CPD articles
Our continuing professional development (CPD) articles are designed to assist with your nursing skills and practice.
Recognising, reducing and preventing deconditioning in hospitalised older people
How nurses can help older people in hospital regain their mobility
Improving nutrition and hydration in older people with dementia in care homes
Person-centred interventions to improve food and drink intake of older people with dementia
Frailty: an overview of concepts, risk factors, assessment tools and interventions
Increase your knowledge of how to assess, prevent and reduce frailty
‘Guiding Lights for effective workplace cultures’
Enhancing the care environment for staff and patients in older people’s care settings
COVID-19 infection prevention and control measures in long-term care settings
Enhance your knowledge of infection prevention measures to reduce risk of COVID transmission
Demonstrating empathy when communicating with older people
Empathy is integral to communication with older people and central to person-centred care
Supporting older people experiencing anxiety through non-pharmacological interventions
Anxiety is a debilitating condition that adversely affects people’s quality of life
Basic assessment and treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms in older women
This article aims to provide nurses with an understanding of lower urinary tract symptoms
Preventing and managing pressure ulcers in patients receiving palliative care
Appropriate nursing care to prevent, improve and heal pressure ulcers
Preventing, identifying and managing delirium in nursing homes and acute settings
Older people in nursing homes are vulnerable to delirium, a condition causing confusion
Holistic pain assessment in older people and older people living with dementia
Nurses have a crucial role in pain assessment for older people and those living with dementia
Sexually speaking: person-centred conversations with people living with a dementia
Nursing responsibilities in addressing sexuality in people living with a dementia