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FreeSupporting Intimacy and Sexuality for Older People Receiving Home Care
Cultural Safety in Healthcare
FreeUnderstanding the New Aged Care Act 2025
Corporate Governance: Sexual & Gender-based Harassment
Corporate Governance: Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work
Corporate Governance: Modern Slavery
Corporate Governance: Fraud and Corruption
Corporate Governance: Whistleblower Protections
The Code of Conduct for Aged Care
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Articles
FreeSupporting Intimacy and Sexuality for Older People Receiving Home Care
FreeUnderstanding the New Aged Care Act 2025
FreeDrug Scheduling: Understanding the Basics
FreeRestrictive Practices: Chemical Restraint
FreeBehaviour Support Plans (BSP) for Residential Aged Care
FreeRestrictive Practices Under the NDIS
FreeInformation Management: NDIS Provider Governance and Operational Management
FreeViolence, Abuse, Neglect, Exploitation and Discrimination: NDIS Provider Rights and Responsibilities
FreeIndependence and Informed Choice: NDIS Rights and Responsibilities
FreePrivacy and Dignity: NDIS Provider Rights and Responsibilities
FreeIncident Management: NDIS Provider Governance and Management
FreeUnexplained Absences and Missing Residents
FreeAlternative Strategies to Restrictive Practices in Aged Care
FreeCorrect Identification and Procedure Matching
FreeRestrictive Practices in Aged Care: Rules and Regulations
FreeBed Rail Assessment and Safety in Aged Care
FreeEffectively Communicating Older People’s Care Needs
FreeKeeping Secrets: The Healthcare Worker’s Duty of Confidentiality
FreeAdvance Care Directives Explained
FreeWhat is the Serious Incident Response Scheme (SIRS)?
FreeResponsible Information Delivery
FreeIncident Reporting in the Workplace
FreeHealthcare Rights and Informed Consent
FreeDignity of Risk
FreeRecognising and Responding to Elder Abuse
FreeRespecting the Privacy and Dignity of Clients
FreeUnderstanding Professional Boundaries
FreeSpiritual Considerations in Healthcare
FreeManaging Schedule 8 Medicines Safely
FreeMedical Negligence and Duty of Care
FreeRestrictive Practices: Physical Restraint
FreeRestrictive Practices: Seclusion
FreeParticipant Money and Property: NDIS Provision of Supports Environment
FreeThe Aged Care Quality Standards Explained
Courses
Cultural Safety in Healthcare
The Code of Conduct for Aged Care
Antisocial Personality Disorder
Privacy and Dignity for NDIS Participants
Scope of Practice: Care Workers
Holding Difficult Conversations at Work
Mandatory Reporting
Documentation and Report Writing
Incident Report Writing
Intimacy and Sexuality in Aged Care
Minimising Restrictive Practices in Healthcare Settings
Documentation in Aged Care
Elder Abuse
Consent to Treatment
FreeOpen Disclosure and Apology
FreeBullying, Harassment and Discrimination in the Workplace
Duty of Care
FreeMinimising Restrictive Practices in Aged Care
Forensic Nursing
Advance Care Directives
Lectures
Corporate Governance: Sexual & Gender-based Harassment
Corporate Governance: Managing Psychosocial Hazards at Work
Corporate Governance: Modern Slavery
Corporate Governance: Fraud and Corruption
Corporate Governance: Whistleblower Protections
Missed Care: A Shocking Tale of Neglect
Introduction to Sexual Violence
Laws on Voluntary Assisted Dying
Accessing Voluntary Assisted Dying
Regulation and Public Health
Aggression and Sedation
Vaping Laws in Australia
Enrolled Nurses and the Regulatory Process: Case Studies
Enrolled Nurses: Scope of Practice
Intellectual Disability and Offending Behaviour
The Principles of Mental Health Law
Documentation and Avoidable Death
Paramedicine: Public Trust and Confidence
In Death we Learn
Legal Issues in Paramedicine
Duty to Treat When Off-Duty
The Role of Consent in Determining Treatment
Types of Cyber Attacks
Cyber Security: Defending Against Phishing
Reporting Incidents with Confidence
Drug Diversion in the Workplace
Accreditation: What Does it Mean for You and Your Client?
Medication Misadventures
Interviewing and Rapport-Building Techniques with Narelle Fraser
First-Responders: Workplace Stress isn’t a Crime
Ethical and Legal Allocation of Resources
Speak-Up for Patient Safety
Drug and Alcohol Use with Enrolled Nurses
Addiction and Substance Use in Australia
Legal Ramifications of Missed Nursing Care
What is 'Missed Care'?
Privacy, Confidentiality, and Bedside Handover
Changing of the Guard: Patient-Directed Care
Further Resources
FreeResponding to and Preventing Sexual Assault in Residential Aged Care: Facilitator Course
FreeAsserting professional boundaries with Dr Wendy McIntosh (E33)
FreeEnd of life health
FreeUnderstanding the Impacts of Sexual Assault and Reporting Requirements
FreeReasonable Grounds and Criminal Nature
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