June 2004

Taskforce on nurse violence named

MP Maxine Morand will chair the Victorian Taskforce on Violence in Nursing.

Minister for Health Bronwyn Pike said Ms Morand had a background in nursing and research.

‘She was an advisor on nursing and public health to the previous Minister for Health and has a good understanding of the impact of occupational violence in nursing,’ Ms Pike said.

Other members of the Taskforce are:

• WorkSafe Victoria Public Sector and Community Services Director Robyn Gillis;

• Australian Nurses Federation (Victorian Branch) Secretary Lisa Fitzpatrick;

• ANF (Victorian Branch) Industrial Officer Jeanette Sdrinis;

• Health Services Union of Australia (HACSU) Industrial Officer Maryann Lindsay;

• HACSU Professional Officer Denise Guppy;

• Acting Senior Sergeant David Short of Victoria Police’s Community Consultation and Crime Prevention branch;

• Head of RMIT School of Nursing Professor Olga Kanitsaki;

• Goulburn Valley TAFE Program Coordinator Jennifer Bennie;

• Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute Human Resource Director Christina Wilson;

• Nurses Board of Victoria Chief Executive Officer Louise Milne-Roch;

• Bundoora Extended Care Centre Director of Nursing Mandy Heather;

• Women’s and Children’s Health Executive Nurse/Midwife Advisor (Policy and Planning) Bobbie Carroll;

• Aged and Sub-Acute Care Bendigo Director of Nursing Services June Dyson;

• Kyabram and District Health Services Director of Nursing Maxine Brockfield;

• La Trobe Medical Centre Operations Manager/Director of Nursing Nicole Waldron;

• The Alfred’s Fairfield House Continuing Care Nurse Manager Iain McKinnon;

• Kooweerup Regional Health Service’s Patricia Sherwell;

• Austin Health Mental Health Clinical Service Unit and Nursing Services Psychiatric Liaison Nurse John Forster;

• Department of Human Services Mental Health Branch Senior Nurse Adviser Greg Miller;

• Department of Human Services Office of Chief Clinical Adviser Senior Project Officer Steven McConchie;

• Department of Human Services Rural and Regional Health and Aged Care Quality Improvement Unit Manager Maree Cameron;

• Department of Human Services’ Nurse Policy Branch Director Kim Sykes.