Workshop
The Cutting Edge: Practice Nurse Skills Training workshop is designed to offer nurses information and skills in procedural assistance. It is directed at nurses starting out in the community practice who have moved from a career in hospital wards or aged care, or those who are newly graduated and seeking a position in general practice.
Suitable for: Newly graduated nurses, nurses new to the role of procedural assisting, nurses seeking to update their skills and those seeking a position in a General Practice.
Dates
About
This workshop is also appropriate for nurses who would like to streamline their treatment room and update their skills, perhaps before GP practice accreditation.
CTEC acknowledges the educational contribution provided by the UWA School of Population Health in the development of this workshop.
Workshop Content
- The role of the Practice Nurse
- Treatment room setup
- Equipment and instrumentation
- Consumables selection and suitability
- Local anaesthesia
- Documentation required for medico-legal and accreditation purposes.
- Cleaning and sterilisation
- Procedural assistance with the GP from your practice
- Surgical scrub technique
Practical Sessions
- Wound closure
- Dressings, old and new - what’s essential and practical
- Plaster of Paris casts and backslabs
- Knot tying and suturing techniques
- Managing lacerations
- Patient positioning
- IV cannulation
Workshop Inclusions
- Simulation models
- Didactic sessions
- All meals and refreshments
- Limited places to maximise practical learning time
2025 Fee
WA Nurses: $365
Non-WA Nurses: $420
COVID-19 Information for Workshop Participants
Workshop content, date and convenors may be subject to change or cancellation due to unforeseen circumstances.
Convenors
Accreditations or CPD Approvals
This educational activity will be submitted to the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA) for endorsement. A Certificate of Attendance will be awarded upon completion of the course.
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Testimonials
"I loved the suturing. The phlebotomy and cannulation (sessions) were most useful. "
"It is an excellent plan to practice on real tissues. This makes the skill (session) realistic."
"In a small rural hospital these skills will be used. "
"It is always good to have information but to put that information into practice by using these skills in the workshop....... it was very hands-on. Time flew by....... "
- 2024 Workshop Participants
Venue
CTEC
The University of Western Australia
Entrance No.2
Hackett Drive, Crawley
Perth, Western Australia
For more information contact
Elisha Thompson
Course Coordinator
T +61 8 6488 8695
E elisha.thompson@uwa.edu.au
CTEC acknowledges the support of the following:
