Grief Management

This chapter outlines two peer support options available for cancer patients and their carers: peer group programs and support groups...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Psychosocial Care of Cancer Patients
Chapter:	12
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This session will discuss some aspects required for evaluating the contributions of a volunteer program and how to measure the volunteer program goals.
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CPD Listening Time:	46'12
Conference:	Volunteers - Set Up Volunteers Program
Date Recorded:	05 Feb 2010
Location:	Victoria, Australia

Everyone experiences grief at some time in their life, but each person feels grief in his or her own way. This chapter explores loss and grief and recommends strategies and techniques to help those who are dealing with it...
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Book Title:	Counselling and Interviewing
Chapter:	7
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This chapter contends that emotional concerns should always be addressed as part of a comprehensive psychosocial intervention, which usually involves strategies to deal with physical, practical, social and spiritual needs...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Psychosocial Care of Cancer Patients
Chapter:	7
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This session outlines the internal factors, such as genetic predisposition along with external factors such as death and reactions to loss which contribute to 'Depression in the Elderly Person'.
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CPD Listening Time:	20'00
Conference:	Depression and the Elderly
Date Recorded:	23 Mar 2010
Location:	Melbourne, Australia

Prelims: Foreword, Contents and Introduction
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Book Title:	Living Dying Caring
Chapter:	0
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This chapter focuses on work with care of families in the palliative phase of a person’s illness...
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Book Title:	Palliative Care Nursing
Chapter:	19
This education is:	eligible for CPD

Communicating with others is an important part of life. In the clinical setting, communcation both between health professionals; and with patients, is an important part of any health professional's role. Discussing a topic, such as cancer, can be particul
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This chapter explains the circumstances of a/many losses in a multiple pregnancy and the support midwives can offer to the grieving parents. It guides midwives on how to help the parents handle the loss of one child, yet the acceptance and celebration of
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	The Midwife and the Bereaved
Chapter:	4
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This chapter identifies the four spiritual needs, and, secondly, presents examples of how spiritual care is delivered by Registered Nurses (RNs) to their palliative care patients...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Spirituality the Heart of Nursing
Chapter:	9
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This chapter highlights some of the concerns of nurses dealing with the sensitive area of breaking bad news...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Nursing the Person with Cancer
Chapter:	4
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This session will discuss the characteristics of an effective volunteer program.
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CPD Listening Time:	48 Mins
Conference:	Volunteers - Set Up Volunteers Program
Date Recorded:	04 Feb 2010
Location:	Victoria, Australia

This chapter emphasises the importance of a holistic approach to caring for the person who is dying. It focuses on the necessity to look at the person as a whole and not to disregard the psychological, social, spiritual and cultural matters...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Palliative Care and Aged Care
Chapter:	8
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This session will discuss national standards for recruitment and management of volunteers.
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CPD Listening Time:	74 Mins
Conference:	Volunteers - Set Up Volunteers Program
Date Recorded:	05 Feb 2010
Location:	Victoria, Australia

This chapter identifies common challenges health professionals are faced with and the varied responses they could have...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Psychosocial Care of Cancer Patients
Chapter:	3
This education is:	eligible for CPD

A look at illicit drug use in adolescence and how to work with families experiencing this problem.
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CPD Listening Time:	32 Mins
Conference:	Alcohol and Drugs
Date Recorded:	11 Feb 2010
Location:	Victoria, Australia

This session discusses how a diagnosis of drug abuse or alcohol addiction is made. The Diagnostic Systems Manual IV (DSM IV), a tool for outlining the criteria for diagnosis, is considered.
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CPD Listening Time:	34 Mins
Conference:	Understanding Mental Illness
Date Recorded:	13 Feb 2010
Location:	Brisbane, Australia

In this chapter, we explore explanatory models of maternal and infant health among Asian-born women living in the State of Victoria, Australia.
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Asian Mothers, Western Birth
Chapter:	11
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This chapter explores how to properly assess patient concerns and provides guidance on how to approach this...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Psychosocial Care of Cancer Patients
Chapter:	5
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This chapter shows some gaps in the care of dying residents. Reflection on these episodes of care highlights the importance of clear communication among all carers...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Living Dying Caring
Chapter:	7
This education is:	eligible for CPD