Registrations for this event are now closed.
Cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions
Are you an experienced nurse wishing to enhance your skills, knowledge and competence in the process of conducting a physical assessment for a palliative care patient?
This ‘hands-on’ Masterclass is a must for senior nurses i.e. Clinical Nurse Specialists, Clinical Nurse Consultants, Nurse Practitioners or Nurse Practitioner Candidates. This Masterclass will be facilitated by experienced palliative care clinicians.
Program objectives:
- To describe the purpose and process for conducting a systematic approach to physical assessment of the palliative care patient.
- To perform an accurate and detailed clinical assessment with a focus on abdominal and respiratory systems and the Mental State Examination.
- To ensure documentation accurately reflects the findings of the clinical assessment, and articulates assessment outcomes.
Important information
The Physical Assessment Masterclass is a face-to-face delivery model requiring practical hands-on assessment of a patient.
All COVID safety precautions will be in place. In the event of an increase in COVID cases which necessitates the cancellation or postponement of the Masterclass, all registrants will be fully refunded.
*NOTE: Please ensure you bring a stethoscope to the Masterclass. Morning tea and lunch will be provided.
Please be aware that places at this Masterclass are restricted so please book early.
Certificates with record of CPD hours will be provided.
This Masterclass will be held at a metropolitan location (TBC) and a Shepparton location (TBC), remember to choose your preferred location when registering.
The Centre is committed to minimising the environmental impact of its education services. We will achieve this by reducing the amount of paper used, as a result presentations will be provided to attendees in a digital format.
For any enquiries, please contact us either by phone at +61 3 9416 0000 or email at centre.palliativecare@svha.org.au.
Cancellation policy: Cancellations of tickets occurring less than seven (7) days prior to an event will incur a 10% administration fee. Cancellations made less than 72 hours prior to an event will forfeit full payment. Substitutes can be made at any time
