COVID-19 | Essentials of care
Refresh your essential nursing skills with evidence-based clinical articles and learning modules most relevant to COVID-19 (coronavirus)
Examining the effects of COVID-19 on mental health services, service users and nurses
How the negative effects on nurses’ physical and mental well-being can be addressed
Overcoming challenges in community end of life care during the COVID-19 pandemic
How nursing interventions can be adapted to ensure high standards of care are maintained
How to verify the death of a patient
Understanding the legal implications, and the need for sensitivity and compassion
Using effective hand hygiene practice to prevent and control infection
Understand the complex factors that can interfere with hand hygiene compliance
Challenges and facilitators in providing effective end of life care in ICUs
Ways to enhance practice in this area and factors that might affect patient care
Meeting the needs of carers of people at the end of life
Exploring the context of caring at the end of life and the experience of carers
How to undertake venepuncture to obtain venous blood samples
Identifying a suitable vein and the appropriate needle or butterfly device for the procedure
Assessing and documenting fluid balance
How to accurately monitor a patient’s fluid balance
Prone positioning in acute respiratory distress syndrome
Examining the effects of prone positioning in patients with ARDS
Learning modules
How to perform a tracheostomy dressing and inner cannula change
How to perform a tracheostomy dressing and inner cannula change
Caring for patients with a temporary tracheostomy
How to detect and resolve problems early, with reference to best practice guidelines
Improving healthcare outcomes through the delivery of patient-centred care
How to overcome the barriers to providing patient-centred care
How to remove an indwelling urinary catheter in female patients
Removing an indwelling urinary catheter in female patients in a safe, timely, effective and patient-centred manner
Promoting the 6Cs of nursing in patient assessment
Overview of the Patient Assessment and Clinical-reasoning Tool and how to promote the 6Cs of nursing
How to administer suppositories
How to administer suppositories in a safe, effective and patient-centred manner, ensuring privacy and dignity
How to administer an enema
Undertake the administration of enemas in a safe, effective and patient-centred manner
How to insert a peripheral cannula
How to undertake the safe and effective insertion of a peripheral cannula
An evidence-based approach to intramuscular injection technique
Intramuscular injections require a thorough and meticulous approach to patient assessment and injection technique
How to insert a nasogastric tube and ensure safe positioning
How to insert a nasogastric tube and check gastric position at the bedside
How to care for a patient after death in the community
How to care for a patient after death in a community setting and offer the family support
How to care for a patient after death in hospital
How to care for a patient after death and support their family in the hospital setting
Reducing medication errors in nursing practice
Learn about the factors that contribute to medication errors, including the safety culture of institutions
How to wash your hands effectively
A learning module explaining when and how to wash your hands effectively