people from other cultural backgrounds. It was a great learning experience for me. The CISA Conference is held once a year . It has been happening for the past four years. It serves as an International Body for students and it highlights student’s concerns. This Conference is the only one of its kind in the world

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Almond Milk Recipe

Try this delicious alternative to

traditional milk….

Soak a cup of almonds overnight and

peel off the skin the next day. Blend

together one cup of soaked almonds

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with 2 cups of water. Strain off the

almond milk through a muslin or sieve.

You can drink as it is or add some

warming spices such as cinnamon,

ginger and cardamom. Another idea is

to blend almond milk with some

soaked dates.

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Creative Competition Staff were challenging each other during team training last month. From right to left, Khyati Gajjar, Chris Tope, Tania Wiese and Mia Zhou.

Promotional Panel, Ombudsmen Panel, work rights and ethics. Issues discussed included that if someone does not want to hire you, the code word is , “ Sorry but you are over-qualified.” This is an abuse of Work rights as one should not be called for an interview in the first place if one is over-qualified . For Health and Promotion the fact was made known that most students are young and vulnerable and fall in love easily. As a result, females especially end up with partners who tend to abuse them physically and emotionally.

with no other countries far or near have anything like it.

One can catch more of the CISA updates on my Facebook page including the photos, notes and anecdotes on (Facebook account Chand Khushbu). One can also find the link on EQUALS Facebook page.

Thank you everyone!!

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UPCOMING PROGRAMS

Excellence in practice Reflections from an Enrolled Nurse

Written by Christine Schwarz

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providing my ideas and thoughts. The learning needs and learning styles of others is taken into consideration in my clinical practice and I encourage others to undertake new skills and seek further knowledge within their scope of practice. This is inclusive of the patient and their significant others in the provision of health promotion and education for the delivery of personal care. As a professional Enrolled Nurse I act with integrity in both my personal and professional activities. I liaise with the Registered Nurse for the delegated care to ensure positive outcomes. Mistakes and omissions are rectified in an appropriate

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The role of the Enrolled Nurse in the delivery of excellent standard of practice and professional performance, along with respect and integrity within the health profession is vital. An excellent standard of practice is maintained by assessment of the patient’s holistic needs, recognising each person as an individual. The commitment to safe and high quality of care is provided to the complex patient under the direct and/or indirect supervision of a Registered Nurse. Cultural, professional and personal respect is a value I regard highly. All people I come in contact with are provided with respect and treated with dignity as I ask in return. The opinions and experience of others are valued with active listening and in return

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manner when identified, and in turn demonstrates my values as an Enrolled Nurse. This standard of practice was proven when I was awarded Enrolled Nurse of the Year 2010/11 with SA Health Australian Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards. I have been a Nurse for 38 years and have always continued to up-skill my qualification to endeavour to deliver a high standard of practice. My current qualification is ENAD (Enrolled Nurse Advanced Diploma), with specialty recognition as a Nephrology Nurse. This provides me with the experience to offer support and also an educational role both for nursing staff and patients.

Ceryce Guerra Service Team

- sodales.

1. Places you’ve lived: I’ve moved 11 times all over Adelaide.

2. Places you’d like to live: Brisbane

3. Hidden talent: I sing and play the acoustic guitar

4. Five people you’d invite to a dinner party (dead or alive): Elvis, Oprah, James Arthur, David Beckham, and Ellen DeGeneres.

5. Favourite music artist: James Arthur

6. Your most embarrassing moment: Looking back at old photos of myself and seeing that I used to try and BE my brother. Dress like my brother, act like my brother, Skateboard like my brother.

7. Your proudest moment: Buying my first house.

8. Favourite quote: Let it be. 9. Favourite place: Bali. 10. Three words your friends

would use to describe you: Immature, Tom boy, Short.

11. What makes you happiest: My Dog Bentley.

12. Who or what inspires you: My Mum is my inspiration.

13. What is your biggest fear: The dark!!!

14. Worst habit: Being too honest. 15. Where will you be in 20 years’

time? Hopefully I would have travelled the world more and have a family.

16. Favourite book: He’s just not that into you.

Staff Profile… who knew!

Bernie’s Book Review The Secret Garden has been regarded as a children’s literary classic since its publication in 1911, this was one of my favourite books as a child and now as an adult it’s still up there.

The story focuses on a young girl, Mary Lennox, who grew up in India with her parents as her father was in the British Imperial Army. She is quite a sullen and spoilt young girl, used to servants feeding and dressing her and generally getting everything she wanted. After her parents’ sudden deaths she returns to England to live with her last surviving family member, a reclusive uncle who lives in a large manor on the foggy moors of England. The house has hundreds of rooms, most of which are never open and to this young girl, seem full of mystery and potential adventure.

The reason this book was my favourite as a child was the magic weaved through out the pages. It explores the themes of transformations and personal growth, not judging others based on what you merely see and looking to all things in life and nature as a source of happiness and energy. The overall theme of the book is that, all of life is a garden; fill your life with beautiful things, grow what you want, and shape it how you want it to be.

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Learner Profile… Kuber Shrestha

Luciano Bortolanza is a consulting Homeopath and Chinese Medicine Practitioner at Aspects of Healing.

Phone 8110 4300 for bookings, or email enquiries@aspectsofhealing.com.au.

www.aspectsofhealing.com.au

Kuber is a Nursing Learner at EQUALS. He took a few moments to share some fun facts:

1. Places you’ve lived Nepal, Australia

2. Places you’d like to live Adelaide, Melbourne, Nepal, Kathmandu

3. Hidden talent Playing soccer

4. Most embarrassing moment Missing the penalty in a football match.

5. Proudest moment Building my home in Nepal 6. Favourite quote Be calm, be present, be positive 7. Favourite place Kangaroo Island 8. How would your friends describe you? Helpful, positive, never gives up 9. What makes you happiest? Playing soccer 10. Who or what inspires you? Any soccer legend!

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While winter is a time to conserve energy and reduce activity, spring is a time of regeneration, new beginnings, and a renewal of spirit.

The five elements refer to wood, fire, earth, metal, and water in Eastern philosophy. The Principle of the Five Elements (known as the Wu Hsing in Chinese) describes the flow of Qi and the balance of yin and yang.

According to the principle, all change – in the universe and in your body – occurs in five distinct stages. Each of these stages is associated with a particular time of year, a specific element in nature, and a pair of organs in the body. Change links together the seasons of the year, aspects of nature, and your body's organs and bodily processes. A practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine uses this principle to diagnose and treat health problems, linking specific foods, herbs, and acupuncture points to the restoration of yin- yang and Qi.

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Spring is the ideal time for cleansing and rejuvenation for overall health and well-being. As spring is represented by the wood element and includes the liver and its complementary organ, the gallbladder, these two organs are usually the primary targets for springtime cleansing and health regimens.

According to the philosophy of Chinese medicine, the liver is responsible for the smooth flowing of Qi (energy) throughout the body. When the liver functions smoothly, physical and emotional activity throughout the body also runs smoothly.

Seasonal acupuncture treatments can serve to tonify the inner organ systems and can correct minor annoyances before they become serious problems. Ask the friendly staff at Aspects of Healing about a consultation to see how acupuncture can help you stay healthy this spring!

Being your best this Spring Chinese Medicine

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TED! Ideas worth spreading

BOOK REVIEW William Barnes has been in education, as teacher, tutor, and administrator,

both in public schools and private ones, for more

than forty years, both in the United States and

Japan. Most noteworthy, he was principal of the Daystar International

School in Japan. He has contributed articles and papers to journals and

conferences all over the world. He brings this experience to bear in

writing two books, Renewing the Sacred: A New Vision of Education and Gettin' Through Hard Times Together: Creating

Prosperity Through Sharing, Service and Sacrifice. Everyone

involved in education, at any level and in any

capacity, should read and share these books.

ISBN: 9781495255960

Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages.

TED is a global community, welcoming people from every discipline and culture who seek a deeper understanding of the world. They believe passionately in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and, ultimately, the world.

TED.com is a clearinghouse of free knowledge from the world's most inspired thinkers — and a community of curious souls to engage with ideas and each other, both online and at TED and TEDx events around the world. See a couple of our favourites here: How Schools Kill Creativity, How to Live Before you Die, How to Make Stress Your Friend Visit ted.com and be inspired.

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This timely book, written by William Barnes, explains how we can work together to achieve true prosperity for all by changing what the author, William Barnes, calls the moral economy of our societies. The moral economy is those exchanges of vales, not goods or money, that happen when people met each other on the street or at work, or get together in our homes, parks, malls, and neighborhoods. All economies have a moral dimension to them. The moral economy of materialist society, especially its consumerist form, is built upon and expresses values that encourage actions and is built upon and expresses values that encourage actions and attitudes that are selfish, self-serving and self-centered. This is supposed to generate wealth, security and well being. But, except for a fortunate few, it does just the opposite. This must be changed. The moral economy that William Barnes envisions works through three core principles: sharing, service, and self-sacrifice. That is, sharing wealth, serving others, and

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sacrificing personal interests for a common good. Individuals willing to share, serve and sacrifice act as a powerful catalyst to create a society that is truly prosperous.

Creating Prosperity Through Sharing, Service and Sacrifice

Gettin' Through Hard Times Together:

If you haven’t come across a TED talk while surfing the net, you’ve almost certainly seen one during one of our value added workshops at EQUALS. They regularly feature in our workshops on problem solving and spiritual intelligence.

TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology,

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Remedial Massage student clinic is coming up in September. Stay tuned for special pricing and be sure to book in!

Evidence Based Practice What is evidence? Evidence in its broadest sense includes everything that is used to determine or demonstrate the truth of an assertion. Evidence = Information, whether from patient, literature, or experience. Evidence-based Healthcare (EBHC) ‘is the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients. The practice of evidence based medicine means integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research.’ Sackett 1996. Why EBHC?

> Assists health professionals in their clinical decision making > Enhances the ability of health professionals to provide consistent and appropriate care > Improves outcomes for patients/clients, while reducing the risk of clinical adverse events

The Joanna Briggs Institute

The Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) is the international not-for-profit, research and development arm of the School of Translational Science based within the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Adelaide, South Australia. The aim of JBI is to improve global health through providing point-of-care access to evidence and tools for evidence-based healthcare. Joanna Briggs was the first matron of the Royal Adelaide Hospital. JBI collaborates internationally with clinicians, health professionals, scientists and researchers to promote and support the synthesis, transfer and utilization of evidence through identifying feasible, appropriate, meaningful and effective healthcare practices to assist in the improvement of healthcare outcomes globally. JBI 2014

Joanna Briggs Institute & EBP Contributed by Steve Hutchinson, RN

IN THE NEXT EDITION Katina’s Column – thoughts from the Founder

EQUALS Foundation – an update on Akanu

Budgeting Skills – Budgeting tips from the expert!

Half the Sky – A panel discussion, hosted by the Centre for Equality, focused on helping Australia's campaign to stop violence against women

Where are they now? Graduate snapshots

What are employers looking for? Words for the Wise

Understanding Your Obligations – for International Learners

WHAT’S ON?

South Australia Term 3 Dates: 21st July – 26th September

White Ribbon Day: Friday 25th July

Raksha Bandhan: Sunday 10th August

Sunday Mail City to Bay Fun Run: Sunday 21st September

UN International Day of Peace: Sunday 21st September

National Child Protection Week: 7th-13th September

Oktoberfest: 20th September – 5th October

AFL Grand Final (Melbourne): Saturday 27th September

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