CPD articles

Our continuing professional development (CPD) articles are designed to assist with your nursing skills and practice.

Safeguarding adults at risk of abuse

Safeguarding adults at risk of abuse

How to recognise the signs and what action to take if abuse is suspected

Recognising and managing migraine

Recognising and managing migraine

Identify migraine triggers, ‘red flag’ symptoms and various management strategies

Managing common neurological complications following cardiac surgery

Managing common neurological complications following cardiac surgery

Risk factors, assessment and treatment of delirium and post-operative cognitive decline

Reducing the risk of suicide among healthcare staff

Reducing the risk of suicide among healthcare staff

Explore the contributory factors involved in suicide, and appropriate interventions

Promoting person-centred care at the end of life

Promoting person-centred care at the end of life

Enhance your knowledge of the benefits and barriers to providing this type of care

Skin tear

Preventing, assessing and treating skin tears

Enhance your knowledge of their pathophysiology, initial treatment and ongoing management

Nurse and patient outside

Assessment, treatment and prevention of vitamin D deficiency

Recognise which groups are at increased risk and how to support them

Assessing and managing pain in older people with dementia

Assessing and managing pain in older people with dementia

Reflect on possible indicators of pain, tools to assess it, and management strategies

Identification, assessment and treatment of urinary incontinence and bowel control issues

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

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

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

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

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