CPD articles
Our continuing professional development (CPD) articles are designed to assist with your nursing skills and practice.
Pathogenesis, diagnosis and management of Paget’s disease of the bone
Paget’s disease of the bone is a chronic condition that affects bone remodelling in focal...
26 Sep 2014
Chronic heart failure: pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment
Heart failure has significant prevalence in older people: the mean average age of patients...
29 Aug 2014
Pathogenesis, diagnosis and management of osteomalacia
Osteomalacia is a musculoskeletal condition that results in soft bones due to ineffective...
30 Jun 2014
An overview of communication, movement and perception difficulties after stroke
For many people who have had a stroke, weakness or paralysis on one side - hemiparesis or...
30 May 2014
An overview of chronic kidney disease in older people
There is a lack of consensus about how early chronic kidney disease (CKD) should be...
27 Nov 2013
Prevention and treatment of acute ischaemic stroke
When someone has a stroke it can cause death or severe disability. However, advances in...
01 Oct 2013
Prescribing and medicines management in older people
The aim of this article is to explore prescribing and medicines management in older people....
01 Sep 2013
Countering the stereotype of the unpopular patient
Labelling theory and Stockwell’s seminal work on the unpopular patient can help inform...
01 Jul 2013
Assessment and management of patients with acute red eye
This article provides an overview of the role of the nurse in the assessment and management...
01 Jun 2013
Communicating with older people with dementia
Being able to communicate with older people with dementia requires a high level of...
01 May 2013
Identification and management of patients’ nutritional needs
As individuals age a number of physical and cognitive changes affect their nutritional...
01 Apr 2013
Management of common fractures
The incidence of fractures increases with advancing age partly due to the presence of...
30 Jan 2013
Assessment and management of depression in primary care settings
This article focuses on the assessment and management of depression in older people in...
30 Dec 2012
Understanding gut-immune interactions in management of acute infectious diarrhoea
This article discusses the role that immunity plays in the risk of diarrhoea and the...
26 Nov 2012
A practical guide to writing clinical articles for publication
The sharing of nursing knowledge between clinicians can strengthen the profession....
30 Apr 2012
How person-centred care can improve nurses’ attitudes to hospitalised older patients
The relationship between the attitudes and behaviours of nurses and the resulting care that...
27 Feb 2012
The challenges of caring for patients with influenza
Influenza is an acute, highly infectious viral infection. Seasonal outbreaks occur annually...
29 Dec 2011
Making better use of older people’s narratives
For some nurses, conversations with an older patient are simply the backdrop to caregiving;...
24 Jul 2011