Policies and Procedures

This lecture discusses why some nurses ‘burn-out’ and other nurses survive working in the aged care sector. The accumulative effects of stress upon nurses working in aged care are discussed.
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CPD Listening Time:	49 Mins
Conference:	Law and Ethics in Aged Care
Date Recorded:	24-25 Jun 2010
Location:	Melbourne VIC Australia

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

This session will discuss how to attract volunteers to work in your health care organization.
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CPD Listening Time:	39'05
Conference:	Volunteers - Set Up Volunteers Program
Date Recorded:	04 Feb 2010
Location:	Victoria, Australia

How to select the right person for the volunteering task at hand.
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CPD Listening Time:	16 Mins
Conference:	Volunteers - Setting-Up a Volunteer Program in Health Care.
Date Recorded:	04 Feb 2010
Location:	Victoria, Australia

This lecture provides information about some of the ethico-legal challenges that arise when a person has a dementing illness.
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CPD Listening Time:	34 Mins
Conference:	Law and Ethics in Aged Care
Date Recorded:	24-25 Jun 2010
Location:	Melbourne VIC Australia

This session explores the role and responsibilities of the nurse when a perceived untoward event occurs in the health care environment. This lecture acknowledges that even with the best intentions, mistakes can be made.
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CPD Listening Time:	38 Mins
Conference:	Enrolled Nurses
Date Recorded:	24 Feb 2010
Location:	Brisbane, Australia

This lecture discusses the concept of self regulation for nurses and midwives.
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CPD Listening Time:	34 Mins
Conference:	Law and Nursing Conference
Date Recorded:	19-20 Aug 2010
Location:	Brisbane QLD Australia

This chapter deals with the development of policies for the workplace. Descriptions of the process of developing complementary therapy guidelines for a large teaching hospital, commencing with the rationale for the use of guidelines are included...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Complementary Therapies in Nursing and Midwifery
Chapter:	3
This education is:	eligible for CPD

Tuberculosis in the Australian health care setting is the subject discussed at the beginning of this session. The people most at risk of contracting tuberculosis, are identified. The appropriate precautions are outlined and discussed.
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CPD Listening Time:	25 Mins
Conference:	Guildance for Infection Control for all Nurses
Date Recorded:	15 Mar 2010
Location:	Brisbane, Australia

In this lecture, Professor Roller reviews the action of enzymes on drug metabolism, singling out Cytochrome P450 and particularly P34A. He defines the two types of drug interaction--drug inhibition and induction—and explains their impact on a drug’s effe
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Type:                             VideoPod
CPD Time:	18 Mins

This chapter aims to instruct nurses on how to effectively communicate verbally and through documentation including the codes of professional practice...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Nursing Documentation in Aged Care
Chapter:	3
This education is:	eligible for CPD

Contains 82 PowerPoint Slides prepared FOR YOU TO TEACH. Also includes lecture notes, a handy resources guide, quiz & evaluation form. An invaluable guide to teach nurses about the importance and practicalities of care plans.
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Type:                         PowerPoints

This chapter discusses a range of views on where and how care should be provided to older people who are dying. It also identifies important commonalities in hope that they will be utilised to develop more effective care systems...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Palliative Care and Aged Care
Chapter:	1
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This lecture discusses the conflicts, demands and stresses which challenge the ethical values of nurses working in aged care.
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CPD Listening Time:	27 Mins
Conference:	Law and Ethics in Aged Care
Date Recorded:	24-25 Jun 2010
Location:	Melbourne VIC Australia

A snapshot of various aspects of the job requirements for effectively managing volunteers in a vibrant health service.
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CPD Listening Time:	7'06
Conference:	Volunteers - Set Up Volunteers Program
Date Recorded:	05 Feb 2010
Location:	Victoria, Australia

This chapter shares a range of principles and practices that underpin quality customer service. The discussion presents an overview of the "who", "why", "what" and "how" of promoting excellence in customer service..
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Thinking Management
Chapter:	11
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

Improving the Chronic Complex Patient Journey. Doing it Better and Smarter - Part 2 The health care journey for many of these patients and their families is difficult, confusing and frustrating. Patients can wait for up to 12 months for a ten minu
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CPD Listening Time:	21 Mins
Conference:	Chronic Disease Management
Date Recorded:	5th of September, 2008
Location:	Victoria, Australia

In this lecture the legal and financial ‘power of attorney’ and the 'enduring power of attorney' (medical) are defined.
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CPD Listening Time:	35 Mins
Conference:	Law and Ethics in Aged Care
Date Recorded:	24-25 Jun 2010
Location:	Melbourne VIC Australia

An overview of the impact of substance abuse including the common drugs used. It includes an exploration of the physical impact of these drugs along with the social implications of drug abuse.
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CPD Listening Time:	34 Mins
Conference:	Understanding Mental Illness
Date Recorded:	13 Feb 2010
Location:	Brisbane, Australia