What’s Jayne been up to over April 2019?
There was a lot to fit in over April with the Australian Primary Health Nurses Association (APNA) Conference kicking off proceedings at the beginning of the month here in Adelaide. Definitely remember a lot of talking to people! I saw Catherine Zeevaarder (pictured above with me at the APNA stand), who I previously mentored in the APNA mentoring program, and got to know lots of new people as well.
I tweeted and posted information and photos on social media throughout the few days, for which I was awarded Top Social Media Performer for the conference! As you can see in the photo to the left, the prize was a very large Haighs chocolate frog … always amusing for a diabetes educator to receive chocolate! If you search on Twitter for @JayneEdHealth, you will find the tweets!
Kirrily Chambers and I got our Power of 2 action to work with a presentation on the importance of blood glucose meter accuracy at the conference. Everyone got to keep a Contour Next or Next One meter from Ascensia and a copy of my Check, Think and Act resource to help the nurses show people with diabetes where their blood glucose levels should be sitting and how to get them back on track for good health. It was so good to be out there sharing a resource I know makes a difference in the ability of people with diabetes achieving their glucose targets. Those who were there … don’t forget to go to my website shop and use your code APNA19 for the special fee to let you buy the rights to copy the resource and give out to the people with diabetes you see!
Then I hosted a Kitchen Cabinet (KC) for the South Australian Health and Wellness Minister, Hon. Stephen Wade, mid April. The KC is a concept I created some years ago to bring together high level decision makers in South Australia with people who can provide a picture of the reality of life and its challenges if you have an intellectual disability. The aim of this KC was to share insights and ideas to discuss the delivery of high quality healthcare to people with intellectual disability in South Australia. Yes … there were pretty cups and tea in teapots and home made treats … to
sustain a two hour conversation about the topic at hand. This time the table had to accommodate 17 of us … yes it’s a big table … and a two hour conversation brought new insights and opportunities to light for the Minister, and participants, to consider progressing.
There have also been a few Ausmed conference presentations and of course, I’ve seen people with diabetes in the locations I visit!