Calendars

•    Continuing Nurse Education Calendar January to June 2012     

Upcoming Events

Diabetes Seminar Preliminary Notice

• Diabetes Preliminary Notice Diabetes Flyer for Subregion two
• Preliminary Notice Diabetes flyer Non Sub Region two

Paediatric Emergency Transport Service (P.E.T.S.) Study Day

• PETS Study Day May 2012

Basic Life Support Train the Trainer

•      BLS train the trainer - Loddon Mallee Region

Advanced Life Support

•   ALS assessor training dates 

April 2012

• April 17 Patient Assessment Skills 
• April 18 Basic ECG Interpretation 
• April 18 Learn the value of a MSE
• April 20 Communication, Documentation and Nurse Accountability 
• April 24 Patient Assessment: the deteriorating patient  
• April 26 ALS Education & Testing  
• April 27 Quality Use of Medications 
• April 27 FAST Friday Acute Stroke Management and Perceptual Deficits Post Stroke
• FAST Friday Perceptual Deficits Post Stroke handouts
• FAST Friday Stroke Presentation Acute handouts

May 2012

• May 1 Communication, Documentation and Nurse Accountability 
• May 3 Quality Use of Medications 
• May 4 Falls: Symptom or Outcome? 
• May 8 Patient Assessment: the deteriorating patient  
• May 10 ALS Education & Testing  
• May 11 Preceptorship and Clinical Supervision 
• May 15 Patient Assessment: the deteriorating patient 
• May 16 Advanced ECG Interpretation 
• May 18 Patient Assessment: the inpatient with impaired skin integrity 
• May 21 Quality Use of Medications 
• May 22 Patient Assessment Skills 
• May 28 Quality Use of Medications 
• May 29 Falls: Symptom or Outcome? 
• May 31 Patient Assessment: the deteriorating patient  

June 2012

• June 5 Patient Assessment Skills 
• June 7 Quality Use of Medications 
• June 8 Patient Assessment: the inpatient with impaired skin integrity 
• June 12 Patient Assessment: the deteriorating patient  
• June 18 Patient Assessment: the inpatient with impaired skin integrity 
• June 19 Patient Assessment: the deteriorating patient 
• June 21 Quality Use of Medications 
• June 22 Preceptorship and Clinical Supervision  
• June 27 Basic ECG Interpretation  

RCNA Online Information Technology Training Program 

• Informaton sheet
• Registration form 

The continuing nurse education (CNE) program

The Department of Health provides funds for the CNE program. Bendigo Health’s Collaborative Health Education and Research Centre (CHERC) co-ordinates the Loddon Mallee region’s CNE program excluding Mildura Base Hospital.

The CNE program provides acute education at no cost for nurses working in participating health services. Click here for a list of the participating health services and contact information. Other nurses and non-nurses are welcome to participate in CNE events but in accordance with the funding guidelines, they can and in most cases, will be charged a nominal fee.

A core topic curriculum is set every three years. Below is a list of the core CNE topics for the July 2008 until June 2011 funding period.

The CNE topics include:

• Advanced life support (ALS) education
  • Advanced life support education package
• Advanced life support (ALS) workplace assessor program 
• Basic ECG interpretation
  • ECG learning package
• Advanced ECG interpretation 
• Patient Assessment Skills
• Patient Assessment: the deteriorating patient
• Patient Assessment: the inpatient with impaired skin integrity
• Falls: symptom or outcome? 
• Quality Use of Medications 
• Communication, documentation & nurse accountability 

The core CNE topics offered online:

(Access is only available to nurses working in participating health services.)

• IV cannulation
• Safe medication management
• Basic life support

All CNE study days are awarded continuing nurse education points as part of the Royal College of Nursing, Australia Life Long Learning Program (3LP). All core nursing education is displayed on the continuing nurse education calendar.

To post an event on this page contact Tracy Kidd tkidd@bendigohealth.org.au