To purchase this micro-credential
Visit the website Early Detection of Deterioration in Elderly (EDDIE) and complete the following steps:
- Go to “How to Apply”
- Add this micro-credential (and others) to a shopping cart 🛒
- Login or establish your account if you don’t already have one
Course Summary:
This online micro-credential introduces EDDIE, a clinical guide for nursing in aged care. Early Detection of Deterioration in Elderly or EDDIE is a program that aims to help nursing staff detect signs of deteriorating health in the elderly early and to provide subacute care in order to avoid hospitalisation. Early detection results in better outcomes for the client.
This is a non-creditable micro-credential which is awarded a digital badge and Certificate of Completion which can be shared to your social networks and displayed in your professional portfolio.
Learning Outcomes:
- Recognise common subacute conditions in the elderly
- Outline signs of deterioration
- Identify common causes of deterioration.
Assessment: Online Quiz
Fee: Free
Duration: 1 hour
Intakes: Enrolments are taken throughout the year on a continuous basis.
Study Mode: Online
Outcomes, Career Opportunities and Occupations:
Undertaking this micro-credential enables students to meet their Continuing Professional Development obligations and industry update requirements in their profession. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be awarded Continuing Professional
Development (CPD) hours, a non-creditable micro-credential (Digital Badge) and a Certificate of Completion.
Course Enquiries: CPD-Enquiries@cqu.edu.au
CQUniversity's EDDIE project is already making an impact with significant results being achieved.
To purchase this micro-credential
Visit the website Follow Safe Work Practices for Direct Client Care and complete the following steps:
- Go to “How to Apply”
- Add this micro-credential (and others) to a shopping cart 🛒
- Login or establish your account if you don’t already have one
Summary:
This online micro-credential describes the skills and knowledge required for a healthcare worker to participate in safe work practices, to ensure their own health and safety and that of others in work environments involving direct care for clients. The micro-credential focuses on maintaining safety for the worker, the people being supported and other community members.
This is a non-creditable micro-credential which is awarded a digital badge and Certificate of Completion which can be shared to your social networks and displayed in your professional portfolio.
Learning Outcomes:
- Understand the process of following safe work practices for providing direct client care
- Outline the process of following safe work practices for manual handling
- Understand the principles of following safe work practices for infection control
- Knowledge of how to contribute to safe work practices in the workplace
- Able to reflect on your own work practices.
Assessment: Online Quiz
Fee: $25
Duration: 1 hour
Intake: Enrolments are taken throughout the year on a continuous basis.
Study Mode: Online
Outcomes, Career Opportunities and Occupations:
Undertaking this micro-credential enables students to meet their Continuing Professional Development obligations and industry update requirements in their profession. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be awarded Continuing Professional
Development (CPD) hours, a non-creditable micro-credential (Digital Badge) and a Certificate of Completion.
Course Enquiries: CPD-Enquiries@cqu.edu.au
To purchase this micro-credential
Visit the website Principles of Manual Handling, Mobility and Transfers in the Community and complete the following steps:
- Go to “How to Apply”
- Add this micro-credential (and others) to a shopping cart 🛒
- Login or establish your account if you don’t already have one
Summary:
This online micro-credential provides an overview of manual handling risks, management and controls to reduce injury to workers and ensure client safety. It also overviews common mobility aids used in the community and the physical aspects of common transfer procedures in the community setting.
This is a non-creditable micro-credential which is awarded a digital badge and Certificate of Completion which can be shared to your social networks and displayed in your professional portfolio.
Learning Outcomes:
- Describe and identify Manual Handling risks and apply Manual Handling Principles for safe practice
- Describe physical work practices, knowledge and skills for manual handling
- Recognise the importance of assessment and planning for client mobilisation and transfers.
Assessment: Online Quiz
Fee: $45
Duration: 2 hours
Intakes: Enrolments are taken throughout the year on a continuous basis.
Study Mode: Online
Outcomes, Career Opportunities and Occupations:
Undertaking this micro-credential enables students to meet their Continuing Professional Development obligations and industry update requirements in their profession. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be awarded Continuing Professional
Development (CPD) hours, a non-creditable micro-credential (Digital Badge) and a Certificate of Completion.
Course Enquiries: CPD-Enquiries@cqu.edu.au
- Teacher: Shelli Cole
To purchase this micro-credential
Visit the website Reporting Elder Abuse in the Community Setting and complete the following steps:
- Go to “How to Apply”
- Add this micro-credential (and others) to a shopping cart 🛒
- Login or establish your account if you don’t already have one
Course Summary:
This online micro-credential was developed for all health professionals and members of the public to assist them with guiding through reporting options of elder abuse. As a health professional either working in the community or in the residential setting for aged care, you are in the front line to see the signs and symptoms of abuse or neglect. At the conclusion of this micro-credential you will develop a foundation for recognition, responding and reporting in the aged care sector.
This is a non-creditable micro-credential which is awarded a digital badge and Certificate of Completion which can be shared to your social networks and displayed in your professional portfolio.
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify a foundation for the recognition of elder abuse
- Outline appropriate actions for reporting and responding.
Fee: Free
Duration: 1 Hour
Intakes: Enrolments are taken throughout the year on a continuous basis.
Study Mode: Online
Outcomes, Career Opportunities and Occupations:
Undertaking this micro-credential enables students to meet their Continuing Professional Development obligations and industry update requirements in their profession. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be awarded Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours, a non-creditable micro-credential (Digital Badge) and a Certificate of Completion.
Course Enquiries: CPD-Enquiries@cqu.edu.au
To purchase this micro-credential
Visit the website Falls Prevention in the Community and complete the following steps:
- Go to “How to Apply”
- Add this micro-credential (and others) to a shopping cart 🛒
- Login or establish your account if you don’t already have one
Course Summary:
Falls can happen to anyone, anywhere and at anytime. As you grow older however, falls increase in likelihood and injuries tend to become more severe. This online micro-credential introduces the common precautions and strategies that can be implemented in our homes to prevent the risk of falling.
This is a non-creditable micro-credential which is awarded a digital badge and Certificate of Completion which can be shared to your social networks and displayed in your professional portfolio.
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify the common risk factors for falls in the home
- Recognise the potential intrinsic and extrinsic risks for falls
- Explore falls prevention management strategies in your work practice.
Assessment: Quiz
Fee: $25
Duration: 1 hour
Intakes: Enrolments are taken throughout the year on a continuous basis.
Study Mode: Online
Outcomes, Career Opportunities and Occupations:
Undertaking this micro-credential enables students to meet their Continuing Professional Development obligations and industry update requirements in their profession. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be awarded Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours, a non-creditable micro-credential (Digital Badge) and a Certificate of Completion.
Course Enquiries: CPD-Enquiries@cqu.edu.au
To purchase this micro-credential
Visit the website Working Legally and Ethically in Health Care and complete the following steps:
- Go to “How to Apply”
- Add this micro-credential (and others) to a shopping cart 🛒
- Login or establish your account if you don’t already have one
Course Summary:
This online micro-credential describes the skills and knowledge required to identify and work within the legal and ethical frameworks that apply to an individual job role.
This is a non-creditable micro-credential which is awarded a digital badge and Certificate of Completion which can be shared to your social networks and displayed in your professional portfolio.
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify and respond to legal requirements
- Identify and meet ethical responsibilities
- Understand how to contribute to workplace improvements.
Assessment: Online Quiz
Fee: $25
Duration: 1 hour
Intakes: Enrolments are taken throughout the year on a continuous basis.
Study Mode: Online
Outcomes, Career Opportunities and Occupations:
Undertaking this micro-credential enables students to meet their Continuing Professional Development obligations and industry update requirements in their profession. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be awarded Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours, a non-creditable micro-credential (Digital Badge) and a Certificate of Completion.
Course Enquiries: CPD-Enquiries@cqu.edu.au
To purchase this micro-credential
Visit the website The National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards and complete the following steps:
- Go to “How to Apply”
- Add this micro-credential (and others) to a shopping cart 🛒
- Login or establish your account if you don’t already have one
Course Summary:
This online micro-credential will provide an overview of each of the 10 National Standards and outline the relevance to the health professional. The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the commission) was created by Health Ministers in 2006, and funded by all governments on a cost sharing basis, to lead and coordinate health care safety and quality improvements in Australia. The Standards provide a nationally consistent statement of the level of care consumers should be able to expect from health service organisations.
This is a non-creditable micro-credential which is awarded a digital badge and Certificate of Completion which can be shared to your social networks and displayed in your professional portfolio
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify each of the 10 Standards of the National Safety and Quality Health Service
- Develop an understanding of the relevance to nursing practice
- Recognise that the standards were developed to protect consumers, the workforce and organisations through best evidence based practice.
Assessment: Online Quiz
Fee: Free
Duration: 1 hour
CPD Hours: 1 hour
Intakes: Enrolments are taken throughout the year on a continuous basis.
Study Mode: Online
Outcomes, Career Opportunities and Occupations:
This course provides Professional Development for health professionals.
Undertaking this course enables students to meet their Continuing Professional Development obligations and industry update requirements in their profession. Upon successful completion of the course, students will be awarded Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours and a CQUniversity Certificate of Completion.
Course Enquiries: CPD-Enquiries@cqu.edu.au