2013 APNA Conference
A package of video presentations taken from the APNA 2013 national conference
Consists of: 20 x presentations
Price: $236.00 (FREE for APNA Members)
$236.00 (AUD) / subscription
2014 APNA Conference
A package of video presentations taken from the APNA 2014 national conference
Consists of: 14 x presentations
Price: $157.00 (FREE for APNA Members)
$157.00 (AUD) / subscription
2016 APNA Conference
A package of video presentations taken from the APNA 2016 national conference
Consists of: 24 x presentations
Price: $300.00 (FREE for APNA Members)
$300.00 (AUD) / subscription
A Collaborative Model for Enhanced Elder Care
This presentation aims to take you on a journey of cross-sectoral partners who all want to improve the care of elderly people and ensure that the best care possible is provided in the most appropriate setting for their needs. With this in mind the CEDRiC Collaboration (Care Coordination through Emergency Department, Residential Aged Care and Primary Health Collaboration) set forth to obtain formal research to validate the intercepting HIPS(Health Intervention Project for Seniors) and GEDI (Geriatric Emergency Department Intervention) projects.
This particular presentation will focus on the HIPS portion of the project which aims to use an evolving Nurse Practitioner Candidate to improve access to care for elders living in Residential Care. It is hoped that this model will prove to be sustainable and replicable across the aged care sector in the future.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
A Model of Hospital Avoidance in Primary Practice
The project will explore the impact of the role of the Acute Aged Care Nurse Practitioner of the health outcomes for residents and on the Emergency Department.
The results of the study will be used to challenge the current public model of care and work toward support for the role of the Nurse Practitioner in Primary Practice. The foundation of hospital avoidance will be showcased.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
A mixed method evaluation of consumer satisfaction with New Zealand general practice nurses
Internationally, the rise in chronic and complex disease is prompting governments to build primary care nursing services to meet the growing burden of disease. Whilst practice nursing has been established in New Zealand for many years, the Ministry of Health has recently implemented a number of policies in order to increase multidisciplinary service provision and realise the potential of primary care to deliver personalised services to meet individual patient needs. It is timely, therefore, to investigate consumer satisfaction with practice nursing services in order to establish the acceptability of the service and highlight areas for improvement. This presentation will describe consumer satisfaction with New Zealand practice nurses.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
A specialist wound clinic in general practice does it work
A presentation by Jan Rice at the 2013 APNA National Conference - Movers and Shakers.
After working in the Austin Health Would Clinic for over 14 years Jan Rice became aware of the need to try to bring the specialist to the patient and not the patient to the specialist.
This presentation will explore establishing a specialist wound clinic in a general practice as a means of reducing waiting times for wound assessment and appropriate interventions and using the clinic as a clinical placement setting for other practice nurses in order to upskill them in the challenges of complex wounds.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
APNA Family Planning Decision Support Tool
This webinar introduces ideas on how to use a new innovative Family Planning decision support tool for nurses working in primary health care in Australia. The tool was designed to assist nurses in consultations with patients to promote effective family planning throughout reproductive life.
Discover some of the pathways available with this simple aid for nurses to promote effective family planning and delivering a person-centred approach to care and decision making.
This webinar will:
- Improve knowledge around how a Family Planning Decision Support Tool can assist in consultations with patients, to promote effective family planning throughout reproductive life.
- Learn skills which support self-management, by delivering a person-centred approach to care and decision making in relation to family planning, including through improving health literacy of consumers in this area.
- Improve knowledge around contraception, family planning, fertility awareness and reproductive health.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
ASANNA Preceptorship Program I Want the Student
Tianna Camilleri is Vice President of the Australian Student and Novice Nurse Association (ASANNA). This position has her overseeing all student-related projects alongside their National Student Coordinator. She is head of the working party for the project dubbed "I want the Student". This abstract details a program to be launched in 2016 which aims to improve student and preceptor relationships by way of improved education for both parties. She is currently working as a registered nurse in the emergency department at The Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Additional networking strategies
A presentation from the 2013 APNA National Conference - Movers and Shakers.
This interactive session is designed to assist you to make contact with your Medicare Local. Using lessons from the previous presentations we will brainstorm ideas and methods you could use to communicate with your Medicare Local. Come along prepared to participate and go home with a plan.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Adult Vaccinations
Continuing improvements in health care, nutrition and disease prevention have led to ageing of the population, a trend which is set to continue. Older age of retirement and greater reliance on older adults for economic sustainability will drive incentives for health ageing. Vaccines are low hanging fruit for healthy ageing, yet under-utilized. There is a gap between rates of funded infant and elderly vaccination which is leaving older adults susceptible to preventable infections. Adult vaccination is a growing area of need. This includes the elderly and at-risk non-elderly adults in various risk categories such as travel, and with specific medical risk factors for disease. The elderly have a higher incidence and greater severity of vaccine-preventable diseases, due to both immunosenescence and co-morbidity, and represent the largest group with age-based recommendations for vaccines such as influenza, pneumococcal and herpes zoster. Whilst the number of available vaccines for the elderly and the need for these vaccines has increased, health provider attitudes to elderly vaccination remain negative. Reasons for this, including ageism in healthcare, will be reviewed, and solutions discussed. The need for a new approach to elderly vaccination will be reviewed.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Advance Care Planning Do You Really Know What Your Patient Wants
This session is ideal for primary care nurses who participate in care planning and treatment of patients with chronic or life-limiting conditions.
It will enable you to learn about the principles and practice of advance care planning (ACP).
This workshop will:
- Explain the value of, and need for, ACP
- Recognise the ethico-legal principles of ACP
- Develop a system for identifying patients for whom ACP discussions are indicated
- Describe how to initiate and/or conduct ACP discussion
- Discuss how to incorporate ACP into your practice.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Advanced Practice Nursing in Primary Health Care An International Perspective
A presentation by Madrean Schober at the 2014 APNA National Conference - Thriving Through Change.
Dr Madrean Schober is President of Schober Consulting, International Healthcare Consultants.
As an adult nurse practitioner she practised for over 20 years in community settings in the United States and is currently the International Relations Liaison for the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
All about you Renewal Compassion Satisfaction & Career Longevity
Speaker: Ms Ruth Tarrant MHN and Compassion Fatigue Educator
Compassion fatigue is fast becoming a (silent) endemic across the western healthcare system and requires careful consideration along with solid, practical and immediate implementation of new skills, mindsets and approaches to healthcare delivery.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
An Introduction to Eyes
Eye health, vision loss, health promotion
This module will provide you with an understanding of the anatomy and function of the eye, the five main eye conditions and an introduction to eye health and vision care.
You will use the knowledge gained through this module to provide a duty of care to all clients as needed in relation to eye care. The module on eyes has been developed to ensure that you are aware of:
- Common causes of vision loss
- Risk factors
- How to detect vision loss
- Latest treatments available
- Referral pathways
- Accessing low vision services
Duration: approx. 1 hours / 1 CPD hours
Cost: $99 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$99.00 (AUD) / subscription
An Introduction to Telephone Triage
Telehealth, triage
This module has been developed to provide an understanding of telephone triage.
During this course, we'll be looking at:
- what triage is, and how telephone triage is used throughout the health and medical network in Australia;
- different types of potential callers;
- the communication skills necessary to perform telephone triage and essential telephone triage skills.
By the end of this module you will have an understanding of:
- what telephone triage is, and the specialist communication techniques involved;
- how to control a practice telephone call and demonstrate critical thinking in determining the appropriate context and timing of care for your patient;
- the various tools available to Australian general practice staff that assist in clinical decision making and how to access them;
- the interdependent relationship between practice staff prioritisation processes and practice nurse telephone triage; and managing difficult and challenging telephone triage interactions safely and effectively.
Duration: approx. 1 hours / 1 CPD hours
Cost: $99 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$99.00 (AUD) / subscription
An Orientation for Nurses New to General Practice
Orientation, foundations, practice nursing
Taken from our successful face to face workshops this online learning will provide nurses with access to the same materials in an online format. The foundation program is planned to provide an understanding of roles, responsibilities and skills necessary for nurses working in the general practice environment and provide an orientation.
The topics covered include:
- Primary Healthcare and the Australian Health Care System;
- Professional Practice
- Professional Development
- Clinical Assessment
- Chronic Disease Management
- Wound Management
- Quality and Safety
- Scheduling care and Triage
- Infection prevention and control
- Information Management and eHealth
- Health Promotion and Preventative Care.
Duration: approx. 12 hours / 12 CPD hours
Cost: $250 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$250.00 (AUD) / subscription
An Update on the Regulation of Nurses and Midwives in Australia
In February 2016, the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) released the following revised registration standards, guidelines and standards for practice:
- Registration standard: Continuing professional development (CPD)
- Registration standard: Recency of practice
- Registration standard: Professional indemnity insurance (PII) arrangements
- Registration standard: Endorsement as a nurse practitioner
- Registration standard: Endorsement for scheduled medicines for midwives
- Safety and quality guidelines for privately practising midwives
- Registered nurse standards for practice
The Enrolled nurse standards for practice also commenced on 1 January 2016.
This session will provide an overview of the changes to these revised standards and guidelines and general update for attendees on relevant policy position of the NMBA with respect to nurses working in primary health care.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Aseptic Non Touch Technique - Foundation
ANTT
This course by the Association for Safe Aseptic Technique (ASAP) provides official accreditation for ANTT theory applied to clinical practice. It teaches healthcare workers how to apply the ANTT Clinical Practice Framework to clinical practice using the ANTT - Approach.
Duration: approx 1 hour / 1 CPD hour
Cost: $49.50 inc GST / APNA Members $37.12
$49.50 (AUD) / subscription
Asthma Fundamentals for Primary Health Care Nurses
Asthma, general practice, primary health care, COPD, nurse
Asthma Fundamentals for Primary Health Care Nurses has been designed to provide you with the skills to effectively identify potential asthma in your patients, and will outline the key steps necessary in diagnosis and ongoing management.
This module uses the Australian Asthma Handbook 2014 as its framework.
Duration: approx. 1 hours / 1 CPD hours
Cost: $99 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$99.00 (AUD) / subscription
Australians views of the health system The Menzies Nous Australian Health Survey 2008 - 2012
What do Australians think of our health and aged care system? Has health reform been worthwhile, or do we still want major changes to the way the system works? Who are the winners and losers - especially a with rising levels of financial stress in the community?
Jim Gillespie will look at some of the messages that have emerged from recent surveys of Australian attitudes to our healthcare system. He will draw on the three national opinion surveys run by the Menzies Centre for Health Policy and the Nous Group in 2008, 2010, and 2012. These surveys covered attitudes towards primary care services and aged care and looked at regional differences to give us a picture of where our health system is heading and some of the possible directions for reform.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Basic Life Support
Resuscitation, BLS, CPR, First Aid, ARC, Australian Resuscitation Council, DRSABCD, Defibrillator
This course has been developed to provide learners with an understanding of basic life support, according to the Australian Resuscitation Council guidelines.
$38.50 (AUD) / subscription
Basic Pharmacology
pharmacology, cardio vascular disease, CVD
This course has been developed to provide an understanding of:
- the basic principles of pharmacology
- definitions used in pharmacology and their related concepts, and
- mechanism of action and potential adverse effects of different drugs used in the management of cardiovascular disease.
Duration: approx. 1 hours / 1 CPD hours
Cost: $99 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$99.00 (AUD) / subscription
Beyond completion of cancer treatment integrated cancer survivorship care
Speaker: Associate Professor Raymond Chan
NHMRC Health Professional Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology and Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Many patients with cancer are expected to survive five years post-diagnosis and beyond. However, on completion of active treatment, many could continue to suffer from ongoing treatment or disease related health problems (physical and psychosocial). This presentation will provide an overview of the care needs of people who have completed treatment for their cancer. The role of nurses in providing integrated care and supporting patients in this important phase of their journey will be highlighted.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Boom Bust Or Balanced
A presentation by Karen Cook at the 2014 APNA National Conference - Thriving Through Change.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Building Dementia Practice in Primary Care - Step 1 Building Dementia Knowledge in Primary Care
dementia, Alzheimer's disease, diagnosis, memory, brain, mental health, chronic condition
The Building Dementia Practice series is designed to improve your knowledge, skills and confidence in dementia practice and provide you with tools and resources to work collaboratively in supporting a timely diagnosis of dementia in primary care. The online learning module will encourage you to lead practice change by following newly developed dementia practice guidelines that promote an evidence based approach to dementia detection, diagnosis and support in a primary care setting.
This interactive module is broken into 4 parts. Each part will take you approximately 15 minutes to complete and will provide you with further resources. It is important to complete each step in order.
This module will help you to:
- understand the importance of a timely diagnosis of dementia
- understand the barriers to a timely diagnosis of dementia in general practice
- develop awareness of dementia practice guidelines for primary care
- improve your knowledge about dementia
- understand the impact of dementia
- explore the role of the primary health care nurse in supporting dementia diagnosis
- promote dementia knowledge in general practice.
Duration: approx. 1 hours / 1 CPD hours
Cost: FREE
$0.00 (AUD) / subscription
Building Dementia Practice in Primary Care - Step 2 Building a Process Towards Dementia Diagnosis
dementia, Alzheimer's disease, diagnosis, memory, brain, mental health, chronic condition
The Building Dementia Practice series is designed to improve your knowledge, skills and confidence in dementia practice and provide you with tools and resources to work collaboratively in supporting a timely diagnosis of dementia in primary care. The online learning module will encourage you to lead practice change by following newly developed dementia practice guidelines that promote an evidence based approach to dementia detection, diagnosis and support in a primary care setting.
This interactive module is broken into 4 parts. Each part will take you approximately 15 minutes to complete and will provide you with further resources. It is important to complete each step in order.
This module will help you to:
- promote opportunity for discussion about cognitive health
- promote opportunity for cognitive screening and assessment
- be familiar with cognitive screening tools
- develop skills required to administer cognitive screening and assessment
- understand your role in dementia diagnosis
- support disclosure of a diagnosis of dementia.
Duration: approx. 1 hours / 1 CPD hours
Cost: FREE
$0.00 (AUD) / subscription
Building Dementia Practice in Primary Care - Step 3 Building an approach to dementia support
dementia, Alzheimer's disease, diagnosis, memory, brain, mental health, chronic condition
The Building Dementia Practice series is designed to improve your knowledge, skills and confidence in dementia practice and provide you with tools and resources to work collaboratively in supporting a timely diagnosis of dementia in primary care. The online learning module will encourage you to lead practice change by following newly developed dementia practice guidelines that promote an evidence based approach to dementia detection, diagnosis and support in a primary care setting.
This interactive module is broken into 4 parts. Each part will take you approximately 15 minutes to complete and will provide you with further resources. It is important to complete each step in order.
This module will help you to:
- understand the support required post dementia diagnosis
- understand the approach to dementia support
- consider needs of diverse patient groups
- develop a shared dementia support plan for individuals through the various stages of dementia.
Duration: approx. 1 hours / 1 CPD hours
Cost: FREE
$0.00 (AUD) / subscription
Building Dementia Practice in Primary Care - Step 4 Building sustainable dementia practice
dementia, Alzheimer�?�¢??s disease, diagnosis, memory, brain, mental health, chronic condition
The Building Dementia Practice series is designed to improve your knowledge, skills and confidence in dementia practice and provide you with tools and resources to work collaboratively in supporting a timely diagnosis of dementia in primary care. The online learning module will encourage you to lead practice change by following newly developed dementia practice guidelines that promote an evidence based approach to dementia detection, diagnosis and support in a primary care setting.
This interactive module is broken into 4 parts. Each part will take you approximately 15 minutes to complete and will provide you with further resources. It is important to complete each step in order.
This module will help you to:
- understand the scope of the primary health care nurse in dementia practice
- explore the opportunity for improving dementia practice in your workplace setting
- build a business case for improving dementia practice.
Duration: approx. 1 hours / 1 CPD hours
Cost: FREE
$0.00 (AUD) / subscription
Bullying and Harassment for Employees
Harassment, Bullying, Behaviour, Responsibilities, Work Place, Management
This course has been designed to provide employees with an understanding about bullying and harassment in the workplace, the type of behaviour that should be avoided and what employees can do if bullying or harassment is occurring in their workplace.
$38.50 (AUD) / subscription
CD and Mental Health Symposium 2016
A package of video presentations taken from the Chronic Disease and Mental Health Symposium 2016
Consists of: 11 x presentations
- Putting diabetes distress on the clinical agenda
- Helping people to thrive in the face of co-occurring illness: strategies that work
- Consumer perspectives - Disease associated with chronic conditions
- Beyond completion of cancer treatment: integrated cancer survivorship care
- Psychological impact of chronic disease: normal adjustment or pathological?
- All about you; Renewal, Compassion Satisfaction & Career Longevity
- Chronic disease, mental health, socioeconomic disadvantage, where do we begin?
- Self-management of chronic respiratory disease - individualised management approaches
Price: $90.00 (FREE for APNA Members)
$90.00 (AUD) / subscription
Cardiovascular Disease Risk - Assessment and Management
Heart, CVD, Cardio, Heart disease, risk, assessment, prevention
This online learning program is based on the National Vascular Disease Prevention Alliance (NVDPA) Guidelines for the Management of Absolute Cardiovascular Disease Risk, which are endorsed by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). This course has been designed to summarise the key recommendations made in the guidelines, explore the concept of risk factors versus absolute risk and build your confidence in using the online absolute cardiovascular disease risk calculator. Reflective activities throughout the course will assist in your learning.
The course has been designed to help you better understand the lifestyle and medication management issues for people at risk of heart attack and stroke and provide them with appropriate support in the primary care setting.
This interactive course is now available on iPad, desktop and smartphone as an accessible and enjoyable way to learn, and provides useful links to other sources of information.
This educational activity is sponsored by the National Heart Foundation of Australia and DANKS Trust.
Duration: approx. 2 hours / 2 CPD hours
Cost: FREE
$0.00 (AUD) / subscription
Champions for Skin Integrity Train the Trainer Workshop
The aim of the Champions for Skin Integrity (CSI) program is to facilitate evidence-based wound management through the development of an implementation model and resources for health professionals, clients and carers. The CSI Model and Resource Kit has previously been trialled and refined, leading to significant improvements in confidence and uptake of evidence-base wound management and improved healing times.
The 90 minute workshop will consist of:
- A brief overview of the Champions for Skin Integrity (CSI) Model and learnings on successful strategies to increase uptake of evidence-based wound management
- An introduction and walk through of all components of the resource kit and how to use each component effectively
- An update on the primary evidence-based recommendations for assessment, management and prevention of common wound types, including case study activities.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Chronic disease, mental health, socioeconomic disadvantage, where do we begin
Speaker: Ms Lesley Salem, Conjoint Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Newcastle
Disparity + disadvantage = poor outcomes. THINK!
If we do as we have always done then we will get what we have always gotten.
Time for change
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Competency standards for nursing in general practice
A presentation by Liz Halcomb at the 2014 APNA National Conference - Thriving Through Change.
Competency standards for nursing in general practice: An international review
Internationally, primary care systems have been strengthened to provide management for the growing burden of chronic disease and provide health promotion and lifestyle risk factor reduction. This has led to a growth in multidisciplinary teams within general practice. A major barrier to teamwork in primary care has been role confusion and role ambiguity, in particular, that relating to the nurses role and potential scope of practice. This review seeks to synthesise the literature around professional practice standards in the context of nurses working in general practice.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Consumer perspectives - Disease associated with chronic conditions
Speaker: Ms Leanne Wells, CEO, Consumers Health Forum of Australia
This presentation will provide a consumer perspective on the challenges associated with the management of the burden of disease associated with chronic conditions in our current system. It will examine the extent to which current attempts to integrate care are serving us well and where more effort is required. It will discuss some consumer ideas for strengthening and building capacity for better integrated care at all levels within the health system.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Creating a high performing health system Integrated Care in Canterbury New Zealand
Does this sound familiar: A NZD$17m (AUD$16m) deficit, rapidly rising demand, a hospital frequently in gridlock, an ageing workforce, and shortages of staff? Probably, and this was Canterbury Health System, New Zealand, in 2007. What happened to turn around an organisation that was evidently struggling, to becoming one of the top five performing organisations in the world?
A clearly articulated strategy based on three elements:
- People take greater responsibility for their own health
- Patients stay well in their own homes and communities
- People receive timely and appropriate complex care
It was also the realisation that the patient's time is actually the most important currency in healthcare and, if we value that, everything else will follow.
A more detailed description of the work of Canterbury Health System and the remarkable strides it has been made can be found here and will be presented at the forthcoming APNA conference.
In essence, patient time is the key metric of performance and quality is best measured from the perspective of the person. It is a journey not an event.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Dare to Lead - Mentoring Works
A presentation by Ann Rolfe at the 2014 APNA National Conference - Thriving Through Change.
Many nurses have leadership capabilities that go unrecognised or underutilised in their workplace. So what's stopping them? The Australian Medicare Local Alliance research project Nurse Leadership -- Barriers and Enablers identified the issues and what you can do about them. This session introduces a leadership framework for nurses that incorporates the five elements of leadership in a caring environment and allows nurses to take stock of where their leadership capability is evident, where they want to apply it and how their networks and mentoring works to support them.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Department of Health and Ageing Australian Immunisation Handbook 10th Edition
A presentation from the 2013 APNA National Conference - Movers and Shakers.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Developing an Australian Health Leadership Framework
In 2011 a national dialogue about health workforce priorities named 'Leadership for the Sustainability of the Health System' as one of five domains for action. Health Workforce Australia has taken the lead in this journey toward an agreed national health leadership framework that will be the basis of developing leadership capabilities throughout the Australian health system. The product is Health LEADS Australia, an Australian health leadership framework. This presentation looks at the journey, the product, what we've learned, what happens next, and what leadership means in practice.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Diabetes Management in the Primary Care Setting Unit 1 - Introduction to Diabetes
Diabetes, general practice, primary health care, nursing
This course has been designed for those who have identified a need to update or increase their diabetes and diabetes management knowledge.
Unit 1 will provide nurses with a basic understanding of the disease and its impact on the individual and the broader community.
This unit will provide the minimum diabetes specific knowledge needed to support provision of quality care to the person with diabetes and their families and carers.
Duration: approx. 16 hours / 16 CPD hours
Cost: $430 inc GST / APNA Members $330
$430.00 (AUD) / subscription
Diabetes Management in the Primary Care Setting Unit 2 - Supporting People Living with Diabetes
Diabetes, general practice, primary health care, nursing
Unit 2 - Supporting People Living with Diabetes has been designed to draw on the knowledge identified in Unit 1 - Introduction to Diabetes.
Unit 2 contains more detailed information required to adapt a care plan and management of individual person's requirements and covers the following areas:
- Children and Adolescents
- Pregnancy and Diabetes
- Diabetes in Older Australians
- Indigenous Australians
- Diabetes in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Groups
- Support Services and Self-Management
- Psyco-social Management and Depression
Duration: approx. 10 hours / 10 CPD hours
Cost: $295 inc GST / APNA Members $195
$295.00 (AUD) / subscription
Diabetes Unit 1 & 2 Online Learning Package
This package contains both Unit 1 and 2 of the Diabetes Management in the Primary Care Setting. Unit 1 will provide nurses with a basic understanding of the disease and its impact on the individual and the broader community, with Unit 2 containing more detailed information required to adapt a care plan and management of individual personâ??s requirements.
This online learning package contains:
- 14 online learning modules;
- 2 written assessments;
- 26 CPD hours; and
- interactive case studies.
Diabetes Management in the Primary Care Setting Unit 1 & 2 was developed by APNA and the Australian Diabetes Educators Association (ADEA). This project was funded by an educational grant from Merck Sharp and Dohme (MSD) to support improved health outcomes for people with diabetes.
Cost: $600 inc GST / APNA Members $400
$600.00 (AUD) / subscription
Diet & Lifestyle Strategies for Improving Metabolic Health Tips & Tools for your Practice
There is strong evidence to show dietary and lifestyle interventions reduce the risk of chronic disease and are more effective than medication alone. While low fat diets remain popular for weight loss, there is increasing evidence for the use of higher protein diets for weight management and improving risk factors of the metabolic syndrome. Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian Melanie McGrice will share the latest evidence and dietary strategies for managing risk factors of the metabolic syndrome.
Drawing from her experience, case studies will be used to facilitate discussion and sharing of diet-related information, practical tips and resources for improving metabolic risk factors in your patients.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Dietary fats and heart health Are the recommendations changing
Dietary fats in the context of heart health has become a highly topical issue in recent years causing many Australians to opt for eating patterns that are not consistent with current guidelines. This session will highlight the current research on dietary fats and heart health, and provide attendees with practical recommendations and resources for their patients.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Do GPs and RNs Collaborate in General Practice
An increased prevalence of chronic disease and an ageing population is threatening to challenge the way we deliver healthcare. Despite the growth of nursing in general practice, it is predicted that general practitioners and nurses will struggle to meet the growing demand for primary care services. Previous research however, has shown that collaboration between health professionals can improve efficiencies and health outcomes. Given the largely private nature of general practice, it is not known if these findings can be extrapolated to this setting. This study, therefore, seeks to explore the factors which influence collaboration in this unique healthcare setting.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Embracing change and diversity through local support
A presentation by Janeen Lallard and Cathy Zesers at the 2014 APNA National Conference - Thriving Through Change.
The Central Adelaide and Hills Medicare Local Primary Health Care Nurse Mentor Panel brings together a group of experienced and highly skilled primary health care nurses from across the region. The panel provides a support network for these nurses to influence change, embrace change and lead the ocal charge! Developing relationships with key support organisations such as universities and GP training organisations are critical elements in influencing the capacity-building opportunities of a nurse panel and wider primary health care network.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Enhanced Capability in Family Planning (Adolescent Fertility and Pregnancy)
This webinar provides an overview of adolescent fertility and pregnancy, including strategies to identify at risk young women, the risk taking behaviours and their potential implications on adolescent fertility and how to insert these conversations into your workflow. You will also be given information on a variety of contraceptive methods and the implications of untreated sexually transmitted infections (STIs) on future fertility as well as the many issues relating to adolescent pregnancy including resources and support services.
An overview of the Family Planning Decision Support Tool will be provided
This webinar compliments the online course - Enhancing Knowledge of Adolescent Fertility - currently available for primary health care nurses through APNA Online Learning.
This webinar will:
- Identify strategies to identify at risk young women
- Feel confident to provide information and referral to young women on contraceptive choices
- Discuss STI testing and referrals for drug and alcohol services with their clients
- Be confident to provide information on pregnancy options
- Identify referral services
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
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Enhanced Capability in Family Planning Obesity, Chronic Disease and Fertility
This webinar compliments the online course - Obesity Chronic Disease and Fertility - currently available for primary health care nurses through APNA Online Learning.
This webinar will help nurses:
- Understand the impact of chronic diseases and risk factors on fertility, the subsequent impact on antenatal care and birth outcomes.
- Identify issues relating to overweight and obesity, and the role of weight in fertility, pregnancy, birth and birth outcomes.
- comprehend the impact on fertility, pregnancy and birth outcomes of specific chronic diseases such as diabetes, mental health problems, epilepsy, and autoimmune disorders.
- Improve understanding of the valuable role that PHC nurses have in promoting, and encouraging fertility awareness and planned pregnancies to clients within their care.
- Identify strategies to better engage with both male and female clients in relation to their fertility and their future pregnancy planning options. (May integrate with one of the other objectives).
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Enhancing Knowledge of Adolescent Fertility
Fertility, family planning, adolescent, womenâ??s health, contraception, reproductive health
This course has been developed to provide primary health care nurses with an overview of adolescent fertility, including contraceptive methods, implications of untreated sexually transmitted infections (STIs) on future fertility, risk taking behaviours and their potential implications on adolescent fertility and issues relating to adolescent pregnancy.
After completing this course, you will have an enhanced knowledge of reproductive and sexual health (RSH) and increased confidence in shared decision making with patients whilst improving communication, health prevention, health promotion and education.
Duration: approx. 1 hours / 1 CPD hours
Cost: FREE
$0.00 (AUD) / subscription
Equal Employment Opportunity for Employees
Discrimination, Employment Law, Behaviour, Stress, Intimidation, Bullied, Cyber, Offensive, Human Resource, Change, Wellbeing, Fair, Job, Human Rights, Disability, Industrial, Fair Work, EEO
This course, independently reviewed by Thomson Geer Lawyers, has been designed to provide you with an understanding of equal employment opportunity (EEO) and discrimination.
$38.50 (AUD) / subscription
Eye Disorders and the Role of the Primary Health Care Nurse
Optometry Australia's workshop will focus on the role of Primary Health Care nurses in both acute and chronic eye care. The workshop will focus on a number of case studies and engage delegates to deferentially diagnose and consider management and appropriate referral pathways. Cases will cover both anterior and posterior eye disease and target different nurse practices. The session will aim to specifically assist nurse practitioners on the best way to assess and manage children as well as consider the most appropriate care for aged-related conditions in geriatric settings.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Family Planning Series
A package of video presentations on family planning.
Consists of: 3 x presentations
- APNA Family Planning Decision Support Tool
- Enhanced Capability in Family Planning Obesity, Chronic Disease and Fertility
- Enhanced Capability in Family Planning (Adolescent Fertility and Pregnancy)
Price: $30.00 (FREE for APNA Members)
$30.00 (AUD) / subscription
General Practice Financing
Mbs, financing, general practice, primary health care, nursing
This online learning program has been designed to provide you with an understanding of general practice financing mechanisms.
This course looks at; Australian general practice funding, provides an introduction to the financing of healthcare, funding mechanisms, changes to financing in Australia and funding for practice nurses.
Duration: approx. 1.5 hours / 1.5 CPD hours
Cost: $57.75 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$57.75 (AUD) / subscription
General Practice Nurse National Survey Report 2012
A presentation from the 2013 APNA National Conference - Movers and Shakers.
The Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute (APHCRI) in a collaboration with Australian Medicare Local Alliance (AML Alliance) were funded by the Department of Health and Ageing to develop a survey to increase the understanding of the work, education and careers of nurses working in general practices or Aboriginal medical services in Australia to provide data to support policy development. This presentation will discuss the data obtained on general practice nurse activities education and work satisfaction.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
HPV and the Renewal of the National Cervical Screening Program
The national cervical screening program, which has been in place in Australia since 1991, is undergoing major changes set to be implemented from 1st May 2017. The starting age, interval and primary test for cervical screening are all changing. These are significant changes for women, and nurses will need to be able to understand and explain these changes to their patients.
This workshop aims to educate nurses about upcoming changes to the national cervical screening program. Participants will learn about advancements in understanding of HPV and the link to cervical cancer. Nurses will also learn about the innovative self-sampling pilot project currently taking place in Victoria and the implications this will have on improving screening rates in vulnerable communities. Case study activities will illustrate how all of the national cervical screening program changes will impact upon nurses' practice in the near future.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Health Literacy - Improving communication and participation in health and health care delivery
Health literacy, general practice, primary health care, nursing
This course will provide you with opportunities to strengthen your understanding of health literacy and how you can support understanding and participation in health. After completing this course you will be able to:
- describe individual health literacy and health literacy of the environment
- recognise the impact of low health literacy
- recognise why a 'universal precautions' approach to health literacy can improve understanding of health and access to health services for everybody
- identify the opportunities to implement health literacy strategies to improve patient understanding and participation in health.
Duration: approx 1 hour / 1 CPD hour
Cost: $99.00 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$99.00 (AUD) / subscription
Helping people to thrive in the face of co-occurring illness
Speaker: Professor Kim Foster, Head, Disciplines of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Canberra.
People with mental illness have substantially greater risk of experiencing co-occurring physical illness and/or substance abuse. These risks can be mitigated however, by individuals' and family's strengths and coping and their access to resources. Resilience is a process that involves the capacity to maintain or improve physical and mental wellbeing in the face of adversities such as illness, and higher resilience has been linked with better wellbeing and more positive health outcomes.
This presentation explores what resilience is, the factors that support resilience in the context of health, and strategies nurses can use to strengthen individual and family resilience in co-occurring illness.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
How can you make a difference in Indigenous Primary Health Care
A presentation by Renee Blackman at the 2014 APNA National Conference - Thriving Through Change.
Renee Blackman is a proud Gubbi Gubbi woman from the Sunshine Coast. She is a registered nurse and former Aboriginal health worker. Her current role working with Aboriginal medical services in the south east corner of Brisbane has provided the opportunity to lead and effect change in primary health care service delivery in that sector.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Human Factors and Nontechnical Skills Training in Medicine
To give conference members an insight into how HF/NTS training has impacted both the aviation and oil and gas industries; and how the lessons learnt might be applicable in the medical world.
HF/NTS training was universally adopted in the aviation industry since the 1970s and the Oil and Gas industries since the late 1980s. Personnel were taught about the importance of communication, leadership, decision making, alcohol and other drugs, situational awareness, fatigue, stress, teamwork and error management. In the normal working environment these elements were accounting for the human errors sometimes leading to catastrophic consequences. Both industries recognised the need for HF/NTS training.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Identifying, Reporting and Responding to the Abuse of Older People in Care
Safety, Prevention, Wellbeing, Bullying, Recording, Monitoring, Classification, Physical, Attack, Threat, Harrassment, OV&A, Duty of Care, Incident, Risk, Behaviour, Emergeny, Response, Injury, Code Black, Aged, Senior, Mistreatment, Domestic, Violence, Neglect, Complaints Investigation Scheme, CIS
This course has been developed to provide learners with an understanding of how to identify, report and respond to the abuse of older people who are in a care relationship..
$38.50 (AUD) / subscription
Immunisation in the General Practice Setting
immunisation
‘Immunisation in the General Practice Setting’ is an online learning program based on the clinical recommendations and information contained within the Australian Immunisation Handbook 10th Edition. This course is suitable for primary health care nurses in the general practice setting who are keen to update their immunisation knowledge. This interactive course is an enjoyable way to learn, and provides useful links to other sources of information. The course includes six activities with each activity taking approximately one hour to complete.
This course does not enable a practice nurse to become an accredited immuniser.
Duration: approx 6 hours / 6 CPD hours
Cost: $299 inc GST / APNA Members $165
$299.00 (AUD) / subscription
Implementing Chronic Kidney Disease Guidelines in General Practice
This presentation will focus on the implementation of education to general practice nursing staff and physicians by creating staged education, the introduction and adoption of standardised processes within general practice to create new screening pathway to ensure all patients are screened for chronic kidney disease using the 2012 CKD General Practice Guidelines, and the early identification of patients at risk of chronic kidney disease and prioritisation of patients requiring further investigations, monitoring and referral.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Infection Prevention and Control
Biohazard, Bacteria, Virus, Toxin, Hygiene, Risk, Infect, Chemical, Exposure, Asbestos
This course has been developed to provide a practical understanding about how to control and manage infection to workers who provide health care and supporting services
$38.50 (AUD) / subscription
Influenza Prevention
Immunisation, influenza, flu, general practice, primary health care, nursing
This online learning course has been designed to provide nurses with concise, practice-based information to support the administration of influenza vaccines to individuals >6 months of age.
By increasing vaccination rates, this program aims to reduce the burden of influenza in the community. The program is an interactive, 1.5-hour course and is ideally suited to nurses wishing to update their immunisation knowledge in preparation for the next influenza season.
The information contained in this course is aligned with recommendations in the Australian Immunisation Handbook, 10th edition (2013).
Duration: approx 1.5 hours / 1.5 CPD hours
Cost: $38.50 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$38.50 (AUD) / subscription
Integrating Health Self-Management Support and Peer Support in CDM
The growing burden of chronic disease is impacting severely on Australian medical practices. Self-management models which strengthen the partnership between medical practices and patients and support improved patient self care are now well recognised as key to improving chronic disease management.
This presentation will outline principles and models for integrating health self-management and peer support into general practice along with practical strategies practice nurses can use to implement in their clinical settings.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Is there room for me An exploration of nursing leadership
A presentation by Rachael Calverley at the 2014 APNA National Conference - Thriving Through Change.
This presentation will discuss how eight nurse leaders were able to contribute to evolving primary health care collectives in New Zealand as part of the politically driven integration agenda, Better, Sooner, More Convenient. Findings suggest ongoing challenges to nurses leading in primary health care which includes fragmentation among nurses, variable investment in regional nursing infrastructure, interdisciplinary relationship issues and limited training to develop future nurse leaders. Addressing these results requires clinical, strategic and professional nursing leaders to work within fora that are unified, cohesive and collectively agreed on their purpose.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Keynote Presentation - Movers & Shakers Jenny Carryer
Keynote Presentation from APNA 2013 conference - Movers & Shakers Jenny Carryer
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Regarding Influenza Vaccination
An online survey of General Practice Nurses was conducted to ascertain the knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding influenza and influenza vaccination. The quantitative data was analysed using a combination of descriptive and inferential statistics.
The study found a high level of knowledge amongst GPNs related to seasonal influenza and demonstrated that this knowledge was related to vaccination status and risk perception.Knowledge levels and rates of vaccination uptake of H1N1 demonstrated an area in need of improvement. The findings are an important contribution towards guiding future efforts to both increase influenza vaccination uptake amongst nurses and enhancing the support provided to consumers.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Leadership Panel Discussion
Leadership takes on many forms and primary health care will need nurse leaders to progress. Invited panellists Julianne Badenoch, Lynne Walker, Karen Cook and Samantha Moses will discuss Professor Sue Cross' experience of leadership and provide their own stories of the barriers encountered and success on the way to leadership roles.
This interactive session will encourage you to ask questions and seek guidance on how you can become a leader in primary health care nursing and what you see for the future of primary health care nurses.
What do you think leadership is and what qualities does a nurse need to be a leader today?
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Leadership and Change Personal experiences
A presentation by Madrean Schober and Karen Cook at the 2014 APNA National Conference - Thriving Through Change.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Leadership in Action
Leadership. general practice, primary health care, nursing
Leadership in Action. You may not currently consider yourself a 'leader' as such, yet all nurses lead in some sense through the activities they engage with in their everyday practice.
This interactive module is designed to provide you with an opportunity to recognise your current skills, and give you confidence to expand and develop your leadership skills to whatever level you desire.
Duration: approx 1 hours / 1 CPD hours
Cost: $99 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$99.00 (AUD) / subscription
Leading change in chronic disease management
Chronic disease management and a multidisciplinary approach to healthcare are integral to our practice. The nurses are an important part of this team. This presentation will provide an overview of the needs identified for improving and expanding chronic disease management, and the financial benefits of nurse-led chronic disease management.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Leading the change Nurses as role models for primary health
A presentation by Kay Ross at the 2014 APNA National Conference - Thriving Through Change.
How does a primary health care nurse's own health and wellbeing impact on their ability to provide health promotion messages to their patients? Data from a recent Australian nurse survey resulted in over 6000 responses which demonstrated that many Australian nurses are reluctant to provide lifestyle education to patients if they perceive themselves to also be unhealthy. This raises questions about how we as nurses look after ourselves, how our health impacts on our work, and the image this portrays to each other and the community.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Learning to recognise frailty in older people
This presentation will introduce primary health care nurses to the concepts of older people living with frailty, and provide them with screening tools for this common, reversible but frequently unrecognised condition as well as objective assessment tools to detect the markers of frailty such as slowness of gait and weak grip strength.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Lifestyle Medicine Its value in practice nursing
A presentation by Prof Garry Egger at the 2014 APNA National Conference - Thriving Through Change.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Managing Fertility in General Practice
Fertility, pregnancy, general practice, primary health care, nursing
This course aims to provide practice nurses with an understanding of fertility health and family planning and the reproductive health implications for men and women within a general practice setting. The course seeks to enhance knowledge in fertility health and family planning, which may lead to an interest in further studies.
Duration: approx 4 hours / 4 CPD hours
Cost: $249 inc GST / APNA Members $79
$249.00 (AUD) / subscription
Manual Handling Hazard Guide
Risk, Incident, Activity, Object, Assess, Control, Aid, Safe Work method Statement, Lift, PPE, Injury, manual tasks
This course has been designed to provide you with an understanding of the controls that should be applied to manual handling in the workplace. This course has been reviewed by National Safety Council of Australia
$38.50 (AUD) / subscription
Manual Tasks for Workers
Manual tasks, Awareness, Hazardous, Injury, Techniques, Safely, Work Place
This course has been developed to provide workers with an understanding of the risks associated with manual tasks and an awareness of how to perform those tasks safely.
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Manual Tasks in Aged Care
This course has been developed to provide you with an understanding of why and how musculoskeletal injuries occur, as well as some practical tips on how to perform hazardous manual tasks safely. Due to the introduction of model Work Health and Safety (WHS) legislation in various Australian jurisdictions, for the purpose of this training program the terms ‘manual handling’ and ‘manual tasks’ are interchangeable, unless otherwise stated.
Duration: approx 35 mins / 0.6 CPD hours
Cost: $38.50 inc GST / APNA Members $28.88
$38.50 (AUD) / subscription
Mental Health 2
This module is the second part of a 2 module course for nurses in the general practice setting. It focuses on the role of the various members of the mental health team, mental disorders, mental health problems and issues of early intervention, assisting clients to achieve and maintain good mental health. The development of this program was supported by the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing.
Duration: approx 2 hours / 2 CPD hours
Cost: $169 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$169.00 (AUD) / subscription
Mental health - Identification, communication and management
Mental health, general practice, primary health care, nursing
It is estimated that in Australia 45% of people will experience a common mental health condition in their lifetime. For people suffering from a mental health illness, general practice is often the first port of call.
The new Mental health: Identification, communication and management online learning course is designed to develop the mental health literacy of nurses working in the general practice setting so they can undertake basic risk assessment with clients who have mental health problems, communicate with patients who may be mentally ill and make the appropriate referrals to a GP or mental health service.
Duration: approx 2 hour / 2 CPD hour
Cost: $169.00 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$169.00 (AUD) / subscription
Mentoring - Essential Skills
People readily accept the concept of mentoring and appreciate it's potential value but where do you start?
How do you find the right mentoring partner and what do you do once you have?
This webinar will offer a practical guide to mentoring, especially designed for nurses working in Primary Health Care including general practice. It will discuss ideas for applying mentoring to optimise the practice nurse role, advance professional development and give and gain support in your networks.
Internationally acclaimed mentoring expert, Ann Rolfe will present models, tools and practical techniques so that you are well equipped for effective mentoring.
In this webinar we will:
- Discuss the number one obstacle to an effective mentoring conversation
- Identify the three essential skills for mentoring
- Describe actions that improve communication
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Mentoring - How to Mentor
People readily accept the concept of mentoring and appreciate it's potential value but where do you start?
How do you find the right mentoring partner and what do you do once you have?
This webinar will offer a practical guide to mentoring, especially designed for nurses working in Primary Health Care including general practice. It will discuss ideas for applying mentoring to optimise the practice nurse role, advance professional development and give and gain support in your networks.
Internationally acclaimed mentoring expert, Ann Rolfe will present models, tools and practical techniques so that you are well equipped for effective mentoring.
This webinar will:
- Describe different ways to mentor
- Summarise the dynamics of a mentoring relationship
- Outline mentoring roles
- List the 4 questions that make a mentoring conversation work
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Mentoring - The Art of Feedback
People readily accept the concept of mentoring and appreciate it's potential value but where do you start?
How do you find the right mentoring partner and what do you do once you have?
This webinar will offer a practical guide to mentoring, especially designed for nurses working in primary Health Care including general practice. It will discuss ideas for applying mentoring to optimise the practice nurse role, advance professional development and give and gain support in your networks.
Internationally acclaimed mentoring expert, Ann Rolfe will present models, tools and practical techniques so that you are well equipped for effective mentoring.
This webinar will:
- List three types of feedback
- Describe barriers to giving and receiving feedback
- Outline how o respond constructively to feedback
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Mentoring - Where to Start
People readily accept the concept of mentoring and appreciate it's potential value but where do you start?
How do you find the right mentoring partner and what do you do once you have?
This webinar will offer a practical guide to mentoring and is especially designed for nurses working in Primary Health Care including general practice. It will discuss ideas for applying mentoring to optimise the practice nurse role, advance professional development and give and gain support in your networks.
Internationally acclaimed mentoring expert, Ann Rolfe will present models, tools and practical techniques so that you are well equipped for effective mentoring. This webinar will:
- List phases in a mentoring relationship
- Understand the need to discuss expectations
- Identify ways to maintain the momentum of mentoring
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Mentoring Series
A package of video presentations on mentoring.
Consists of: 6 x presentations
- Mentoring - Essential Skills
- Mentoring - How to Mentor
- Mentoring - Where to Start
- Mentoring - The Art of Feedback
- Dare to Lead - Mentoring Works
- Mentoring and leadership for nurses working in general practice
Price: $70.00 (FREE for APNA Members)
$70.00 (AUD) / subscription
Mentoring and leadership for nurses working in general practice
Mentoring and leadership for nurses working in general practice - Pilar Otero.
During our participation in the 2013 Nursing in General Practice (NiGP) Demonstration Project, Illawarra Shoalhaven Medicare Local identified the need to improve engagement with nurses to enhance primary care nurse leadership and mentoring. To meet this need, leadership education was provided in collaboration with professional and academic partners. Additionally, a mentoring circle model reduced nurse isolation and facilitated knowledge and skills sharing. The mentoring circle brought together a group of highly motivated nurses from across the region. The networking meetings have helped reduce feelings of isolation and have empowered nurses to enhance their roles and identify the potential for change and improvement in their clinical setting.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Midwifery Telehealth
APNA, Telehealth
This course has been produced by the Nursing and Midwifery Telehealth Consortia to educate midwives on the use of Telehealth consultations. The nine module course covers all aspects of setting up and running a Telehealth consultation.
Duration: approx 4 hours / 4 CPD hours
Cost: FREE
$0.00 (AUD) / subscription
My Kidneys My Health Empowering People with Early Stage Kidney Disease
1.7 million Australian adults have biomedical signs of early chronic kidney disease (CKD). Early detection and optimal management can reduce the decline in kidney function significantly. Limited educational materials exist that are health literate and empower self-management reducing risk of disease progression.
This session will share the results of a 14-item questionnaire to identify the information needs of people newly diagnosed with CKD to develop a consumer-driven resource pack containing information, advice, support and recommendations for early CKD.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
My Story Caring for Syrian Refugees in Iraq
This keynote will outline Kristen's experiences working in northern Iraq, Kurdistan; where she joined with MSF to provide primary health care activities to Syrian refugees fleeing the Syrian conflict. She will speak about the refugee camp she visited where MSF had set up a medical project in order to support the health care needs of the growing community. Kristen will then speak about her role as the vaccination nurse, over my 6 week stay, summarizing the challenges faced along with the achievements of the campaign and the importance of primary healthcare interventions in such a setting.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program
Bowel, general practice, primary health care, nursing, screening, cancer, colorectal
This course provides primary health care nurses with an understanding of the risk factors and symptoms of bowel cancer, different screening tests for bowel cancer, features of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP) and duty of care associated with the management of NBCSP participants.
This course was updated in 2017 with funding from the Australian Government Department of Health.
Duration: approx 1 hour / 1 CPD hour
Cost: $99.00 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$99.00 (AUD) / subscription
National Health & Medical Research Council Overweight & Obesity Guidelines for General Practice
In 2010, the Australian Government's Department of Health and Ageing commissioned the NHMRC to develop Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Overweight and Obesity for Adults, Adolescents and Children in Australia.
Intended for use by clinicians including general practitioners, primary health care nurses, primary health care professionals and allied health professionals, the Guidelines follow the primary care '5As' framework: ask and assess, advise, assist, arrange. A range of health benefits are promoted in the guidelines including healthy eating plans, increased physical activity and behavioural modification to help patients manage obesity.
The Guidelines make recommendations regarding the management of individuals who have a body mass index (BMI) greater than 25.0 kg/m2 and are at risk or currently have an obesity related comorbidity.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Nurse Clinics in Australian General Practice - Planning, Implementation and Evaluation
Nurse clinics, nurse led, general practice, primary health care, nursing
This course is a blended learning program of one-hour online theory and two hours of reflective learning. This course has been developed to provide nurses with an understanding of the nurse clinic model of care and provide a framework to assist in the planning, implementation and evaluation stages of setting up a nurse clinic in your general practice.
Duration: approx 1 hours / 1 CPD hours
Cost: $99 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$99.00 (AUD) / subscription
Nurse-led clinics in the UK Sharing experiences with Australia
A presentation by Dr Richard Hatchett at the 2014 APNA National Conference - Thriving Through Change.
Nurse-led clinics have grown enormously in the UK since the latter 1990s. Dr Richard Hatchett, a nurse tutor from London, shares the UK's experience with Australian colleagues by exploring the wider factors that appear to push this form of healthcare delivery and assesses clinics' effectiveness and role in modern healthcare. He outlines the areas which help a clinic's development, such as a good business and operational plan, and makes the case for evaluating patient 'experience' and not 'satisfaction' alone. The current evidence base, together with research gaps, are explored.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Nursing and Midwifery Telehealth
APNA, Telehealth
This course has been produced by the Nursing and Midwifery Telehealth Consortia to educate nurses and midwives on the use of Telehealth consultations. The nine module course covers all aspects of setting up and running a Telehealth consultation.
Duration: approx 4 hours / 4 CPD hours
Cost: FREE
$0.00 (AUD) / subscription
Obesity Management
Obese, lifestyle, general practice, primary health care, nursing
This course has been developed to provide the learner with an understanding of the risks presented by obesity, how it is managed as well as good practice when communicating about and treating obesity.
Duration: approx. 1 hour / 1 CPD hour
Cost: FREE
$0.00 (AUD) / subscription
Obesity, Chronic Disease and Fertility
Fertility, chronic disease, BMI, uterus, foetus, baby, pregnancy
This module will educate nurses on the impact of chronic diseases and risk factors on fertility, and the subsequent impact on antenatal care. Issues relating to overweight and obesity, and the role of weight in infertility are included.
The module will also cover the impact on fertility of specific chronic diseases such as diabetes, mental health problems, epilepsy, and autoimmune disorders. This module was developed with funding provided by the Australian Government Department of Health.
Duration: approx 1 hours / 1 CPD hours
Cost: FREE
$0.00 (AUD) / subscription
Opportunities for practice nurses
A presentation by Eamon Merrick at the 2014 APNA National Conference - Thriving Through Change.
Practice nurses are collaborating with general practitioners within the structural limitations of their role; they are now well placed to exercise leadership in patient care. This will require articulating a clear frame of professional reference, and altering the funding, and structure of general practice. Critically there is a need for Australian evidence that demonstrates that practice nurse-led care is both safe and effective.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Optimising Health as People Age
Health, assessment, ageing, old, 75+, falls, fraility
This course will strengthen your understanding of how to support healthy ageing and encourage you to further expand the activities you undertake to optimise health as people age. After completing this module you will be able to:
- describe your role in supporting healthy ageing
- identify geriatric syndromes and the interventions that can optimise health
- identify assessments to optimise health in older people including the 75+ health assessment
- understand the community options, resources and funding available
- demonstrate your ability to support individualised care planning for older patients
This online module was developed funding provided by the Australian Government Department of Health
Duration: approx 1 hour / 1 CPD hour
Cost: $99 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$99.00 (AUD) / subscription
Palliative Care
This interactive online learning course has been designed to provide primary health care nurses (PHCNs) working in a general practice setting with information and knowledge in understanding a palliative approach, practical strategies for implementing a palliative approach within a general practice and identifying where a palliative approach fits within the Advance Nursing Competencies.
Duration: approx 2 hours / 2 CPD hours
Cost: $77 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
Content reviewed and updated in May 2017
$77.00 (AUD) / subscription
Partnership and Clinical Supervision Nurses Improving patient outcomes and your practice
As a Consultation and Liaison nurse Julie has spent a career in working in partnership with her colleagues, across a number of health conditions. She has also spent a career introducing general nurses to clinical supervision as a means of making space for the emotional and relational aspect of our work.
Identify some of the challenges and opportunities in working in partnership for nurses working with people experiencing chronic disease.
Consider the possibilities that lead to "poor compliance with treatment" and how clinical supervision might help.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Peripheral Intravenous Cannulation
Registered Nurses, Nurses, Division One, Insertion, Intravenous, Cannula, Patients, Educating, Vein, Complications, Health, Medical, Clinical, Infection
This course is designed to provide an understanding of how to insert a peripheral intravenous cannula (PIVC) into an adult patient and to prevent and control healthcare associated infections (HAIs) associated with this procedure.
$38.50 (AUD) / subscription
Pertussis
Whooping cough, nurse, Immunisation, pertussis
Pertussis is an extremely contagious respiratory infection. Increasing vaccination coverage has dramatically reduced the incidence of whooping cough among Australian children. However, it remains a highly infectious and dangerous disease. In a household where someone has whooping cough, an estimated 80-90% of the unimmunised contacts of that person will acquire the disease.
This course has been designed to provide nurses with an understanding of pertussis in Australia. It looks at immunisation rates, symptoms, preventing pertussis using various strategies, incentives and delivering immunisation services.
Duration: approx 1 hours / 1 CPD hours
Cost: $38.50 inc GST / APNA Members FREE.
$38.50 (AUD) / subscription
Population Health for Nurses in General Practice
Health, population, data, PDSA, Aboriginal, priority, age, ethnicity
This course has been designed to strengthen your understanding of population health principles and encourage you to further expand the activities you undertake as a nurse to improve health outcomes. This module has been developed for nurses working in general practice, however it is relevant to all nurses and Aboriginal health workers working in primary health care settings.
This online module was developed with funding provided by the Australian Government Department of Health
Duration: approx 1 hour / 1 CPD hour
Cost: $99 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$99.00 (AUD) / subscription
Primary Care in Cancer Control
The role of primary care is increasingly recognised as a vital component of cancer control in Australia. Cost effective healthcare relies on the delivery of appropriate care by the right team at the right time. Healthcare systems with a strong primary care component have been demonstrated to be more cost effective that those which are predominantly led by hospital specialists. Australia has such a health system, with primary care in the community predominantly being provided in a general practice setting.
This session will highlight the crucial role that practice nurses can play in cancer control in the general practice setting, review current resources available to support practice nurses in this work, discuss recent innovations in cancer care and explore the future of cancer control in the primary care setting.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Primary Health Care Nursing in a Changing World Leading the Way
A Q&A style session looking at the nurse role and where nurses will be positioned in Australia's health future. How will the position of nurses change in future years? Will it change? What will enable nurses to lead? What strategies can nurses use to overcome challenges to their leadership? What leadership strategies can nurses implement in the workplace? Panellists will relay their personal experience and delegates will have an opportunity to ask questions of the panel.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Promoting Health in Prison
Prisoners have higher reported levels of risky behaviours and poorer health. Whilst holding a Men's Health Day is not a new concept in the community, in a prison it was, so there were many unique challenges to overcome.
Internal and external partnerships were formed to provide health information, health screening and healthy choices on the day.
Providing general information to larger groups has meant we have been able to identify health issues with some prisoners who would not normally access the health service on a regular basis.
Positive feedback from prisoners, Corrections Victoria and community agencies has encouraged the health team at Dhurringile to continue to run this activity annually.
Other facilities are looking at developing similar activities as part of Correct Care Australasia's commitment to prisoner health promotion and disease prevention.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Psychological impact of chronic disease normal adjustment or pathological
Speaker: Associate Professor Rosemary Higgins, Health Psychologist, Cabrini Health and Senior Research Fellow, Heart Research Centre
For many, diagnosis with a chronic illness challenges perceptions of immortality and fairness. It is not surprising that almost all patients experience distress in reaction to diagnosis and treatment of a chronic illness. For some, the challenge of adjusting to a chronic illness is considerable. Poor psychological adjustment is related to worse disease outcomes, poorer quality of life and increased suffering for patients and their families. Alongside support for chronic disease management, patients want support and information to manage the psychological challenges of living with a chronic illness. The ONTRACK model will provide guidance to health professionals to support patients' emotional recovery after an acute health event.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Putting diabetes distress on the clinical agenda
Speaker: Dr Christel Hendrieckx, Research Fellow, The Australian Centre for Behavioural Research in Diabetes.
This presentation was given at the Chronic Disease & Mental Health Symposium (Feb 2016), a joint event that included the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA), The Australian College of Mental Health Nurses (ACMHN), the Australian Diabetes Educators Association (ADEA), the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM).
The event brought together specialist nurses to explore opportunities to take the lead in providing collaborative, integrated chronic disease and mental health management.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Reducing Risky Drinking
APNA
This online learning activity has been designed to provide you with an introduction to Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for addressing risky alcohol use in primary health. After completing this course, you will have an understanding of SBIRT and be able to recognise risky drinking and its harms, advise patients on standard drinks and the NHMRC alcohol guidelines, engage patients about their drinking, conduct SBIRT in your practice, support your colleagues to conduct SBIRT, and champion alcohol awareness in your clinic.
Duration: approx 1 hour / 1 CPD hour
Cost: $99.00 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$99.00 (AUD) / subscription
STI and blood borne virus
This interactive online learning course has been designed to provide primary health care nurses working in a general practice setting with an understanding of the management of sexually transmissible infections (STIs) and blood borne viruses (BBVs) such as HIV and viral hepatitis; and raise awareness of the importance of STI testing, contact tracing and discussing safe sex and prevention with their patients.
This course aims to assist nurses in better understanding of the management of STIs, HIV and viral hepatitis within general practice.
Duration: approx 1.5 hours / 1.5 CPD hours
Cost: $139 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$139.00 (AUD) / subscription
Scope of Practice
This online learning program has been designed to provide you with an understanding of the scope of practice of the nursing profession and individual nurses working in the general practice setting. The module is designed for registered nurses, practice managers and general practitioners. Additional reading has been included in this module to give you a more in-depth knowledge of the subject. It is strongly recommended that you spend additional time consulting the recommended readings.
This educational activity is sponsored by the Department of Health and Ageing.
Duration: approx 1 hour / 1 CPD hour
Cost: $99.00 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$99.00 (AUD) / subscription
Self-management of chronic respiratory disease - individualised management approaches
Speaker: Associate Professor Vanessa McDonald, Academic Clinician, School of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Newcastle
Chronic respiratory diseases are a leading causes of illness and death in Australia and internationally. More than 10% of the overall health burden in Australia is a result of lung disease. It is a major cause of mortality, hospitalization, quality of life impairment and loss of productivity in the work place. Chronic respiratory diseases also are complicated by multiple comorbidities, particularly anxiety and depression. Integrated care models that target mental health and other comorbidities are effective in decreasing disease burden and improving health status. This presentation will focus on effective models that can be delivered by nurses to improve outcomes for people with chronic lung disease.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Sexual health competency standards for primary health care nurses
General practice is the main provider of sexual health care in NSW. Fifty-five percent of Australians diagnosed with a sexually transmissible infection (STI) or blood borne virus (BBV) access treatment through general practice while eight percent access treatment through publicly funded sexual health services. The presence of symptoms is one of the main reasons people seek sexual health services. However, the asymptomatic nature of most STIs means that most people are not likely to be tested nor seek testing.
To address this, opportunistic STI screening should be a routine part of any medical consultation in general practice. The NSW Sexually Transmissible Infections Programs Unit (NSW STIPU), in partnership with the Australian Practice Nurses Association (APNA), the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine (ASHM), Family Planning NSW and the Australasian Sexual Health and HIV Nurses Association (ASHHNA) surveyed primary healthcare nurses on experiences with sexual health care in general practice. These survey responses indicated a high level of interest in sexual health and highlighted the value of developing sexual health competency standards for primary care nurses.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Solar damage, prevention and screening
This interactive online module is the first in a five-part series designed to provide nurses with the necessary knowledge and skills for managing patients who are susceptible to solar damage and skin cancer. In this module, learn how ultraviolet radiation affects the structures and function of the skin, develop skills in identifying high-risk patients, and find out how you can implement preventive strategies in your practice.
Duration: approx 1 hour / 1 CPD hour
Cost: $99.00 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$99.00 (AUD) / subscription
Striving to Ensure Quality Use of Medicine in Primary Health Care in Remote Australia
Nurses form the backbone of primary care in rural and remote Australia, providing an expanding volume of services, especially in relation to chronic disease management. They practise at an advanced level often with limited or distant medical support. The extended scope of practice requires nurses in the remote context to have a broad knowledge base in disease management, including the administration, monitoring, supply and storage of medications. The extended scope of practice of nurses in the remote context, and the additional challenges this presents in ensuring QUM, highlights the need for advanced knowledge and skills management. The Centre for Remote Health provides a course in the practical use of medicines in disease management aimed at ensuring medicines are used appropriately, effectively, judiciously and safely, called Pharmacotherapeutics for Remote Area Nurses. The pharmacotherapeutics program is designed to assist RANs in developing knowledge and skills in the use of medications, the risks associated with them, and strategies to increase the benefits and minimise the risks of treatments. My vision for safe and high quality care in remote Australia involves a primary health care workforce that are highly educated and skilled in the management of medication within individual scope of practice.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Taking the Plunge
Global workforce shortages within nursing have caused growth, expansion and diversity in education opportunities for nurses around the world and Australia is no exception. However, the uptake of many positions has been challenged by a number of factors including the cost of higher education, the practicality of managing work-life balance and perhaps the biggest barrier of all, the fear of failure.
The primary purpose of this discussion is to speak to primary health care nurses to encourage them to consider extending themselves beyond the annual CPD workshop and to reach for their highest personal best through tertiary education.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Telehealth The changing way we care for patients
Telehealth video consultations offer a new model of care for general practice, and successful implementation requires a whole of practice positive attitude for change. Telehealth video consultations can resent challenges in workflow integration, but the benefits that this alternative technology can provide so that patients can access quality and timely care can be invaluable. This presentation will discuss the process of implementation of video consultations at both the clinician and practice management level. Planning is an essential ingredient to success.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
The Essential Role of Primary Health Care Nurses in Caring for People Approaching End of Life
Nurses represent the heart of primary health care. They provide a wide range of professional skills integral to holistic care. In addition, nurses form the co-ordinating glue of primary care; their management skills and emotional intelligence ensure that the whole of the primary health team is greater than the sum of the individual care parts.
Well managed holistic care is essential for people who are approaching end of life. In this presentation Professor Reymond will describe the centrality of nurses in providing quality end-of-life care for community-based palliative patients.
Increasing numbers of people with progressive conditions, both malignant and non-malignant, that are likely to lead to death in the near future are being cared for by primary health care teams. Nurses are optimally positioned and skilled to contribute to and coordinate the care of this vulnerable population. This talk will focus on a framework of care that nurses can help embed into everyday primary care practice that allows for routine recognition of people approaching end of life so that patient-centred and proactive management plans can be developed and implemented. These plans avoid decision making in emotionally charged situations and contribute to a quality death. The role of the nurse centres on the facilitation of systematic identification of patients approaching end of life, communication skills and careful patient needs assessment in collaboration with GPs and other primary health care team members.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
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The Impact of a Nurse led CDM - the Patients' Perspective
This presentation will present a mixed methods study which was conducted to examine the impact of nurse-led care in three general practices, in two states of Australia. Patients were randomised to either usual (general practitioner) or practice nurse led care. This presentation will report on the findings from the qualitative phase of the study.
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten participants purposively selected from the practice nurse led care group from each of the three general practices. Thematic analysis of interview transcripts was conducted to identify common threads that captured the essence of the participants' perceptions of the practice nurse-led care and the impact it had on their health and quality of life.
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$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
The Important Role of the Practice Nurse in Delivering Patient Centred Diabetes Management
2016 brings a new challenge to the care and carers of people with diabetes. With changes to blood glucose strip access for some patients, the need for a focused team approach to diabetes management becomes even greater. As per the National Australian National Diabetes Strategy 2016-2020, "Best-practice, high-quality diabetes care is best achieved when health care professionals work seamlessly and in partnership across primary health, community and specialist care services with direct consumer (the person with diabetes), carer and family involvement". With ever increasing prevalence of diabetes, general practice will continue to be overburdened with the responsibility of diabetes management and needs to look at new tools and programs to enhance delivery of education for Structured Self-Monitoring of blood glucose and clarifying its pivotal role in managing diabetes.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
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The Ninja Nurses of Primary Care
Some legendary abilities of Ninja warriors include invisibility, walking on water and control over the natural elements. Heather Henry, a former practice nurse and now the new chair of a forward thinking British primary care membership body, the NHS Alliance, thinks that primary care nurses are the uncelebrated 'ninjas' of their breed. Their invisibility is the thing she is tackling and she says myths have grown up about what they actually do, which stop young nurses coming into the specialism: 'Handmaidens', 'Marking time to retirement', 'Need years of experience', 'Part-timers doing the job for pin money', etc.
Heather and fellow nurse Louise Brady set up a national GPN network. They decided to use social media - Twitter and Facebook - to explain all that is fabulous about primary care nursing. A recent social media campaign had a social reach of over a quarter-million people.
Heather believes that primary care nurses are the beating heart of their communities and, as a social innovator, she has ideas about how they can develop their role. Heather's approach is often 'why have a meeting when you can have a party?' and she sees residents as equal partners and often teachers too.
Across the Commonwealth there is an opportunity to celebrate and share the Ninja skill. Heather thinks that not only must nurses unite, but our key assets, our GPs and patients must stand with us. For they know us best and their war cry is loud.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
The Person-Centred Approach to Healthy Weight Management
Dr Rick Kausman is recognised as the Australian pioneer of the person centred approach to food, eating, behaviour, weight and health.
This webinar will:
- Provide an overview of some of the research around weight loss dieting and mindfulness
- Introduce an alternative paradigm to use with patients who may be over their most healthy weight
- Provide some new resources and tools to use with patients who are over their most healthy weight
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
The challenges of patient care in the Horn of Africa
A presentation by Lucy Perry at the 2014 APNA National Conference - Thriving Through Change.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
The nurse practitioner in general practice
A presentation by Wendy Patterson at the 2014 APNA National Conference - Thriving Through Change.
Historically there have been many changes in primary health care nursing, not only in terms of clinical care but also in regard to many professional and regulatory aspects. The role of the nurse practitioner in general practice is a part of these clinical and professional changes. Momentum is building in terms of recognition and respect for the specialty in which we work.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Ulceration of the Lower Legs
It has been estimated that approximately one per cent of the population will suffer a leg ulcer at some stage in their life, many of whom will never get the chance to be successfully treated. This 1 hour online course aims to provide the primary health care nurse involved in the care and management of leg ulcers with the information and knowledge to understand, assess, and provide a practical approach to the management of lower leg ulcers. This course was developed in conjunction with World of Wounds, LaTrobe University.
Duration: approx 1 hour / 1 CPD hour
Cost: $99.00 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$99.00 (AUD) / subscription
Uncovering your Career Potential Education and Career Frameworks in Primary Health Care
Join an interactive expert panel discussion to explore the importance of an Education and Career Framework for primary health care nurses. This session will also be an opportunity to find out more about APNA's Commonwealth funded Nursing in Primary Health Care programme which aims to support the recruitment and retention of Primary Health Care Nurses.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Using Digital Health to Advance Continuity of Care
Presenter: Heather McDonald
APNA 2016 National Conference - Nurses | the heart of primary health care
- Overview of My Health Record system
- Including digital health within your remit of work
- Engaging with all health sectors regarding digital health
- ePIP - update what you need to support practices
- How to upload clinical documents - both SHS and ES - when to use each one
- How to view and save documents
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Using a Doppler to Calculate ABPI
This course has been developed using Articulate eLearning software. The course will assist registered nurses develop the essential knowledge and problem solving skills required to use a Doppler ultrasound to assess patients with leg ulcers. It is expected nurses will utilise this course prior to performing an ankle brachial pressure index (ABPI) under the supervision of an experienced wound management clinical nurse consultant.
Duration: approx 2 hours / 2 CPD hours
Cost: $14.00 inc GST / APNA Members $10.50
$14.00 (AUD) / subscription
What do consumers want from primary health care
Consumers want care that works in partnership with them, their families and their communities, care that puts patient-centred care at the forefront of primary health care.
This presentation will comment briefly on the results of the consumer surveys discussed by the previous speakers. Then we will outline a different approach to consumer engagement through building on some important World Health Organisation principles to achieve patient-centred care in primary heath care and why this is an important approach to achieving better health outcomes.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
What is leadership
Sue Cross will give her own experience of leadership and leaders over the years - the good, the bad and the not so attractive - relay her experience of the different types of leaders and how to be creative in your leadership skills.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
What makes the Australian Medicare Local Alliance primary care nursing initiatives work...
The Australian Medicare Local Alliance (AML Alliance) has funded 12 Demonstration Projects within Medicare Locals and a series of Leadership in Action workshops, both designed to build the capacity and sustainability of primary health care nursing.
The Australian Health Workforce Institute (AHWI) at University of Melbourne has been funded to identify what makes the AML Alliance nursing initiatives work, for whom and in what circumstances, and to explore how to build the capacity of Medicare Locals to support primary care nursing. A formative evaluative approach informed by a realist evaluation framework is being used.
The evaluation involves the collection of qualitative data via semi-structured interviews with participants and key stakeholders involved in the funded initiatives. Preliminary evaluation findings will be presented with the aim of informing policy and practice decision-making to build the capacity and sustainability of primary health care nursing at the Medicare Local and broader health system level.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
What's New in Asthma Management
Asthma management is constantly changing and evolving. With the recent publication of the new Australia Asthma Handbook (the Australian Guidelines) this interactive webinar will look at new medications, devices and management strategies including how best to use the current MBS item numbers available for asthma and respiratory management in general practice. Join asthma and respiratory educators, Judi Wicking and Marg Gordon, from the National Asthma Council Australia, as we explore asthma management for nurses in primary care.
This webinar will:
- Discuss what's new in the new Asthma Council Australia guidelines from the Australian, Asthma Handbook, version 1.1 2015
- Explore the role of general practice nurses in asthma management
- Update on correct use of devices with medications and asthma medication
- Provide an overview of MBS item numbers
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Why behavioural change communication is core nursing business
A presentation by Barbra Docherty at the 2014 APNA National Conference - Thriving Through Change.
Cost: $15 inc GST / APNA Members FREE
$15.00 (AUD) / subscription
Work Health and Safety Fundamentals
This course has been endorsed by the Safety Institute of Australia and has been designed to provide you with an understanding of some of the issues relating to health and safety that workers may face in the workplace.
Duration: approx 40 mins / 0.65 CPD hours
Cost: $38.50 inc GST / APNA Members $28.88
$38.50 (AUD) / subscription
Work Health and Safety Harmonisation
Legislation, safety Procedures, Responsibilities, Workplace, Risk Management
This course has been developed to provide managers and supervisors with an introduction to some of the key requirements of the model work health and safety legislation.
$38.50 (AUD) / subscription
