Professional Development for Assistant Nurses | Sydney
The Casey College offers a comprehensive range of short courses for assistant nurses to help you stay on top of your game. From the basic topics, to the very technical ones, we are confident that we will have the course you need.
These courses can be undertaken in small groups on our site or off site, some can even be attended by distance.
Our courses are highly practical. They will leave you feeling truly confident with the new skills you have gained, and you will have fun in the process!
More Short Courses that we can offer you;
| Palliative care | Wound care | Working in the Community Care sector | Nursing & the Law |
| Occupational Health & Safety | Emergency Procedures | Manual Handling | Work Related Fatigue |
| Challenging Behaviours (Dementia, Brain Injury) | Reporting and Report Writing | Professional Boundaries | Conflict Management |
| Access & Equity, Harassment & Discrimination | Cultual Awareness | Provide Quality & Person Centred Care | Child Protection |
| Ventilator care in the home | Tracheostomy care, suctioning & change | Hand ventilation (bagging) | Nebuliser care |
| Personal care | Catheter care | Colostomy care | Bowel care |
| Gastrostomy care | Gastrostomy feeding | Medication Management | Autonomic Dysreflexia |
Cannot find the course you need? Contact us, we can accommodate most needs.
Other Related Courses;
Medication Assistance (for Assistant Nurses)
More Information on Nursing Short Courses
A number of training organisations provide nursing short courses for nurses who want to:
- return to the workforce
- increase their skill set
- follow a specific professional development pathway.
The duration of nursing short courses ranges from a half-day to three months and can be taken as in-class attendance, distance learning or online training.
The typical profile of a registered nurse (RN) coming back to the workforce is a 40-year-old female with school-aged children. She wants shift work that fits in with her family responsibilities and a refresher course that guarantees employment. In Australia, a number of government scholarships and grants are available to nurses returning to the workforce. RNs are often reluctant to return to the workforce, fearing they are out of touch with new technology. Refresher courses are available through health services and training organisations. Nurses who have not practised for five years or more are required to undergo an Assessment of Competence course in order to be assessed against national competency standards for re-entry into the workforce. The aim of the program is to assess the competence of a nurse to practise safe and contemporary nursing. The program can take up to three months to complete.
A number of training organisations provide short courses for nurses who want to improve their skill set and learn from studies that provide professional development for nurses. For example, an advanced assessment skills short course helps nurses improve their assessment skills by integrating evidence-based research into their practice. Areas covered include mental health, respiratory, neurology and cardiac. An aged care rehabilitation short course focuses on current practice issues, evidence-based therapies, and the nurse’s role within a multidisciplinary team. Cancer short courses explore toxicity, clinical guidelines, managing patient symptoms, and supporting patients and families. Chronic and complex care courses are provided for diabetes, renal failure, and heart failure.
Nurses working in aged care can access courses on caring for deteriorating patients. These courses focus on clinical management strategies for stabilising patients based on a case history approach. It involves a problem-solving approach to assessing and managing a variety of conditions, with the aim of improving safety and outcomes.
Other nursing short courses target continence updates, ventilator care in the home, cultural diversity in the workplace, day surgery, electro convulsive therapy (ECT), general practice, infection control in aged care, immunisation, medical imaging, mental health, orthopaedics, palliative care, gastrostomy care and feeding, medication management, tracheostomy care, report writing, emergency procedures, manual handling, colostomy care, assisting with medications, and pharmacology in aged care.
Working with patients, medical staff, managerial staff, and others in the health system place heavy demands on nurses. So, an increasing number of training organisations provide personal development courses that enable nurses to deal with stress in the workplace. These courses provide professional and personal benefits and can be taken in workshops, webinars, seminars and online training. Topics include time management, work-life balance, and sleep improvement. Courses that empower and develop resilience are particularly valuable, especially if they include topics on dealing with conflict, preventing performance breakdown, managing grief, the importance of self-care, and managing change in the workplace.