CPD articles
Our continuing professional development (CPD) articles are designed to assist with your nursing skills and practice.
How to identify, assess and treat urinary incontinence and bowel control issues
Enhance your knowledge of treatment options such as lifestyle interventions and medicines
Meeting the health and social care needs of LGBT+ people
Understand the challenges they often experience and how to improve their care
Understanding the importance of kindness in nursing practice
Recognise the role of kindness in providing high-quality care and improving patient outcomes
Managing malignant wounds in patients receiving palliative care
Learn about wound management strategies that could enhance quality of life
Promoting young people’s mental health: the role of community nurses
Why the pandemic and social media may affect mental health, and how to discuss these issues
An overview of the prevention and management of wound infection
Pathophysiology, risk factors and signs and symptoms of wound infection
Breaking bad news
Communication skills to help you engage in challenging conversations with patients
Understanding and mitigating low health literacy
Source techniques to assist you in communicating with people who have low health literacy
Identifying and managing acute kidney injury
Learn its pathophysiology, staging, signs and symptoms, and treatments
Management of malnutrition in older people in the community
Understand the elements of a person-centred care plan for individuals who are malnourished
Understanding and managing common drug interactions
Enhance your knowledge of some of the mechanisms of drug-drug interactions
Ethical issues arising from the assisted dying debate
Familiarise yourself with the nurse’s role in caring for patients requesting assisted dying