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Ready-To-Go CPD Programs
These are archive programs from our virtual classroom.
Ordering three (3) or more of our hour and a half (1½) sessions in a single transaction will attract a 10% discount. This does not apply to our full programs such as the Post Graduate Dementia programs; the full Drugs in the Elderly Update or the full Palliative Care.
Person Centred Care Planning
Using a case study this program demonstrates, step by step, how to develop a person centred care plan. Many state they have person centred care but, if you have routines you do not have person centred care!
- 6 CPD Hours
- Facilitator: Prue Mellor RN, PGradDipApplSci(Geront), MNg(Geront), MNg(NPrac)
- Objective: at the completion of this program RNs & ENs will know their roles and how to develop a person centred care plan.
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$220.00 per person (payment plan available)
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$880 per facility (up to 15 nurses may access the program - $58 pp)
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Restraints - Understand the department's expectations
As presented by a clinical advisor from the Department of Health and Ageing, even closing a door may be a restraint as well as who may and may not request a restraint and the nursing steps before, during and after the use of restraints.
- 1.5 CPD
- Facilitator: Rodney Jilek, PhD, MPH, B.HltSc, Adv Dip.Mgt, Dip.AppSc, Grad.CHSM, MACN, MACMHN, AFACHSM
- Objective: at the completion of the session registered and enrolled nurses should be able to detail is regarded as a restraint; when family request cannot be followed and the issues of nurses signing the forms.
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$55.00 per person
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Incontinent, incontinent, incontinent, ho-hum!
What else would you expect when caring for older adults especially in residential care? Well, even with dementia some causes of incontinence are now recognised as treatable? Do you know which?
- 1.5 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Julie Westaway, MNNP, MNCont
- Objective: at the completion of this session the registered & enrolled nurse should be able to detail contemporary clinical practice in the assessment and management of incontinence in the older adult.
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$55.00 per person
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Urinary tract infections in older adults - update
Routine urine testing is not acceptable practice; dipsticks are not reliable; only two (2) specimen collection methods are acceptable; nursing practices said to contribute to the increase in antibiotic resistant infections in residential care; confusion is not a symptom of a UTI, plus much more.
- 1.5 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Prue Mellor RN MN(Geront), MN (NPrac) dementia; MACN
- Objective: at the completion of this session the nurse should be able to discuss current methods of reducing the risk of UTIs; criteria for UTI, what should and should not be treated; contemporary nursing practice in assessment of UTI's.
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$55.00 per person
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Wound Management Update
This series is a must if you have not update recently; plenty of photographs; legal issue discussed; latest on management and products and details for evidencing your assessment of clients and wounds.
- 6 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Jan Rice
- Overall objective: at the completion of all sessions the registered & enrolled nurse should be able to discuss the contemporary principles and practices of wound assessment (according to competency) and management.
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Registration fee: $55 per person per session, or $220 all session
Payment plan available
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Parkinson's disease - update what does your care plan state
Update the care plan for clients with Parkinson's disease regarding transfers; blood pressure; mobility incl. 'freezing'; nutrition and hydration; swallowing; speech; communication; sexuality; medications and drugs to avoid; assessment for ADR's.
- 1.5 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Victor McConvey BN, Dip.Appl.Science. MRCNA, PDNS UK, ANNA accredited.
- Objective: At the completion of this session the nurse should be able to: develop contemporary, comprehensive, person centred care strategies to support clients with Parkinson's disease.
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$55.00 per person
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Legal practice or not!
There have been suggestions that some ENs have been practicing outside of their scope with RNs covering up the fact, and organisations encouraging both activities relating to assessment and care plan development!
- 1 CPD hour
- Facilitator: Assoc Prof. Linda Starr RN, RPN, BNg SACAE, GradDipDistEd SACAE, LLB Adel, GCLP SAust, LLM Adel, FRCNA, Current PhD
- Objective: at the completion of the session the participant should be able to discuss the individual scope of practice for the registered nurse and enrolled nurse in the activities of assessment and care plan development.
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$36.30 per person
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Heart failure - is your care evidenced on care plans?
There is such an emphasis on funding and accreditation that some care plans include little if any evidence of clinical care and yet, this is the aspect of care that is of interest nursing authorities and legal representatives when things go 'pear shaped'. Do you have interventions for right and left heart failure?
- 1 CPD hour
- Facilitator: Deborah Spicer MRCNA, MN (NP), GradDip (CV nursing), GradCert Health (Self-management), BN Nurse Practitioner
- Objective: at the completion of the session the participant should be able to introduce contemporary assessment processes and care strategies that support residents with chronic heart failure, minimising the risk of hospitalization.
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$55.00 per person
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Nurses, is your Registration at Risk?
Each nurse should know their legal responsibility and practice within scope; there is no nursing in the personal care workers or AIN courses, therefore unlicensed workers cannot be delegated nursing duties.
- 1.5 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Prue Mellor RN, PGradDipApplSci(Geront), MNg(Geront), MNg(NPrac)
- Objective: Registered and enrolled nurses should understand their respective roles; respective scopes of practice & practice within legal bounds; also understand the role of unlicensed workers.
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$55.00 per person
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20 CPD hours is not enough! – A FREE SESSION
Having CPD hours is not the end of the requirement for RN’s but the beginning
- 1 CPD hour
- Facilitator: Dr Clare Harvey, RN, BA(Cur), MA, PhD, MRCNA Lecturer in Nursing Program Coordinator, Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) School of Nursing and Midwifery Flinders University, SA
- Objective: The participant will be able to discuss the requirements of each point of the CPD cycle and how their knowledge should translate in to practice
Documentation, Documentation, Documentation
Why you should only document the facts, that is what you see, what you hear, what you do.
- 1.5 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Assoc. Prof. Linda Starr, RN, RPN, BNg SACAE, GradDipDistEd SACAE, LLB Adel, GCLP SAust, LLM Adel, FRCNA
- Overall Objective: The participant should be able to discuss how behaviour terminology can undermine a nurse's credibility; understand how the standard of care delivered to clients is determined through judicial interpretation of case notes; discuss how a forensic focus can benefit clients in circumstances such as elder abuse.
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$55 per person.
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Anti-psychotics, Dementia and the Risk for Nurses
A series of 4 sessions discussing the dangers of administering or managing the administration, of drugs such as risperidone, to patients or residents with a dementia syndrome.
- 4.0 CPD hours
- Panel Of Facilitators:
- Dr Clare Harvey, RN, BA (Cur), MA, PhD
- Assoc. Prof. Linda Starr, RN, RPN, BNg SACAE, GradDipDistEd SACAE, LLB Adel, GCLP SAust, LLM Adel, FRCNA
- Dr Ian Presnell, MBBS MPM GCHPE FRANZCP
- Joyce McSwan, BPharm.MAACPA, Accredited Consultant Pharmacist
- Prue Mellor, RN, PGradDipAppSci (Geront), MNg(Geront), MNg(NPrac)
- Mary Anne Edwards, RN, Owner/Manager ACF, ACFI
- Overall Objective: There is an objective for each session, but the participant should be able to discuss the issue of using antipsychotic drugs in clients with a dementia syndrome vs person centred non-pharmacological interventions for behaviours.
- More information about the 4 sessions that make up this program.
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$88 per person.
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Management of constipation in the elderly
Do you know which aperient types should be used for each type of constipation?
- 2 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Joyce McSwan B.Pharm. MAACPA, Accredited Consultant Pharmacist, Residential Medication Management Reviews RACF's
- Objective: The participant will be able to discuss the myths, definitions and causes of constipation; identify types of constipation; list all the elements of a professional assessment and, know which apprient is appropriate for each type of constipation.
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$66.00 per person
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The Coroner and You - Making it Safer for All!
What are reportable & reviewable deaths; how the practice of a single nurse may affect the practice of all nurses; a brief overview of death investigation process; some examples of coronial recommendations for nurses
- 1.5 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Assoc Prof. Linda Starr RN, RPN, BNg SACAE, GradDipDistEd SACAE, LLB Adel, GCLP SAust, LLM Adel, FRCNA, Current PhD
- Objective: The participant should be able to discuss the processes of how a coronial inquiry may impact on the practice of all nurses.
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$55.00 per person
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Delirium: A geriatric emergency
Can you recognise delirium in an elderly person with dementia?
- 1.5 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Prue Mellor RN, PGradDipAppSci(Geront), M(Geront), MRCNA, Master of Nurse Practitioner Candidate.
- Objective: The participant will be able to identify delirium; discuss the use of delirium assessment tools and facilitate the development, implementation and evaluation of interventions to manage delirium, as professionally required.
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$55.00 per person
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Non Alzheimer’s Dementia
Includes Lewy body dementia, vascular and frontal lobe dementia.
- 1.5 CPD hours/RCNA CNE points
- Facilitator: Dr Ian Presnell MBBS MPM GCHPE FRANZCP, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, VIC.
- Objective: At the completion of this program the participant will have an understanding of the symptom presentation, discuss diagnostic assessment tools and activities, for Non-Alzheimer’s dementias, including vascular dementia, Lewy body dementia and frontal lobe dementia.
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$55.00 per person
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Progressively Lowered Stress Threshold Behaviours
Identifies the causes of catastrophic responses, hitting out, symptoms of anxiety and or agitation, and being socially and intellectually inaccessible.
- 1.5 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Prue Mellor RN, PGradDipAppSci(Geront), M(Geront), MRCNA, Master of Nurse Practitioner Candidate
- Objective: The participant will be able to identify disturbed and dysfunctional behaviours; use person centred care strategies to effectively reduce such behaviours and professionally account for their care.
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$55.00 per person
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Depression in the Elderly
The different types and presentation in elderly people.
- 1.5 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Dr Ian Presnell MBBS MPM GCHPE FRANZCP, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University
- Objective: At the end of this program participants will be able to identify the different levels of depression in the elderly, the symptom presentation, common behaviours, assessment activities and treatment options.
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$55.00 per person
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Cognitive Losses in Alzheimer’s and Related Dementia
Can you recognise the symptoms? Do you know how to identify the supportive interventions for repetition, memory loss, aphasia, ‘invasive’ behaviour etc, for each client with dementia?
- 1.5 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Prue Mellor RN, PGradDipAppSci(Geront), M(Geront), MRCNA, Master of Nurse Practitioner Candidate
- Objective: The participant will be able to identify cognitive losses, develop, introduce and evaluate care interventions that support the client with cognitive losses due to Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders.
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$55.00 per person
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Dementia Care & Behaviours Across the Stages
Recognising and changing your care for each of the stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
- 1.5 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Geri Hall PhD, ARNP, GCNS-BC, FAAN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Banner Alzheimer’s Institute (USA)
- Objective: At the completion of this session the participant should be able to:
- Map the stages of dementia
- Identify the symptoms & client tasks for each stage of Alzheimer’s disease
- Identify caregiver tasks & the role of health professionals for each stage
- Successfully plan care to minimise behaviours at all stages
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$55.00 per person
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Affective Losses in Alzheimer’s and Related Dementia
Includes the symptoms relating to disinhibition, paranoia, illusions, decreased attention span, loss of affect; why they occur and when you may predict them.
- 1.5 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Prue Mellor RN, PGradDipAppSci(Geront), M(Geront), MRCNA, Master of Nurse Practitioner Candidate.
- Objective: The participant will be able to identify affective losses and will be able to develop, introduce and evaluate care interventions that support the client with affective losses due to Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders
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$55.00 per person
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Effective Care Planning from Cognitive Assessment
Do your care plans and funding claims conflict with you assessment findings?
- 1.5 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Prue Mellor RN, PGradDipAppSci(Geront), M(Geront), MRCNA, Master of Nurse Practitioner Candidate.
- Objective: At the completion of the program the registered nurse will be able to analyse cognitive assessment data to effectively develop care strategies to support individuals with dementia or cognitive impairment, and perhaps support their funding claims
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$55.00 per person
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An Introduction to Ethics and Evidence Based Practice
Have you recently reviewed the ethics of your decision making and the evidence behind your care?
- 1.5 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Professor Jennene Greenhill, PhD, Director, Flinders University Rural Clinical School, SA. There is an introduction and conclusion by Prue Mellor.
- Objective: On completion of this program the participant will be able to discuss the issues of ethical decision making for clients with dementia and evaluate common tasks in the workplace in relation to currency of evidence, for each task
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$55.00 per person
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Conative (planning) losses in Alzheimer’s and Related Dementia
This is the area of loss that causes wandering, reduced function and apraxia; how to use implicit memory in care planning.
- 1.5 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Prue Mellor RN, PGradDipAppSci(Geront), M(Geront), MRCNA, Master of Nurse Practitioner Candidate.
- Objective: The participant will be able to identify conative losses; develop, introduce and evaluate care interventions that support the client with conative losses due to Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders
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$55.00 per person
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Alzheimer’s Disease
Understanding the disease process, the symptoms, latest research in to cause and cure, assessment.
- 1.5 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Professor David Ames BA, MD, FRCPsych, FRANZCP, University of Melbourne Professor of Ageing and Health, Director National Ageing Research Institute, Editor International Psychogeriatrics
- Objective: At the completion of the session the participant will have an understanding of:
- Patho-physiology relating to Alzheimer’s disease
- Latest research in to the cause and possible treatments
- Risk factor for and symptom presentation of Alzheimer’s disease
- Assessment tools and processes associated with Alzheimer’s disease
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$55.00 per person
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Nurses Cry Too
It is a myth that nurses "are used to death, therefore are not affected by it. They have become immune to death!
- 1.5 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Associate Professor Rosalie Hudson, RN, Dip Arts, B App Sci (Adv. Nsg) Grad Dip Geront. Nsg, B Theol, M Theol, PhD, FRCNA, FAAG
- Objective: The participant should be able to discuss the stages of grief; know the differences between grief, depression and mourning; recognise grief in self and mourning in others; discuss issues of unresolved grief and know how to support those grieving and mourning.
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$55.00 per person
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Abuse and Neglect in Residential Care
Includes the obvious as well as the less obvious activities such as doll therapy, terms of endearment; who is more likely to be the victim and who is more likely to participate in abuse and or neglect.
- 1.5 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Prue Mellor RN, PGradDipAppSci(Geront), M(Geront), MRCNA, Master of Nurse Practitioner Candidate
- Objective: the participant will be able to define abuse and neglect; identify residents at risk of being abused or neglected; discuss the profiles of staff mentioned in the literature as potentially abusing and neglecting residents; develop some professional activities to protect his or her practice while advocating for the residents
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$55.00 per person
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Your License to Practice!
Accruing your CPD hours with free, compulsory, work provided educations covering known topics at the expense of acquiring contemporary information can be a dangerous practice.
- 1.0 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Dr Clare Harvey, RN, BA(Cur), MA, PhD, MRCNA
- Objective: the nurse should be able to detail all of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia requirements for re-registration 2013/2014 and understand the potential consequences of a tick and flick mentality when completing the declaration.
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$36.30 per person
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Pain Assessment and Management in Dementia
Looking what the research is saying in relation to non-verbal assessment tools and management
- 2.0 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Marti Buffum DNSc, APRN, BC, CS Associate Chief Nurse for Research, VA Medical Center, San Francisco, USA
- Objective: At the completion of this session the participant will be able to discuss the Gold Standard for pain assessment and the qualities of pain assessment tools and pain management options for residents with a dementia.
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$77.00 per person
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Sexual Disinhibition in Alzheimer’s and Non-Alzheimer’s Dementia
Discusses the reasons for sexual disinhibiton in clients or residents with dementia and when you may expect this to occur. It explains why the practice of ‘de-sexing’ the individual is not only ineffective, but is a breach of the standards.
- 1.5 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Prue Mellor RN, PGradDipAppSci(Geront), M(Geront), MRCNA, Master of Nurse Practitioner Candidate
- Objective: The participant will be able to discuss sexuality as it relates to older adults and to clients or residents with Alzheimer’s disease and why some people display sexual needs in a manner that is public; to other residents; to staff and that is labelled as ‘inappropriate’; develop person centred care strategies that can be used by all staff
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$55.00 per person
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Advance Care Planning
Introduces the nurse to the principles of Advance Care Planning and offers practical suggestions for application in relevant nursing contexts.
- 1.5 CPD hour
- Facilitator: Assoc. Professor Rosalie Hudson RN, Dip Arts, B App Sci (adv.nsg) Grad Dip Geront. Nsg, B Theol, M Theol, PhD, FRCNA, FAAG
- Objective: The participant will be able to describe the aims of Advance Care Planning; list the main principles of Advance Care Planning and recommend policy development for Advance Care
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$55.00 per person
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Drugs in the Elderly Update
A series of 7 sessions to update the knowledge and skills of RN’s working with elderly people.
- 10.5 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Joyce McSwan B.Pharm. MAACPA, Accredited Consultant Pharmacist, Residential Medication Management Reviews RACF’s
- Overall Objectives: There is an objective for each session but at the completion of all sessions you will be able to:
- Discuss the effect of ageing on pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics and adverse drug reactions
- Identify drug groups of concern and nursing responsibilities
- Comment on the issue of using a medical text for nursing activities
- More information about the 7 sessions that make up this program.
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$55 per person per session, or $335 for all seven (7) sessions.
Payment plan available.
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The New Approach to Palliative Care
A series of 9 sessions to update the knowledge and skills of RN’s working with elderly people.
- 13.5 CPD hours/RCNA CNE points
- Facilitator: Assoc. Professor Rosalie Hudson RN, Dip Arts, B App Sci (adv.nsg) Grad Dip Geront. Nsg, B Theol, M Theol, PhD, FRCNA, FAAG. Honorary Senior Fellow, School of Nursing & Social Work, The University of Melbourne
- Overall Objective: There is an objective for each session but at the completion of all sessions you will be able to discuss contemporary care.
- More information about the 9 sessions that make up this program.
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$55 per person per session, or $387 for all nine (9) sessions.
Payment plan available.
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New Strategies for Chronic Pain Management
A series for 5 sessions to update all nurses working with patients, clients or residents who have any condition resulting in chronic pain.
- 7.5 CPD hours
- Facilitator: Joyce McSwan B.Pharm. MAACPA, Accredited Consultant Pharmacist
- Overall Objective: at the completion of all sessions you should be able to discuss the latest principles in pain management; the different types of pain; when to use each analgesic group; National Pain Summit - NEW strategies
- More information about the 5 sessions that make up this program.
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$55 per person per session, or $250 for all five (5) sessions.
Payment plan available.
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For More Information
Please contact our office to discuss your inquiry further on 03 9576 7844.
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