Pain in Priority Populations

Pain is prevalent across the population spectrum, from our smallest population, sick and preterm babies, to older people, who often have multiple co-morbidities.

Our third seminar in the 2025 Nursing Event Series focuses on pain in priority populations, including pain in children, perinatal pain in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women, and pain in older people with cancer and trauma. This event is designed for health professionals, educators, researchers, and students seeking to deepen their understanding of pain in diverse clinical and cultural contexts.

Date: 29 July 2025
Time: 5-6pm
Location: Ella Latham Lecture Theatre, Ground Floor, Royal Children's Hospital Flemington Road, Parkville (also online)

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Evelyn Burns is a proud Kuku Djungan woman and midwife with 7 years of experience. For the past 4 years, she has worked as a Baggarrook Caseload Midwife at The Royal Women's Hospital, providing culturally safe and compassionate care to women and families.

Dr Dianne Crellin holds a joint appointment as a Nurse Practitioner and Lecturer at The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne and The University of Melbourne. She is a senior lecturer and coordinator of the Nurse Practitioner Program at The University of Melbourne. At the Royal Children’s Hospital, Dr Crellin practises as an emergency nurse practitioner. Her research interests include pain assessment and management in infants and young children.

Natalie Jeantou is the Associate Unit Manager of Caseload Midwifery and a Clinical Midwife Specialist at the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne. She has spent the past 15 years providing continuity of care within a caseload model, supporting women and birthing people through pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period. Natalie holds a Master of Health Administration with an Advanced Practice specialisation, and her leadership and education work focuses on strengthening safety and sustainability of homebirth within Publicly Funded Homebirth Programs. She was awarded a New Investigator Award – Midwifery, at the 2025 Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (PSANZ) Congress for her work in midwifery education and quality improvement. Through inclusive leadership, hands-on education, and a commitment to equity, Natalie continues to support midwives and families in delivering safe, respectful care.

Pauline Parker is a Nurse Practitioner in the Acute Pain Service at The Royal Melbourne Hospital. She has a background in critical care, anaesthesia, and post-anaesthesia care, and holds a Graduate Diploma in Anaesthesia and Recovery Nursing and a Master of Public Health. In 2018, she completed additional studies at the University of Melbourne to gain accreditation and registration as a Nurse Practitioner. Pauline has worked in the area of acute pain management for over 25 years and is passionate about the care of patients, and their rights to receive a high standard of safe individualised acute pain management in the setting of trauma, surgery, complex medical illnesses, oncology and end of life care.

Nicole Webb is a Clinical Nurse Specialist currently serving as a Cancer Care Coordinator at Albury Wodonga Health. In addition to her clinical role, she holds a position as a research fellow at LaTrobe University, specialising in research on supportive care for older adults with cancer. Graduating with a Bachelor of Nursing from LaTrobe University in 1993, Nicole has worked in aged care, rehabilitation, and oncology in Australia and New Zealand. She completed a Master of Cancer Sciences from the University of Melbourne in 2021 and alongside her nursing qualifications, holds a Diploma in Education Studies and a certificate IV in Leadership and Management. Nicole is a member of Cancer Nurses Society of Australia and Clinical Oncology Society of Australia. In her spare time Nicole loves bushwalking, yoga and running.