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ACUTE CARDIAC COURSE
- Gold Coast
Conducted jointly by: Health Ed Professionals®
& OSCA Health Education®
COURSE DELIVERY DATES:
The course is delivered in intensive mode
over 6 days and is equivalent to a one semester tertiary course in
teaching and study time.
Course dates:
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5th to 11th December,
(excluding Sunday 7th). |
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13th to 18th July. |
COURSE
TIMES:
9.00 am to 5.00 pm daily.
BENEFITS OF THE
COURSE
• The course is fully accredited with
Griffith University and earns Continuing Nursing Education (CNE)
points as an endorsed course with the Royal College of Nursing
Australia (RCNA).
• The course includes an accredited Advanced Life Support (ALS)
course qualification (Australian College of Critical Care Nurses
(ACCCN).
• Choose your level of assessment: professional development only,
undergraduate or post graduate
• Increase your knowledge and confidence in assessing and managing
patients experiencing acute cardiac conditions, including ACS,
cardiac arrest, heart failure, and pulmonary oedema.
• Develop greater knowledge and confidence in recognizing reading
and interpreting 12 lead ECGs.
• Recognise the difference between a STEMI and a NSTEACS on a 12
lead ECG • Strengthen your knowledge in recognizing and managing
basic and advanced cardiac arrhythmias including AF, SVT and Heart
Block, WPSW, MAT and lethal arrhythmias (VT & VF)
• Increase your knowledge of cardiac pharmacology, (Vaughn Williams
classifications) types of drugs and why they are used.
• Develop greater understanding about the cardiac “Cath Lab”:
nursing care and management (pre and post care) for patients
suffering an acute cardiac episode — PCI.
• Enjoy learning with expert clinical nurse educators who provide a
friendly and supportive teaching and learning environment that will
assist you to increase your knowledge and confidence in managing
care for acute cardiac patients.
This course can provide you with an ideal way to improve your
confidence and clinical practice skills!
CREDIT, ENDORSEMENT,
& ACCREDITATION:
This course receives the following
credits, endorsement and accreditation:
• Griffith University - one subject credit for undergraduate and
postgraduate nursing programs**
• Endorsed by the Royal College of Nursing Australia (RCNA). and
receives CNE points (APEC No: 05020463 & APEC No: 05826147)
• Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN) accredited for
ALS certification
** Specific course credit information on application**
WHO CAN ENROL?
• All RNs & EENs : general ward, practice
nurses, or community nurses wanting to upgrade their current cardiac
care knowledge.
• Student nurses: Bachelor of Nursing ** Diploma of Nursing **
• Other health professionals (paramedics) working in acute care.
Note: Enrolment
Eligibility
If you are unsure about your eligibility, please call to see if you
are eligible to do the course. Undergraduate Bachelor of Nursing
student nurses will have completed all second year clinical and
pathophysiology courses. Diploma of Nursing students will be
enrolled in their final semester of their program.
MORE BENEFITS OF THE
COURSE:
• Direct “face to face” teaching by highly
experienced nurse educators.
• A clinically relevant course.
• All course notes and resources, pre- reading notes.
• “Hands on” practical teaching for assessment skills.
• Certificate of Achievement — RCNA CNE points.
• Grading transcript for credit application to tertiary pro-grams.
• Friendly, supportive and flexible teaching and learning
environment.
ASSESSMENT
STREAMS:
The course is offered using multiple assessment streams to
provide the best opportunity for students to access credit into
other formal tertiary health care programs.
Students can choose from
four levels of assessment:
Non – Assessment
Stream:
1. Professional
Development: Attendance Only
Fully Assessed —
Tertiary Standard:
2. Undergraduate
Level
3. Graduate Certificate Level
4. Masters Level
THE HIGHLY
EXPERIENCED TEACHING TEAM:
Ms. Anne Evans-Murray & Ms. Heather James
The course is taught by Ms. Heather James and Ms. Anne Evans-Murray
who are highly experienced and qualified clinical nurse educators
and nurse academics. Both Anne and Heather have worked extensively
throughout Australia and internationally in New Zealand and Asia.
They teach a broad range of clinical nursing topics including acute
nursing practices, high dependency, coronary and critical care,
emergency nursing, clinical teaching and learning, curriculum
development, evidence based practice, and professional counselling
courses to a broad range of health professionals. Their
collaborative, supportive teaching approach encourages students to
develop greater clinical knowledge and confidence and most
importantly, the ability to apply this knowledge to clinical
practice.
COURSE COST:
Registered or Enrolled Nurse & overseas students: $1,200.00
Undergraduate
Student: $550.00
(Evidence of undergraduate student status must be provided with
registration)
VENUE:
Health Ed Professionals
Unit 12
10 Enterprise Street
Molendinar. Q. 4214
Please Note:
A change in venue may be required to accommodate larger enrolment
numbers. Participants will be notified of any change.
COURSE ENQUIRIES &
ENROLMENTS CAN ALSO BE MADE VIA:
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Health Ed
Professionals PO Box 746 Ashmore City Q 4214, or
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OSCA Health Education P.O. Box 4175 Ashmore Plaza Ashmore. Q.
4214 Email:
osca@bigpond.net.au
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Phone Enquiries:
Heather James: Mobile 0407135332
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Refunds and Cancellation.
We reserve the right to cancel an event up to 14 days prior to
the event if registrations numbers are insufficient to make the
event financially viable. In the unlikely event this happens a full
refund will be made to registrants. Cancellations by registrants 30
days prior to events will receive a re-fund less 15% administrative
costs. Cancellations less than 30 days but more than 14 days will
receive a 50% refund. Cancellations less than 14 days of event no
refunds. All efforts will be made to ensure that the advertised
speakers present at our events or a speaker of similar standard is
substituted if they are un-available on the day because of
unforeseen circumstances
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