Managing Your State Through Focus, Body Language & Words
Industry Specialist
Manage your focus, your body language and the words you use to manage your state
Allocating Tasks - The BALM Method
Industry Specialist
Use this BALM method to allocate tasks to the right person with the right skills.
Setting Effective Goals
Industry Specialist
You've identified that something could be done better. Just how can you plan out and implement the change. Discover how with this session.
The DNA Of A Successful Story
Industry Specialist
Discover a structure to follow so you can tell engaging stories.
(g)9.10 Session 1 (2020)
Gerry Samson DDS, ABO, FACD, TE
0.25 Hours
The Advanced Orthodontics (g)9.10 Session 1 Online for 2020
Organisational behaviour Part 2: Job design, working in teams, and dysfunctional behaviour
Rebekah Radulovich
1.00 Hours
This educational activity was designed to help pharmacists build on their existing knowledge of organisational behaviour. This activity was developed and accredited in Australia and was designed to address competencies described by the National Competencies Standards Framework for Pharmacists in Australia (2016). As such,....
Organisational Behaviour Part 1: Introduction
Jenny Bergin, BPharm, MBA, FACP.
1.00 Hours
This educational activity was designed to introduce pharmacist to the important concepts associated with organisational behaviour
Topic: The Potential Role of Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine In Treating Canine Splenic Hemangiosarcoma
Dr. Erin Bannink
0.50 Hours
: Canine splenic hemangiosarcoma (HSA) is a uniformly aggressive disease with a high metastatic rate and grave prognosis despite aggressive treatment with surgery and chemotherapy. Reported Median Survival Time (MST) for stage II disease treated with splenectomy alone is 2 months (range 1.6-3.4 months). With the addition of chem....
Ten Amazing Instructional Strategies for English Learners
Industry specialist
Discover instructional strategies to engage and support EL students in your classroom. Learn the importance of vocabulary instruction, cultural relevancy, linguistic accommodations and more as you explore a variety of methods and activities that can be applied in preK-12 classrooms.
Improving surgical outcomes for people with dementia
Diane Loughlin and Margaret Brown
0.50 Hours
Surgical intervention in older people with dementia is becoming increasingly common as the population ages and the number of people with dementia continues to rise. People with dementia have unique needs that require sensitive management at all stages of hospitalisation for surgery. This learning module sets out a suggested path....
Understanding attitudes and their effects on nursing practice
Bob Price
0.50 Hours
Attitudes are of crucial importance in nursing. Attitudes help us to understand how people perceive issues and processes in care and determine what they deem important, good, relevant and appropriate. We should understand attitudes if we are to provide collaborative, patient-centred care; however, they are poorly understood. Thi....
A collaborative approach to health promotion in early stage dementia
Catharine Jenkins and Ailsa McKay
0.50 Hours
Dementia affects all aspects of a person’s life, including memory, functioning, emotions and social relationships. Dementia care is a national priority because of an increasingly older population and the effect of the condition on individuals, families and communities. Early recognition, and appropriate care and treatment improv....
How to remove a non-tunnelled central venous catheter
Lisa Dougherty
0.50 Hours
This module aims to help nurses to undertake the removal of non-tunnelled central venous catheters (CVCs) in a safe, effective and patient-centred manner. A non-tunnelled CVC is inserted directly into a central vein with its tip usually located in the vena cava or right atrium. Insertion of a CVC can increase the risk of pneu....
How to suction via a tracheostomy
Nicola Credland
0.50 Hours
Patients with a tracheostomy tube may be unable to cough adequately to expel pulmonary secretions. Therefore, tracheal suction is essential in managing secretions and maintaining respiratory function and a patent airway. This How to module provides nurses with information on how to suction via a tracheostomy. Tracheal suction....
Threats Beyond Borders
Australian Medical Association
2.00 Hours
In early 2017, the AMA called on the Government to make Australia a world leader in science, medicine, and research by establishing an Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC). The AMA Position Statement on an Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC) said that there are emerging problems in controlling communicable disease....
State of the Union on Health-Care - Taking Care of Business Summit
Dr. Elaine Chin, MD, Chief Wellness Officer, Telus and Dr. Elizabeth Stavros, ND
Dr. Elaine Chin and Dr. Elizabeth Stavros discuss the state of the union on health-care This is part 1 of Taking Care of Business Summit: Learn from successful and innovative business leaders. Summit description: The OAND and CCNM are partnering to bring you the Taking Care of Business Summit. This 1.5 day summit is busi....
Supporting people with Down’s syndrome and dementia
Karen Watchman
0.50 Hours
People with Down’s syndrome enjoy a longer life expectancy now than they ever have before, and are therefore at greater risk of developing conditions associated with ageing, including dementia. The evidence base for the effects of dementia on people with Down’s syndrome is much smaller than that for older people generally, which....
Pathogenesis, diagnosis and management of Paget’s disease of the bone
Jennie Walker
0.50 Hours
Paget’s disease of the bone is a chronic condition that affects bone remodelling in focal areas of the skeleton. The disease may affect one or several sites and can cause a variety of subsequent complications such as pain, bony deformity, osteoarthritis, fracture or nerve compression. Understanding the disease and how it affects....
Prevention strategies for overseas travellers at risk of rabies
Jacqueline Pye
0.50 Hours
Rabies is a fatal viral disease that causes acute inflammation of the brain in humans. Transmission is usually through a bite or scratch or contact with the saliva of an infected animal. However, it is a vaccine preventable disease. It is important that those travelling to rabies-endemic countries are aware of the risk of rabies....
Breaking bad news
Clare Warnock
0.50 Hours
The breaking of bad news was traditionally regarded to be the time when a doctor and nurse sat down with a patient and family members to provide information about, for example, a life-limiting diagnosis or a poor prognosis. However, breaking bad news is now generally accepted as a process, not a one-off event, and is considered....
Psychological interventions used to treat obsessive compulsive disorder
Judith Gellatly and Christine Molloy
0.50 Hours
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is a common mental health problem associated with poor quality of life, impaired functioning and increased risk of suicide. Improvement is unlikely and symptoms will remain chronic unless adequate treatment is provided. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidelines on the manage....
Promoting urinary continence in older women
Alison Bardsley
0.50 Hours
Continence promotion involves informing and educating the public and healthcare professionals that urinary incontinence is not an inevitable part of ageing, and can be treated or at least made more manageable. While awareness of urinary continence is improving slowly, the taboo around discussing incontinence remains. Women are a....
The role of surveillance in preventing healthcare-associated infections
Brett G Mitchell and Philip L Russo
0.50 Hours
Surveillance of healthcare-associated infections is central to healthcare epidemiology and infection control programmes and a critical factor in the prevention of these infections. By definition, the term 'infection prevention' implies that healthcare-associated infections may be preventable. The purpose of surveillance is to pr....
ANUAS Course 4
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Understanding Cancer
Industry Specialists
A general overview of cancer, its risk factors, symptoms and treatments. This module reviews nutritional and emotional concerns and highlights the four most common cancers. Includes tips for how nursing assistants can do to help people with cancer. FULL OF PRACTICAL CLIENT CARE TIPS!