How cute are these videos? In this blog, we are highlighting the importance of EVERYBODY knowing how to apply critical first aid in an emergency setting, especially around children and infants. It is interesting to reflect that, while a first aid certificate is mandatory for a lot of employment applications, it is not obligatory as a parent!

If you’ve been on the internet lately, you will have seen numerous articles about the University of Melbourne and Deakin study published in the Medical Journal of Australia today.

As Nurse Educators we don’t often get the opportunity to rave about new technologies or gadgets. Tuesday 19th July, however, was an exception for our Managing Director Robin Tchernomoroff.

While not everyone in healthcare organisations work in food preparation, nearly all of us are involved with food handling at some point during our day.

Water is essential for life, and maintaining the correct balance of fluid in the body is crucial to health (Welch, 2010). However, according to a report from the Care Quality Commission (2011), some patients are not being given enough water to drink. The report suggests fluids are being left out of reach, or are not being given at all for long periods. This is unacceptable, and we believe nurses should understand our responsibility around fluid balance.

In 1990, on May 17th, the World Health Organisation declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder. Since 2004 this date has been recognised at the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia.

Yesterday, June 5th 2016, our nursing union, the ANMF, finally got the Victorian Government to agree to wage parity for Victorian nurses with our NSW colleagues! So if, as a nurse you, ever find yourself wondering “do I really need to join the union?”, the answer is “Yes, you really do!”

It’s likely that you’ve seen this photo making the rounds on the internet. But if you’re anything like us, you might have been sceptical and thought it was one of the 1000s of ‘fake’ click-bait pictures we seen on social media. However, we’ve done our research and this is honestly a picture of a man doing mid-air mouth-to-mouth.

“They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old; Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them.” – For the Fallen, L. Binyon.

All of us at LearnPRN & Nurse CPD Online are so excited to tell you that we have updated all of our elearning programs – they’re faster, cleaner and responsive. Which means they look and feel better than ever; and work on your smartphones and tablets too!