Calendars

• Continuing Nurse Education Calendar September to December 2011  
• Continuing Nurse Education Calendar January to June 2012     

Upcoming Events

December 2011

• December 1 Patient Assessment: the deteriorating patient 
• December 5 Mental Health education session     
• December 6 Patient Assessment: the deteriorating patient 
• December 9 Patient Assessment: the inpatient with impaired skin integrity 
• December 13 Falls: symptom or outcome? 
• December 14 Advanced ECG Interpretation 
• December 15 Falls: symptom or outcome? 
• December 19 Communication, documentation and nurse accountability  

January 2012

• January 19 ALS Education & Testing

February 2012

• February 7 Patient Assessment Skills
• February 8 Falls: Symptom or Outcome?   
• February 15 Quality Use Medications
• February 15 Communication, documentation & nurse accountability
• February 16 Patient Assessment: the deteriorating patient
• February 22 Basic ECG Interpretation
• February 28 Falls: Symptom or Outcome?    

March 2012

• March 6 Patient Assessment: the deteriorating patient  
• March 8 ALS Education & Testing 
• March 13 Patient Assessment Skills 
• March 14 Quality Use of Medications 
• March 19 Patient Assessment Skills 
• March 22 Patient Assessment Skills 
• March 23 Patient Assessment: the inpatient with impaired skin integrity 
• March 28 Advanced ECG Interpretation 
• March 30 Preceptorship and Clinical Supervision 

April 2012

• April 17 Patient Assessment Skills 
• April 18 Basic ECG Interpretation 
• April 20 Communication, Documentation and Nurse Accountability 
• April 24 Patient Assessment: the deteriorating patient  
• April 26 ALS Education & Testing  
• April 27 Quality Use of Medications 

May 2012

• May 1 Communication, Documentation and Nurse Accountability 
• May 3 Quality Use of Medications 
• May 4 Falls: Symptom or Outcome? 
• May 8 Patient Assessment: the deteriorating patient  
• May 10 ALS Education & Testing  
• May 11 Preceptorship and Clinical Supervision 
• May 15 Patient Assessment: the deteriorating patient 
• May 16 Advanced ECG Interpretation 
• May 18 Patient Assessment: the inpatient with impaired skin integrity 
• May 21 Quality Use of Medications 
• May 22 Patient Assessment Skills 
• May 28 Quality Use of Medications 
• May 29 Falls: Symptom or Outcome? 
• May 31 Patient Assessment: the deteriorating patient  

June 2012

• June 5 Patient Assessment Skills 
• June 7 Quality Use of Medications 
• June 8 Patient Assessment: the inpatient with impaired skin integrity 
• June 12 Patient Assessment: the deteriorating patient  
• June 18 Patient Assessment: the inpatient with impaired skin integrity 
• June 19 Patient Assessment: the deteriorating patient 
• June 21 Quality Use of Medications 
• June 22 Preceptorship and Clinical Supervision  
• June 27 Basic ECG Interpretation  

RCNA Online Information Technology Training Program 

• Informaton sheet
• Registration form 

The continuing nurse education (CNE) program

The Department of Health provides funds for the CNE program. Bendigo Health’s Collaborative Health Education and Research Centre (CHERC) co-ordinates the Loddon Mallee region’s CNE program excluding Mildura Base Hospital.

The CNE program provides acute education at no cost for nurses working in participating health services. Click here for a list of the participating health services and contact information. Other nurses and non-nurses are welcome to participate in CNE events but in accordance with the funding guidelines, they can and in most cases, will be charged a nominal fee.

A core topic curriculum is set every three years. Below is a list of the core CNE topics for the July 2008 until June 2011 funding period.

The CNE topics include:

• Advanced life support (ALS) education
  • Advanced life support education package
• Advanced life support (ALS) workplace assessor program 
• Basic ECG interpretation
  • ECG learning package
• Advanced ECG interpretation 
• Patient Assessment Skills
• Patient Assessment: the deteriorating patient
• Patient Assessment: the inpatient with impaired skin integrity
• Falls: symptom or outcome? 
• Quality Use of Medications 
• Communication, documentation & nurse accountability 

The core CNE topics offered online:

(Access is only available to nurses working in participating health services.)

• IV cannulation
• Safe medication management
• Basic life support

All CNE study days are awarded continuing nurse education points as part of the Royal College of Nursing, Australia Life Long Learning Program (3LP). All core nursing education is displayed on the continuing nurse education calendar.

To post an event on this page contact Tracy Kidd tkidd@bendigohealth.org.au