Calendars

Upcoming Events

FAST Friday

•  FAST Friday flyer 26 April 2013
•  FAST Friday presentation 26 April 2013

 Basic Life Support Train the Trainer

• BLS train the trainer dates 2013

Advanced Life Support

• ALS train the trainer dates 2013

Diabetes Seminar

• Diabetes two day seminar registration for subregion 2 hospitals
• Diabetes two day seminar registration for non subregion 2 hospitals 

Palliative care pain management inservice

•  Palliative care pain management inservice dates
  • Pain I - Recognition and Assessment
  • Pain II Classification and Aetiology
  • Pain III Treatment of Pain

Pastoral care forum

• April 11 Pastoral Care forum

Preceptorship Clinical Supervision

• Clinical supervision support program module 1 dates 2013
• Clinical supervision support program module 3 dates 2013

 February 2013

• February 12 The deteriorating patient Kyabram
• February 13 Advanced ecg interpretation Bendigo 
• February 14 Safe medication management Mildura
• February 19 Patient assessment skills Heathcote
• February 21 Paediatric als Bendigo
• February 22 The deteriorating patient Swan Hill
• Februay 27 Falls prevention and management Bendigo

March 2013

• March 4 Patient assessment skills Castlemaine
• March 5 ALS education and testing Kyneton
• March 6 Safe medication management Bendigo
• March 8 Falls prevention and management Kerang
• March 12 Communication, documentation and nurse accountability REDHS
• March 13 Basic ecg interpretation Bendigo
• March 15 ALS education critical care students Bendigo
• March 18 ALS education and testing Mallee Track
• March 19 The deteriorating patient Bendigo
• March 19 ALS education and testing Mildura
• March 20 The deteriorating patient Maryborough
• March 22 Patient assessment skills Echuca
• March 25 Safe medication management Cohuna
• March 26 falls prevention & management Robinvale
• March 27 Patient assessment skills Bendigo

April 2013

• April 16 BLS train the trainer Bendigo
• April 16 ALS train the trainer Bendigo
• April 17 advanced ecg interpretation Bendigo
• April 17 Safe medication management Maryborough
• April 19 Safe medication management Echuca
• April 24 Management of impaired skin integrity Bendigo
• April 29 Paediatric als Kerang

May 2013

• May 7 ALS education and testing Bendigo
• May 8 Safe medication management Castlemaine
• May 13 ALS education and testing Inglewood
• May 15 Basic ecg interpretation Bendigo
• May 16 Falls prevention and management Mildura
• May 16 Communication, documentation and nurse accountability Maryborough
• May 20 Communication, documentation and nurse accountabilitt Bendigo
• May 21 ALS education and testing Boort
• May 22 The deteriorating patient Maldon
• May 24 Communication, documentation and nurse accountability Echuca
• May 27 Falls prevention and management Swan Hill
• May 29 Safe medication management Kerang

June 2013

• June 4 The deteriorating patient Cohuna 
• June 7 Patient assessment skills Bendigo
• June  11 BLS train the trainer Bendigo
• June 11 ALS train the trainer Bendigo
• June 12 Advanced ecg interpretation Bendigo
• June 17 Paediatric als Bendigo
• June 18 Falls prevention and management Bendigo
• June 19 Management of impaired skin integrity Maryborough
• June 20 Communication, documentation and nurse accountability Mildura
• June 21 Management of impaired skin integrity Castlemaine
• June 24 Safe medication management Bendigo
• June 27 The deteriorating patient (Bendigo hospital grads only)
• June 28 Falls prevention and management Echuca

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