Hepatitis C: Natural History, Presentation and Investigation

Sanjay Bhagani and Gary Brook
  • Duration: 1h

  • Ref. 199454

This session describes the natural history and presentation of someone with both acute and chronic hepatitis C infection and the investigations required.

Organ Trauma: Splenic Trauma

Mansoor A Khan
  • Duration: 1h

  • Ref. 199788

This session will provide an overview of the anatomy of the spleen, and the aetiology and management of splenic trauma.

Neurology & Neurosurgery: Coma

Nick Carleton-Bland
  • Duration: 1h

  • Ref. 199789

This session outlines the diagnosis and management of traumatic and non-traumatic CNS aetiologies and extracranial aetiologies of coma and the principles of assessment of brain stem death and understand its relevance to continued life support and organ donation.

COVID-19 Vaccine Storage

Dr. Maureen Akolo
  • Duration: 30m

  • Ref. 199655

This course intends to equip nurses with knowledge on vaccine storage.

$ 25.00

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Determining Protein Status by the Numbers

Georgeane (Gigi) Vigue, RD, CNSC
  • Duration: 1h

  • Ref. 188495

1 Hours

Morbidity and mortality are associated with malnutrition. Parenteral nutrition (PN) is instituted to prevent or correct malnutrition. The laboratory indicators to assess malnutrition are altered by many factors such as inflammation. Identifying these factor markers and using additional methods to assess malnutrition provide an a....

Plastic Cannula Use in Home Haemodialysis - Podcast

Yvonne Thomas, Sharon Gleeson, Liz Coroneos
  • Duration: 30m

  • Ref. 191312

Using plastic haemodialysis cannulas in home dialysis patients

Remote Home Dialysis - Podcast

Vicki Nebbia
  • Duration: 30m

  • Ref. 191317

The complexities of managing remote home dialysis patients in Australia

Nutrition: An Introduction

Gwyneth Cotes, Altrena Mukuria and Abigail Kaplan Ramage
  • Duration: 3h

  • Ref. 196062

This course discusses basic concepts of good nutrition, common nutritional deficiencies, causes of undernutrition, and the magnitude of the problem. It also outlines the major population-based interventions to improve nutritional status, as well as key indicators for measuring and monitoring progress in nutrition.

Webinar - Renal Quality Programs

Avon-Maree Reynolds
  • Duration: 1h

  • Ref. 193835

Good outcomes can be achieved in the management of Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) patients through continuous quality improvement. Regular audits, data collection and reviews of practice should be a priority in PD units to ensure best practice targets are met.

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
  • Duration: 1h

  • Ref. 194691

A study comparing the effects on renal anaemia with ferric carboxymaltose and iron polymaltose.

KHA-CARI Guidelines: Infection Control for Haemodialysis Units - a Summary Review - Journal Club September 2019

Debbie Fortnum and Wendi Bradshaw
  • Duration: 1h

  • Ref. 194788

A summary review of KHA-CARI guidelines of infection control for haemodialysis units.

Cardiac Arrest in Dialysis Patients - Webinar

Jo Whibley
  • Duration: 1h

  • Ref. 192843

Using the Chain of Survival to manage Haemodialysis Patients during Cardiac Arrest

Vascular Intervention - Podcast

Dr Ramesh B Velu
  • Duration: 30m

  • Ref. 191395

Different interventions that can be used to improve the outcomes of vascular access

Strategies to Improve Vascular Access Outcomes (Webinar)

Dr Andrea Viecelli
  • Duration: 1h

  • Ref. 191349

Improving vascular access outcomes

Webinar - Renal Disease and Chemotherapy

Dr Alexandra McCarthy
  • Duration: 1h

  • Ref. 195080

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.

Residual renal function among patients on haemodialysis and implications for clinical practice

Renal Society of Australasia
  • Duration: 1h

  • Ref. 196433

A review on benefits, impacting factors, preserving strategies especially haemodialysis-related factors and strategies and clinical practice implications of residual renal function among patients on haemodialysis.

Cannulation in haemodialysis: when the pointy end misses the mark - Journal Club - January 2020

Jaensch et al.
  • Duration: 1h

  • Ref. 195110

A scoping review evaluating the current literature regarding cannulation practices in haemodialysis

Tips and Tricks for Designing Better Patient Education Materials for People with CKD

Dr Kelly Lambert - Renal Society of Australasia
  • Duration: 1h

  • Ref. 195854

This webinar will discuss tips, tricks and mistakes to avoid when designing patient education materials for people with CKD. Learn best practice techniques and view some examples of well-designed materials.

Webinar: Health Literacy & Patient Knowledge: Implications for Renal Nurses

Prof Ann Bonner
  • Duration: 1h

  • Ref. 195892

This presentation will explain what is health literacy and why it is contextual. It will also argue for why health literacy is fundamental to renal nursing practice.

Webinar: Kidney Pancreas Transplant

Paul Robertson
  • Duration: 1h

  • Ref. 195893

For patients with both diabetes and kidney disease they are managing two chronic diseases and have high complication rates. Dual transplantation of both the pancreas and kidney offers excellent outcomes to manage both diseases, and is available in specialist centres in Australia.

RSA Webinar: Relevance of New Clinical Trials in Management of CKD

Professor Carol Pollock &
  • Duration: 1h

  • Ref. 197368

To provide front line staff with new knowledge re trials that have shown benefit in patients with diabetic and non-diabetic CKD. Secondarily to provide information regarding new trials underway in patients with kidney disease.

Individual versus group chronic kidney disease education

Adam G Steinberg, A. et al.
  • Duration: 1h

  • Ref. 198091

A quantitative study report comparing individual and group chronic kidney disease education

Does point-of-care ultrasound of vascular access improve the communication between clinicians? A scoping review

Ulrich Steinwandel, Nick Gibson, James Rippey and Johan Rosman
  • Duration: 1h

  • Ref. 198273

A scoping review sought to determine if it has been previously been reported that renal nurses who use point-of-care ultrasound communicate specific patient findings.

The Emergence of Voluntary Assisted Dying in Kidney Disease

Andrew Denton
  • Duration: 1h 30m

  • Ref. 200012

Voluntary assisted dying (VAD) laws have been passed in all Australian states and New Zealand, giving people who meet the eligibility criteria the option to ask for medical help to end their life. But how does VAD work when there is a life-sustaining treatment such as dialysis where a patient isn't usually expected to die within....

An Exploration of Health Rights for Indigenous Patients in Renal Care - Webinar

Leena Panicker
  • Duration: 1h

  • Ref. 191173

Indigenous patients and their health rights