Practice Nurse Education Day

Practice Nurses working in Eastern Melbourne PHN's catchment are invited to join us for a day of education and networking.

The day includes clinical education on the management of diabetes and heart failure in addition to other relevant practice topics.

Registrations close at 5pm on 2 May.

Morning tea and lunch will be provided.

Program:

8.30am - Sign-in, coffee & networking

9.15am - Welcome & introduction

9.30am - Diabetes Victoria

• Management of diabetes in primary care
• Providing education for patients
• Chronic disease management

11.00am - Morning tea

11.30am - Updates

• MyHealth Record for Practice Nurses
• MyMedicare
• HealthPathways
• POLAR

12.30pm - Lunch

1.30pm - Heart Failure

• Introduction to heart failure including basic physiology & recommended therapies
• The importance of good diagnostic data in clinic software
• How to best educate and provide a GP management plan to assess patients with heart failure

3.00pm - Break

3.15pm - MBS billing for care planning & health assessments

4.00pm - Close