Community Health and Care News

The RDNS Education Centre has secured funding through the Australian Flexible Learning Framework to conduct a trial for the implementation of personal digital portfolios with a group of RDNS Education Diploma of Nursing students during the second half of 2010. The RDNS proposal was one of only 3 projects to be funded nationally out of a high-quality competitive group of 20 submissions.

This project will provide valuable knowledge to support the extended implementation of digital portfolios as learning and professional registration tools for nursing students, current practicing nurses and other health professionals.

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A new health program trialled by the Royal District Nursing Service of South Australia, in partnership with a major Adelaide hospital, GPs and funded by SA Health as part of SA Health GP Plus strategy to support new ways of working to improve patient outcomes recently won a national 'Australian Business Award for Community Contribution.'

The program has produced a stunning result in the first 18 months – reducing unplanned hospital visits by more than 50 percent..

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The Joanna Briggs Institute takes great pleasure in inviting you to attend the 2010 National Australian Conference on Evidence-based Clinical Leadership, to be hosted in the beautiful city of Adelaide 22-23 November 2010.

Join an all-star cast on set at the Palace Nova Cinema where we will focus on this year's conference theme, "Directing Policy to Action".

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The first South Australian St Vincent de Paul Society 'CEOs Sleepout' will be held next Thursday night, 17 June.

RDNS CEO Dale Cleaver will be given a piece of cardboard and a pillow to spend the night on, with a cup of hot soup for sustenance.

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As a leading health and wellbeing organisation in South Australia, the RDNS is making the move to be a completely smoke-free organisation from today, World No-Tobacco day 2010.

RDNS Spokesperson Professor Debbie Kralik said the overwhelming evidence that smoking causes chronic illness cannot be ignored by health organisations in their workplace policies for the future.....

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Congratulations to RDNS staff members Debbie Kralik and Anne van Loon for winning South Australian Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards.

Debbie, who heads up the Strategy and Research section of the RDNS, won the Leadership award and Anne van Loon won the Researcher award. This is a wonderful achievement in such a highly skilled industry.

Congratulations also to Bronwyn dal Santo who received a nomination for the Enrolled Nurse award.

Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot, visited the Royal District Nursing Service of South Australia in Adelaide today to inspect their award-winning information technology system that is helping provide better support for older South Australians.

The Royal District Nursing Service of South Australia (RDNS SA) received the award for ‘Innovation in Information Technology’ for their use of technology to assist in the delivery of community care services as part of the 2009 Minister’s Award for Excellence in Aged Care. RDNS SA provides community based health and care services....

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People suffering from chronic wounds will now be able to access Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS SA) nurses at select pharmacies in Adelaide. In a first for Australia, the RDNS SA has partnered with community pharmacy group Chemplus to offer expert treatment and essential advice on wound management.

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Federal Minister for Health & Aging praises the RDNS. From the ministers media release on "New Equipment Boosts Breast Screening in South Australia"

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With extreme hot weather hitting Adelaide later this week, older people and those with dementia are especially vulnerable and some will need daily reminders to protect themselves and survive, according to nurses from the Royal District Nursing Service SA.

RDNS spokesperson, Dr Debbie Kralik said RDNS & FOCUS Healthcare nurses together make more than 3000 visits per day across Adelaide’s suburbs, giving them an excellent opportunity to monitor how older people are coping as they struggle with extreme heat...

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A NATIONAL centre that will seek new ways to provide efficient health care at home is being proposed for Adelaide. The RDNS asked the Minister for Health and Aging, Nicola Roxon during her visit to the RDNS for a ministerial forum on Wednesday 6 January.

The proposal is part of the RDNS submission to the Federal Government’s health reform initiative. The health reform consultation forum is being held at the RDNS's Glenside Operations Centre.

RDNS CEO Dale Cleaver said Adelaide is the ideal location for a pilot of this type...

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RDNS SA WINS INNOVATION IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EXCELLENCE AWARD

Federal Minister's awards for excellence in aged care - recognising and honouring best practice in aged care

RDNS SA was the sole South Australian organisation to win an award

I am delighted to advise that RDNS SA is the category winner for Excellence in the Innovation in Information Technology in the 2009 Federal Minister for Ageing Awards for Excellence in Aged Care. Our application was for our Mobility solution...

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With extreme heat forecast to hit Adelaide over the next two days, older people in bushfire-prone areas should consider relocating earlier, according to the Royal District Nursing Service in SA.

Spokesperson Dr Debbie Kralik said older and vulnerable people such as those visited by RDNS staff are often not in a position to evacuate quickly...

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