CPD articles
Our continuing professional development (CPD) articles are designed to assist with your nursing skills and practice.
Helping people live with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
How nurses can have a positive effect on the lives of people with COPD
Effective communication with older people
Nurses can overcome communication barriers through thoughtful interventions
Approaches to managing older people using opiates and their risk of dependence
There is little doubt that opiates have transformed healthcare, particularly in relation to...
Ethical practice in dementia care
This article draws on a range of case study examples from dementia care and explains how...
Sexuality and sexual intimacy in later life
Sexuality is as important in older age as it is throughout life, and its expression can be...
Maintaining skin health in older people
Skin changes associated with age are inevitable. Ageing is associated with structural and...
Assessment, prevention and treatment of faecal incontinence in older people
Faecal incontinence is an impaired ability to control the passage of stool, often described...
Assessment and management of older people with venous leg ulcers
A venous leg ulcer (VLU) is defined as the loss of skin below the knee on the leg or foot in...
Care of older patients with delirium in hospital
This article aims to assist nurses and nursing students to consider the presentation of...
Approaches to acute pain management in older people
Pain is a diverse, individual experience and is associated with distress and suffering....
Importance of nutrition in preventing and treating pressure ulcers
Pressure ulcers are painful, and affect patients’ health, mobility and well-being. They also...
Caring for patients with Parkinson’s disease in general hospital settings
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a common progressive neurological condition. There are 127,000...