SAPNA WISHES TO ADVISE THAT THE COUNTRY STUDY WEEKEND THAT WAS TO BE HELD AT WAIKERIE  ON Friday 12th - Saturday 13th June 2009 at the Waikerie Hotel Motel, HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

Unfortunately the registration numbers to May 28th were not sufficient to present this years country education sessions and the committee reluctantly voted to cancel the event.

Refunds for all registrants will be posted over the 7 days.  SAPNA apologies for any inconvenience to all parties involved in the organisation of this event.

The next Saturday Morning Education Session will be held on 1st August in the Robson Theatre, Royal Adelaide Hospital.

This session will focus on Orthopaedics and is planned to include the Joint Registry and Medico.

Watch the website for further details. 

If you have an opinion or a requirement of your professional organisation, please contact us via email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or via the SAPNA phone on 0424 974 660. Better still we are looking for perioperative nurses to become part of the committee engine that drives SAPNA for its members and perioperative nursing in South Australia. Committee nomination forms are available on the SAPNA website.

For those of you that attended the recent ACORN Conference may be aware that the new ACORN staffing standard was discussed.

There have been some major changes to this standard from the 2006 standard which could impact on our members greatly.

SAPNA is concerned at the way this standard was reviewed and changed. There was no consultation with SAPNA and the first we knew about the changes was after they were ratified.SAPNA feels that all states and territories should have been consulted and had input in the proposed changes.