This is training for keyworkers who have service users with emotion dysregulation on their caseload.

Training will be based on DBT principles and includes learning about DBT, some skills and brief interventions.

The training runs over two days and must be attended in full in order to receive a certificate of attendance.

About:  This training is mandatory for all MH&A registered nurses, allied health & medical staff. All staff should attend 2 yearly updates.
Who is this for:  
Prerequisites:  
Frequency:  2 yearly
Time:  
Course contact:  Nadine Lake

This study day is for mental health assistants & rehabilitation workers in inpatient settings. The course covers various topics including communication, documentation, cultural awareness and healthcare assistant policy.

This training is for all MH&A registered nurses in all inpatient settings.

Risk assessment training is designed to teach participants skills in assessing service users’ risk of harm to themselves and others, the level of that risk, how to formulate a plan to promote their safety and that of others, as well as how to effectively communicate this to the service user, their whanau, and to other clinicians in writing.  It is a mandatory training for new and experienced clinicians, as it is to be attended every two years.

Supporting clinicians in secondary services to develop practical skills for working with whānau.

Welcome to the Safe practice and effective communication initial four day training.  Here you will learn the core principles and fundamental skills of communication, de-escalation and trauma informed care.  On completion of this course, you will be equipped with the knowledge, skills and techniques required to successfully communicate and/or de-escalate a distressed service user, in a manner which is safe, caring and compassionate.  Staff attending this course will have increased awareness of the psychological and physical harm that can be caused by coercive practice, restraint and/or seclusion.  Staff that attend this course will be taught techniques to break-away from dangerous or compromising situations.  Staff attending this course will also be taught how to keep a service user and themselves safe, in the unfortunate event that all other options have failed and a service user requires restraint to contain an imminently dangerous or high risk behaviour.          

The Stepped Care training sessions aim to give a brief outline of particular topics and to develop skills in the these areas.

For staff that have not done our workshop this 1 day training will provide them with extra skills and support to implement the Supporting Parents Healthy Children Guidelines in to their work.  We will be looking at the impact of parental mental health issues on parents, parenting and children, discuss expectations of staff and look at practical skills to increase participant’s confidence in starting conversations about parenting. The workshop will be open to ADHB staff working in the area as well as staff at Ember Korowai Takitini (formerly Connect Supporting Recovery).

Kia ora, welcome to the Midline Dressing Change Skill Validation Course for Te Toka Tumai Auckland. This course is for all Te Toka Tumai Auckland staff who manage Midline dressings in their clinical role.

Kia ora, welcome to the Midline Removal Skill Validation Course for Te Toka Tumai Auckland. This course is for all Te Toka Tumai Auckland staff who remove Midlines in their clinical role.

Kia ora, welcome to the Midlines course for Te Toka Tumai - Auckland. This course is designed to provide an overview of managing Midlines.

Each module within this course is worth CPE, as are the associated skill validations.

This quiz will help Auckland DHB HR professionals test their knowledge about the contents of myHR on the intranet.

Uploading your completed audit form constitutes a legal statement that you have demonstrated your ability satisfactorily.

In due course, the course Tutor will confirm this and award you a PASS (10/10)

Kia Ora & Welcome, 
This course is developed to enable new & existing healthcare professionals to understand the standards expected for assessing adult patients using the Glasgow Coma Score (GCS), within Ward 83 Neurosurgery Department. 
Neurosurgery uses Neuro Adult Vital Signs Chart CR5840, these 2 separate tools (GCS & EWS) combined one page are measured separately & not graded together.  GCS measures the decrease in consciousness, scores from each section of the scale are useful for describing disruptions in the nervous system & help providers track changes.  

Teasdale & Jennett (1974) describe the GCS scale as an assessment of coma & impaired consciousness as a way to communicate altered levels of consciousness (LOC) with patients with an acute brain injury.

The GCS scale guide helps measure and monitor trends using three key modes of behaviours (eye, verbal, motor) & their responses with a minimum GCS of 3 & total GCS of 15.  

In comparison to Te Toka Tumai wards use NZEWS Adult Vital Signs chart.  This system uses a the Alert, Voice, Pain, Unresponsive (AVPU) scale which is taught to healthcare professionals & first aiders how to record the patients LOC.  

Using a tick √ instead of a • or χ to graph as to track & trace a trend GCS example above

Where as GCS is measuring higher brain functioning for best response & graphing a trend - in conjunction with Pupil assessment & limb strength. 

Neuro Vital Signs Chart CR5840 (clinical forms) can also be used as a resource outside this department, please contact Ward 83 Neurosurgery Department for Te Toka Tumai Auckland for questions.   

All other wards for suspected Falls please ref to clinical forms for Adult Observation Chart CR5782A & use this Neuro Obs Chart.

You may also wish to refresh your Neuro assessment skills with further learning, refer to Clinical Assessment e Learn module to complement Neuro Obs skills. 

E noho rā & Goodbye 

Mā wai tēnei | Who is this for: All staff at Te Toka Tumai Auckland - specific to mental health & addictions staff (working in the Kāhui o te Ihi Directorate at Te Toka Tumai Auckland)

Takawā | Time: 7 hours

Course contact: Aaryn Niuapu, Lived Experience Director

Method: Face to face

Frequency: Once

This course for any nurse working with adults who is interested in learning more about swallowing, swallowing disorders, and tips on helping dependent feeders. This course is also the first step in completing training for the Nurse Dysphagia Screen.

Kia ora! 

Each time a handover occurs there is an associated risk to the patient/service user. This policy outlines the accountability, best practice principles of handover, expected standards and structure for handover at Auckland DHB.

The expectations of this course are that you will: 

• read the policy 
• access any resource page(s) on Hippo 
• review your handover process against the standards expected
• complete the self-evaluation section  - this acknowledges that you have read the policy/guideline and have had an opportunity to discuss any questions you have with your preceptor/nurse educator or manager 

The overall aim of this page is to provide nurses new to Te Toka Tumai Auckland with access to all the Ko Awatea resources they may need to familiarise themselves with to practice safely.

The Deaf Awareness and NZ Sign Language workshop is a 1-hour unique opportunity to learn about Deaf culture and NZ Sign Language from a qualified NZSL trainer. 

Participants will learn some of the basics such as how to introduce yourself, fingerspell and some useful greetings. All participants will receive a pack of sign language cards for the words and phrases you will learn. We encourage you to learn them and then teach them to your colleagues and whānau.

As a Hearing accredited organisation, Te Toka Tumai is actively working towards creating a positive and inclusive environment for everyone with hearing loss.