Quality Pain Management
Deb Shearman
0.50 Hours
Overview; Common causes of pain; Signs and symptoms; Barriers to communicating; Physical and psychological impact; Principles of pain management.
Brief Interventions for Substance Abuse
Yvonne Martinez, CADC-CS, ICCS, ICADC, NCAC-I, CRPS
9.00 Hours
Brief Interventions and Brief Therapies for Substance Abuse is intended primarily for counselors and therapists working in the substance abuse treatment field, but parts of it will be of value to other audiences, including health care workers, social services providers, clergy, teachers and criminal justice personnel. In fact, t....
Management of Hypoglycemia in Neonates
Dr. Juli Reynolds PhD
Neo Consult Evidence-based nursing is widely recognised as the critical foundation for quality care. This evidence-based practice course is a step toward standardisation of treatment for neonatal hypoglycemia through the following steps: a) Identification of infants at risk. b) Assessment of blood glucose. c) Stabilising blo....
Initial Assessment of the Newborn
Dr. Juli Reynolds PhD
Neo Consult This course aims to provide midwifes and nurses with the foundation of knowledge required, first, to complete the initial health assessment and examination of the newborn baby and second, to recognise and/or pre-empt those conditions that may adversely affect neonatal well-being. After the infant is born, your in....
Skills Assessment First Antenatal Visit
Dr. Juli Reynolds PhD
Neo Consult This course is designed for midwifes and nurses working in antenatal wards. The session includes: Skills assessment guidelines when taking history from a pregnant woman. Skills Assessment Tools.
Routine Care of Normal Newborn Infants
Dr. Juli Reynolds PhD
Neo Consult After birth, most full term infants (gestational age >39 weeks) and early term infants (GA 37 0/7 to 38 6/7 weeks) require normal neonatal routine care to make a successful transition to extrauterine life. Depending on hospital policy, late preterm infants (GA 34 0/7 to 36 6/7 weeks) who are >35 weeks and well appea....
Skin Care - Premature Infant
Dr. Juli Reynolds PhD
Neo Consult This course is developed for nurses who care for critically ill infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Topics covered: 1. Sin Characteristics of Extreme Premature Infants. 2. SKin anatomy and physiology. 3. Skin Care.
Cardiology Important Concepts
Dr. Juli Reynolds PhD
Neo Consult Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the most common congenital disorder in newborns. Critical CHD, defined as requiring surgery or catheter-based intervention in the first year of life, occurs in approximately 25 percent of those with CHD. Although many newborns with critical CHD are symptomatic and identified soon af....
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Dr. Juli Reynolds PhD
Neo Consult This course is designed to offer postgraduate education to resident obstetricians, midwives, and nurses working in ante-and postnatal wards as well as in the delivery room. It will support you to change and develop your ways of thinking, inspiring you to become an independent learner who thinks creatively to solv....
Chronic Lung Disease in Neonates
Dr. Juli Reynolds PhD
Neo Consult This course has been developed for nurses working in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The course will enable you to develop your performance in practice, theorise practice and develop the knowledge and skills required to be competent in the role of a neonatal intensive care nurse. Target Audience: Neonatal Inte....
Care of Low-Birth-Weight Infants
Dr. Juli Reynolds PhD
This course provides the advanced knowledge and skills required to care of the low birth weight infant. The course introduces the concept of developmentally supportive care and promotes positive neuro-behavioural outcomes.
Meningocele
Dr. Juli Reynolds PhD
This course has been developed for nurses working in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The course will enable you to develop your performance in practice, theorise practice and develop the knowledge and skills required to be competent in the role of a neonatal intensive care nurse. Target Audience: - Neonatal Intensive Care....
Oxygen Therapy
Dr. Juli Reynolds PhD
Neo Consult This course has been developed for nurses working in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The course will enable you to develop your performance in practice, theorise practice and develop the knowledge and skills required to be competent in the role of a neonatal intensive care nurse. Target Audience: - Neonatal....
Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension Of The Newborn (PPHN)
Dr. Juli Reynolds PhD
Neo Consult This course has been developed for nurses working in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The course will enable you to develop your performance in practice, theorise practice and develop the knowledge and skills required to be competent in the role of a neonatal intensive care nurse. Target Audience: 1) Neonata....
Comparison of ferric carboxymaltose and iron polymaltose efficacy in renal anaemia - Journal Club July 2019
Glen Allen, Paul Hakendorf, Ann Kruger, Anne Arnold and Jeffrey Barbara
A study comparing the effects on renal anaemia with ferric carboxymaltose and iron polymaltose.
Assessment of Physical Function
Gwyn Hawden
0.25 Hours
Assessment of physical function is one of the four core areas (also known as domains) of a holistic assessment. In this session you will explore assessment of physical function and its potential interactions with other areas. This session was reviewed by Carolyn Doyle and Christina Faull and last updated in November 2015.
Children and Bereavement
Jan Aldridge
0.50 Hours
The session explores grieving in children. It describes a range of ways in which health professionals and families can support children who are bereaved. This session was reviewed by Jan Aldridge and Christina Faull and last updated in February 2016.
Ethnicity and Culture
Dr Gill & Jackie Beavan
0.50 Hours
This session looks at cultural factors which may be important to your patients and describes ways which will help ensure that the care they receive is appropriate. This session was reviewed by Suchita Shah and last updated in November 2014.
Intravenous Induction Agents (anaesthesia)
Sue Hill
This session introduces the novice anaesthetist to three of the commonly used intravenous induction agents: propofol, thiopental and etomidate.
Scar Contractures
Parneet Gill and Syed Nadir Ali
This session describes the aetiology of scar contractures and outlines ways in which it is possible to prevent and treat them.
KHA-CARI Guidelines: Infection Control for Haemodialysis Units - a Summary Review - Journal Club September 2019
Debbie Fortnum and Wendi Bradshaw
A summary review of KHA-CARI guidelines of infection control for haemodialysis units.
Webinar: Chronic Kidney Disease Mineral and Bone Disorder
Katrina Chau
This Webinar presented by Katrina Chau aims to provide an overview of the pathogenesis of CKD-MBD and rationale behind current treatment strategies for this condition.
Webinar - Renal Disease and Chemotherapy
Dr Alexandra McCarthy
Renal nurses are increasingly exposed to patients with renal complications related to chemotherapy. In addition, more patients with existing renal impairment are treated with cyotoxic drugs.
Cannulation in haemodialysis: when the pointy end misses the mark - Journal Club - January 2020
Jaensch et al.
A scoping review evaluating the current literature regarding cannulation practices in haemodialysis
Apnoea of Prematurity
Dr. Juli Reynolds PhD
Neo Consult This course has been developed for nurses working in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The course will enable you to develop your performance in practice, theorise practice and develop the knowledge and skills required to be competent in the role of a neonatal intensive care nurse. 1. Neonatal Residence. 2. Neon....