Guides: Nursing: Nursing Care

NMT Videos

eBooks

Clinical Nursing Skills (2024)
Fundamentals of Nursing (2024)
Nursing Care Planning Made Incredibly Easy! (2018) This book describes the importance of the nursing process and of mastering a concept map framework to better implement the nursing process.
Nursing: Health Education and Improving Patient Self-Management (2018) This book focuses on the role of nursing professionals in promoting the self-management of their patients and becoming more patient-centred health professionals.

Websites

Websites

The ABCDE Approach to Assessment - Australian Resuscitation Council
ABCDE cognitive aid tool in patient assessment – development and validation in a multicenter pilot simulation study (2020) The so called ABCDE approach (Airway-Breathing-Circulation-Disability-Exposure) is a golden standard of patient assessment. The efficacy of using cognitive aids (CA) in resuscitation and peri-arrest situations remains an important knowledge gap. This work aims to develop an ABCDE CA tool (CAT) and study its potential benefits in patient condition assessment.
Serious illness: ABCDE Assessment - Perth Children's Hospital (2023) To guide PCH Emergency Department (ED) staff with the assessment and management of serious illness.
Why you should use an ABCDE approach to patient assessment (2021) The ABCDE approach is the most recognised tool for rapid patient assessment, it allows us to recognise life-threatening conditions early and provides a systematic method that focuses on fixing problems before moving on, meaning we implement critical interventions in a timely manner.

Videos

Websites

ECU - Clinical handover - The use of iSoBAR This interprofessional learning through simulation resource package consists of two components: an audiovisual resource and a supporting facilitator manual. In order to optimise the learning opportunities from this package it is recommended that participants are firstly introduced to the concepts of interprofessional learning and human factors in health care.
Implementation Toolkit for Clinical Handover Improvement (2011) The Toolkit comprises a range of project management tools and resources to assist with clinical handover improvement and has been adapted for use in all healthcare settings.
WA Clinical Handover (2022) Clinical handover is: "...is an explicit transfer of information supporting the transfer of clinical accountability and responsibility between healthcare professionals to enable continuity of care for the patient”. Failure in clinical handover is a major source of preventable patient harm.

Videos

Correct Clinical Handover: NSW Health - 2016 (4:45 Minutes) This video is a training tool developed at Liverpool Hospital to show correct clinical handover. South Western Sydney Local Health District is one of the largest health districts in New South Wales.

Websites

Falls and the elderly - Health Direct (2023) Why are falls concerning for older people? Why might older people fall? What other risk factors are there for a fall? When should I see my doctor? How are falls treated? How can falls be prevented? What are the complications following a fall? Resources and support Related information on Australian websites.
Fall Prevention Resources: Safe Exercise at Home (2024) Resources for older people and health professionals to assist in falls prevention.
Inpatient falls prevention - WA Department of Health (2024) Falls continue to be the most commonly reported critical incident category across all severities of patient harm(external site). The hospital setting is associated with an increased risk of falling among older people due to additional risk factors from both illness and a variety of unfamiliar and complex environmental hazards.
NSQHS - Falls prevention (2009) Falls are a significant cause of potential harm in health care, and are a national safety and quality priority.

Articles

Designing and evaluating falls prevention education with residents and staff in aged care home: a feasibility study (2022) The purpose of this study was to co-design a falls prevention education programme with aged care home residents and staff and evaluate its feasibility.
Exploring hospital inpatients' awareness of their falls risk (2023) The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions and experiences that influence a patient's understanding of their fall risk in regional Australian hospitals.
Inpatient falls prevention: state-wide survey to identify variability in Western Australian hospitals (2021) A point prevalence survey was conducted across Western Australia to monitor adherence to evidence-based practices to prevent falls in hospitals.

Relevant Units of Competency:

HLTENN035: Practice nursing within the Australian health system

HLTENN043: Implement and monitor care for a person with acute health conditions

HLTENN044: Implement and monitor care for a person with chronic health conditions

HLTENN047: Apply nursing practice in the primary health care setting

HLTENN068: Provide end of life care and palliative approach in nursing practice

HLTINF006: Apply basic principles and practices of infection prevention and control

HLTWHS002 Follow safe work practices for direct client care

CHCPRP003: Reflect on and improve own professional practice

HLTAAP002: Confirm Physical Health Status