Care Plans
Malignant Wounds
The problems associated with a malignant wound can have a devastating effect on a person’s well being and can cause a marked decline in quality of life. This chapter guides nurses through how to manage 'fungating' or malignant wounds...
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Prelims - Nursing Documentation in Aged Care
Prelims: Dedication, Acknowledgments,Foreword, Preface, Contents and About the Authors
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Cannabis Use and Its Effects
This session will discuss the use of cannabis in Australia. What is the common usage among adults and what is the pattern of use?
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American Experience, The
This chapter will provide a brief history of the transition to managed health care in the United States and outline the implications for Australian nurses, especially in relation to demands for increased documentation practices...
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Drug Induced Psychosis
Summary of the types of mental instability that can result when adolescents ingest alcohol or take illicit drugs.
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Substances Used by Nurses and the Consequences of this Behaviour
This lecture discusses what you should do when a colleague has a problem with alcohol or other drugs in your workplace.
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Dementia Care Mapping
This Chapter discusses Dementia Care Mapping (DCM); a structured observational method for recording what a person with dementia is engaged in, and the quality of his or her response to that engagement...
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Stomal Care (APP5) & Leg Ulcer Management (APP6)
Nursing Documentation in Aged Care: Appendix 5: Stomal Care;
Appendix 6: Leg Ulcer Management
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Clinical Reasoning
Clinical reasoning is the process of reaching clinical conclusions through professional judgement, knowledge and experience.This chapter instructs nurses on how to understand Clinical Reasoning, its politics and its conflicts with documentation...
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Charting by Exception in Aged Care
Charting by exception (CBE) is an exciting development in nursing documentation. This chapter focuses on charting by exception and includes guidelines, support processes as well as issues to consider when implementing this new practice...
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Documenting Pain Management
This chapter aims to convey correct pain management documentation methods and the difficulties in communication that arise in aged-care...
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Charting the Waters of Client’s Emotions
This chapter emphasises the importance of including clients’ subjective or emotional responses in nursing documentation. Documenting their emotional status helps inform other team members, so the most appropriate care can be planned and implemented...
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Older Men and Urology Problems
Summary of common urology problems in Older Men. Practical advice and strategies to help Older Men with Urology Problems.
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Writing What We Do in the Community
This chapter will examine the documentation Australian community nurses are currently using, the trend towards combining documentation and client coding systems and some legal issues associated with community nursing documentation....
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Social Assessment Documentation: Genograms and Ecomaps
This chapter explores the use of genograms and ecological maps (commonly called ecomaps) in acquiring a better understanding of patients, allowing nurses to provide them with a better standard of care...
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The Addictive Personality and Behaviours
The main focus of this session is the three pronged approach to helping people recover from addiction.
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Care Plans - Aged Care
Care plans should always focus on ‘care provision’ that emphasises the concepts of dignity and caring. This chapter updates readers on modern care plans which are now formulated with the person, for the person.
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Drugs Used in Affective Disorders, Anti-Depressant Medications and Mood Stabilisers
his session discusses recent research into the pathophysiological changes in the brain of people diagnosed with mental illness. After giving a broad overview of depressive illness, Bruce outlines the main groups of anti-depressant medications used in th
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Care Planning - Hints and Tips
This three-page fast fact sheet provides an outline of the process necessary in creating a care plan; as well as indicating some of the different international methods of documenting and writing care plans...
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Faecal Incontinence (App1) & Behavioural Management (APP2)
Nursing Documentation in Aged Care: Appendix 1: Faecal Incontinence;
Appendix 2: Behavioural Management
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