Get 15 hours Health Practitioner Competency Training Hours in 2 days

Constipation, Diabetes, Microbiology & Urinary Tract Infections

Day 1 - Morning:

Constipation Is a symptom not a disease.

Constipation leads to 450,000 doctors visits a year in the UK. Chronic constipation is time consuming and expensive not to mention how unwell people feel when constipated.
Learn how to prevent constipation occurring, updated research and information on constipation and how you can make people in your care feel well and vibrant.
Learning includes

What are the major causes of constipation
Review of the GI Tract and, physiology of bowel movements and defaecation cycle.
Cardiovascular and Neurological aspects
Drugs and how they affect the gastro intestinal tract, how they work, considerations for use and adverse effects of medications and how to properly administer these medications for the best outcome for the client/resident
For every person that is diagnosed with diabetes, there is one person not yet diagnosed. It is a major health problem throughout the world.

Day 1 - Afternoon:

Diabetes Update – How many people in your care have undiagnosed diabetes? Is this YOU?
For every person that is diagnosed with diabetes, there is one person not yet diagnosed. It is a major health problem throughout the world.

“Over 200,000 Kiwi’s have Diabetes.and it is growing rapidly” Diabetes New Zealand say. How many people in your care have diabetes? Do you fully understand Diabetes management?

Learning includes:

Pathogenesis of Type 2 Diabetes
Understand insulin resistance andb-cell Dysfunction
Why Type 2 Diabetes is so closely linked to Heart Disease
Update on Oral Anti-Diabetic Agents, their mechanismof Action, Primary and Secondary Effects, Interactions and side effects of medication and nursing considerations

Day 2 - Morning

Practical Microbiology for Registered and Enrolled Nurses
MRSA, EBSL, Clostridum Difficult and VRE are no longer buzz words. Anitbioitc resistance is a real threat to health facilities and the community. Understanding Microbiology, Immune Responses and Resistancewill better equip you to work in and maintain a safe environment.
Learning included

Selectivity and Selective Toxicity
Difference between a host cell and a bacterium and why Bacteriam survive for years
Immune system, lines of defence and immune response
Stem Cell Differentiation
Mechanisms of antibiotic resistance
Understanding Beta Lactam

Day 2 - Afternoon:

Guidelines to Assess, Treat & Prevent UTI’s

1 in 5 women will develop a Urinary Tract Infection in their lifetime. Younger people are more likely to exhibit symptoms and seek treatment while older people are often under diagnosed or misdiagnosed until a complication occurs. Untreated Urinary Tract Infections can lead to life threatening conditions.

Learning includes:

Anatomy & Physiology Review
Physiologic changes in UTI’s
Complications Male & Female
Causative pathogens
Diagnostic Criteria, screening & Diagnosis
Laboratory Analysis – understanding those lab results
Treatment and Prevention Plan Guidelines
Do alternative therapies work?

Trainer
Anecita Gigi Lim RCN, BscHsg, DipScPharm, MHSc, Senior Lecturer, Dept of Health Studies, University of Auckland is an enthusiastic presenter that will help you understand these conditions and improve health outcomes for those in your care by providing you with comprehensive, current information that assists you to make informed clinical decision and deliver safe nursing care

Guarantee
We guarantee to have the most in-depth and up-to-date aged care training you’ve ever attended with the best specialist trainers available or your money back. You won’t find better aged care training anywhere and we’re willing to put our money where our mouth is. It’s as simple as that!

NB No refunds will be given unless notification of non-attendance is given at least 24 hour prior to the workshop.

Payment must be made before attendance of the training unless prior arrangements have been made.

Trainer Testimonials:

“Gigi made it so interesting it gave me a thrist to lean more/also to share at the home.” - Sr Cecilia, Little Sisters of the Poor

“Became fully engaged and left with new resources to implement effective changes at work.” - Janene Whyte, CN Highgrove Village

“Concise & easy to understand teaching. I have learnt more here about diabetes than any other lecture I have attended.” - Christine Reilly, Glenfield Medical Centre

‘Very applicable to a clinical setting.” - MaritoniGorgonia ADHB

“A lively and entertaining speaker that got me back to learning again. Hours well spent.” - Esther van DiestOnsDorp Village

“Comprehensive cover of a most important subject that is relevant to many infections.” - Deana Alzorjervois Hospital