The Practice Nurse Clinical Education Program is made up of a number of keynote sessions, streams and breakout sessions, allowing you the freedom to put together the program you want.
Friday 15th July 2011
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
CareSearch: supporting nurses in primary healthcare
This session will explore the Nurses [HUB], online palliative care information specifically written to support nurses. This includes clinical information (medication management, communication, ethical issues), links to GP and consumer information, resources and newsletters to support evidence based practice, and education resources (including free online learning modules for professional development).
Practical: Plastering Part 1
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.
Asthma Management
Maintain & update your knowledge on the importance of effective asthma management. Additionally, learn about preventative measures, medication management, & the importance of a tailored asthma action plan.
Parenting the Newborn - common issues and 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, and maternal and childhood issues.
Practical: Plastering Part 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.
Healthy Bones
Learn some practical dietary and lifestyle tips that you can give your patients to avoid osteoporosis. The simple tips provided will also lower the risk of many lifestyle disease, especially as we realise that Vitamin D, calcium, sodium and bio-active compounds in food have wider health effects.
Australian Mushroom Growers Assoc
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.
Practical: 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.
Travel Health
Travel health requires a broad range of knowledge by nurses in general practice, and is a vital aspect of safe and healthy travel for patients of all ages and backgrounds.
ECG Interpretation - Tips & Pitfalls
This session will provide an examination of the varying facets of ECG interpretation & the implications & clinical significance of these findings. Examples will be presented.
Practical: Spirometry
Learn the basics for performing spirometry & interpreting the results. Additionally, be informed about how spirometry can help you to identify conditions such as asthma, COPD & cystic fibrosis.
Identification and Management of Type 2 Diabetes in General Practice
Type 2 is the most common form of Diabetes, so it is essential that practice nurses have a thorough understanding of how to identify and manage the condition. This session will discuss the various identifying factors of Type 2 Diabetes, as well as an overview of the management of the condition.
Influenza: the virus, the disease and 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 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
Saturday 16 July 2011
Q&A: Future of PN role and New incentives for PN's
Your chance to have your questions answered about where APNA sees the role of Practice Nurses going, what the new PN incentive funding is going to look like and what impact it will have on your own role. An update on Salary & conditions will be provided. Submit your questions before the conference
APNA
Wound Care
Learn about the prevention and management of the most common wounds presenting in general practice.
Practical: 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.
Chronic Kidney Disease & Diabetes
Diabetes is one of the major risk factors for CKD with recent evidence suggesting diabetes is the underlying cause of CKD in over 30% of cases. This presentation will investigate the relationship between CKD and diabetes and the role of the PN in managing diabetes in the context of CKD.
Kidney Health Australia
GP Management Plans & Team care arrangements
Learn about the Practice Nurse role in preparing GP Management plans and team care arrangements. This session will provide information on ways of assisting the GP and potential roles in managing chronic disease patients between plans.
Practical: Doppler & ABI
As a growing role for PNs, this session will enable you to find out more about how to perform Doppler assessments & attain ankle brachial indices (ABI’s).
Travel Health
Travel health requires a broad range of knowledge by nurses in general practice, and is a vital aspect of safe and healthy travel for patients of all ages and backgrounds.
Patient's Taking Control - Facilitating Warfarin and 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
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
CPD and Your Portfolio
Getting started. This session will assist with what should be in your portfolio and how to use the ANF Practice Nurse competencies to identify gaps.
Mental Health First Aid
Recognising the signs of mental illness is vital to the wellbeing of all patients. The effective management and treatment of patients with or at risk of mental health emergencies is a key role for PNs. This session will discuss how to recognise and implement suitable referral pathways for mental illness.
Sexual Health
This session will examine how Practice Nurses can contribute to sexual health in the general practice setting. Learn about all the different aspects of sexual health and how to educate your patients
Setting up nurse led clinics: an open forum
This session will provide a forum for PNs 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.
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 and management and ongoing first aid maintenance until the arrival of ambulance paramedics or medical staff. These courses incur an additional $70 fee