Nursing Management

Nurses as ‘knowledge workers’ will stay committed to their employers if they are provided with interesting work and if they are able to learn and grow. Nurse managers must create an environment in which nurse practitioners can flourish and perform...
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Book Title:	Nurse Managers 2nd Edition
Chapter:	19
This education is:	eligible for CPD

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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CPD Listening Time:	25 Mins
Conference:	Alcohol and Drugs
Date Recorded:	10 Feb 2010
Location:	Victoria, Australia

This lecture describes the signs and symptoms of a child with a head injury. The lecture provides information to assist the nurse identify which child has a serious head injury and needs immediate intervention.
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CPD Listening Time:	38 Mins
Conference:	Care of the Seriously Ill or Injured Child
Date Recorded:	12 Oct 2010
Location:	Melbourne VIC Australia

This chapter teaches nurse managers about how to manage risks proactively by assessing what can possibly go wrong, developing a plan to manage these risks, act on this plan, harness the efforts of the team and then recognise the improvements...
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Book Title:	Nurse Managers 2nd Edition
Chapter:	10
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This chapter relays the experience of being a nursing leader in a rural health setting. It then analyses this experience and points out the lessons that can be learned from it...
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Book Title:	Thinking Management
Chapter:	5
This education is:	eligible for CPD

The perspective of nursing as a compassionate, humanitarian occupation is interesting when coming from an English male nurse, using real-life stories...
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Book Title:	Why the World Needs Nursing
Chapter:	8
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This interesting lecture discusses the importance of the history of nursing as a guide to future of the nursing profession.
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CPD Listening Time:	34 Mins
Conference:	Celebrating Nursing History and Change
Date Recorded:	24 May 2010
Location:	Brisbane, QLD, Australia

This lecture discusses how the independence of nurses, past and present, who work in remote areas of the world has enhanced our understanding of the scope of nursing practice.
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CPD Listening Time:	33 Mins
Conference:	Celebrating Nursing History and Change
Date Recorded:	24 May 2010
Location:	Brisbane, QLD, Australia

This chapter examines some common ethical issues that nursing managers face, the notion of a moral community and ways to combat moral distress among staff...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	A short history of a BIG Idea
Chapter:	3
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This session will provide information about state-wide alcohol and drug services with an emphasis on the clinical services, research activities, education and training dimensions of Turning Point Alcohol and Drug Centre Inc.
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CPD Listening Time:	70 Mins
Conference:	Alcohol and Drugs
Date Recorded:	10 Feb 2010
Location:	Victoria, Australia

This lecture describes the signs and symptoms of meningococcal disease in children.
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CPD Listening Time:	21 Mins
Conference:	Care of the seriously ill or injured child
Date Recorded:	11 - 12 Oct 2010
Location:	Melbourne VIC Australia

This chapter discusses stress, anxiety and agitation and explores some of the ways in which helpers can provide appropriate caring assistance to those who are suffering as a result of stressful situations...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Counselling and Interviewing
Chapter:	8
This education is:	eligible for CPD

End Matter: Bibliography, Index
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Thinking Management
Chapter:	0
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This lecture reflects on destructive criticisms that can occur in the work place.
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CPD Listening Time:	24 Mins
Conference:	Pathological Behaviours in the Workplace
Date Recorded:	29 - 30 Jul 2010
Location:	Brisbane QLD Australia

This job description is ideal for anyone wishing to familiarise themselves with the standard requirements and responsibilities of a Registered Midwife...
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Type: Job Description
Origin of material:	UK

A review of how older people are cared for by society. The role of the nurse in caring for older people. How nursing can improve the well being of older people.
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CPD Listening Time:	54 Mins
Conference:	General Aged Care
Date Recorded:	8 Feb 2010
Location:	Victoria, Australia

This lecture is read from a prepared paper on law and workplace bullying and discrimination.
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CPD Listening Time:	40 Mins
Conference:	Law and Nursing Conference
Date Recorded:	19-20 Aug 2010
Location:	Brisbane QLD Australia

This lecture provides information about ‘militant’ micro-organisms. Definitions of useful terms and a review of infection control protocols are provided.
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CPD Listening Time:	35 Mins
Conference:	Modern Medical & Surgical Nursing
Date Recorded:	12-13 Apr 2010
Location:	Melbourne, VIC, Australia

It is difficult to manage workers in health-care settings. Stress caused by unsociable working hours together with the emotionally, physically and intellectually draining nature of clinical-care delivery contribute to ‘unhelpful’ behaviour...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Nurse Managers 2nd Edition
Chapter:	8
This education is:	eligible for CPD

Overview of psychotropic medications, the indications for their use and how they work. The side effects and complications for anti-psychotic medications.
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CPD Listening Time:	31 Mins
Conference:	Understanding Mental Illness
Date Recorded:	12 Feb 2010
Location:	Brisbane, Australia