CPD Resources for physiotherapist

Nausea and Vomiting Treatment Options

Allergic Rhinitis

High-Risk Medicines

Manual Handling Safety

Hand Hygiene Essentials

Infection Control Cleaning

Mandatory Reporting

Understanding Schizophrenia

Wound Dressings

Report Writing in Patient Health Records

Infection Control Basic Principles

Duty of Care

Clinical Deterioration: Renal

Antisocial Personality Disorder

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Clinical Deterioration: Respiratory

Preventing Medication Errors

Clinical Deterioration: Cardiac

Serious Incident Response Scheme (SIRS)

Clinical Detective: Cardiovascular

Antiplatelets and Anticoagulants

Obesity and Medicines

The Mental State Examination

Medication Safety

Diuretics in Cardiovascular Therapy

Venous Thromboembolism

Antiepileptics in Epilepsy Treatment

Self-Care: Stress and Resilience

Self-Care: Sleep

Cannabis: The Facts

Self-Care: Connectedness

Self-Care: Exercise

Sepsis

Medication Safety: Providing Credible Information

Antibacterial Antibiotics

Pain Management

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Opioids and Other Analgesics

Diabetes Emergencies: Hypoglycaemia

Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship

Diabetes Emergencies: Hyperglycaemia

Stroke Management

Falls: Psychosocial Care

Insulin Therapy

Child Protection

Lipid-Lowering Medicines

Healthy Eating for Older Adults

Diabetes Motivation, Engagement and Education

Malnutrition in Older Adults

Wound Cleansing and Debridement

Falls Prevention at the Bedside

Clinical Detective: Skin

Leg Ulcers and Compression Therapy

Pressure Injuries

Wound Assessment

Nausea and Vomiting in Palliative Care

Postoperative Assessment and Monitoring

Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics

Preoperative Assessment

Endometriosis

Constipation in Palliative Care

Patient Positioning

Advance Care Directives

Consent to Treatment

Nutrition and Hydration in Palliative Care

Apology and Open Disclosure in Healthcare

Holding Difficult Conversations at Work

Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalances

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

Palliative Care in Aged Care

Workplace Health and Safety

Bullying and Harassment

Clinical Detective: Women’s Health

Ethics at the Bedside

Cultural Diversity in the Workplace

Liver Function, Assessment and Common Diseases

Working in Teams

Respectful Behaviour in the Workplace

Comprehensive Health Assessment of the Older Adult

Clinical Detective: Neurological

Obese Patients in Crisis

Nursing Conversations: Pamela Katz Ressler

Nurse Midwife Support Pulse-Check

Slings

Beware the Syncope

Prehospital-Diabetic Emergencies

The Story of Hair

Skin, Sun and Medicines

Documentation: Record and Report

Trauma in Pregnant Patients

Time Management in 2021

Performance Measurement

The Paramedic Detective

Sleep Disorders and Medication

Customer Experience: One Moment in Time

How to Coordinate Interprofessional Teams

Prehospital Wound Management

Delirium, Depression, Dementia and Drugs

Customer Service When it's a Busy Day

Drug Diversion in the Workplace

Establishing and Maintaining Trust

Understanding the Basic Principles of an ECG

Prehospital Wound Assessment

Aged Care: Medication Management and Error-Reduction

Accreditation: What Does it Mean for You and Your Client?

Management of Acute Thoracic Trauma

Atrioventricular Blocks

Medication Misadventures

The First Five Minutes of Triage

Recording a 12-Lead ECG

Medicines and Driving

Pelvic Fractures: Preparing the Patient for Retrieval

ECGs: R Wave Progression Explained

Delirium and Depression

Pneumothoraces and Thoracostomy

Components of the ECG: What’s Normal?

Creams and Ointments

Interviewing and Rapport-Building Techniques with Narelle Fraser

Medication Safety in the Home

Dizziness and Medications

Inside a Mobile Stroke Unit

Traumatic Cardiac Arrest

First-Responders: Workplace Stress isn’t a Crime

Treating Ischaemic Stroke

Aggression and Sedation

Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another

First-Responder PTSD and Recovery with Narelle Fraser

Complex Dementia: One Size Doesn't Fit All

Brain Anatomy and Physiology

Paediatric Pain Assessment

Promoting Anti-Ageist Attitudes in Aged Care

What is Stroke?

Investigating Abdominal Pain

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?

Acute Respiratory Failure

Pneumothorax and Chest Drains

Generational Labelling and the Workplace (Session Two)

Generational Labelling and the Workplace

Emotional Intelligence and Workplace Stress

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME) and the Gut-Brain Axis

What is a Conflict of Interest?

Preventing Surgical Site Infections

Mass Cytometry (CyTOF) Technology in Cancer Drug Research

How to Save a Life: Bone Marrow Matching

Cardiovascular Disease: An Autoimmune Risk

Introducing the NMHPV Health and Wellbeing Toolkit

Support and Self-Care for Nurses and Midwives

Wellbeing During a Crisis

Autoimmune Diseases: 80 Conditions and Growing

Veins, Valves and Arteries

The Clinical Nurse Detective: Blood Like Chocolate

ABCs of Hepatitis B, C, D and E

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: 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)

Depression and its Debilitating Effects

Falls in the Home

Mental Health Law

Caring for the Carers

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

Loss (But Not as You Know it)

How to Identify Heart Murmurs

Valvular Heart Disease

De-escalating Aggression and Violence

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

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

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

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

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

How to Identify and Develop Preceptors, Mentors and Clinical Facilitators

The Dangers of Cannabis Misuse

Crisis Management in Perianaesthesia Nursing

Thunderstorm Asthma: Managing Large-Scale Emergencies

Cardiac Anatomy and Physiology

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

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

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

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

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

Say That Again? Retaining Attention

Responses to Challenging or Inappropriate Behaviours

Dehydration, Hyperthermia and Heatstroke: Caring for Older Adults in Summer

Oral Health for Older Adults

Pulmonary Embolism: DVT to PE

Benefits of Smoking Cessation and the Role of Health Professionals

Loneliness and Social Isolation in Aged Care

Mobility Issues and Limitations in Aged Care

Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD): The Dangers of Drinking During Pregnancy

Laundry and Infection Control in Aged Care

The Transition From Student to Registered Nurse

The Importance of Cultural Awareness in Aged Care

Meal Assistance in Aged Care

Reflection-in-Action to Enhance Healthcare Education and Practice

Meal Service in Aged Care

Neurological Assessment and GCS

Stoma Care in the Home

Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) Site Care

Meal Planning in Aged Care

Urinary Catheter Care in the Home

Blood Glucose Monitoring in Home Care

Compression Stockings: Application, Removal and Care

Safety and Assistance After a Fall

12 Lead ECG Placement

Haemoglobin Disorders (Thalassaemias and Sickle Cell Disease)

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) in the Community

Gum Disease (Gingivitis and Periodontitis)

An Overview of Menopause

Gestational Diabetes

Managing Dyspepsia (Indigestion) in Older Adults

Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)

Types of Muscular Dystrophy

An Introduction to Home Care Packages

Understanding Invisible Disability

Understanding and Assessing 'Failure' to Thrive

An Introduction to Blood Clots

Coeliac Disease: An Overview

Anaemia in Pregnancy

Otitis Media and Myringotomy in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children

Tonsillectomy in Children: When is it Necessary?

Cellulitis: How Can We Reduce Hospitalisation Rates?

Xerosis (Dry Skin) in Older Adults

Exposure Prone Procedure (EPP) Risks in Healthcare

Keeping Secrets: The Healthcare Worker’s Duty of Confidentiality

Shared Decision-Making in Perinatal Care

Living With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)

What Causes Shingles (Herpes Zoster)?

Third and Fourth Degree Perineal Tears Explained

Lyme Disease: Symptoms, Treatment, Prevention and Does it Exist in Australia?

Understanding the Dying Process in Palliative Care

How Does Multiple Sclerosis Affect the Body?

Medical Imaging Types and Modalities

Symptoms and Treatment of Cystic Fibrosis

Understanding and Managing Diarrhoea in Adults

Antiretroviral Therapy in the Treatment of HIV and AIDS

Harm Reduction for Alcohol and Drug Consumption

An Overview of Nausea and Vomiting in Adults

Acute Management of Poisoning

Acute Management of Burn and Scald Injuries in Adults

Staphylococcus Aureus Bloodstream Infection (SABSI)

What is the Serious Incident Response Scheme (SIRS)?

Cortisol Production and Use by the Body

Preventing and Treating Hip Fractures

Promoting Postnatal Exercise

Colonoscopy Procedures and Standards

Managing Heavy Menstrual Bleeding

Clinical Management of Acute Stroke: The Acute Stroke Clinical Care Standard

Feeling Stuck in Your Healthcare Career?

Clinical Management of Acute Coronary Syndromes

Investigating and Managing Low Back Pain

The Impacts of Fatigue in Healthcare

Choking First Aid in Residential Aged Care

Recognising and Treating Acute Anaphylaxis

Organisational Leadership in Healthcare: What is it?

Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics - Medicines and the Body

Is Your Inner Nurse Critic in the Back Seat?

Adult Basic Life Support (BLS) Using DRSABCD

Examining Endometriosis

Driving Change: An 8 Step Process

Managing Schedule 8 Medicines Safely

Assessing and Treating Itch

Are you Familiar with the Risks of Ross River Virus Infection?

Hay Fever and Seasonal Allergies in Bloom

Fibromyalgia and Pain Management Explained

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

Types of Congestive Heart Failure

The Most Common Hospital Presentations Over Christmas

Neurogenic Bladder Management and Nursing Care

What is Dengue? (Mosquito Transmitted Diseases)

Pneumonia Symptoms, Signs and Treatment

Seizure Types and Nursing Management

Nursing Care of Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM)

How to Deal with Complaints in Healthcare

Rehabilitative Care of a Patient Following Polytrauma

Barmah Forest Virus Infection

Lung, Chest and Bowel Sounds Assessment Guide

Traumatic Brain Injuries

The Curious Nurse Goes Far

Vital Signs: Temperature Checking

Critical Incident Stress Management

Focus on Skin Cancer: An Overview

Hypothermia: Reversible Causes of Cardiac Arrest Series

Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections - How Do You Prevent CAUTI?

Cancer Staging

Degenerative Diseases: Huntington’s

Managing Difficult IV Cannulation

Prehospital Management of Postpartum Haemorrhage

You’re Never 'Just' a Nurse

Nursing Paediatric Patients - Effective Procedural Communication

Murray Valley Encephalitis

Blood Transfusion Reactions

Medicine Interactions

Leprosy: How Much do you Really Know?

Permissive Hypotension for Trauma Below the Neck

Reducing the Risk of Dementia: Modifiable Risk Factors

Fungal Nail Infections

The Care of External Fixation Devices

Postoperative Delirium

Clarity of Purpose and the Nurse’s Future

Conducting a Medication Review

Dementia-Related Sleep Disturbances and Sundowning

Medical Negligence and Duty of Care

Chronic Kidney Disease and the Older Patient

Congestive Heart Failure - Common Reasons for CHF

Hydrocephalus and Shunts