Dementia Program for Registered Nurses – Full Course
$880.00 (AU$)Course & Assignments
35 CPD HOURS
A Person Centred Care Program that is recognised at university level. Previous university study not required.
Topics:
Professional issues including an introduction to ethical and evidence based practice in dementia nursing and professional/legal documentation
Delirium: Causes, nursing assessment and management. Morbidity and mortality, nursing responsibility in aged care
Non-Alzheimer’s Dementia including Lewy Body, vascular dementia, Creutzfeldt Jakob and Pick’s disease: Nursing assessment tools and management
Alzheimer’s Disease: Possible causes, presentation and the latest in research and treatment
Depression: Contributing factors symptom presentation, assessment and management
Dementia: Symptoms, the nursing assessment tools, management strategies, therapies and care evaluation
Assessing and managing behaviours, wandering, sexual responses etc.
