Dementia Program for Registered Nurses – Full Course

$880.00   (AU$)

[dt_list style=”1″ bullet_position=”middle” dividers=”true”][dt_list_item image=””]Course & Assignments[/dt_list_item][dt_list_item image=””]35 CPD HOURS[/dt_list_item][/dt_list]

A Person Centred Care Program that is recognised at university level. Previous university study not required.

Topics:

[dt_list style=”1″ bullet_position=”middle” dividers=”true”][dt_list_item image=””]Professional issues including an introduction to ethical and evidence based practice in dementia nursing and professional/legal documentation
[/dt_list_item][dt_list_item image=””]Delirium: Causes, nursing assessment and management. Morbidity and mortality, nursing responsibility in aged care[/dt_list_item][dt_list_item image=””]Non-Alzheimer’s Dementia including Lewy Body, vascular dementia, Creutzfeldt Jakob and Pick’s disease: Nursing assessment tools and management[/dt_list_item] [dt_list_item image=””]Alzheimer’s Disease: Possible causes, presentation and the latest in research and treatment[/dt_list_item][dt_list_item image=””]Depression: Contributing factors symptom presentation, assessment and management[/dt_list_item][dt_list_item image=””]Dementia: Symptoms, the nursing assessment tools, management strategies, therapies and care evaluation[/dt_list_item][dt_list_item image=””]Assessing and managing behaviours, wandering, sexual responses etc.[/dt_list_item][/dt_list]

NOTE: Facilities (and groups of nurses working from the same facility) receive a discount of 25% on registrations of 5 or more, 40% discount on registrations of 15 or more, 50% discount on 15 or more and 60% on 20 or more!

Overall Objective:

There is an objective for each session but at the completion of all sessions you will be able to integrate contemporary knowledge to assess needs of and develop evidence based and person centred care strategies for clients with dementia.