Ready to go programs

We have designed cost effective, short lecture style sessions to ensure your nurses have access to the latest in evidence based older adult nursing.

If a topic of interest or need is not listed just call us. We can usually have a session developed within two weeks, with readings for extra CPD.

With any of the individual sessions your nurses will:

• receive a handout of any slides
• receive extra readings for more CPD hours
• may email any questions to the facilitators
• automatically print your CPD Certificate, with a unique identifier

How The Judiciary Interprets Nursing Documentation

5 CPD hours with readings

Assoc Prof. Linda Starr RN, MHN Dip of Nsg; BNg (Ed) GradDip (DistEd), LLB GCLP LLM , FRCNA, PhD

This 1 hour 40 minute webinar session is about mostly real Australian nurses and cases where, because documentation was inadequate, incomplete or incorrect it was determined the standard of care provided was a contributing factor to poor patient/resident outcome.

Christmas Special Offer
Fee: $33 p.p $22 p.p. (incl. GST), 2% discount for EFT
$330 $220 (incl. GST) for up to 15 RNs and ENs 2% discount for Direct Deposit

Drugs and the Elderly

5 CPD hours with readings

Joyce McSwan BPharm.MPS. Principal Clinical Pharmacist

This is one (1) hour webinar about what the older body does with drugs and what happens to drugs in older adults and the implications for nursing assessments. It includes a short pre and post quiz.

Objective: at the completion of the session the nurse should be able to discuss the pharmacokinetic changes associated with ageing and the associated assessment activities that should be considered by any nurse administering drugs.

The program includes a short pre and post quiz.

Christmas Special Offer
Fee: $33 p.p $22 p.p. (incl. GST), 2% discount for EFT
$330 $220 (incl. GST) for up to 15 RNs and ENs 2% discount for Direct Deposit

Practical Approach to Antipsychotics in the Elderly

5 CPD hours with readings

Joyce McSwan Joyce McSwan BPharm.MPS. Principal Clinical Pharmacist

This is a one (1) hour webinar that reviews the action, intended use of antipsychotics, the evidence of their effect for the behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia and adverse effects of this group of drugs.

Objective: at the completion of the session the nurse should be able to discuss the mechanism of action of antipsychotic agents and their use in the management of the behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia; t; identify adverse effects and monitor for deprescribing opportunities.

Fee:
$33 p.p. (incl. GST) 2% discount for Direct Deposit
$330 (incl. GST) per facility/group; max. 15 staff 2% discount for Direct Deposit

Face to face

Our survey showed that 80% of staff prefer face-to-face education, and so do we!
Face to face (in-service) programs are not so costly with a little planning and lateral thinking!

 Some options:

• Four topics in one day to meet the needs of your facility and staff
• Repeating the morning session in the afternoon, to facilitate staff attendance
• Sharing the cost with staff
• Sharing the program / session with another facility / site.

Topics frequently requested:

• Documentation
• Dementia types and presentations
• Behaviours support planning
• Abuse in residential care
• Urinary Tract Infections
• Sleep and sleep deprivation in RACF
• Cognitive assessment tools and translation into nursing practices
• Assessment tools, practices and person centred care planning.