Medicare 4 Year Old Health Check, The
6.50
CPD
Hours
6.50
RCNA
Points
Event Type:
Duration:
Cost:
Relevant To:
Seminar
One Day
$330.00
General Practice Nurses (GP)
General Description
The Medicare 4 Year Old Health Check is a one day seminar specifically designed for General Practice Nurses. The program has been revised to reflect recent medicare changes.
Need for Program
GP Nurses are able to conduct a variety of early childhood examinations, including the 'Medicare 4 Year Old Health Check'. General Practice Nurses therefore have a need for education on the effective and correct methods for conducting this examination in their community.
Aims and Objectives
To enable GP Nurses to correctly conduct 4 Year Old Health Checks in their workplaces.
This program will also examine the following topics:
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Using PEDS and interpreting the scores.
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Brigance screens - secondary developmental screening Injury prevention and exposure to tobacco smoke.
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Administrative issues for a Practice Nurse.
- Obtaining the health history including immunisation, height and weight assessment, calculating BMI, Eyesight and hearing screening, Oral health check.
- Developmental screening - Parental Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS).
- Allergies, anaphylaxis and epipen.
9.00am - Introduction and overview of program.
9.20am - Obtaining the health history including immunisation, height & weight assessment, calculating BMI, Eyesight & hearing screening, Oral health check.
10.30am - Morning tea and coffee.
10.50am - Developmental screening – Parental Evaluation of Developmental Status (PEDS).
12.20pm - Lunch.
12.50pm - Using PEDS and interpreting the scores.
1.50pm - Brigance screens – secondary developmental screening Injury prevention & exposure to tobacco smoke.
2.20pm - Allergies, anaphylaxis and epipens.
3.00pm - Afternoon tea and coffee.
3.20pm - Administrative issues for Practice Nurses.
4.30pm - Close of Program.
Gerry SilkGerry has many years of paediatric nursing experience, including 16 years in the Emergency Department of the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. The last 10 years at this renowned hospital were spent as a Clinical Nurse Educator. Gerry currently works part-time as a
paediatric nurse educator at the Angliss Hospital in Melbourne and runs her own business in paedaitric health education. Her teaching is consistently highly evaluated by participants who attend her lectures.
As well, Gerry is the author of the highly succesfull Ausmed book entitled: “Care of Sick Children: A Basic Guide.”
