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Nurses: for parents & kids | Raising Children Network
Different kinds of nurses work with children. Your child might sometimes see a registered nurse, nurse practitioner, practice nurse or school nurse.
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What does a child health nurse do?
A child health nurse supports you as a parent once you are home from hospital with a newborn baby. Discover more about their role and how they can help you.
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Community Child Health Program | WA Health
Community child health nurses support all families with young children. We provide a range of important free services to support families to raise happy, healthy children. We offer health and development assessments and screening, immunisation advice and support to families with young children.
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Managing Daily Life - How to Care - Patients and Carers - Community
Accepting help as a carer can help you to cope. Caring for someone who is seriously ill can be demanding. Having help with basic tasks like shopping, housework, or gardening can help you to cope.
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Nurses and midwives | Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
Nurses and midwives make up the largest clinical workforce in Australia. Find out about nursing and midwifery, how these professions are regulated in Australia, and how we support this important sector of our health workforce.
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Who's who in a palliative care team - Better Health Channel
The members of your palliative care team may include doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, volunteers and carers.
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Moving into residential… | enableme - stroke recovery and support
Residential aged care may be recommended after a stroke. Find resources and information to assist your move into care
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Caring for a person at the end of life at home during COVID-19
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What does palliative care cost? | Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
Most palliative care services are free, but there may be some costs associated with hospice and hospital care.
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Muscular dystrophy | Cerebral Palsy Alliance
Muscular dystrophy refers to a group of rare diseases which progressively weaken muscles.
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Find palliAGED evidence based resources for aged care nurses in palliative care
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Tools for Nurses in Palliative Care - Nurses - Health Professionals
Useful Resources for Nurses. There are many resources within CareSearch that can support nurses in their work. Some of these are listed below.
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Assessment / Nurses / Health Professionals
Identifying and monitoring care needs. For a person’s needs to be addressed, they need to be identified. Guided by the key elements of nursing care planning.
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NURSES | Parkinsons Australia
If you are a nurse and are looking to increase your understanding of caring for someone with Parkinson’s disease (PD), if you are wanting to specialise in this field or am an existing Parkinson’s nurse specialist you will find the educational courses below helpful in expanding or refreshing your knowledge base
Read more on Parkinson's Australia website
Practice Tip Sheets for Nurses
The palliAGED Practice Tip Sheets for Nurses have been developed to support people providing palliative care to older people approaching the end of life.
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Clinical Care - Nurses - Health Professionals
Holistic palliative care support for nurses. Within these pages you will find information related to common ethical and care issues.
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Seizure Types and Nursing Management | Ausmed
Up to 10% of the population will experience a seizure during their lifetime. A seizure occurs when there is a disturbance within the brain caused by sudden, abnormal electrical and neuronal activity. There are three major groups of seizures: generalised onset, focal onset and unknown onset.
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Prognosis / Assessment / Nurses / Health Professionals
Likely outcomes when diagnosed with a life-limiting illness. A prognosis is a prediction about the future trajectory of a person’s illness, including information about how the disease will affect their quality of life and when it might end their life.
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The Dying Patient / Nurses / Health Professionals
Identifying that a person is imminently dying. Imminent death means that the person’s decline in health is irreversible and they are likely to die in the coming hours, days, or weeks.
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Medicines Management - Clinical Care - Nurses - Health Professionals
The Nurses role in medications management. Managing medicaines is core business for palliative care. The management of medicines is a problem.
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