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Elana Frost
Digital Content Writer
Matthew Stott
Online Content Manager, Digital Editor
Renee Di Giuseppe, RN
Nurse Planner
Marie Nicole Jordan, RN
Nurse Planner
Zoe Youl, RN
Head of Education
Resources
Sepsis: Signs, Symptoms and qSOFA
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Basal Cell Carcinoma (BCC): Is it on Your Radar?
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Nursing Care of Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM)
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Donning and Doffing PPE Correctly
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Dysphagia and Swallowing
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What Causes Shingles (Herpes Zoster)?
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Colonoscopy Procedures and Standards
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Tracheostomy Management
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Reportable Incidents
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Communicating with Someone Who Has Dementia
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Patient Medication Counselling for Pharmacists
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Lone Working Safety in the Home
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Caring for a Patient in Prone Position
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A World Without Nurses - International Nurses' Day
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Aphasia: Care and Management
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Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma (cSCC): Dysplasia to Invasion
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All About Strep Throat
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Understanding Brain Damage Locations
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Ventilator Management in the Community
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Clinical Management of Acute Stroke: The Acute Stroke Clinical Care Standard
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How to Handle Feedback in 10 Steps
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Recognising Melanoma
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Translation to Practice: Breaking Down the Barriers
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Post-Stroke Management and Care
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Hepatitis C
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Purposeful Engagement and Activities for People with Dementia
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Infection Prevention in the Home
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Disability in the Workplace and Persistent Stigma
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How to Deal with Complaints in Healthcare
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Understanding and Responding to Wandering in Aged Care
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Complex Bowel Conditions and Care
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Chest Pain Assessment: What to Do When Your Patient Has Chest Pain
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Aged Care Quality Standards
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Risk Assessment and Management in the Home
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Bereavement and Complicated Grief
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An Overview of Nausea and Vomiting in Adults
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Recognising Neonatal Sepsis
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Hand Hygiene 101
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National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards (NSQHSS) Explained
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Harm Reduction for Alcohol and Drug Consumption
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Recognising and Responding to Acute Asthma
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The Rise of Clinical Leadership
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Otitis Media and Myringotomy in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children
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New
Glaucoma Up-Close
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Important Lung Sounds Made Easy: A Practical Guide (With Full Audio)
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Measurement and Quality Improvement
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Dementia-Related Sleep Disturbances and Sundowning
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The Health and Care of First Nations Australians
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Permissive Hypotension for Trauma Below the Neck
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How Does Multiple Sclerosis Affect the Body?
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Appropriate Antibiotic use in Aged Care
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Adverse Drug Reactions: An Overview
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Shared Medical Appointments for Registered Nurse Facilitators
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Understanding End-of-Life Care in Australia
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Benefits of Smoking Cessation and the Role of Health Professionals
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Skin Tear Prevention and Management
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Raw Stories from the COVID-19 Frontline
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Earache: Causes, Symptoms and Treating Otalgia
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Lurking on Facebook: Bad for your Mental Health?
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What is Dengue? (Mosquito Transmitted Diseases)
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Conducting a Medication Review
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Head Lice: What They Are and How to Get Rid of Them
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Behaviour Management and BPSD
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Healthcare Rights and Informed Consent
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Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: More Than Just a Bad Night's Sleep
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Minimising Falls Risk in the Home
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PBL: Problem, Practice or Project Based Learning?
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A Palliative Approach to Care
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LGBTQI Awareness in Aged Care
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What is Depression / Major Depressive Disorder?
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Understanding the Dying Process in Palliative Care
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Meal Planning in Aged Care
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Gastroenteritis Symptoms, Spread and Prevention
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Bipolar Disorder: Managing Extreme Highs and Lows
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Vital Signs Basics
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Exposure Prone Procedure (EPP) Risks in Healthcare
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Navigating Narcolepsy
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Policies and Procedures in Healthcare
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Reducing the Risk of Dementia: Modifiable Risk Factors
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Understanding and Managing Diarrhoea in Adults
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How to Access Mental Health Treatment in Australia
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Active Listening in Healthcare
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Hyperglycaemia - a Diabetes Emergency
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Causes of Cataracts and Why They're so Common
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Serious Incident Response Scheme (SIRS)
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Introduction to Occupational Health and Safety (OHS)
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Examining Endometriosis
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Investigating and Managing Low Back Pain
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Sleep Management: How to Advise Patients
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Mobility Issues and Limitations in Aged Care
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Meal Service in Aged Care
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Environmental Design in Dementia Care
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Mental Health Nursing: a Profession in Demand
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Manual Handling: An Overview
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Living Well With a Stoma
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What is Anxiety? A Summary
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Eating Mindfully: Can it Help Combat Globesity?
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Respecting Client Money and Property
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A Big Picture Look at Arthritis in Australia
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Drug and Alcohol Withdrawal: An Insight
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Planned Improvements to Medicine Labelling and Packaging in Australia
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Respecting the Privacy and Dignity of Clients
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A Basic Guide to Chest Auscultation
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Fibromyalgia and Pain Management Explained
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An Overview of Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
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A Guide to Video Telehealth Consultations
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Fire, Security and Workplace Emergencies
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Peptic Ulcers: Types, Symptoms and Treatment
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Managing Constipation in the Older Adult
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Understanding Mobility Aids
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Prehospital Management of Postpartum Haemorrhage
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Organisational Leadership in Healthcare: What is it?
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Food Handling Basics
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Superbugs: What Are They and How Can They Be Stopped?
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Managing Difficult IV Cannulation
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Medical Imaging Types and Modalities
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Xerosis (Dry Skin) in Older Adults
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Spiritual Considerations in Healthcare
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Transitioning to Residential Aged Care: Loss and Grief
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New
Epilepsy Overview and Care
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The Lived Experiences of a Former Victorian Police Officer
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Navigating the NDIS - For Participants and Healthcare Professionals
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Fear of Failure in the Workplace and How it Affects Your Health
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Diabetic Coma - a Diabetes Emergency
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Understanding Professional Boundaries
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Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy (Morning Sickness)
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Seizure Types and Nursing Management
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Vital Signs: Temperature Checking
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Laundry Infection Control in Aged Care
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Unexplained Absences and Missing Residents
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Venepuncture: Phlebotomy and IV Cannula Insertion
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Surveillance of Healthcare-Associated Infections
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Identifying Pain in Those Who Can’t Communicate it
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Hypoxaemia: Reversible Causes of Cardiac Arrest
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A Brief Overview of Headaches and Migraines
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Loneliness and Social Isolation in Aged Care
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The Aged Care Voluntary Industry Code of Practice Explained
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Choking First Aid in Residential Aged Care
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The Impacts of Fatigue in Healthcare
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Unplanned Weight Loss in Aged Care
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Asthma: How Does it Affect the Body?
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Wernicke–Korsakoff Syndrome (WKS)
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Advocates and Language Services
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Meal Assistance in Aged Care
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Medical Negligence and Duty of Care
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How to Calculate a Body Mass Index (BMI)
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The Common Cold: Just How Common is it?
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Staphylococcus Aureus Bloodstream Infection (SABSI)
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Acute Management of Poisoning
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A Recap of Ventilation v Oxygenation
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Managing Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
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Common Respiratory Tract Infections (RTI)
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A Quick Guide to Paediatric Urinary Incontinence
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The Relationship Between Chronic Conditions and Infections
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Planning With Consumers
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Causes of Acute Neurological Deterioration
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Providing Best Care for Older People in a Hospital Setting
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The Cervical Screening Test (Pap Smear Replacement)
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Explained
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Diabetic Foot Explained
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Caring for Clients with Corrective Lenses (Glasses and Contacts)
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The Patient Advocate Handbook
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Eczema
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Examination of the Newborn
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Interpreting ABGs (Arterial Blood Gases) Made Easy
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Identify Stress and Vicarious, Secondary, Indirect Trauma in Nurses
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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD): An Insight
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Common Types of Eating Disorders
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Ageing with Asthma
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Caring For a Urinary Catheter
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What is Dementia?
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Osteoarthritis Care and Management
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Schizophrenia: The Chronic Mental Illness Affecting 1 in 100 Australians
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Caring for Clients With Hearing Loss
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Driving Change: An 8 Step Process
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Administering Non-invasive Ventilation (NIV)
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Signs and Symptoms of Uraemia
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Fire Safety in Your Client’s Home
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Gaining an Understanding of Gout
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The Importance of Cultural Awareness in Aged Care
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Minimising Restrictive Practices: Seclusion
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Healthcare Waste: Collection, Storage and Disposal
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Being Immunocompromised: What Does it Mean?
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Sensory Loss in Older Adults
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Varicose Veins: Complications, Treatment and Prevention
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All About Transient Ischaemic Attacks
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Psychosis: Early Warning Signs and Treatment
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Symptoms and Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis
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HIV Prevention, Diagnosis and Management
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Showering, Bed-Bathing and Hygiene for Caregivers
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Hyperthermia and Heatstroke: Caring for Older Adults in Summer
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Cultural Considerations in Healthcare
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How to Take Blood Pressure
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Confidential, Free and Independent Support for Personal Care Workers
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Social Media After Life
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Managing Falls Risk After Discharge
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Paranoia
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Living With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)
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Parkinson's Disease
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All About Aseptic Technique
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Cellulitis: How Can We Reduce Hospitalisation Rates?
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An Explanation of Advance Care Directives
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Early Childhood NDIS Support
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Clinical Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes
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Enteral Feeding and Tube Management
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Evidence-based Care
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Effective Surface and Environment Cleaning
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Older Adult Respiratory Assessment
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Medication Reconciliation: Why it's Vital
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Expanding Authority to Prescribe Medications
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Safety and Quality Roles and Responsibilities in Your Organisation
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Risk Screening: What is it?
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Improving Fluid Balance Charts (and Hypervolaemia v Hypovolaemia)
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How to Write Learning Goals
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The Nurse as Mentor and Role Model
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Quality of Life for Older Australians
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Transporting Clients Safely
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The Quality of Care Experience and Community Expectations Research Paper
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Oral Health for Older Adults
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Dignity of Risk
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Drug Scheduling: Understanding the Basics
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Infectious Diseases: How Do You Break the Chain?
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Antiretroviral Therapy in the Treatment of HIV and AIDS
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Alcohol: Still the Main Drug of Addiction
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The Aged Care Funding Instrument (ACFI) Explained
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Working With Families and Carers
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What is Chemical Restraint and is it Legal?
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Vertigo
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Basic Foot and Nail Care in Aged Care
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Paediatric Respiratory Assessment
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How to Conduct a Bed Area Safety Check
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A Wellness and Reablement Approach to Purposeful Ageing
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Governance, Leadership and Culture
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Third and Fourth Degree Perineal Tears Explained
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NMHPV's Health and Wellbeing Resources
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An Overview of Osteoporosis
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How to Develop an Effective Preceptorship Program
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Workforce Immunisation for Healthcare Staff
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Ongoing Assessment
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Innovative Teaching Strategies for Nurse Educators
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What is Hypokalaemia?
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Dealing With Major Trauma: Paramedic Matthew Pepper
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Continence Management in the Community
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Acute Management of Burn and Scald Injuries in Adults
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Gastroenteritis Outbreak Management In Aged Care
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5-Lead ECG Placement and Cardiac Monitoring
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Breathing and Coughing Exercises for Hospitalised Patients
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Performing CPR on Prone Position Patients
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Understanding the Opioid Crisis in 2019
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Hypoglycaemia - a Diabetes Emergency
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12-lead ECG in the Field
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What is the Serious Incident Response Scheme (SIRS)?
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Care of Central Venous Catheters
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Safe Environment
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Recognising and Treating Acute Anaphylaxis
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Adult Basic Life Support (BLS) Using DRSABCD
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Minimising Restrictive Practices: Restraint
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Intimacy and Sexuality in Aged Care
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What is Consumer-Directed Care?
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Administering Subcutaneous Injections
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Responsible Information Delivery and Management
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Degenerative Diseases: Huntington’s
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Managing Schedule 8 Medicines Safely
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Tonsillectomy in Children: When is it Necessary?
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Preventing and Treating Hip Fractures
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Dressing and Undressing for Clients Who Have Dementia
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