In 2025 the world is yours

New Nursing conferences and even cruises in 2025

We’re excited to be working with Nurses for Nurses once more in 2025, and together, we’ve lined up four exciting conference opportunities. Any, or all, of these conferences would be glorious ways to have a much-needed holiday and get those essential CPD hours.

In late January, Colleen and I will present at a three-day conference on the beautiful Sunshine Coast titled “Being Trauma-Informed across the Life Span.” This conference will yield 15 CPD hours.

Later, at the end of March, we’ll be on an 8-day cruise conference in collaboration with Education at Sea, sailing out of Brisbane to the beautiful South Pacific islands. We’ll stop in different ports to explore parts of Vanuatu between our conference sessions, before sailing back to Brisbane.

The effect of trauma on people’s lives is all over social media at present, and that’s exactly what we’ll cover in this conference: Nursing is Changing – Trauma, and Violence-Informed Healthcare. In addition to the conference sessions, the cruise will include two days for you to explore the gorgeous South Pacific ports of call. An amazing way to earn 24 CPD hours, in beautiful surroundings. You’ll have access to the online conference library for content before the cruise.

On the 30th of April, we’ll be back on the Sunshine Coast for 3 days, and our topic will be “How to Regain Professional Authority through Effective Communication“, for 15 CPD hours.

This conference aims to provide a better alternative to the tearoom talks by creating a collegial space for robust discussion. Our topics will focus on moving from breakroom chatter to creating sustainable, vibrant workplaces in healthcare. This means transitioning from informal chats amongst nursing staff to identifying and developing formal, practical strategies for a healthier, more dynamic work environment.  In many healthcare workplaces, informal discussions on what’s wrong, what needs to change, and what needs to happen occur only in break rooms, treatment rooms, nurses’ stations, or even at the patient’s bedside. Giving these dialogues the importance they deserve is the first step in generating positive change in our workplaces.

Saving the most exciting for last, in August I’ll be departing from Hamburg, Germany, cruising to ports in England, Iceland, and Scotland on a 12-day cruise. Between port days we’ll have various presenters with sessions on  “Understanding the Forces Shaping Healthcare Delivery Today and Into the Future“.

This conference will cover the topics of technological advances, workforce dynamics, digital transformation, and virtual care among other important subjects. is an interdisciplinary conference that brings together healthcare professionals to explore the multifaceted factors impacting healthcare delivery in the modern world. This conference offers 24 CPD hours, in addition to opportunities for exploring some diverse areas of our world.

I’m looking forward to meeting many more healthcare professional, rich discussions, and wonderful explorations of our world, and our work in 2025. I hope you can join me for part of these adventures.

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