CONTENTS4 Welcome 4 Our Partners5 Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital6 Our Journey in Milestones8 Conference Speakers

Dr Jennifer ArnoldDr Cherilyn AshlockWilma BerendsProf Busisiwe BhenguDr Nonkululeko BokhutsoSuzanne BretonProf Tina ChengDr Pinky ChirwaHamida EbrahimJayson GopiechandDr Andrew GrieveJohn GroarkeMuneera IsmailDr Mandisa MaholwanaJordan MannProf Muthuhandini MawelaProf Eric McCollumDr Porai Moshesh Dr Krubin NaidooDr Nceba NdzwayibaRachael BritzBeauty SangweniStacie StenderVeronica TaschlDr Adele TjaleDr Dena Van Den BerghKaren van Zijl Prof Sithembiso Velaphi

14 Programme18 General Information19 Enquiries19 Your Support

“Children of Southern Africa have the right to be cared for and to receive the best medical treatment available when they are ill and to receive treatment that compares with the best in the world.

Nothing less would be enough,”Mr Nelson Mandela

Welcome to the inaugural Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital (NMCH)’s PAEDIATRIC NURSING - PRACTICE AND EDUCATION CONFERENCE.

It was the vision of former president Mr Nelson Mandela, that we build this, the second dedicated children’s hospital for children of Southern Africa and that this institution be recognised as a leader in paediatric

research and training.

Now a state-of-the-art specialist paediatric academic and tertiary referral hospital, providing child and family centred care, NMCH delivers best quality medical services to children of Southern Africa,

irrespective of their social and economic status.

Our vision is To Give Every Child a Chance to Live and Thrive and this is supported by the hospital’s mission to provide specialised evidence-based patient care through promoting a child and

family-centred approach and providing quality care to improve health outcomes. Furthermore, NMCH aims to create a renowned platform for education and training and

to conduct collaborative world-class research.

It is therefore by no coincidence that we launch this conference, particularly in May, a month where we celebrate the significant role of nursing in healthcare across the globe.

It is also with pride that in line with our vision and theme for this conference, “Strengthen Coordination and Collaboration to Improve Health Outcomes of Children,” that we have partnered with USAID and the

Maternal and Child Survival Program to bring together industry leaders and practitioners; to provide insights into Clinical Excellence, Leadership and Social Support initiatives

in caring for our children and families.

We therefore welcome you to this important event and hope that you will share and take away key lessons that you can apply in your own professional environments.

Dr Manidisa Maholwana CEO | NMCH

Jayson GopiechandNURSING DIRECTOR | NMCH

USAID’s flagship Maternal and Child Survival Program, led by Jhpiego, is proud to be a part-ner to the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital. With a shared goal of ensuring every young life has their best chance to thrive, we welcome this conference as an opportunity to share knowledge and build a stronger nursing workforce in South Africa.

Dr. Koki AgarwalMD, MPH, DrPH

Director, USAID Maternal and Child Survival

Program

Dr. Leslie MancusoPhD, RN, FAAN

President & CEO of Jhpiego

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Dear Delegate

Our Partners

Our Vision: Giving every child a chance to live and thrive.

Nelson Mandela’s dream was to build a world-class paediatric hospital so that we can secure future generations of African leaders. That dream became a reality.

Initiated by Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund, as part of its vision, the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital Trust (Trust) raised funds for and built a hospital which offers world-class tertiary and quaternary paediatric healthcare services provided by a team of highly experienced medical profes-sionals within a sophisticated technological environment. The hospital opened its doors to its first patients in June 2017. The commitment of this hospital is to render exceptional service to all children of Southern Africa, irrespective of their socio-economic status.Inspired by Nelson Mandela’s love for children NMCH embraces a holistic healing approach that includes the ability to provide quality, specialised, evidence-based, family-centred care by promoting specialist training and research to improve the health outcomes of children.

NMCH is a 200-bed facility offering critical services all supported by various clinical and allied health services.

The hospital is led by a board of directors, chaired by Mr Phuthuma Nhleko, Chief Executive Officer, Dr Mandisa Maholwana, and an executive management team overseeing hospital operations. While the South African government, through the National Tertiary Services Grant funds public patients and the majority of the operations of the hospital (Opex), the Trust continues to raise funds for the gap, capital expenses, as well as build an endowment to ensure that future generations are able to access this facility.

CRITICAL SERVICES

Working on a referral basis with other tertiary hospitals, NMCH currently has the following Centres of Excellence:• Neurosurgery – The neurosurgical department treats children diagnosed with complex cases including, posterior fossa tumours, craniofacial

abnormalities and myelomeningoceles. • Cardiology & Cardiothoracic Surgery – At one adult hospital, there can be up to 300 children waiting for life-saving heart treatment. Our Car-

diothoracic Surgical team treats children with congenital and paediatric cardiovascular disease.• General Paediatric Surgery – These procedures are critical surgeries that, in some cases, children have been waiting for several months for

these to be performed. These include orchidopexy, oesophageal atresia, hypospadias repair, and jejunal atresia to name a few. • Nephrology (Dialysis) – One of the largest paediatric dialysis units in the country. The unit adopts a holistic approach to treatment in the form

of pre and post-transplant treatment as well as haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis. • Critical Care – With 48 ICU beds – both neonatal and paediatric ICU – NMCH has the largest paediatric critical care complex in the region. Many

critically ill children are in need of this intensive care. To ensure improved health outcomes for patients from our referral networks NMCH has provided a dedicated specialist team of intensivists working with other members of the interdisciplinary team to care for these vulnerable children.

Supported by:• Allied Services (Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Dieticians, Psychologists)• Radiology (X-ray, Ultrasound, Fluoroscopy, CT Scan, Cath lab and MRI)• Anaesthesia

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Dr Jennifer Arnold

Dr Jennifer Arnold, MD, MSc is currently an attending neonatologist and Medical Director of the Center for Medical Simulation and Innovative Education at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. She is an experienced neonatologist, medical educator, healthcare advocate and simulation researcher with a passion for delivering high quality patient care through innovation, technology and effective debriefing.

She completed her undergraduate Bachelor of Science degrees in Biology and Psychology at the University of Miami in Florida. She then completed her medical degree at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD and gradu-ated in 2000. She attended a Paediatric Residency Program at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. During her fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, she obtained a Master of Science in Medical Education from the University of Pitts-burgh. She is Board Certified in Neonatal Medicine and is currently the Medical Director of the Centre for Medical Simulation and Innovative Education at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital.

Dr Arnold has been involved in simulation education, patient safety, and research endeavours for the last 10 years.

Dr Cherilyn Ashlock

Dr Cherilyn Ashlock, DNP, RN, NE-BC, is the Director of Professional Practice at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. In her current role as Director for Professional Practice, Dr Ashlock oversees the clinical and unit-based onboarding, development and education, nursing research, regulatory readiness and nursing quality outcomes.

She is also responsible for the organizational pursuit of ANCC Magnet designation. Under her leadership, Johns Hop-kins All Children’s continues to develop their transition to practice programs, as well as build upon the preceptor role for nursing and patient care services. Dr. Ashlock completed her Doctorate of Nursing Practice-Executive Leadership at Old Dominion University in May of 2017 and focused her capstone work on an intervention to prevent missed nursing care in the paediatric acute care environment. Her most recent publication includes a chapter in the newly released book: “Mastering Precepting.”

Wilma Berends

Wilma Berends is a Nurse Consultant for the Global Services Clinical Quality and Nursing team at Johns Hopkins Medicine International. Wilma’s initial nursing education and experience were in the Netherlands and Switzerland, where she developed her interest in paediatrics and cardiac care. She came to the US to help develop the cardiac surgery program at the Nemours Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware, rising to the position of Director of the Cardiac Centre.

She has her Master of Science in Nursing from American Sentinel University, and has completed postgraduate studies in paediatric nursing, paediatric and neonatal intensive care nursing, and psychology and mental health.

Prof Busisiwe Bhengu

Professor Busisiwe (Busi) Rosemary Bhengu is an Honorary Associate Professor of University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN); currently employed by New York University as a nurse educator in Human Resource for Health Project introducing specialisation in Rwanda. Professor Bhengu is also the former Head of the School of Nursing at UKZN, in Durban.

She recently finished her term as the Chairperson of the South African Nursing Council and is a Distinguished Teacher Award Recipient of UKZN 2008. Professor Bhengu has been engaged in post graduate critical care curriculum devel-opment and reviews and its teaching within South Africa and several countries in Africa including the Arab Emirates. She was also a member of Council of the Critical Care Society of Southern Africa for two years and a current member of the Technical Committee of COHSASA and chairperson of the College Council of the KZN College of Nursing. In her capacity as Head of School in UKZN, she became a Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre and representative of the AFRO Region in the Global Network of WHO Collaborating Centres.

Professor Bhengu has been a visiting scholar at Hochschule Bremen University of Applied Sciences in Germany, Mas-sachusetts General Institute in Boston, Rush University in Chicago and observer of the Advanced Practice Role in Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and Rush Hospital in Chicago. She has participated in several panels, of note being the Canadian Research Initiative in which funds were awarded to big projects aiming at implementation of Task Shifting in Africa; the national Quality Care panel of Discovery Health Awards (2014-2017) and KZN quality day awards for the best innovative projects.

Professor Bhengu has published widely in critical care with her post graduate students she supervises and other scholars and presented papers locally, regionally and internationally.

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Conference Speakers

Dr Nonkululeko Boikhutso

Dr Nonkululeko Boikhutso is a Public Health Medicine Specialist currently serving as a member of the executive team at the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital in the position of Clinical Services Director. Her Main area of interest is in health systems and development of policy that will have impact on functions of the health system.

She also currently serves as an Executive Committee Member of the Cancer Alliance representing issues related to childhood cancer and is a co-opted member of the CHOC Childhood Cancer Foundation Board. She is also a Non-ex-ecutive Director of the Ronald McDonald House Charities South Africa.

Dr Boikhutso obtained an MBBCh at the University of the Witwatersrand in 2005, an FCPHM(SA) from the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa in 2012 as well as a Master of Medicine in Community Health (with distinction) from the University of the Witwatersrand in 2012

Suzanne Breton

Suzanne earned a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy from McGill University in Montreal in 1984 and earned her Masters Degree in Psychology from the University of Toronto in 1998.

Suzanne is an Occupational Therapist in the Department of Rehabilitation Services at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). She has worked a variety of different areas including neonatal intensive care, neonatal follow up, paediat-ric medicine, cardiology, general surgery, otolaryngology and dysphagia clinic for the past 29 years with her main area of focus being the NICU. She has presented at numerous workshops and has published articles in the area of infant feeding and developmentally supportive care and provides education and mentoring to nursing and occupational therapy students and new staff.

Suzanne is certified in Neurodevelopmental Intervention (NDT) and the Neonatal Individualized Care and Assessment Program (NIDCAP) and has taken Lactation Consultant training. Suzanne has done research in the area of preterm in-fant development and feeding and swallowing interventions in the paediatric population. She is involved in a number of process improvement initiatives and practice changes including oral feeding of infants on CPAP.

Suzanne is co-author of the book entitled “Infant and Child Feeding and Swallowing; Occupational Therapy Assess-ment and Intervention”.

Prof Tina Cheng

Dr Tina Cheng is the Given Foundation Professor of Paediatrics, Director of the Department of Paediatrics for the school of medicine with joint appointment in the Bloomberg School of Public Health and Paediatrician-in-Chief of The Johns Hopkins Hospital. She is the ninth Director of Paediatrics at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and first woman. She received a Master in Public Health degree in Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Residency from the University of California, Berkeley followed by a fellowship in Academic General Paediatrics at the University of Mas-sachusetts. In 2002 she joined Johns Hopkins University as Division Director of General Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine and in 2013 also became Chair of Paediatrics at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Centre. Dr Cheng has received numerous recognitions for her work and is currently on the National Advisory Panel of the NIH All of Us Research Program and co-led the Child Enrolment Scientific Vision Working Group which authored the report on “Opportunities enabled through the enrolment of children in the All of Us Research Program.” Dr. Cheng is also the author of over 150 publications.

Dr Pinky Chirwa

Dr Pinky Chirwa is the Head of the Neonatal ICU at the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital. She obtained her MBChB from the Medical University of South Africa in 1992. Following this, she began her career working in private practice for six years, after which (2002 to 2003), she worked as a Medical Officer in Paediatrics at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital before graduating with her FCPaed in 2006.

Dr Chirwa received a fellowship scholarship for Neonatology in 2007 and graduated with a Certificate in Neonatology in 2011. She is currently working on her Masters in Bioethics and Health Law, awaiting submission of her dissertation. She is also a member of USANA, Global Bioethics Initiative in the UN, and has served on several boards including the Health Professional Council of South Africa (HPCSA), as well as three of its committees. She is also a lecturer in Paediatrics and Neonatology, affiliated with University of the Witwatersrand.

She is also a trustee for Agang Sechaba Women’s Initiative, which is a community based non-profit organization for professional women involved in raising funds to educate and mentor underprivileged children.

Hamida Ebrahim

Hamida Ebrahim studied at Aga Khan University School of Nursing and obtained her diploma in general nursing. Hamida did her community work in Portugal and in 2011 she joined the private health care sector in South Africa. She studied critical care and infection prevention and control where she followed it as a passion and specialised in the field.

She joined Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital (NMCH) as Infection Prevention and Control Manager in 2017 serving and received training by SickKids International as well as Johns Hopkins. Hamida is an active member of IPC and OHS Committee, Antibiotic Stewardship Committee and Pharmacy Therapeutic Committee at NMCH. She shows interest in improving hand hygiene compliance and runs various audits and training sessions in this regard. She was part of hand hygiene project abstract presented in HASA and FIDSSA and was also the lead author for the abstract for BCA bundle compliance that was published in FIDSSA. She has received various certificates for quality leadership and IPC core standard highest scores.

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Jayson Gopiechand

Jayson Gopiechand is the Nursing Director at the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital (NMCH). Jayson joined NMCH in June 2017.

In his newest role, he is accountable for nursing practice, nursing standards, education, infection control and occupa-tional health across the hospital. Nursing services includes all nursing practice for inpatient, ambulatory and proce-dural settings as well as advanced practice providers and patient care services for nursing quality.

Prior to joining NMCH, Jayson served as Nursing Manager at Netcare Sunninghill Hospital, a 365-bed facility. There he was responsible for clinical, operational and financial leadership for nursing and clinical inpatient and outpatient services.

Jayson received his Bachelor of Science in Nursing from University of KwaZulu-Natal; he then specialised as a Critical Care Nurse - Neonatal; thereafter he completed the Head of Department Management Programme and in 2016 he completed his Master of Public Health (MPH) from the University of KwaZulu-Natal with a focus on Hospital Business Management.

Jayson’s nursing career has been dedicated to creating high quality, reliable systems of care and developing the next generation of nurses and health care professionals to lead in these ever-changing times.

Dr Andrew Grieve

Dr Andrew Grieve qualified as a doctor in 2002 from there he went on to spend time in various surgical areas before specialising in paediatric surgery at the University of Witwatersrand. He also holds a Masters of Medicine in Surgery.

During his training he spent time in King’s College in London, UK. After working at both Charlotte Maxeke Johannes-burg Academic and Chris Hani Baragwanath Academc Hospitals; Andrew has joined the team at the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital and continues to be involved in the Academic community in both education and research.

John Groarke

As Mission Director for USAID/Southern Africa, John Groarke is responsible for all USAID programming in Southern Africa, including bilateral programs in South Africa, Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and eSwatini, as well as regional programming. USAID’s programs promote trade and investment, combat gender-based violence, increase basic literacy, improve access to energy, combat wildlife crime, and confront the dual epidemics of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis.

As the USAID/Pakistan Mission Director from 2015 to 2017, Mr. Groarke led a $2.5 billion program promoting Paki-stan’s development and the reconstruction of its conflict-affected border with Afghanistan. From 2013 to 2015, Mr. Groarke served as Mission Director for USAID/Haiti, leading a $2.2 billion program supporting Haiti’s recovery from a devastating earthquake. As Mission Director for USAID/Morocco between 2009 and 2013, Mr. Groarke led a program supporting the Government of Morocco’s political and economic reforms during a time of regional transition.

In 2010, Mr. Groarke was detailed to Afghanistan to lead USAID’s efforts to implement the U.S. Government’s new counter-insurgency strategy. He previously served as Deputy Mission Director for USAID/Egypt (2006-2009) and for USAID/Iraq (2005-2006). He served as Senior Regional Legal Advisor for Egypt and Iraq (2002-2005) where, in 2003, Mr. Groarke helped open the Agency’s Baghdad mission in the aftermath of Operation Iraqi Freedom; and as a Re-gional Legal Advisor for various countries while based in Dakar, Senegal (1999-2002) and Dhaka, Bangladesh (1996-1999).

Mr. Groarke obtained a Bachelor’s Degree from New York University, a Master’s Degree from The London School of Economics, and a Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Career Minister.

Muneera Ismail

Muneera Ismail is the Deputy Director for Nursing at the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital (NMCH) where she is accountable for all areas of clinical nursing services. Muneera always strives to uphold the strategic pillars of NMCH by making use of innovative solutions and the inclusion of the interdisciplinary team.

Prior to joining NMCH, Muneera worked as a unit manager at Netcare Sunninghill Hospital for a 20 bedded ICU and as a clinical nurse at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital.

Muneera obtained her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Johannesburg, she then specialised in critical care nursing at Chris Hani Baragwanath College. Muneera then went on to study a Master of Science in Nurs-ing with the focus in the critical care domain.

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Dr Mandisa Maholwana

Dr Mandisa Maholwana whose experience in healthcare spans close to 20 years, has been CEO of Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital (NMCH) since its opening in 2017. She started her career as a Family Physician and later began her own private family practice.

She then continued her career in the pharmaceutical industry where she would gain management and leadership experience through various positions ranging from manager to director culminating in her role as Area Medical Direc-tor for Developing Countries for a major UK Multinational Pharmaceutical Company looking after countries in Africa and Asia.

Dr Maholwana attained her medical degree at the University of Natal. During her tenure in the pharmaceutical industry, she attended the Advanced Management Program (AMP) from Manchester Business School and earned a Post Graduate Certificate in Pharmaco-Economics from Monash University. Furthermore, having developed a keen interest in healthcare sector regulation and ethics, she achieved an MSc Med in Bioethics and Health Law from the University of the Witwatersrand.

Jordan Mann

Jordan earned a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology, Honours from Brock University, St. Catharines, Canada before studying Applied Human Nutrition and earning a Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of Guelph, Toronto, Canada. He completed his post-graduate dietetic internship at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in 2016 and has been a member of the NICU team since September 2016.

In addition to his clinical and educational roles, Jordan has been involved in research while at SickKids.

His current research focuses on the effect of postnatal steroids on growth in the hospitalised neonate. Recently, a manuscript he co-authored with a small dietitian team was accepted for publication in the Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice and Research. The manuscript outlined the effectiveness of hospital-wide implementation of the Nutrition Care Process (NCP) and International and Dietetics Nutrition Terminology (IDNT) into practice at SickKids.

Prof Muthuhandini Mawela

Professor MPB Mawela (Dini) is currently the Head of Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at the Sefako Mak-gatho Health Sciences University (SMU) and Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital (DGMAH) in Pretoria.

Professor Mawela is a registered Neonatologist and Head of the Neonatal services at DGMAH/SMU and within the cluster. She is an academic and Senior lecturer at SMU responsible for both undergraduate and postgraduate teach-ing and development. She presents regularly at local and national congresses. Her research focus is within Neona-tology, Paediatric HIV and PMTCT.

She has an interest in Neonatal Infectious diseases and leads the antimicrobial stewardship program within Pae-diatrics department. She serves on several national advisory committees; National Perinatal Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Committee (NaPPemCo), Gauteng Maternal Neonatal Technical Advisory Committee and the Working Group of the Children’s HIV Sector on SANAC.

Prof Eric McCollum

Professor Eric McCollum is a paediatric pulmonologist at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He has expertise in global child respiratory health with more than ten years of clinical and research experience in low-resource settings in southern Africa and south Asia.

After having lived in Malawi for five years as a clinician with the Baylor Paediatric AIDS Corps and as an NIH Foga-rty International Clinical Research Fellow, Professor McCollum is now primarily based in the countries of Lesotho and Bangladesh. He is the principal investigator of a NIH K01 International Research Scientist Development Award, through the Fogarty International Center, examining the role of pulse oximetry in Bangladeshi children with clinical pneumonia.

Professor McCollum is also a co-investigator for a study comprehensively examining the effectiveness of the pneumo-coccal conjugate vaccine in rural Bangladeshi children. In the southern African country of Malawi, Professor McCol-lum is the principal investigator of a randomized controlled trial investigating the effectiveness of bubble continuous positive airway pressure in children hospitalised with severe clinical pneumonia.

Professor McCollum has been recognised globally for his contributions to child respiratory health.

Dr Porai Moshesh

Dr Porai Moshesh is the Head of the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at the Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital (NMCH), leading the unit since it opened in March 2018.

Dr Moshesh is a Paediatric Intensivist and completed her undergraduate studies at University of Transkei now known as Walter Sisulu University. She also trained at Wits University as a paediatrician and intensivist.

Before joining NMCH, Dr Moshesh served as a paediatric transplant intensivist at Garden City and Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre. She has vast experience in managing drownings and transplant medicine.

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Dr Krubin Naidoo

Dr Krubin Naidoo is a Cardiothoracic Surgeon and Extra Corporeal Life Support (ECMO) specialist at the Nelson Man-dela Children’s Hospital. Dr Naidoo obtained a BSc in 1992 and MBBCh in 1996 from the University of Witwatersrand. In 2006, he obtained his qualification as a specialist cardiothoracic surgeon, FCCardio(SA) and received further train-ing through a fellowship in Paediatric and Congenital Cardiovascular Surgery at the University of Alberta in Canada in 2008.

Before joining NMCH, he worked as a specialist in Extra-Corporeal Life Support (ECMO) in various parts of the world including Leicester, Leuven, Stockholm, Regensburg, Paris, Rome.

Dr Nceba Ndzwayiba

Dr Nceba Ndzwayiba (PhD – Wits) is the Director of Transformation at Netcare Limited. He has more than 14 years’ ex-perience in various operational and strategic functions within the human capital development, organizational change and socio-economic transformation.

He has worked for Airports Company South Africa (ACSA – ORT Tambo International Airport), Parliament of the Re-public of South Africa, Three Cities International Hotel Group, and the Services Sector Education and Training Author-ity (SETA) amongst others. He is the Board Member of the Health and Welfare SETA; Chairperson of the Corporate Services Sub-Board Committee and a winner of the Future of HR: Hall of Fame Award 2018.

He has served as one of the judges for Top Empowerment Awards, National Business Awards and the Top 500 Com-panies. He is an internationally published author in peer reviewed journals and books; and a guest lecturer at the University of Stellenbosch, Henley Business School and the University of the Witwatersrand.

Rachael is a registered nurse with a DIP HE in child nursing from Birmingham City University (UK) in 2006. She special-ised in Paediatric intensive care nursing gaining a BSc from Birmingham City University (UK) in 2013.

She has also completed extra-corporeal life support specialist (ECLS/ECMO) training at Birmingham Children’s Hospi-tal (UK) in 2013 (an Extra-corporeal life support organisation ELSO registered gold centre of excellence).

Prior to recently starting at NMCH Rachael was a senior registered nurse and a VA ECLS/ECMO specialist with ad-vanced ECLS/ECMO training on the Paediatric ICU at the Royal Bristol Children’s Hospital. Rachael comes from a regional paediatric specialist centre in the UK for children’s cardio-thoracic surgery, neurosurgery and burns. It is an ELSO registered centre where established ECLS/ECMO is primarily a nurse led service.

Rachael Britz

Beauty Sangweni is an Operational Manager at Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital (NMCH) in Dialysis Unit. Beauty commenced her nursing training at Natalspruit Nursing College in 1984. She trained in Midwifery at Bonalesedi Nurs-ing College in 1989 and worked as a professional nurse at Hillbrow Hospital in 1991.

She started working in their Nephrology Department in 1994 and in 2000, obtained her Diploma in Nephrology Nurs-ing (Critical Care) at B. G. Alexander Nursing College. She obtained MSc in Nursing Management at the University of Witwatersrand in 2007.

In 2012 she started a parents’ support group at the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH) Paediatric Nephrology Unit. Beauty has presented at the World Congress of Nephrology in 2015 and participated in two publications.

Beauty Sangweni

Stacie Stender is a Family Nurse Practitioner with Masters degrees in nursing and infectious disease and 18 years of experience working across sub-Saharan Africa. She has provided programmatic and technical support to universities, governments, community-based organizations, and NGOs in the design, implementation and evaluation of essential services, including TB and HIV prevention, treatment, care and support programs across more than 15 countries. Sta-cie has been with with Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, as Sr. Technical Advisor for ten years and has called South Africa home for nearly 15 years. Her professional priority is the revitalization of primary care, ensuring equitable access to healthcare services.

Stacie holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Physiology and Neuroscience from University of California San Diego, Bachelor & Master of Science degrees in Nursing from Johns Hopkins University, and a Master of Science in Infectious Disease from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She is Past Chair of the Coordinating Committee of Scientific Activities of the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union), has served on several advisory boards for local organizations in South Africa, and is an active member of the International AIDS Society and the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society.

Stacie Stender

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Veronica Taschl

Veronica Taschl is a Professional nurse with the following qualifications: General Nursing, Midwifery, Community Health Nursing Science, Psychiatric Nursing, Operating Theatre Nursing Science. Nursing Administration and Nursing Education. She holds a Master’s degree in Health Professions Education.

In addition to general nursing clinical experience and school nursing, she has vast experience as an operating theatre nurse. She has worked as a deputy nurse manager at a tertiary hospital and as a provincial nurse manager before joining the National Department of Health in 2016.

Veronica is a Director of Nursing Stakeholders Management & Compliance, in the office of the Chief Nursing Officer at the National Department of Health (NDoH). She is currently involved in the management of internal and external stakeholders related to the nursing profession. In addition, she takes part in policy development and the monitoring and evaluation of policy implementation. This year, Veronica was appointed by the Minister of Health to serve as the NDoH representative on the South African Nursing Council Board.

Dr Adele Tjale

Dr Adele Tjale is a Child and Family Health & Practice Development Practitioner, Coach and Motivational Speaker.

She has published a number of articles in accredited journals including Tjale, A. A. & de Villiers L. 2004. Cultural Issues in Health and Health Care: Juta Academic: Cape Town.

Dr Tjale is also the Director of Wholeness Care Life Centre.

Dr Dena van den Bergh

Dr Dena van den Bergh has over 30 years of successful professional healthcare executive experience and has led large-scale change in multinational hospital and healthcare organisations using a unique blend of healthcare and engineering skills as well as her global collaboration, and systems-thinking expertise.

Her outstanding academic record includes a doctoral degree in Engineering (EngD) from Warwick University, a mas-ter’s degree in Pharmacology (MSc (Med)) and an honours degree in Pharmacy (BPharm). Dena’s vision is to empow-er frontline staff, leaders and citizens to drive the movement for improvement in healthcare systems. Her portfolio of learning and competencies include an International Coach Federation (ICF)-certified coaching qualification, the improvement advisor training in the science of improvement with IHI and the transformational change methods from the Presencing Foundation Program by MIT’s Otto Scharmer and the Advanced Program in Design & Facilitation of Theory U.

Dena has served on the Board of the Hospital Association of South Africa (HASA) and on several national government task teams including the National Core Standards. She is a co-founder of the public–private collaborative quality improvement campaign Best Care Always (BCA - www.bestcare.org.za), a founding member of the SA Antibiotic Stew-ardship Program (SAASP), and an honorary lecturer at UCT Dept. of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV. In 2015 she was awarded the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award for Outstanding Leadership in Quality Improve-ment in South Africa by Discovery Health, South Africa’s largest administrator of medical schemes. Dena has recently started her own healthcare consultancy and leadership development company known as DnaVISION.

Dr Karen van Zijl

Dr Karen van Zijl is the president and co-founder of the NPO - The Organisation for Paediatric Support in South Africa (OPSSA). She is the first South African to become a Certified Child Life Specialist. Karen is also a Play Therapist and has worked with paediatric patients since 2005 both in a hospital setting as well as in private practice. Karen is also a guest lecturer at UP and NWU. In 2014 Karen represented South Africa at the Child Life Council’s International Sum-mit on Paediatric Psychosocial Services in New Orleans, USA. Karen has completed research projects and presented her findings as research posters as well as research papers at academic conferences both nationally and internation-ally. She has published articles in academic and medical journals. She has presented lectures to students and profes-sionals in various disciplines and is an advocate for the rights of children in healthcare.

Her qualifications include a PhD in Educational Psychology (UJ), Advanced Certificate in Child and Youth Studies – Child Life Specialisation (UFV, Canada), MDiac - Play Therapy, Graduated Summa Cum Laude (UNISA), Honours Bache-lor of Arts Degree – Psychology (UNISA), Bachelor of Arts Degree – Education and Psychology, Graduated Summa Cum Laude (UP), Higher Education Diploma in Early Childhood Education, Graduated Summa Cum Laude (UP).

Professor Sithembiso Velaphi is the head of Paediatrics at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Soweto, Johannesburg. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health within the School of Medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand. He holds an MBChB degree, a PhD from the University of the Wit-watersrand and fellowship from the College of Paediatrics within the colleges of Medicine of South Africa.

He also has a fellowship in Neonatology obtained from University of Texas, South Western Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA. Professor Velaphi is still passionate about neonatology and is one of the attending physicians within the division of neonatology at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital.

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THEME&OBJECTIVESLayingthegroundworkforstrengtheningPaediatricNursingPracceandEducaonDescribethethemeandpurposeoftheconference

RegistraonandRefreshments

14:00-14:10 Welcome

JaysonGopiechand.NursingDirector,NelsonMandelaChildren’sHospital

14:10-14:40 DialysisKidsPresentaon–Intheirownwords

14:40-15:00 WelcomeAddress

DrMandisaMaholwanaCEO,NelsonMandelaChildren’sHospital

15:00-15:20 NMCHCollaboraon

SharingthegoalofimprovinghealthoutcomesforchildrenCoordinaonandcollaboraonwithpartnersandtheinternaonalcommunityJohnGroarkeMissionDirectorforUSAID/SouthernAfrica

15:20-16:00 Greatachievementsinpaediatrichealthinthepast40yearsandthefuture

ProfTinaCheng,Director-DepartmentofPaediatrics,JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicine

16:00-16:30 NursingLandscapeinSouthAfrica

VeronicaTaschlNursingStakeholdersManagementandCompliance,NaonalDepartmentofHealth

16:30-16:50

Nursingroleinleadershipteams,fromaphysicianandmanagementperspecve

ProfSithembisoVelaphiHeadofPaediatrics&ChildHealth,ChrisHaniBaragwanathAcademicHospital

17:00-17:15 Wrapupandclosing

DrNkuliBoikhutsoClinicalServicesDirector,NelsonMandelaChildren’sHospital

12:00-14:00

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Programme

LESSONSLEARNT

VENUE • Focusedonsharingbestpraccesinpaediatricclinicalcare• Sharinglearningsaroundpaediatricspecialtycareareas,inSouthAfricaandaround

theglobe• Describingthestateoftheartincricalclinicalpracces• Outlinegoalsforresearchandstrengtheningnetworksforongoingclinicallearning• Addressingsocialbarriersandsocialsupportforpaediatricpaentsandfamilies

07:30-08:00 TEA/COFFEE

08:00-08:05 Welcome

LetennweMoruduPracceandEducaonDeputyDirector,NelsonMandelaChildren’sHospital

08:05-08:50 PanelDiscussion

PanelMembers-ProfVelaphi,ProfCheng,ProfMawela,ProfBhenguModerator:DrPinkyChirwaHOUNeonatology,NelsonMandelaChildren’sHospital

08:50-09:20 SmartHospitals

GEHealthcare

09:20-09:50 LeadershipisaTeamAffair:Experienceofbuildingnurseleaders,anditsimpactinstrengtheningqualityofcare

CherilynAshlockDNP,RN,NE-BCDirectorofProfessionalPracce,JohnsHopkinsAllChildren'sHospital

09:50-10:20 AdvancedPracseNursing

ProfBusisweBhengu,UniversityofKwaZulu Natal

DAY2 | Thursday,23May2019

SESSIONTWO

Seminar1 Seminar2

11:00-11:30 PaediatricPulmonaryCollaboraons

ProfEricMcCollum,JHI

Strengtheninginterdisciplinaryteams

WilmaBerends,JohnsHopkinsInternaonal

11:30-12:00 TheburdenofchildhooddiseaseinSA

StacieStender,Jhpiego

Isrenaltransplantaoninneedofdialysis?

DrAndrewGrieveGeneralSurgeryNelsonMandelaChildren’sHospital

12:00-12:30 Culturalissuesinhealthandhealthcare

DrAdeleTjale

ChallengesfacedbyruralpaediatricpaentsundergoinghaemodialysisinanurbanareainSA.

BeautySangweniOperaonalManagerNelsonMandelaChildren’sHospital

SESSIONTHREE

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SCIENTIFICPROGRAMME

THE PAEDIATRICNURSINGPRACTICEANDEDUCATION

CONFERENCE2019

10:30-11:00 TEA/COFFEE

THEME&OBJECTIVES

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JordanMannRD,NICU,HospitalforSickChildren(SickKids)

16:15-16:45 CollaboraontoEnsureSuccessWhenOrallyFeedingthePretermInfant

SuzanneBretonOT,NICU,HospitalforSickChildren(SickKids)

16:45-17:15 Theuniquenessofchildreninhealthcareservices:childrenarenotlileadults

ProfTinaChengDirector-DepartmentofPaediatrics,JohnsHopkinsUniversitySchoolofMedicine

18:00–onwards CelebratoryConferenceDinner

12:30-13:30 LUNCH

13:30-14:00 PanelDiscussion

Panelmembers-DrArnold,DrAshlock,WilmaBerends,MuneeraIsmailModerator:DrPoraiMosheshHOUPaediatricIntensivist,NelsonMandelaChildren’sHospital

14:00-14:45 High-fidelityclinicalsimulaon:Impactonself-confidenceandclinicalcompetence

JenniferArnold,MD,MSc,FAAPNeonatologist,JohnsHopkinsAllChildren’sHospitalSimulaonCentre

14:45-15:15 PhysicianNursecollaboraoninthedeliveryofECMOServices

DrKrubinNaidooCardioThoracicSurgeon,NelsonMandelaChildren’sHospital

15:15-15:45

15:45-16:15 NutrionManagementofthePaediatricPaentinHospital:ATeamApproach

SESSIONTHREE

TEA/COFFEE

SESSIONFOUR

SCIENTIFICPROGRAMME

THE PAEDIATRICNURSINGPRACTICEANDEDUCATION

CONFERENCE2019

LESSONSLEARNTDAY2 | Thursday,23May2019 |

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LEADERSHIPDAY3 | Friday,24May2019

SESSIONFIVE

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SCIENTIFICPROGRAMME

THE PAEDIATRICNURSINGPRACTICEANDEDUCATION

CONFERENCE2019

• Describetheroleofthenurseleaderinpaediatriccare • Highlighttheevidencearoundtheeffecvenessofinterdisciplinaryteams • Describemethodsforstrengtheningthe“voice”ofthenurse

08:30-08:35

PamelaMakhethaOperaonalManager,NelsonMandelaChildren’sHospital

08:35-09:00 Improvingretenon,confidence,andcompetenceofnurses

CherilynAshlockDNP,RN,NE-BCDirectorofProfessionalPracce,JohnsHopkinsAllChildren'sHospital

09:00-09:30 Leadingthewayinpaentqualityandsafety

DrDenavandenBergh

09:30-10:00 TransformaonandDiversityManagement

DrNcebaNdzwayiba

10:30-11:00 Riskassessmentforrespiratory

complicaonsinpaediatricanaesthesia

DrClover-AnnLeeHOU–AnaesthecsNelsonMandelaChildren’sHospital

Methods for improving the involvement ofpaents, families and communies in thedeliveryofcare

WilmaBerendsMSN,JohnsHopkinsInternaonal

11:00-11:30 MDROandCREmanagement–riskidenficaon

HamidaEbrahimOperaonalManagerNelsonMandelaChildren’sHospital

AcuitynursingtransioninthemanagementofECMOpaent’s

RachaelBritzPN–PICUNelsonMandelaChildren’sHospital

11:30 12:30 Praccalnonpharmacologicalpstomanagepainandanxiety

KarenvanZijlChildLifeSpecialist

12:30-13:30 ResilienceandGrit

JenniferArnold,MD,MSc,FAAPNeonatologist,JohnsHopkinsAllChildren’sHospitalSimulaonCentre

13:00-13:15 FeedbackSessionandClosing

13:15 Lunch

TEA/COFFEE

VENUE THEME&OBJECTIVES

08:00-08:30

Welcome

TEA/COFFEE 10:00-10:30

Seminar1 Seminar2 VENUE

SESSIONSIX

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Name and Surname Organisation Committee

Alisha Smith-Arthur Jhpiego Organising Committee

Liz Glacken Jhpiego Organising Committee

Stacie Stender Jhpiego Organising Committee

Denise Toth Jhpiego Organising Committee

Dr Mandisa Maholwana NMCH Organising Committee

Jayson Gopiechand NMCH Organising Committee

Dr Nkuli Boikhutso NMCH Organising Committee

Prof Hopewell Ntsinjana NMCH Organising Committee

Letennwe Morudu NMCH Organising Committee

Monene Mogashoa NMCH Organising Committee

Muneera Ismail NMCH Organising Committee

Nthabiseng Mushi NMCH Organising Committee

Tshepo Shuenyane NMCH Organising Committee

Pamela Makhetha NMCH Organising Committee

Pinky Mashigo NMCHT Communications

Ayabulela Poro NMCHT Communications

Prudence Siweya NMCHT Communications

Rebe Mangope NMCHT Communications

Vuyo Lutseke NMCHT Communications

Conference Venue & Accommodation Le Grande, Birchwood Hotel & OR Tambo Conference Centre, Viewpoint Road Bartlett, Boksburg, 1459,South Africa

Convenient LocationMinutes from OR Tambo International Airport. Walking distance to a variety of shopping precincts. Close to restaurants and recreational facilities. Free Johannesburg airport shuttle departs hourly from Birchwood at 30 minutes past every hour (starting at 5:30 AM), and OR Tambo International Airport bus terminal at 10 minutes past every hour (last pick up 12:10 AM). Enjoy FREE coffee & Wi-Fi while you wait at the airport guest lounge (Open: 10h00 to 21h00).

Disabled accessAll other conference rooms and breakaway sessions, are on the ground floor and have disabled access. Please contact the conference organisers if you have any queries or require further assistance.

RegistrationRegistration will begin at 12:00 and conclude at 14:00 on Wednesday 22 May. The registration and information desk are located on the ground level of the conference venue by the main reception. Please ensure that you receive a name tags which should be worn at all times including at the conference dinner.

Taxi Services Should you require a taxi service, please contact the reception desk at the hotel for the contact details of taxi operators in the area.

DisclaimerThe organisers of the conference will not be liable for changes beyond their control and may alter or cancel without prior notice, the congress or any of the arrangements, timetables, plans or other items relating directly or indirectly to the congress. Nor will they be liable for any loss, damage, expenditure or inconvenience caused to participants and their belongings either during or as a result of the congress or as a result of such alterations or cancellations. Please check the validity of your own insurance.

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Conference Committees

General Information

Ntabiseng Mushi Tel: 083 275 3404

E-mail: conference@nmch.org.za

Ayabulela Poro Tel: 073 7568 461

E-mail: conference@nmch.org.za

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Bank: Standard Bank

Account number: 402 268 571

Account name: Nelson Mandela Children’s Hospital Trust

Branch: Killarney Mall (007 205)

Swift: SBZAZAJJ

For credit card donations, and more information, visit www.nelsonmandelachildrenshospital.org

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