OSCA Health Education ® & Health Ed Professionals®
ACUTE COMPLEX CARE COURSE
Course Credit approval with QUT & Griffith Universiities in Undergraduate & Postgraduate Nursing Programs
Includes an Accredited Adult Advanced Life Support Certification Course
COURSE SUMMARY
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 An excellent course for undergraduate and postgraduate
health professional students!
 Course credit approval with Griffith University and the
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in the
undergraduate and postgraduate nursing programs (refer to
credit information).
 Endorsed by the Royal College of Nursing, Australia (RCNA)
and earns Continuing Nursing Education 45 (CNE) points for
national registration requirements.
 Intensive mode delivery
 Feel more confident in managing complex patients
 Includes a fully accredited Adult ALS Certification course .
 Gain greater knowledge and confidence in managing critical
situations during a cardiac arrest.
 Improve your understanding of pneumothorax and
underwater seal chest drainage systems.
 Learn about Acute Coronary Syndrome: STEACS and
NSTEACS and basic 12 lead ECGs.
 Strengthen your knowledge about life threatening cardiac
arrhythmias.
 Interpret and analyse ABGs and how these relate to your
patient’s condition.
 Learn to read chest x-rays for different acute conditions.
 Learn more about acute respiratory assessment and the
evidence related to patient safety and adverse events.
 Strengthen your neurological assessment and understanding
of the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS).
 Learn more about acute abdominal assessment.
 Enjoy learning with expert clinical nurse educators who
provide a friendly and supportive teaching and learning
environment that will assist you to increase your knowledge
and confidence in managing complex patients.
 Options for assessment levels: professional development,
undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
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CREDIT, ENDORSEMENT & ACCREDITATION:
This course receives the following course credit articulation, and
accreditation.
 QUT (12CP) & Griffith (10CP): Universities: Approved for one
course/subject credit transfer in the undergraduate and
postgraduate** nursing programs (Assessment Stream only).
 Please contact us if you with to discuss the credit articulation
process.
 Adult Advanced Life Support Certification Course accreditations:
 Australian College of Nursing (ACN)
 Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)
 Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM)
**Please contact us to discuss the credit application with other
universities **
WHO CAN REGISTER?
 RNs & EENs
 Bachelor of Nursing (BN) Students (Domestic and
International) and Diploma of Nursing **
 Allied Health Professionals
**Enrolment Eligibility**
BN student nurses will have completed all first semester, second year
clinical and pathophysiology courses. Diploma of Nursing students will
be enrolled in their final semester of their program.
PLEASE NOTE: Bachelor of Nursing Students: Please contact the
School of Nursing and Midwifery BN Coordinator to ensure this
course is suitable for your individual study progress, and for international students, that this course is compliant with your study visa
requirements and the Bachelor of Nursing Program study requirements.
THE HIGHLY EXPERIENCED TEACHING TEAM: Ms. Anne Evans Murray & Ms. Heather James
The course is taught by Ms. Anne Evans Murray and Ms. Heather James who are highly experienced and qualified clinical nurse
educators and nurse academics. Anne is the author of the highly successful ECG book, “ECGs Simply” and “Interpretation of
Chest X-rays Simply”, and “Uncomplicating Life, Simply” . Anne is a highly regarded clinical cardiac educator. Both Anne and
Heather have worked extensively throughout Australia and internationally in New Zealand and Asia. They teach a broad range of
clinical nursing topics including acute nursing practices, high dependency, coronary and critical care, emergency nursing, clinical
teaching and learning, curriculum development, evidence based practice, and professional counselling courses to a broad range of
health professionals. Their collaborative, supportive teaching approach encourages students to develop greater clinical
knowledge and confidence and most importantly, the ability to apply this knowledge to clinical practice .
BENEFITS OF THE COURSE
 Study locally in Caboolture!
 The course is delivered in intensive mode and is equivalent to a
12CP (one semester) tertiary course in teaching and study time
 Direct “face to face” teaching by highly experienced nurse educators.
 A very clinically relevant course.
 All course notes and resources provided.
 “Hands on” practical teaching for ALS and assessment skills
 ALS Certification Course (ACN Accredited Course)
 Grading certificate for credit application in undergraduate and
post graduate tertiary programs.
 ‘Certificate of Attendance’ for Professional Development stream
and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points for
annual registration purposes.
ASSESSMENT STREAMS
ACUTE COMPLEX CARE COURSE REGISTRATION FORM
CABOOLTURE NOVEMBER, 2014 COURSE
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U NDERGRADUATE S TATUS :
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The course is offered using multiple assessment streams to
provide the best opportunity for students to access credit into other
formal tertiary health care programs. Students can choose from
three levels of assessment.
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Non– Assessment Stream:
1. Professional Development: Attendance Only
Assessment Stream (Tertiary Standard):
1. Bachelor Level
2. Masters Level
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U NDERGRADU ATE S TATUS E VIDENCE C HECKLIST
To secure student discount, please provide copies of the
following document to validate your student status:
2014 COURSE DATE: CABOOLTURE
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**17th—22nd November**
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Current Student ID
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ALS Practical Day:
**Please Note: Students will be allocated specific days for the ALS
practical component of the course. In the event of large enrolment numbers, it may be necessary to allocate some students to a prac class on
Sunday 23rd November, 2014. If you attend this Sunday group, you are
not required to attend any other practical day. This will be discussed on
the first day of the course.
Course Venue
QUT Caboolture Campus
Tallon Street,
Caboolture. Q.
COURSE ENQUIRIES & ENROLMENTS
Postal Address:
Health Ed Professionals
P.O. Box 746
Ashmore City, Ashmore. Q. 4214
Phone Enquiries:
Heather James: 0407135332 [email protected]
Anne Evans Murray: (07) 5563 3054 or 0412 452950
Website: www.healtheducation.com.au
THE ACUTE CARDIAC CARE COURSE ALSO
OFFERED IN JULY & DECEMBER AT THE GOLD
COAST AND AT CABOOLTURE IN FEBRUARY 2015.
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RNs, EENs and Allied Health Professionals
$1525
Undergraduate Nursing Student (domestic) $ 800
International Students (all disciplines)
$1600
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Refunds and Cancellation
We reserve the right to cancel an event up to 14 days prior to the event if registrations
numbers are insufficient to make the event financially viable. In the unlikely event this
happens a full refund will be made to registrants. Cancellations by registrants 30 days
prior to events will receive a refund less 15% administrative costs. Cancellations less
than 30 days but more than 14 days will receive a 50% refund. Cancellations less than
14 days of event no refunds. All efforts will be made to ensure that the advertised
speakers present at our events or a speaker of similar standard is substituted if they
are unavailable on the day because of unforeseen circumstances .