CPD Resources for care worker

Preventing Medication Errors

Serious Incident Response Scheme (SIRS)

Medication Safety

Self-Care: Stress and Resilience

Self-Care: Sleep

Self-Care: Connectedness

Self-Care: Exercise

Medication Safety: Providing Credible Information

Pain Management

Opioids and Other Analgesics

Stroke Management

Child Protection

Healthy Eating for Older Adults

Malnutrition in Older Adults

Falls Prevention at the Bedside

High-Risk Medicines: Avoiding Common Interactions

Clinical Detective: Skin

Mandatory Reporting

Wound Dressings

Pressure Injuries

Nausea and Vomiting in Palliative Care

Constipation in Palliative Care

Advance Care Directives

Consent to Treatment

Nutrition and Hydration in Palliative Care

Apology and Open Disclosure in Healthcare

Holding Difficult Conversations at Work

Managing Falls in High-Risk Groups

Restraint Use in Healthcare

Identifying Falls Risk

Elder Abuse

Incident Report Writing

Managing Aggression in the Workplace

Asthma and COPD

Urinary Incontinence - Disorder or Symptom?

Communication Saves Lives

Management of Urinary Incontinence in the Community

Loss and Grief

Infection Control Basic Principles

Infection Control Cleaning

Professional Wellbeing

Palliative Care in Aged Care

Talking with Relatives in Aged Care

Duty of Care

Workplace Health and Safety

Bullying and Harassment

Hand Hygiene Essentials

Ethics at the Bedside

Cultural Diversity in the Workplace

Working in Teams

Respectful Behaviour in the Workplace

Pelvic Fractures: Preparing the Patient for Retrieval

Delirium and Depression

Creams and Ointments

Medication Safety in the Home

Aggression and Sedation

Complex Dementia: One Size Doesn't Fit All

Promoting Anti-Ageist Attitudes in Aged Care

Burden of Disease: Common Health Conditions in Older Adults

Palliative Care: Recognising the Deteriorating Patient

Missed Care: A Shocking Tale of Neglect

Symptom Management at the End of Life

Are You in a High Performing Team?

It's the System! Am I Off the Hook?

Generational Labelling and the Workplace (Session Two)

Generational Labelling and the Workplace

Emotional Intelligence and Workplace Stress

What is a Conflict of Interest?

Veins, Valves and Arteries

Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers

Effective Management of Disruptive Behaviour

Disruptive Behaviour in Patients and Visitors

The Consequences of Disruptive Behaviour

Human Behaviour and Motivation (Part One)

Human Behaviour and Motivation (Part Two)

Future-Proof Your Clinical Education and Assessment

Trends in Healthcare Education and Training

Content Integrity and Conflict of Interest

Important Legal Considerations for Nurse Educators

Wright's Competency Model in Practice

Using Education Wisely: Avoiding 'Spray and Pray'

Quick Chats: Professional Development Associates

What is Competency and How Do You Assess It?

Disarm Stress at Work to Reduce Toxic Behaviour

LGBTQI Mental Health

Understanding Atypical Anorexia

Digital Health: Mental Health Apps

Masculinity and Mental Illness

Alcohol and Other Drug-Related Brain Impairment

Mental Health and Stigma

Does Mindfulness Work?

Caring for Older People with Persistent Depression

How to Manage Persistent Unstable Behaviours

Overcome Occupational Worry

Understanding Anxiety

Spinal Cord Injuries

Mouth Care Made Easy (PCAs and AINs)

Depression and its Debilitating Effects

Falls in the Home

Caring for a Person with Persistent Depressive Disorder

Caring for the Carers

De-escalating Aggression and Violence

Working With Clinical Information Systems (CIS)

Quality, Risk, and Missed Nursing Care

What is Staff Splitting?

What is a 'Healthy' Workplace?

A Trauma-Informed Approach

Toxic Workplace Relationships

Psychopath v Sociopath: Antisocial Personality Disorders

The Power of Positive Psychology

Narcissists and Other Personality Disorders in the Workplace

How to Manage Hostility and Conflict

Incontinence and Skin Basics (PCAs and AINs)

Leadership Character

Deteriorating Patients and the Environment of Care

Preventing Pressure Injuries (PCAs and AINs)

Missed Care and Interprofessional Communication

Workplace Incivility: Not Taking it Personally

Healthcare Complaints and Investigations

Workplace Turf Wars: What's Really Happening?

Integrity and Building an Ethical Workplace

A Manager's Brain: Multitasking and Feedback

How Thoughts Shape Our Experiences

Patient Satisfaction: The Elephant in the Room

Positive Ageing

Neurological Injuries and Falls

How to Be Assertive

Giving Credit Where Credit is Due!

The Use of Restraint - Whose Need is Being Met?

Listening to What Your Patient is (and Isn't) Saying

Privacy, Confidentiality, and Bedside Handover

Responses to Challenging or Inappropriate Behaviours

Understanding and Managing Diarrhoea in Adults

An Overview of Nausea and Vomiting in Adults

Acute Management of Poisoning

Unplanned Weight Loss in Aged Care

Acute Management of Burn and Scald Injuries in Adults

The Quality of Care Experience and Community Expectations Research Paper

What is the Serious Incident Response Scheme (SIRS)?

The Aged Care Voluntary Industry Code of Practice Explained

Preventing and Treating Hip Fractures

Feeling Stuck in Your Healthcare Career?

Choking First Aid in Residential Aged Care

Recognising and Treating Acute Anaphylaxis

Organisational Leadership in Healthcare: What is it?

Adult Basic Life Support (BLS) Using DRSABCD

Examining Endometriosis

Driving Change: An 8 Step Process

Managing Schedule 8 Medicines Safely

Assessing and Treating Itch

Hay Fever and Seasonal Allergies in Bloom

Person-Centred Care: An Effective (But Underused) Strategy for Patient Safety and Wellbeing

Types of Congestive Heart Failure

Pneumonia Symptoms, Signs and Treatment

How to Deal with Complaints in Healthcare

Traumatic Brain Injuries

Critical Incident Stress Management

Focus on Skin Cancer: An Overview

Degenerative Diseases: Huntington’s

Unregulated Care Workers: Capacity & Consent

Medicine Interactions

Reducing the Risk of Dementia: Modifiable Risk Factors

Postoperative Delirium

Dementia-Related Sleep Disturbances and Sundowning

Medical Negligence and Duty of Care

Chronic Kidney Disease and the Older Patient

Hyperthermia and Heatstroke: Caring for Older Adults in Summer

Epilepsy Overview and Care

The Health and Care of First Nations Australians

The Pelvic Floor - What is it and Why Should I Exercise it?

Healthcare Workers and Change

Caring for Clients With Hearing Loss

Caring for Clients with Corrective Lenses (Glasses and Contacts)

Post-Stroke Management and Care

Guillain Barré Syndrome - What is GBS?

Your Healthcare Career and Mindful Productivity: Hitting the Bullseye

Understanding Mobility Aids

Risk Assessment and Management in the Home

Confidential, Free and Independent Support for Personal Care Workers

Infection Prevention in the Home

Transporting Clients Safely

Lone Working Safety in the Home

Fire Safety in Your Client’s Home

Minimising Falls Risk in the Home

Oral Health for Older Adults

Healthcare Rights and Informed Consent

Minimising Restrictive Practices: Restraint

Ageing with Asthma

Brachial Plexus Injuries: Care and Treatment

Safety and Quality Roles and Responsibilities in Your Organisation

Workforce Immunisation for Healthcare Staff

Minimising Restrictive Practices: Seclusion

Healthcare Waste: Collection, Storage and Disposal

Advocates and Language Services

Appropriate Antibiotic use in Aged Care

Early Childhood NDIS Support

Respecting Client Money and Property

Timely, Appropriate Referrals and Responding to Deterioration in Community and Residential Care

Planning With Consumers

Ongoing Assessment

Different Types of Strokes

Administering Subcutaneous Injections

Ventilator Management in the Community

Understanding Brain Damage Locations

Enteral Feeding and Tube Management

Complex Bowel Conditions and Care

Responsible Information Delivery and Management

Identifying Pain in Those Who Can’t Communicate it

Raw Stories from the COVID-19 Frontline

A Palliative Approach to Care

An Explanation of Advance Care Directives

Behaviour Management and BPSD

Aphasia: Care and Management

Quality of Life for Older Australians

Skin Tear Prevention and Management

Improving Fluid Balance Charts (and Hypervolaemia v Hypovolaemia)

Protecting Clients From Violence, Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation and Discrimination

Supporting People Living with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Making a Professional First Impression in Healthcare

Nursing, Privacy and the Risks of Social Media

Giving Feedback: 3 Models for Giving Effective Feedback

Fear of Failure in the Workplace and How it Affects Your Health

Avoiding Burnout in Healthcare

Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI)

Identify Stress and Vicarious, Secondary, Indirect Trauma in Nurses

Effective Surface and Environment Cleaning

Chest Pain Assessment: What to Do When Your Patient Has Chest Pain

Common Respiratory Tract Infections (RTI)

Infectious Diseases: How Do You Break the Chain?

Older Adult Respiratory Assessment

Developing Delegation Skills

Benefits of Smoking Cessation and the Role of Health Professionals

Asthma: How Does it Affect the Body?

Being Immunocompromised: What Does it Mean?

A Brief Overview of Headaches and Migraines

Low Blood Pressure (Hypotension) Signs and Symptoms

How To Assess a Deteriorating / Critically Ill Patient (ABCDE Assessment)

How to Take Blood Pressure

The Common Cold: Just How Common is it?

Gastroenteritis Symptoms, Spread and Prevention

Gaining an Understanding of Gout

Hand Hygiene 101

All About Strep Throat

Head Lice: What They Are and How to Get Rid of Them

Living Well With a Stoma

Disability in the Workplace and Persistent Stigma

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD): An Insight

Bereavement and Complicated Grief

Active Listening in Healthcare

Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy (Morning Sickness)

Eczema

Vertigo

Paranoia

Safe Environment

How to Handle Feedback in 10 Steps

Measurement and Quality Improvement

Policies and Procedures in Healthcare

Governance, Leadership and Culture

National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (NSQHSS) Explained

Managing Constipation in the Older Adult

Parkinson's Disease

The Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI) Explained

Osteoarthritis Care and Management

Hepatitis C

Common Types of Eating Disorders

Social Media After Life

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Explained

Dysphagia and Swallowing

Manual Handling: An Overview

What is Consumer-Directed Care?

Basic Foot and Nail Care in Aged Care

Laundry Infection Control in Aged Care

Sensory Loss in Older Adults

Vital Signs Basics

Environmental Design in Dementia Care

What is Dementia?

Showering, Bed-Bathing and Hygiene for Caregivers

Dressing and Undressing for Clients Who Have Dementia

Purposeful Engagement and Activities for People with Dementia

Communicating with Someone Who Has Dementia

LGBTQI Awareness in Aged Care

Meal Planning in Aged Care

A Wellness and Reablement Approach to Purposeful Ageing

Meal Service in Aged Care

Intimacy and Sexuality in Aged Care

Meal Assistance in Aged Care

Unexplained Absences and Missing Residents

Reportable Incidents

Understanding Professional Boundaries

Fire, Security and Workplace Emergencies

Gastroenteritis Outbreak Management In Aged Care

Aged Care Quality Standards

Dignity of Risk

What is Depression / Major Depressive Disorder?

Respecting the Privacy and Dignity of Clients

Mobility Issues and Limitations in Aged Care

Introduction to Occupational Health and Safety (OHS)

Continence Management in the Community

Diabetic Coma - a Diabetes Emergency

Spiritual Considerations in Healthcare

Hypoglycaemia - a Diabetes Emergency

Hyperglycaemia - a Diabetes Emergency

Food Handling Basics

Cultural Considerations in Healthcare

Sleep Management: How to Advise Patients

Navigating the NDIS - For Participants and Healthcare Professionals

Team-Building in Healthcare - Why it's Vital

Diabetic Foot Explained

Glaucoma Up-Close

A Big Picture Look at Arthritis in Australia

Understanding End-of-Life Care in Australia

Signs and Symptoms of Uraemia

Are Personal Care Assistants Missing Out On Education?

Medication Without Harm

Responding to Violence and Aggression in the Workplace

The Psychology of Dying and the Emotions it May Bring

Falls Prevention

Seasonal Affective Disorder

Understanding Patient Experiences

Record Keeping and Documentation

4 Key Actions to Advocate for LGBTQIA Patients

Correct Identification and Procedure Matching

Bullying in the Workplace: Causing Lasting-Damage While Left Unchecked

How You Can Be Leading By Example in a Negative Work Culture

Dehydration in Older Populations

Plantar Fasciitis and Foot Pain in Nursing

Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Following an Emergent Situation

Deliver Us From Well-Meaning Care - When a Patient Says 'No'

What are Home Care Packages?

MRSA - Preventing Methicillin-Resistant Staph Infections in Healthcare and the Community

Delirium Awareness and Cognitive Impairment

LGBTI-Inclusive Practice in Aged Care

How Virtual Reality Could Help People Living with Parkinson's Disease

Three Areas of Focus for Improving Care of the Older Adult

Preventing Unnecessary Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia Care

Creating a Support Network - Communication and Coming Together

The Relationship Between Learning and Teaching

Ethical Listening - What is it and How Do I Do it?

Recommendations v Residents' Decision - a Storm in a Tea Cup?

Difficulties in Managing Aggression and Conflict in Healthcare

Pre-Disciplinary Checklist for Nurses Managers

Enrich Your Exercise Programs: Add a Cognitive Overlay

Is Walking Speed Really the 6th Vital Sign? The Walking Speed Test

How to Become a Better Listener

Social Isolation in Barrier Nursing

How to Embrace Change

How Reliable are Online Educational Resources?

My Morning Medications Round (mis-Adventure in Aged Care)

A Guide to Optimal Health in Aged Care

Are You Using the Correct Language in Your Documentation?

The Price of Incivility is High - Incivility in the Workplace

Ageism Concerns In an Ageing Population

The Amputation Journey

Promoting Responsibility in a Patient

Cultural Competence and Patient Safety - ABCD for Cultural Assessment

The Patient Journey - Patient-Oriented Approaches to Care

Venous Thromboembolism: Symptoms and Prevention

Workplace Culture - What to Do in a Toxic Situation

There's No Place Like Home: Home-Like Environments in Aged Care Facilities

Pressure Injuries and Ulcerations

Workplace Values

Aged Care Sexuality

Elder Abuse - Laws and Limitations

The Performance Appraisal: A Guide for Managers

The Emotional and Psychological Impacts of Chronic Pain

Stroke Care Management: Motivation and Engagement

Pain Assessment and Management

The Keratin Trilogy: Skin, Hair and Nails

Confusion and Memory Problems in Older People

Collaborating with Your Healthcare Colleagues

Skin Tears and the STAR Classification System

Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) Analysis

How to Conduct a Bed Area Safety Check

ABC Approach to Behaviour Management

How to Take Someone's Blood Pressure (Manually)

Korotkoff Sounds

What is Blood Pressure?

How to Use an Alcohol-Based Hand Rub (ABHR)

Hand Washing Technique with Soap and Water

What is Hypotension (Low Blood Pressure)?

Basic Foot and Nail Care in Aged Care

Adventitious Breath Sounds

Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)

The National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards Explained

Communicating with Someone Who Has Dementia

6 Tips for Dementia-Friendly Design

What is Documentation?

Safer Meal Assistance

The Privacy Act

Intimacy and Sexuality in Aged Care

LGBTQI Support in Aged Care

13 Rights of Medication Administration

What is Incontinence?

What is a Migraine?

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