The Practice Nurse Clinical Education Program is made up of larger, lecture style seminars, and smaller breakout sessions and practical, hands-on workshops, allowing you the freedom to put together the program you want.
Saturday 12th November
Q&A: Future of the Practice Nurse Role & New Incentives
Your chance to have your questions answered about where APNA sees the role of Primary health care Nurses going, what the new PN incentive funding is going to look like and what impact it will have on your own role. Submit your questions before the conference.
APNA
Parenting the Newborn - Common Issues & Challenges
This session will update you on various issues and challenges your patients may face with new babies. It will provide information on responsive sleep and settling, breastfeeding, maternal and childhood issues.
Adult Immunisation Update
Immunisation has become an essential element of preventative health. This session provides an overview of which adults are recommended to be vaccinated with influenza and pneumococcal vaccine and also provides data into who is actually getting immunised. Tools to improve adult immunisation within medical practices will also be discussed.
Ophthalmology (Part 1 & 2)
Part 1 of this session will cover the basics of ocular anatomy and physiology, including vision testing, ocular examination and triaging common acute eye conditions in general practice.
Part 2 will be a practical component focusing on management of acute eye conditions. Delegates will have the opportunity to practice lid eversion, eye padding/shielding and an irrigation setup.
√ The Evolving Role of the Practice Nurse in Hepatitis B Management
Practice Nurses have an increasingly critical role in caring for patients with Hepatitis B. This session provides an overview of what you need to know and the opportunity to workshop ideas for how your practice can more effectively care for the growing numbers of people living with Hepatitis B.
ASHM
Working with Patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is commonly misunderstood as being just depressed, something you push through or ‘chronic fatigue’. Over 180,000 Australians are estimated to have ME/CFS. This workshop will explore early diagnosis, support, education and treatment specific to ME/CFS.
ME/CFS Australia
Spirometry - An overview
This session will give you an overview about performing spirometry and interpreting the results. You will also learn how spirometry can help identify conditions such as asthma, COPD and cystic fibrosis.
Sustainable Weight Loss Advice: A How-To Guide
This session will cover the basic principles of weight management in general practice including how to motivate patients to implement long-term changes in their life.
CareSearch: Supporting Nurses in Primary Health Care
This session will explore the Nurses [HUB], online palliative care information specifically written to support nurses. This includes clinical information, links to general practice and consumer information, resources and newsletters to support evidence based practice, and education resources.
Alcohol & Other Drug Education: Interactive Techniques & Practical Strategies
This session will focus on interactive techniques and strategies you can implement to further educate patients and families regarding alcohol and other drug issues. You will receive interactive demonstrations of how certain techniques and strategies can be implemented and receive further information about where support services can be found.
√ CPR
This workshop will discuss and demonstrate the skills and knowledge required to perform CPR in line with the Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) guidelines. Participants will be required to demonstrate CPR on adult, child and baby manikins and complete a short multiple choice questionnaire. A CPR certificate will be issued. Allens Training
Introducing the RACGP Standards for General Practice (4th edition)
THE RACGP standards for general practices provide a template for quality care and risk management in contemporary general practices. Come and hear what is new in the latest edition and how it can help you improve what you do.
RACGP
GPs and Nurses – Maximising Collaboration to Benefit your Practice
Practice nurses are now part of the GP PHC system in Australia with funding support to GPs to employ them from the Federal government. This seminar will discuss the various ways that practice nurses can assist in general practice especially in relation to chronic disease management and other areas and how they will help improve patient outcomes.
University of Melbourne
Chronic Kidney Disease
Improve your knowledge of the increased risk of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD), and the importance of early detection. This session will discuss the role of the Practice Nurse in slowing the progression of CKD, including the impact of lifestyle modification and relevant item numbers.
Kidney Health Australia
The ABC of Wound Care for Practice Nurses
This session will give an overview of the challenges of wound care and best practice. It will cover A - Acute Wounds l B – Burns l C – Chronic wounds.
Influenza: The Virus, The Disease & An Insight into The Intradermal Route for Flu Vaccination
Influenza is a vaccine-preventable disease which can lead to serious complications including pneumonia and death. The severity of influenza disease depends on several factors such as virus structure, age of infected person, underling diseases and individual’s immunity. The national immunization program (NIP) allows free access to eligible persons while healthy adults are not eligible for NIP.
This session sheds a light on various aspects of influenza such as virus strains, compares seasonal and pandemic, how to differentiate common cold from influenza based on symptoms followed by an insight into the role of antivirals and the intradermal route for flu vaccination.
Sanofi Pasteur
Sunday 13th November
Prostate Cancer Screening in General Practice
Prostate cancer was the leading cause of cancer and the second most common cause of cancer death for Victorian men in 2006. Prostate cancer is therefore an important men's health issue. This workshop will look at the current evidence regarding prostate cancer screening and provide practical advice on what to advise patients in regards to prostate cancer screening.
Cancer Council
√ CPR
This workshop will discuss and demonstrate the skills and knowledge required to perform CPR. Participants will be required to demonstrate CPR on adult, child and baby manikins and complete a short multiple choice questionnaire. A CPR certificate will be issued.
Allans Training
Hydration in Aged Care & Infants
Dehydration may not always be evident and can be overlooked whilst dealing with the causative agents. For these reasons, young children and the elderly are more at risk of involuntary dehydration. You will learn to implement simple procedures in your practice to assist your patients with this condition.
Hydralyte
Patient’s Taking Control - Facilitating Warfarin & INR Self-Management
The Warfarin S.M.A.R.T Trial was designed to determine whether patients self managing Warfarin, could keep the INR in target range at least as often as patients managed by GP/Clinic care. Evaluations of the education process, patient satisfaction and Quality of Life were used to assess the impact that self management of Warfarin could have on the warfarinised patient.
Roche Diagnostics
Practical: Plastering (Part 1 & 2)
An update on the types of materials used in plaster casting. A hands-on opportunity for delegates to try some of the most suitable techniques in casting.
Arthritis & Chronic Musculoskeletal Conditions
Learn more about the growing burden of chronic musculoskeletal conditions such as arthritis on society and develop knowledge in prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management.
What’s Food Got To Do With It – Understanding Eating Disorders
This session will give an overview of eating disorders in adolescence. It will discuss types of eating disorders, how to recognise when there is a problem, medical and psychological effects and treatment options.
Point of Care Testing - “To QC or not to QC”?
The Australian Point of Care Practitioner’s Network (APPN) will present why it is important to perform quality control (QC) and quality assurance (QA) testing for Point of Care Testing. This discussion will teach you to produce a quality system for your Point of Care requirements so you produce accurate, consistent results every time. Australian Association of Clinical Biochemists
The Mental Health First Aid Program
The Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Program has been undertaken by over 170,000 adults in Australia in which they learnt how to give initial first aid to someone developing a mental health problem or in a mental health crisis situation. You will learn how to apply the MHFA Action Plan.
Continence Management: The Role of Primary Health Care Nurses
Chronic conditions put patients at risk of bladder and bowel control problems. We will address who should be screened for continence problems, essential assessment data, key first line essential assessment data, key first line management strategies and resources available.
The Theory of Ear Syringing
Common pitfalls and how to best try and avoid them. This session will run you through the theory of ear syringing.
Influenza & Intradermal Micro-Injection System Delivery of Influenza Vaccine
An update on influenza for 2011. An intradermal (ID) influenza vaccine, delivered via micro-injection system (Intanza®), was launched in 2010. This presentation will explore the benefits of and provide training on the intradermal influenza vaccine. It will involve a hands-on workshop where delegates have an opportunity to trial the micro-injection system. Sanofi Pasteur
Practicing as a Weight Loss Nurse Consultant in General Practice: A Nurse’s Personal Journey
Career pathways and opportunities for nurses continue to expand especially in view of the upcoming PNIP funding. In this session a personal experience working as a weight loss nurse consultant will be shared. It will also provide an overview of the required skills, education and resources available for nurses wishing to learn how to become weight loss nurse consultants in their practice.
Setting Up Nurse Led Clinics: An Open Forum
This session will provide a forum for Practice Nurses to exchange ideas, suggestions and feedback from their experience with clinics. If you have any ideas on planning, implementation and evaluation you would like to share or are looking for ideas on how to setup a clinic, this session is for you.
EBP Software – Actions/ Reminders/ Preventative Health – Getting your patients back for improved care
Understand the entire reminder and actions workflow to get the best out of your reminder system. Learn about preventative health searches and getting your patients back for improved care.
Best Practice
Cardiovascular Disease Management
Nurses can play a key role in the primary management of patients with cardiovascular disease. Learn what the diagnostic levels are and how you can help manage treatment goals and lifestyle modifications for your patients.
√ Nationally Accredited Certificate Courses:
√ IV Cannulation*
Designed to provide participants with the required knowledge and skills to safely perform a peripheral intravenous cannulation in a clinical setting. Involves a simulated assessment during the course.
√ Management of Anaphylaxis*
Involves monitoring and recognition of symptoms, communication, critical incident leadership as well as management and ongoing first aid maintenance until the arrival of ambulance paramedics or medical staff.
*These courses will incur a $70 additional fee each