QLD

✓ CALD introduction✓ The new Quality Framework✓ Strategies for care workers✓ Cultural influences and awareness✓ Interpretation and translation✓ Interpreters✓ Cross-cultural conflict

✓ Introduction and background✓ Consumer dignity and choice✓ Ongoing assessment and planning with consumers✓ Personal and clinical care:   ❑ Safe and effective care   ❑ Effective management of high-impact or high-prevalencerisks   ❑ Consumers nearing end of life   ❑ Consumer deterioration   ❑ Information sharing, documentation and communication   ❑ Timely and appropriate referrals   ❑ Minimisation of infection related …

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✓ Types of injuries✓ Duty of care✓ Hazards and risks – Management✓ Factors that increase the risk of slips, trips and falls✓ Reporting and documentation

✓ Introduction to Antimicrobial Stewardship✓ The new Quality Framework✓ Antimicrobial Stewardship in Australian Health Care✓ Preventing and controlling healthcare✓ Associated infections✓ Antibiotic resistance and statistics✓ Antimicrobial Stewardship in client care✓ Quality use of antibiotics in client care:   ❑ ANTIBIOTICS acronym

✓ Introduction to the Palliative Approach✓ The new Quality Framework✓ Palliative Care Guidelines✓ Communication✓ Supporting consumers and their family✓ Cultural issues✓ Advance Care Planning✓ End of life care decisions✓ Managing Signs and Symptoms✓ Opioids✓ Subcutaneous Infusion Devices✓ Providing comfort✓ Correct protocols after consumer death✓ Grief✓ Summary

✓ Introduction✓ The new Quality Framework✓ Assessment is key✓ Vital signs and observations✓ Level of consciousness✓ Some common causes of deterioration✓ Initial nursing management✓ Managing acutely unwell consumers✓ Advanced care planning✓ Summary

✓ Restraint introduction✓ The new Quality Framework✓ Physical restraint✓ Medicinal restraint✓ Environmental restraint✓ Supporting a restraint free environment✓ Restraint free options✓ Falls prevention✓ Quality Use of Medicines✓ Comprehensive assessment✓ Delirium, Depression and Dementia✓ Psychosocial factors and assessment✓ Consumer risk to self and others✓ Guardianship/EPOA✓ Consent

✓ Organisation Governance✓ The new Quality Framework✓ Consumer engagement and participation✓ Information management✓ Continuous improvement✓ Financial Governance✓ Workforce Governance✓ Regulatory Compliance✓ Feedback and complaints✓ Effective risk management systems and practices✓ Clinical Governance✓ Summary

CLIN01A Introduction to Wound Care, Healing and Assessment:✓ Structure and function of the skin✓ Types of wounds✓ Skin changes in the elderly✓ Principles of wound healing✓ Wound assessment and documentation CLIN01B Wound Management✓ Revise wound assessment and healing✓ Principles of chronic wound formation✓ Chronic wound types✓ Preventing wounds✓ Principles of wound management✓ Wound interventions and …

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QUM001A An introduction to Quality Use of Medicines ✓ What is QUM?✓ How is QUM especially relevant to older persons?✓ Basic Pharmacology – what happens when the body is givendrugs? QUM001B General Issues Relevant to the Ageing Body ✓ Physical changes in ageing✓ Homeostasis✓ Drug effects and adverse effects ✓ Responses to disease and drugs …

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