CPD articles
Our continuing professional development (CPD) articles are designed to assist with your nursing skills and practice.
Well-being, physical and mental health: Helping service users cope with schizophrenia
Part 3 of our series explores the causes of schizophrenia and how it can lead to self-neglect
04 Sep 2019
Nursing care plans in mental health
An exploration of best practice in co-creating recovery-orientated care plans
30 Jul 2019
Improving physical health of people with mental illness: holistic nursing assessments
People with a mental illness are more susceptible to physical ill health
11 Jun 2019
Well-being, physical and mental health: part 2. Responding to trauma
Mental and physical health work together to support well-being, and never more importantly...
02 Apr 2019
Well-being, physical and mental health: part 1
This article explains how physical health fits into the overall well-being of a person and...
19 Dec 2018
Solution-oriented learning: an approach that promotes motivation and resilience
This article explores the use of solution-oriented learning as an approach to coping with...
29 Aug 2018
Supporting women with mental health issues
The number of women experiencing mental ill health has increased, with young women more...
02 May 2018
Understanding and implementing the nurse’s holding power (section 5(4)) of the Mental...
This article explores section 5(4) of the Mental Health Act, which permits nurses of a ‘...
11 Sep 2014
Physical healthcare needs: oral hygiene in the mental health setting
Nurses need to understand the importance of oral hygiene because of its effects on the...
07 Mar 2012
Exploring self-awareness in mental health practice
Self-awareness is integral to the development of mental health practitioners. This article...
13 Nov 2008
Eye movement desensitisation reprocessing (EMDR)
Aims and intended learning outcomes This article discusses one of the trauma-focused...
01 Apr 2006
Managing depression: an overview
Depression is a common health problem but it is both under-detected and under-treated. It is...
01 Jun 2004
Alzheimer’s disease: caring for the carers
Support from carers is a key factor in the community care of people with dementia, but the...
01 May 2004
Management of aggression and violence in mental health settings
This article employs recently published material to reflect on issues relating to the...
01 Apr 2004
National nursing leadership programme
The NHS Plan ( DoH 2000 ) clearly articulates the need to modernise the health service in...
01 Nov 2002
Understanding and working with bereavement
Although we all experience bereavement at some point in our lives, the experience of...
01 Oct 2002
Depression: Nature, assessment and treatment using behavioural activation (Part 2)
This is the second in a two-part Continuing Professional Development article on behavioural...
01 Sep 2002
Depression: Nature, assessment and treatment using behavioural activation (Part 1)
This two-part Continuing Professional Development article presents the treatment of...
01 Jul 2002