What are The Conni Awards?
Conni is committed to supporting Continence Nurses and the Continence Industry Australia-wide. Glenys Drayton developed The Conni Awards in 2004 and each year continues to acknowledge the work of continence nurses.
Incontinence is a common condition and educating our continence nurses improves our understanding and management of continence issues. Conferences are a great way of gathering the best and latest information. Conni believes that all nurses should have access to this knowledge.
First prize package is airfares, accommodation and registration costs to attend the ICS in the relevant year. The ICS is a fantastic conference and offers the most up-to-date information on incontinence from arround the world.
The second winner receives a $500 contribution to attend any conference relevant to continence in the following 12 months.
The team at Conni continues to support clinicians around Australia by supplying this first prize to attend the ICS conference.
The Conni Awards for 2011 have been awarded,
Congratulation Karen
2011 Winner - Karen Matthews
The winner of the 2011 Conni Award is Karen Matthews from Blue Care in Brisbane. Karen was presented with her award on 16th Nov at the National Continence Foundation of Australia conference held at Crown in Melbourne. (see photo with Managing Director of Conni, Glenys Drayton)
Karen is a Continence Nurse Advisor and is responsible for the clinical management of continence issues in the Brisbane cluster for Blue Care.
Of the many projects Karen is involved with she is currently representing nursing on the panel for reviewing the learning package being developed by RCH Brisbane, addressing various continence issues in children. She has also facilitated successful Continence Nurse Advisors courses with UoQ.
Karen has won a trip to the ICS Conference in Beijing in 2012.
2011 Runner Up - Ros Male
Ros Male, Blue Care Wide Bay Continence Advisory Service, Qld.
Ros wins $500 towards attending any conference related to continence learning.
2010 Winner - Marg Wilson
Marg is a Continence Nurse Advisor for Bairnsdale Regional Health Service. She has a Master of Nursing and has been working in the Continence arena for 14 years. Marg continually seeks new learning and is dedicated to informing her colleagues. She responds to community needs and attends Continence Conferences both in Australia and Internationally to continue her education in the field. Marg is both passionate and committed about delivering diverse continence skills to our rural community. Marg is a very worthy winner and we look forward to receiving her report from Glasgow.
2009 Winner - Colin Cassells
Colin has been a member of the ANFC since 1998. He currently holds two positions - Clinical Nurse Consultant (Continence) at Peter James Centre Continence Clinic and Nurse Researcher at the Continence Foundation of Australia. Colin has been actively involved in continence management and promotion for over 20 years and is a very worthy winner.
2009 Runner Up - Karen Matthews
Karen is a tireless worker and we are extremely happy to have her benefiting from the Conni Awards again.
2008 Winner - Leigh Pretty
Leigh has a broad range of nursing experiences and has been working in the continence arena since 1988 and has a Master of Nursing (Continence). We are very pleased to sponsor Leigh to the International Continence Conference in San Francisco in 2009
2008 Runner Up - Grace Smith
Grace has a Masters of Nursing (Clinical Advanced Continence Nursing) and is a dedicated Continence Advisor based in Drouin, Victoria. Grace receives $500 contribution to attend a conference on incontinence in the future.
2007 Winner - Virginia Ip
Virginia has been working as a Nurse Continence Advisor for over 7 years. She is committed to helping people with continence issues through clinical care, continence promotion, research and education. Virginia was sponsored to the ICS Conference in Cairo in 2008.
2007 Runner Up - Karen Matthews
Karen was given $500 to attend a conference on incontinence of her choice. She attended the ICS Conference in Cairo in 2008.
2006 Winner - Lorraine Dickson
Lorraine has been working in the continence field for about 15 years. She has a Masters of Nursing and has a particular interest in continence nursing education.
2006 Runner Up - Julie Westaway
Julie was awarded $500 to attend a conference on incontinence of her choice. She attended the Continence Foundation of Australia Conference at the Gold Coast in 2007.
2005 Winner - Denise Edgar
Denise was sponsored to the ICS Conference in Christchurch New Zealand in November 2006.
2005 Runner Up - Kay Bews-Bundle
Kay was awarded $500 to attend a conference on incontinence of her choice.
2004 Winner - Donna Coates
Donna was the inaugral winner of the Conni Awards in 2004. She was sponsored to the international continence conference in Montreal, Canada in August 2005.
Click here to read Donna's letter
2004 Runner Up - Amanda Mouvet
Amanda was awarded $500 to attend a conference on incontinence of her choice.
