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Consultation Liaison Nurse Network - Open Forum

This network is a public forum intended for professional debate on issues relating to CL nursing.

No matter where you live and work, if you're a Mental Health/Psychiatric CL Nurse you are very welcome to join in the discussion.

The network is maintained by the ACMHNs CLSIG. To subscribe, click here.

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This is an unmoderated list (ie: uncensored), but nuisance posts (abusive, racist, sexist, advertising etc) will not be tolerated. We take pride that the tone of the email network has always been casual, generous and supportive.

The Australian College of Mental Health Nurses takes no responsibility for, nor endorses opinions of members or non-members, as expressed through this network.

Aborignal and Torrest Strait Islander Special Interest Group Network

The primary purpose of the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses ATSI Special Interest Group (SIG) is to promote interest in and the development of skills working with people from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background.

To be kept up to date with the happenings of the SIG, or to discuss relevant ATSI matters, sign up for the e-list here.

Clinical Supervision Special Interest Group Network

This e-list is for discussion of topics related to clinical supervision and also serves as the communication channel for members of the ACMHN Clinical Supervision Special Interest Group

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Hot topics

There have been several topics that have prompted robust and lively discussion. These include:

Primary mental health care
Referral from psychiatrists
Olanzapine depots
Court reports
 

General mental health nursing
Technology in acute care teams
Changeover from RPN to RN
Assistants in nursing in acute MH units
Search policies, procedures,strategies
Evaluation of non-smoking policies in psychiatric / mental health facilities

Perinatal and infant mental health
Mother infant observations
Antidepressant medication in pregnancy
 

To see previous discussions, you need to be a member of the list on which they appeared. Simply subscribe to the relevant list and, once logged in through the e-list environment (http://lists.acmhn.org/wws/lists), click the archive button on the left-hand menu to view the discussions.