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Ausmed Education

Ausmed Education is an Australian health professional education and technology company. Founded in 1987, Ausmed's goal is to provide high quality, evidence-based and relevant education to nurses and other healthcare professionals throughout their working lives.

Open Access CPD Resources

By Ausmed providing open access continuing professional development (CPD) resources for all professionals – nurses, midwives, occupational therapists, physiotherapists etc. – they support the healthcare of the community.

Their website contains large amounts of current health related information. There is an easy-to-use CPD documentation tool for recording your learning once it is completed.

Ausmed Education resources are:

  1. developed using a standards framework
  2. highly evaluated for their quality
  3. cover a broad range of topics
  4. relate to contemporary health issues.

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Last reviewed: August 2017

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Home-Like Environments in Aged Care Facilities - There's No Place

Home-Like Environments in Aged Care Facilities - There's No Place Like Home | Ausmed | When we refer to the resident's rights in healthcare, we are usual...

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Nurses and Business You Need to Know! - Ausmed

If you choose not to read on, at least consider these two key points:Nurses need to understand the business side of health in order to promote change to benefit their patients, and also support their own role Nurses already have the skills to be leaders in businessI speak often on the topics of business development at conferences

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How to Handle Difficult Patients | Dealing With Aggression Ausmed

Whether you encounter a patient who is angry, manipulative, demanding, or downright nasty, read on to learn how to handle difficult patients professionally.

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Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: When the Wolf Comes Home With You

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: What Happens When the Wolf Comes Home With You? | The Handover nursing podcast: Episode 5. Post traumatic stress disorder ...

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Discrimination in Nursing - An Alarming Trend | Ausmed

Discrimination in Nursing | Ausmed | Discrimination is alive and well in today's society, and nursing is not immune to its effects. For instance, the Aus...

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Simple Wisdom on How Nurses Can Survive and Thrive

As a nurse of 40 years, I've worked in a wide array of settings and faced countless challenges over the years, but one thing has always helped me thrive.

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Lung, Chest and Bowel Sounds Assessment Guide - Ausmed

From the general practice nurse to the ICU nurse, lung sounds tell you a great deal about a patient and their relative health

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Toxic Workplace Culture: How to Cope | Ausmed

Describing your workplace culture can be very difficult

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Collaboration in Healthcare - Nurses, Doctors, Allied Health

Collaboration in healthcare is the best way to ensure that your patient receives the best possible care. Collaboration starts with effective communication.

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Fear in the Workplace and How it is Affecting Your Health - Ausmed

Why cant we just aspire to be the best version of ourselves? Why is this so difficult?It stems from our belief systems, the things we believe to be true about ourselvesand the world around us

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