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

Nursing care plans in mental health

An exploration of best practice in co-creating recovery-orientated care plans

Improving physical health of people with mental illness: holistic nursing assessments

People with a mental illness are more susceptible to physical ill health

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...

Well-being, physical and mental health: part 1

This article explains how physical health fits into the overall well-being of a person and...

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...

Supporting women with mental health issues

The number of women experiencing mental ill health has increased, with young women more...

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 ‘...

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...

Exploring self-awareness in mental health practice

Self-awareness is integral to the development of mental health practitioners. This article...

Eye movement desensitisation reprocessing (EMDR)

Aims and intended learning outcomes This article discusses one of the trauma-focused...

Managing depression: an overview

Depression is a common health problem but it is both under-detected and under-treated. It is...

Alzheimer’s disease: caring for the carers

Support from carers is a key factor in the community care of people with dementia, but the...

Management of aggression and violence in mental health settings

This article employs recently published material to reflect on issues relating to the...

National nursing leadership programme

The NHS Plan ( DoH 2000 ) clearly articulates the need to modernise the health service in...

Understanding and working with bereavement

Although we all experience bereavement at some point in our lives, the experience of...

Depression: Nature, assessment and treatment using behavioural activation (Part 2)

This is the second in a two-part Continuing Professional Development article on behavioural...

Depression: Nature, assessment and treatment using behavioural activation (Part 1)

This two-part Continuing Professional Development article presents the treatment of...

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