Posted 25 March 2020 - 10:43
Posted 25 March 2020 - 10:43
Evidence and Practice
COVID-19 clinical resource for nurses
Free COVID-19 clinical articles and learning modules for nurses and frontline NHS staff caring for COVID-19 patients
Please note that we also have a COVID-19 clinical resource for the temporary register, so some articles and learning modules appear in both resources
This free clinical resource contains peer-reviewed and evidence-based articles and learning modules which address some of the areas of care that COVID-19 patients may require.
Written by clinical experts, this resource will support any nurse or frontline NHS staff working through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Always practice in line with the NMC Code and other regulatory requirements, your scope of practice and level of competence.
Disclaimer: Please note that information provided by RCNi and RCNi Learning is not sufficient to ensure competence in the skill. Assessment of competence should take place in line with local practice. Practice should always align with local protocols and procedures, latest guidelines and any regulatory Code.
Fighting COVID-19
Clinical articles
- Use of personal protective equipment in nursing practice
- Effective infection prevention and control: the nurse's role
- Using the ABCDE approach to assess the deteriorating patient
- Overview of the incidence, early identification and management of sepsis
- Undertaking an accurate and comprehensive assessment of the acutely ill adult
- Patient transfer from the intensive care unit to a general ward
- How to inform relatives and loved ones of a patient's death
- Understanding the principles and aims of intravenous fluid therapy
RCNi Learning modules
Essentials of care
Clinical articles
- How to undertake oral medicines calculations
- How to undertake intravenous infusion calculations
- Assessing and documenting fluid balance
- How to undertake venepuncture to obtain venous blood samples
RCNi Learning modules
- Reducing medication errors in nursing practice
- Promoting the 6 Cs of nursing in patient assessment
- How to care for a patient after death in hospital
- How to care for a patient after death in the community
- An evidence-based approach to intramuscular injection technique
- An evidence-based approach to subcutaneous injection technique
- How to insert a peripheral cannula
- How to administer an enema
- How to administer suppositories
- How to remove an indwelling urinary catheter in female patients
- Improving healthcare outcomes through the delivery of patient-centred care
- How to insert a nasogastric tube and ensure safe positioning
Staff wellbeing
Clinical articles
- Exploring how mindfulness and self-compassion can enhance compassionate care
- Developing resilience: the role of nurses, healthcare teams and organisations
- Assessing the effect of physical activity and exercise on nurses' well-being
- Supporting nurses to adopt healthy eating behaviours
- Effects of singing groups on staff well-being: a feasibility study
- Implementing laughter therapy to enhance the well-being of patients and nurses