Programs for Organisations
Contemporary practice and continuing professional development are cost effective, risk management activities for owners, operators, nursing administrators and nurse educators, as well as being legislative requirements.
No doubt, internal training and education may be cheaper, easier to organise, great for ensuring practice consistency across an organisation and identify staff requiring extra support.
Conversely, external services may offer growth and revitalisation of staff by providing different perspectives, updated practices and objective observations.
It is a balance, but supporting education is an investment for all.
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.
Fee:
$33 p.p. (incl. GST) 2% discount for Direct Deposit
$330 (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.
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
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.