CPD Resources for physiotherapist

Wound Dressings

Pressure Injuries

Wound Assessment

Preventing Medication Errors

Nausea and Vomiting in Palliative Care

Postoperative Assessment and Monitoring

Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics

Preoperative Assessment

Endometriosis

Treating Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Obesity and Medicines

Constipation in Palliative Care

Patient Positioning

Diabetes Motivation, Engagement and Education

Advance Care Directives

Clinical Detective: Cardiovascular

Medication Safety

Cannabis: The Facts

Consent to Treatment

Nutrition and Hydration in Palliative Care

Apology and Open Disclosure in Healthcare

Holding Difficult Conversations at Work

Venous Thromboembolism

Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalances

Managing Falls in High-Risk Groups

Restraint Use in Healthcare

Sepsis: When Time Matters

Diabetes Emergencies: Hyperglycaemia

Medication Safety: Providing Credible Information

Pain Management

Opioids and Other Analgesics

Identifying Falls Risk

Diabetes Emergencies: Hypoglycaemia

Elder Abuse

Chronic Diseases and Infections

Child Protection

Insulin Therapy

Incident Report Writing

Malnutrition in the Older Adult

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

Mandatory Reporting

High-Risk Medicines: Avoiding Common Interactions

Infection Control Basic Principles

Infection Control Cleaning

Professional Wellbeing

Palliative Care in Aged Care

Duty of Care

Clinical Deterioration: Renal

Clinical Deterioration: Respiratory

Workplace Health and Safety

Clinical Deterioration: Cardiac

Bullying and Harassment

Hand Hygiene Essentials

Wound Cleansing and Debridement

Clinical Detective: Rheumatology

Clinical Detective: Women’s Health

Report Writing in Patient Health Records

Ethics at the Bedside

Cultural Diversity in the Workplace

Mental Health Disorders and Chronic Physical Illness

Liver Function, Assessment and Common Diseases

Working in Teams

Respectful Behaviour in the Workplace

Nutrition for Older People

Oral Health for Older People

Comprehensive Health Assessment of the Older Adult

Mental State Assessment

Clinical Detective: Skin

Clinical Detective: Neurological

Falls: Psychosocial Care

Falls Prevention at the Bedside

Clinical Detective: Cardiovascular Two

Driving Change

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Medicines and Crushing - A Guide

Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers

A New Way to Look at Catheter-Related Infections

Infection Prevention when Immunosuppression Exists

Bloodborne Pathogens: Understanding the Risks

The Enrolled Nurse's Scope of Practice

Effective Management of Disruptive Behaviour

Quick Chats: What is Patient Advocacy?

Quick Chats: Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights and Patient Advocacy

Quick Chats: Important Aspects of Patient Advocacy

Disruptive Behaviour in Patients and Visitors

ANUMs Managing with Emotional Intelligence

The Consequences of Disruptive Behaviour

Quick Chats: Dealing with Blockers in the Workplace

Human Behaviour and Motivation (Part One)

Human Behaviour and Motivation (Part Two)

Quick Chats: Interprofessional Education

Understanding Thyself and Emotional Intelligence

Quick Chats: Global Trends in Nurse Education

Leadership Skills in Action

Relation-Based Competence: Why it Matters!

Frontline Realities for ANUMs

Advancing Relationship-Based Care: The Role of the Nurse Educator

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

Addiction and Substance Use in Australia

Mental Health and Stigma

Caring for Older People with Persistent Depression

Overcome Occupational Worry

Antidepressants and Older Adults

Understanding Anxiety

Spinal Cord Injuries

Diets and Eating Disorders

Mouth Care Made Easy (PCAs and AINs)

Hypoglycaemia Hypervigilance

Depression and its Debilitating Effects

Falls in the Home

Mental Health Law

Preventing Surgical Site Infections

Caring for the Carers

The ABCs of Preventing CLABSIs

Managing Acute Delirium and Postoperative Confusion

A Guide to Performing a Mental Health Examination

How to Take a Drug and Alcohol History

Understanding Addiction and the Brain

Shifting the pH: Acid-Base Balance

Loss (But Not as You Know it)

Essential Physical Assessment Skills

How to Identify Heart Murmurs

Nursing Professional Development in the US Air Force

Valvular Heart Disease

Global Perspectives on Perianaesthesia Nursing

De-escalating Aggression and Violence

Emergency Management of Asthma in Adults and Children

The Toxicology Detective

Paramedics and Advanced Practice

Working With Clinical Information Systems (CIS)

Insulin: an Everyday Toxin

When Food Turns Toxic

Quality, Risk, and Missed Nursing Care

Pleasure, Addiction and Party Drugs

Troubleshooting Issues with Pacing

Recovering from Planned Poisonings

What is Pacing?

Emergency Asthma Management

Asthma Pathophysiology

Difficult Airway Management: a Case Study

How to Spot Acute Coronary Syndrome on an ECG

What is Staff Splitting?

Heart Failure: a Case Study

What is a 'Healthy' Workplace?

A Trauma-Informed Approach

Child’s Play: an Intervention to Trauma

Understanding the Different Types of Shock

Toxic Workplace Relationships

Peer Pressure and Party Drugs

Psychopath v Sociopath: Antisocial Personality Disorders

The Pill Testing Debate

The Power of Positive Psychology

Identifying Advanced Practice Opportunities

Legal Ramifications of Missed Nursing Care

Eating Disorders and Party Drugs

Narcissists and Other Personality Disorders in the Workplace

Simulation to Develop Non-Technical Skills

Accessing Education for Advanced Practice

How to Manage Hostility and Conflict

Above All, Honouring the Patient

Party Drugs: Stimulants

Surviving Sepsis: the Importance of Early Recognition

Leadership Character

Deteriorating Patients and the Environment of Care

Managing Pushback Against New Practices

Party Drugs: Sedatives

Missed Care and Interprofessional Communication

Party Drugs: a Tipping Point for Mental Illness?

Workplace Incivility: Not Taking it Personally

Measuring Performance: Lead v Lag Indicators

Surviving Sepsis

What is 'Missed Care'?

Preventing Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections

Drug Use and Mandatory Reporting

Healthcare Complaints and Investigations

Learning Conversations: Beyond the 'Feedback Sandwich'

Genetic Insights into Septic Shock

How to Assess a Peripheral IV Cannula

Five Successful Teaching Strategies to Use Tomorrow

Evidence-Based Practice Essentials

Identifying and Managing Unstable Tachycardias

Bariatric Surgery: Weighing Up the Pros and Cons

How to Identify and Develop Preceptors, Mentors and Clinical Facilitators

The Dangers of Cannabis Misuse

Maintaining Existing Advanced Practice Roles

Party Drugs: Understanding the Mindset

Crisis Management in Perianaesthesia Nursing

Thunderstorm Asthma: Managing Large-Scale Emergencies

Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology

Diagnosing Allergies: Reliable Approaches to Testing

Community Attitudes Towards Cannabis Use

Healthy Brain, Healthy Body, Healthy Bowel: the Key to Healing?

The Wonderful World of the Immune System

Eating Disorders in Acute Care

Mandatory Education: Why Do We Do it?

Mental Status Examination and Stigma for Enrolled Nurses

The Ethics of Medicinal Marijuana

Motherhood and Marijuana

Operating Theatre Considerations: Positioning and Equipment

Anaesthetic Pharmacology

Workplace Turf Wars: What's Really Happening?

The Anaesthesia Machine

Medicines that Affect Weight

Getting 'Buy-In' from Your Patients

The Lungs and Cannabis

Defining the Perianaesthesia Nurse

Non-Invasive Ventilation

Are You a Great Nurse Manager?

Smoking Cessation

Respiratory Assessment and Monitoring

Integrity and Building an Ethical Workplace

Pneumothorax and Chest Drains

Chest Infections and Pneumonia

Asthma – What Is It? Types, Triggers and Treatment

The Journey to Leading Healthcare Teams to Higher Performance

A Manager's Brain: Multitasking and Feedback

Acute Respiratory Failure

The Great Communication Contradiction?

How Thoughts Shape Our Experiences

Respiratory Anatomy and Physiology (Part Two)

Respiratory Anatomy and Physiology (Part One)

Bradyarrhythmias

Patient Satisfaction - The Elephant in the Room

Positive Ageing

How to Be Assertive

Assessing Your Patient's Nutritional Health

Giving Credit Where Credit is Due!

The Trauma of Sepsis

Addiction Resources, Referrals and Rehabilitation (Victoria)

Say That Again? Retaining Attention

What is Ethics and What is Ethics Not?

Creating a Spirit of Inquiry

Responses to Challenging or Inappropriate Behaviours

Emotional Intelligence

Neuroleadership and the Autonomic Nervous System

A Scientific Approach to Achieving Better Results

Cannabis Use - Are Brain Alterations Reversible?

An Explanation of Advance Care Directives

Understanding Malaria: Should Australians be Concerned?

A Basic Guide to Chest Auscultation

Behaviour Management and BPSD

Aphasia: Care and Management

Nurse Leadership in Crisis Situations

What is Hypokalaemia?

An Overview of Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome

Caring For a Urinary Catheter

Quality of Life for Older Australians

Causes of Acute Neurological Deterioration

Skin Tear Prevention and Management

Improving Fluid Balance Charts (and Hypervolaemia v Hypovolaemia)

Telehealth Communication Skills

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

Celebrating International Nurses Day 2020

Sepsis: Signs, Symptoms and qSOFA

Raw Stories from the COVID-19 Frontline

Moral Injury in Critical Care

Nurses’ Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Supporting People Living with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

How to Conduct a Bed Area Safety Check

Making a Professional First Impression in Healthcare

Nursing, Privacy and the Risks of Social Media

A Recap of Ventilation v Oxygenation

Giving Feedback: 3 Models for Giving Effective Feedback

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

Breathing and Coughing Exercises for Hospitalised Patients

Avoiding Burnout in Healthcare

Breastfeeding With COVID-19: Is it OK?

Hypoxaemia: Reversible Causes of Cardiac Arrest

Donning and Doffing PPE Correctly

NMHPV's Health and Wellbeing Resources

Care of Central Venous Catheters

Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections (CLABSI)

ANMJ’s Learning and Career Hub

Performing CPR on Prone Position Patients

Important Lung Sounds Made Easy: A Practical Guide (With Full Audio)

Nurses at the Centre of COVID-19

5-Lead ECG Placement and Cardiac Monitoring

Interpreting ABGs (Arterial Blood Gases) Made Easy

Administering Non-invasive Ventilation (NIV)

Caring for a Patient in Prone Position

A Guide to Video Telehealth Consultations

Identify Stress and Vicarious, Secondary, Indirect Trauma in Nurses

Nurses, Our Families, and COVID-19

Giving Birth in a Pandemic

Understanding the Relationship Between Oxygen Flow Rate and FiO2

Effective Surface and Environment Cleaning

Nurses and Nursing Careers in a Pandemic Era

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?

COVID-19 Resource List for Healthcare Workers

Older Adult Respiratory Assessment

Developing Delegation Skills

Paediatric Respiratory Assessment

Benefits of Smoking Cessation and the Role of Health Professionals

Asthma: How Does it Affect the Body?

COVID-19: The Importance of Staying Informed

Being Immunocompromised: What Does it Mean?

A Brief Overview of Headaches and Migraines

Low Blood Pressure (Hypotension) Signs and Symptoms

What is Anxiety? A Summary

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

How to Take Blood Pressure

The Gallup Poll and the Year of the Nurse

The Common Cold: Just How Common is it?

Gastroenteritis Symptoms, Spread and Prevention

Navigating Narcolepsy

Hand Hygiene 101

Gaining an Understanding of Gout

All About Strep Throat

Becoming a Three-Dimensional Candidate

Heart Failure Readmission and Rebound Hospitalisations

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

Living Well With a Stoma

The Most Common Hospital Presentations Over Christmas

Community Service and Your Nursing Career

Earache: Causes, Symptoms and Treating Otalgia

Disability in the Workplace and Persistent Stigma

Birthing Positions: Supporting a Woman's Choice in Labour

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD): An Insight

Endometriosis: The Inflammatory Condition Affecting 1 in 9 Australian Women

Optimal Nursing Care: Communication is Key

Dealing With Major Trauma: Paramedic Matthew Pepper

Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: More Than Just a Bad Night's Sleep

Peptic Ulcers: Types, Symptoms and Treatment

Managing Professional Relationships

Bereavement and Complicated Grief

Active Listening in Healthcare

Nausea and Vomiting of Pregnancy (Morning Sickness)

The Lived Experiences of a Former Victorian Police Officer

Eczema

Vertigo

Understanding the Opioid Crisis in 2019

Paranoia

Safe Environment

How to Handle Feedback in 10 Steps

Measurement and Quality Improvement

The Rise of Clinical Leadership

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

Pneumonia Explained

Common Types of Eating Disorders

Social Media After Life

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Explained

Nursing in Your Later Years: Are You Ready for a Change?

Dysphagia and Feeding

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

Dementia Awareness

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)

Future Trends in Competency-Based Assessment

Continence Management in the Community

Diabetic Coma - a Diabetes Emergency

Spiritual Considerations in Healthcare

Hypoglycaemia - a Diabetes Emergency

How to Deal with Complaints in Healthcare

Hyperglycaemia - a Diabetes Emergency

Food Handling Basics

Cultural Considerations in Healthcare

Shared Medical Appointments for Registered Nurse Facilitators

Five Reasons why Nurses can Benefit from LinkedIn

Should I Return to Study? The Nurse's Question...

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

Developing Educational Leaders in Your Healthcare Team

Glaucoma Up-Close

Millennial Nurses Leading the Way

A Big Picture Look at Arthritis in Australia

Your Nursing Career, Your Personal Values

Caring for the Pregnant Teenager

Understanding End-of-Life Care in Australia

A Quick Guide to Paediatric Urinary Incontinence

Trusting Your Nursing Intuition

How to Calculate a Body Mass Index (BMI)

Signs and Symptoms of Uraemia

Is It Time for an Overhaul of Risk Management Education?

Wernicke–Korsakoff Syndrome (WKS)

Time Management for Nurses

How to Use Fear to Motivate Your Nursing Career

Mindfulness and Nursing

Utilising Appreciative Inquiry (AI) as a Foundation for Program Evaluation in Healthcare

How to Develop an Effective Preceptorship Program

Are Personal Care Assistants Missing Out On Education?

The Nurse’s Emotional Savings Account

How to Secure Funding for Continuing Education and Training

Conducting Performance Appraisals in Healthcare

Medication Without Harm

PBL: Problem, Practice or Project Based Learning?

New Nurses and a Culture of Support

High-Level Nurse Career Development

Osteogenesis Imperfecta - Fragile Bones

Knowledge Retention: 7 Proven Strategies for Healthcare Educators

Providing Patient Education in the Waiting Room

Cultivating Critical Thinking in Healthcare

The Emotionally Intelligent Nurse

Refining Competency-Based Assessment

Assessing Learner Performance: 5 Principles of Assessment

Moral Distress: Responding with Education

The Nurse as Mentor and Role Model

How to Write Learning Goals

Creating a Learning Culture in Your Organisation

Listening to Staff: A Nurse Leader’s Call to Arms

How to Conduct a Training Needs Assessment

Implementing Interprofessional Education

Using Technology to Engage Nurses in Continuing Education

Social Justice in Healthcare - View from the Deep-South, USA