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Behaviour Support and Restrictive Practices

Introduction to Allied Health Professionals

The disability context in Australia

The People You Support - Rights of the Participant

The Practical Elements to Disability Support Work (1 of 2)

The Practical Elements to Disability Support Work (2 of 2)

Understanding Participant Care Plans

You, the Worker - Skills, Values and Responsibilities

A positive approach to complaints management (Residential care)

Aged Care Code of Conduct

Aged care module template

Aged care risk management: Nurses and managers

Aged care risk management: Personal care workers

Antimicrobial resistance and stewardship

Assessing continence in older people living with dementia

Assisted eating and drinking

Behaviour Support Plans

Clinical governance in aged care and the role of RNs & Managers

Communicating with an older person living with dementia

Cultural considerations and communication at the end of life

Cultural safety and First Nations people

Culturally safe care: Fundamentals

Cybersecurity: Emails and text messages

Cybersecurity: Travelling safely

Delirium: Recognising and responding to delirium in older people

Dementia and cognitive change

Dementia Enabling Environment Principles

Discrimination and harassment in the workplace

Duty of Care for nurses and managers in aged care

Duty of Care for Personal Care Workers (PCWs) in aged care

Elder abuse: Identifying, responding & reporting (SIRS)

Elements of end of life care

Elements of end-of-life care for organisations

Emergencies and disaster management: Home care

Emergencies and disaster management: Residential care

Environmental cleaning

Excessive mobilisation in dementia: Assessment and management

Falls prevention for older people

Falls prevention in aged care: Screening and interventions

Falls prevention in community care: Screening and assessment

Foot and nail care

Gastroenteritis in aged care

Hearing loss

Hydration

Incident Management System (IMS): Managing incidents

Incontinence aids for older people living with dementia

Incontinence in older people with dementia: causes and risks

Infection prevention & control: Biological spills

Infection prevention & control: Fundamentals

Infection prevention & control: Hand hygiene for client care

Infection prevention & control: Hand hygiene for non-clinical care

Infection prevention & control: Linen - Safe handling

Infection prevention & control: Personal protective equipment

Infection prevention & control: Sharps - Safe handling

Infection prevention and control: Respiratory hygiene & etiquette

Informed consent (Older people)

Managing incontinence for individuals living with dementia

Manual handling

Medication reviews

Medication safety: 10 rights of medication administration (for PCWs)

Medication safety: Elderly safety and the use of high-risk medicines

Medication safety: Errors and near misses

Medication safety: Principles and steps to safer care for older people

Medication safety: Supporting, assisting, and recording (for PCWs)

Moral injury & burnout for leaders/managers: Supporting self and staff

Moral injury, burnout and practical self-help for aged care workers

Open disclosure (Community care)

Open disclosure (Residential care)

Optimising mealtimes

Oral care for older people (for PCWs)

Oral care for older people (Nurses)

Pain management: Assessment in older people

Pain management: Interventions for older people

Pain management: Recognising pain in older people

Palliative care: Fundamentals

Performance reviews: Reflection & goal setting

Person centred care

Personal safety

Pressure injuries: Management

Pressure injuries: Prevention

Principles for end-of-life care

Principles of trauma-informed care for older people

Privacy and confidentiality for older people

Providing aged care for LGBTQI+ individuals living with dementia

Psychological safety for older people

Reablement strategies for older people living with dementia

Reablement: Mobilisation for older people

Reablement: Principles for older people

Recognising & reporting change: Community care - RNs/managers

Recognising & reporting change: Residential care - RNs/PCWs/managers

Recognising & responding to health changes: Community care PCWs

Recognising end-of-life

Responding to medical emergencies in aged care for PCWs

Responding to medical emergencies in older people: nurses and managers

Restraint minimisation & alternative interventions (older people)

Rights based care: The Charter of Aged Care Rights

Safe food handling for community aged care workers

Safety & escalation communication - Personal Care Worker

Safety & escalation communication - Registered Nurse/Manager

Safety and quality in healthcare

Safety and quality in practice: A case study

Special considerations for end-of-life care

Substitute decision-makers: Legal framework

Supported decision-making and substitute decision-making

Supported decision-making for older people

Swallowing

Swallowing difficulties: The IDDSI for food and fluids

The Incident Management System & The Serious Incident Response Scheme

The Serious Incident Response Scheme (SIRS): A guide to reporting

The Statement of Rights of Older People

Trauma aware and healing-informed care for older people

Voluntary assisted dying

Waste management in aged care

WH&S: Identifying and reporting hazards, and managing risks

A positive approach to complaints management (Acute care)

Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease

Acute stroke: Classification, pathophysiology, and symptoms (1 of 3)

Acute stroke: Pre-hospital management (2 of 3)

Acute tachyarrhythmias: Emergency nursing management

Adrenaline for anaphylaxis

Age related diseases

Aged care: Long-term management of faecal incontinence

AHPRA and the mandatory reporting requirements

Alcohol use disorders and the physiological effects of alcohol (1/3)

Alcohol use disorders: Screening and brief interventions (2/3)

Alcohol withdrawal: Identification, assessment & management (3/3)

Alprazolam: Indications, precautions, and dosage

Alzheimer’s disease explained

Anticoagulants: A medication series update

Antimicrobial resistance: The role of nurses and midwives

Anxiety disorders in adolescents

Aseptic technique

Assessing continence in older people living with dementia

Assessing visual acuity in primary healthcare

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder diagnosis and management

Basic life support

Basic wound management

Benzathine benzylpenicillin

Bereavement care and support following stillbirth

Bipolar disorder in adults: Pharmacological treatment (3 of 3)

Bipolar disorder: Background and diagnosis (1 of 3)

Bipolar disorder: Nursing management (2 of 3)

Bladder scanning to measure urine volume

Blood management: Patient blood management in perioperative settings

Blood management: Pickup, transportation, & storage in hospitals

Blood management: Transfusion

Breastfeeding: Assessing for adequate milk intake

Breastfeeding: Assessment and management of lactational mastitis

Breastfeeding: Benefits and promotion

Breastfeeding: Positioning and attachment

Carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae

Cardiology: An introduction to cardiac assessment

Cardiology: The anatomy of the heart

Cardiology: The cardiac conduction system and electrocardiograms

Cardiovascular disease: Risks, management, and nursing interventions

Care for patients with methamphetamine intoxication in the ED

Care of patients with an epidural anaesthetic

Career progression in nursing

Caring for adult patients with peripheral nerve block

Caring for people from refugee backgrounds

Caring for people with mental health and intellectual disability

Chest tubes and underwater seal drains: Nursing management

Child protection: Identifying & responding - Core learning

Child protection: Identifying & responding to vulnerable children

Child protection: Mandatory reporting

Child protection: The National Principles for child safe organisations

Child protection: Young people and the age of sexual consent (ACT)

Child protection: Young people and the age of sexual consent (NSW)

Child protection: Young people and the age of sexual consent (NT)

Child protection: Young people and the age of sexual consent (QLD)

Child protection: Young people and the age of sexual consent (SA)

Child protection: Young people and the age of sexual consent (TAS)

Child protection: Young people and the age of sexual consent (VIC)

Child protection: Young people and the age of sexual consent (WA)

Childhood asthma: An overview

Chlamydia trachomatis: A sexually transmitted disease

Cholesterol and triglycerides: An introduction

Cholesterol and triglycerides: Classification and tests

Clostridium difficile: Essential knowledge for nurses and midwives

Clozapine: Indications, precautions, and monitoring

Codeine: A medication update

Cold chain management

Communicating for safety: Effective clinical handover

Complaints & feedback: Responding at point of care (Community Care)

Complications of head and neck radiotherapy

Constipation: Assessment and management in adults

COPD: Self-management support in primary healthcare

Cosmetic medical procedures and compliance for nurses

Counting the numbers: Quantifying the burden of disease

COVID-19 for nurses and midwives

COVID-19 vaccination in Australia

Creating inclusive environments for trans and gender-diverse adults

Creating inclusive healthcare environments for LGBTQIA+ people

Critical care physiotherapy: Early mobilisation

Cultural safety and First Nations people

Culturally safe care: Fundamentals

CVADs: Dressing and needleless connector changes (3 of 5)

CVADs: Post insertion maintenance (2 of 5)

CVADs: Safe removal (5 of 5)

CVADs: Troubleshooting complications (4 of 5)

CVADs: Uses, types, selection, and complications (1 of 5)

Cybersecurity: Emails and text messages

Cybersecurity: Travelling safely

Decision-making framework for nurses and midwives

Delirium in older people: Causes, risks, prevention, and treatment

Dementia: Lewy body dementia - Pathophysiology and nursing care

Dementia: Pharmacological management of the most common types

Dementia:Diagnosis of Alzheimer disease, vascular & Lewy body dementia

Depo-Provera: Uses, indications and contraindications

Depression: Antidepressants in adults

Depression: Pathophysiology, causes, and approaches to treatment

Depression: Treatment and management

Diabetes-related foot ulcers: Assessment and classification (1 of 2)

Diabetes-related foot ulcers: Management and care (2 of 2)

Diabetes: Tailored treatment plans for type 2 diabetes mellitus

Diabetic ketoacidosis in adults: An introduction

Discrimination and harassment in the workplace

Driver safety: Supporting workplace health and safety

Elder abuse: Identifying, responding & reporting (SIRS)

Emergency care: Pre-hospital thrombolysis for STEMI

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

Ergonomics for a workstation

Escalation of care in rural and remote settings

Esomeprazole: Uses, contraindications and adverse effects

Ethics for nurses

Ethics in healthcare: Professional boundaries

Fall prevention: Screening, assessment & intervention (Acute Care)

Fall prevention: Screening, assessment & intervention (Community care)

Faltering growth in infants and young children

Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Fetal presentation in late pregnancy

Fire and using fire extinguishers, hoses and blankets

Fire safety and emergency evacuation procedures

First aid for common household burns

Foods and medication interactions

Foot and nail care

Foot and nail care: Nursing care and interventions

Fraud and Corruption Awareness: Identification and Prevention

Gastroenteritis in aged care

GI radiation injury: Pathophysiology, prevention, and treatment

GLP-1 Receptor Agonists for Type 2 Diabetes Management

Glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c): A diagnostic and monitoring test

Gonorrhoea: A sexually transmitted infection

Guidelines for diagnosing gestational diabetes

Headaches in children: When to worry

Health promotion and the role of the nurse

Healthcare topic template

Hepatitis B: Pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention

Hepatitis C: Models of care and treatment

Herpes simplex virus in neonates

Hydromorphone: A high risk medicine

Hyperacute stroke care: The first 24 hours (3 of 3)

Hyperemesis gravidarum

Hypertension in pregnancy

Hypertension: Back to basics

Ibuprofen for paediatric pain

Identify and prevent stress and vicarious, secondary, and indirect trauma in health care workers

Impetigo: Nursing care and treatment

Incident Management System (IMS): Managing incidents

Indwelling catheters: Insertion and management of short-term catheters

Infection prevention & control: Biological spills

Infection prevention & control: Cough and sneeze etiquette

Infection prevention & control: Fundamentals

Infection prevention & control: Hand hygiene for client care

Infection prevention & control: Hand hygiene for non-clinical care

Infection prevention & control: Linen - Safe handling

Infection prevention & control: Personal protective equipment

Infection prevention & control: Reprocessing reusable equipment

Infection prevention & control: Sharps - Safe handling

Inflammatory bowel disease: Treatment and management

Influenza in the aged care environment

Informed consent

Informed consent: Legal responsibilities in nursing and midwifery

Interpretation of arterial blood gas analysis

Intertriginous dermatitis: Treatment and nursing care

Intimate Partner Violence: Defined, who’s at risk and who it affects

Intra-abdominal hypertension and pressure monitoring

Intravenous cannulation: A step-by-step procedural guide (5 of 5)

Intravenous iron: Safe administration

Iron deficiency anaemia in adults

Iron deficiency anaemia in children

Isolated workplaces: Staying safe in rural and remote areas

Jaundice in neonates

Lactation: Anatomy and physiology

Leadership skills in nursing and midwifery

Leadership styles in nursing and midwifery

Legal issues in health care: Negligence

Legislative requirements for S8 and S4D medications: An overview

Liver function tests

Long-term management of urinary incontinence in the elderly

Management issues: Management concepts

Management of accountable items in the perioperative environment

Management of chemotherapy-induced adverse effects

Management of childhood asthma: An introduction

Managing behaviours of concern in primary healthcare

Managing incontinence for individuals living with dementia

Managing loneliness and isolation in rural and remote healthcare

Managing persistent pain in older people

Manual handling

Maximising productivity, minimising stress in patient care

Mechanisms of skeletal muscle contraction

Medical grade honey in paediatric wound care

Medical records and the law

Medication safety: A quick revision of medication calculations

Medication safety: A revision of mathematic basics

Medication safety: Case based competency - Adults and paediatrics

Medication safety: Case based competency assessment - Adults

Medication safety: Case based competency assessment - Paediatrics

Medication safety: Medication calculations explained

Medication safety: Medication calculations revision & test

Medication safety: National standard medication chart (Paediatrics)

Medication safety: Patient safety and the use of high-risk medicines

Medication safety: Principles & practical steps to safer patient care

Medication safety: Safe management, revision and calculations test

Medication safety: Using the National Subcutaneous Insulin Chart

Medications for common pregnancy and breastfeeding conditions

Medications in end of life care

Medicines during pregnancy

Melanoma

Mentoring for the nurse or midwife

Midwife-led continuity of care

Migraine: Pathophysiology and management

Minimising restraint use & alternative interventions (older people)

Minimising the use of restraint and seclusion in acute services

Moral injury and burnout: Supporting yourself and your staff

Moral injury, burnout and practical self-help for healthcare workers

Neonatal DDH: The controversial role of ultrasound for screening

Neutropenic sepsis: Cause, diagnosis, and treatment

No bullying in the workplace

Nursing and midwifery leadership in emissions reduction

Nursing and midwifery leadership in public health

Nursing and midwifery-led research

Nursing in climate change

Nursing older people: Dementia, delirium or depression?

Nutritional considerations post bariatric surgery

Nutritional management of chronic kidney disease

Obesity in pregnancy

OH&S: Identifying and reporting hazards, and managing risks

Open disclosure (Acute care)

Oral care in immunocompromised patients

Oral health: Nursing assessment and interventions

Oral medications for the treatment of COVID-19

Ostomy (stoma) care

Otitis media: Prevention, assessment, and management

Oxybutynin for the treatment of urinary incontinence

Paediatric burns: Emergency management (2 of 3)

Paediatric burns: Pathophysiology and complications (1 of 3)

Paediatric burns: Post-acute management (3 of 3)

Paediatric febrile neutropenia

Palliative care: Identifying needs - An introduction

Palliative care: Nutrition and hydration at the end of life

Palliative care: Principles of pain management

Palliative care: Understanding the use of opioids

Paracetamol for paediatric pain

Parkinson’s disease

Patient education for the prevention of diabetic foot disease

PEG tube feeding for older adult patients

PEG tube feeding of older people for AINs

Performance reviews: Reflection and goal setting

Performing surgical hand antisepsis in the perioperative environment

Perinatal mental health conditions

Peritonitis: A complication of peritoneal dialysis

Personal safety

Pharmacological management of obesity

Pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation

Physical health care in mental illness

Physiotherapy in managing neurodegenerative disorders

Positioning nurses in policy

Pressure injuries: Pressure injury classification & treatment (2/2)

Pressure injuries: Pressure injury risk assessment & prevention (1/2)

Pressure injury and ulcers: Prevention and early skin damage detection

Pressure injury and ulcers: The anatomy of the skin

Pressure injury classification & treatment for AINs and PCWs (2 of 2)

Pressure injury prevention and care for AINs and PCWs (1 of 2)

Principles of preoperative patient skin antisepsis & surgical draping

Privacy in healthcare for practitioners and managers

Privacy of personal health information

Prothrombin time and international normalised ratio: Diagnostic tests

Public health leadership for the senior nurse and midwife

Radiotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer

Recognising and responding to acute deterioration in adult patients

Recognising and responding to modern slavery in Australia

Respiratory care: Performing a chest examination in adults

Respiratory physiotherapy: An update for the adult population

Restrictive practices: Definitions, principles and ethics (1 of 2)

Restrictive practices: Responsibilities and minimising use (2 of 2)

Rheumatoid arthritis

Routine postnatal care for newborns

Routine postnatal care for the health and well-being of women

Running an effective meeting for nurses and midwives

Safe food handling in health care

Safe handling of chemicals in the health care workplace

Safe patient positioning in the perioperative environment

Safely managing threats, aggression, violence, and Code Black

Safety and quality in healthcare

Safety and quality in healthcare: A case study

Scabies: Pathophysiology, treatment and care

Schizophrenia: An overview

Screening and assessment for family violence

Self-care for the nurse and midwife

Self-care when working with mental health and AOD patients

Skin tears: Causes, risk assessment, and prevention (1/2)

Skin tears: Management, classification, and dressing selection (2/2)

Speaking up and the role of nurses and midwives

Sterile gowning and gloving in the perioperative environment

STI and blood borne virus specimen collection for females: a guide

STI and blood borne virus specimen collection for males: A guide

Strategies to enhance team work in the acute healthcare setting

Substitute decision making (ACT)

Substitute decision making (Northern Territory)

Substitute decision making (NSW)

Substitute decision making (Queensland)

Substitute decision making (South Australia)

Substitute decision making (Tasmania)

Substitute decision making (Victoria)

Substitute decision making (Western Australia)

Suicide risk assessment

Supported decision-making for older people

Supporting people living with dementia who mobilise excessively

Swallowing difficulties: The IDDSI for food and fluids

Syphilis: A sexually transmitted infection

Syringe drivers in palliative care: Nursing management

Tackling smoking for indigenous health

Taeniasis (tape worm): Diagnosis, treatment and prevention

Tapentadol: An opioid for pain management

The ABCDE approach to adult patient assessment and treatment

The Glasgow Coma Scale: An update for nurses

The gut microbiome: Stomach bugs: Cause or cure of illness?

The impact of workplace culture and leadership on work-related stress and burnout

The Incident Management System & The Serious Incident Reporting Scheme

The problem with opioids

The skeletal system: An update

The use of systemic corticosteroids in exacerbations of COPD

Time management for leaders and managers

Tracheostomy management for adult patients in acute care

Trachoma: Nursing assessment and interventions

Trauma-informed care: Implementation and client management

Trauma-informed care: Understanding complex trauma

Trichomoniasis: A sexually transmitted infection

Tricyclic antidepressant overdose

Tuberculosis in Australia: Components of care

Ultrasound diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis

Ultrasound in sports medicine

Understanding erythrocyte sedimentation rate

Urinalysis: A diagnostic test

Uterine rupture: Midwifery emergency management

Varenicline for smoking intervention

Venepuncture and cannulation: Equipment selection (2/5)

Venepuncture and cannulation: Indications and vein selection (1/5)

Venepuncture and cannulation: Paediatric and neonatal guidance (3/5)

Venepuncture: A step-by-step procedural guide (4/5)

Violence in the workplace: Managing behavioural disturbances (2 of 3)

Violence in the workplace: Post violent incident response (3 of 3)

Violence in the workplace: Predicting and preventing violence (1 of 3)

Vitamin B requirements for healthy pregnancy outcomes

Volatile substance use in the community

Warfarin: A medication series update

Waste management

Whistleblowing in healthcare

Women’s health: Cervical cancer screening