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La Trobe University’s Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care will be holding 140 free workshops for all nurses (RNs and ENs) who work in Victorian residential aged care homes.
The Comprehensive Health Assessment of the Older Person (CHAOP) workshops involve three days of interactive, hands-on skills development, aided by simulation manikins. Attendees must attend all 3 days. The workshops provide nurses with skills development in the areas of:
- clinical reasoning and general assessment skills
- communication of assessment – professional issues
- musculoskeletal assessment
- nutrition, metabolism and elimination assessment
- cardiovascular assessment
- respiratory assessment
- cognitive and perceptual assessment
- psychosocial assessment
Attend the workshop and:
- update your knowledge and clinical assessment skills with comprehensive health assessment education and training
- increase your confidence and job satisfaction
- add to your hours of continuing professional education.
Cost: Free
Members should request approval to attend the three-day workshop. Depending on your enterprise agreement, professional development leave may be utilised.
Schedule: This series of 140 workshops will be held in rural, regional and Melbourne metropolitan areas during 2025, 2026, 2027 and 2028 for all Victorian nurses.
The workshops are managed by the Victorian Department of Health through the Commonwealth Government’s Strengthening Medicare – Supporting Older Australians initiative.
