CPD articles
Our continuing professional development (CPD) articles are designed to assist with your nursing skills and practice.
Identifying people with deteriorating mental health using a mental state assessment
Read this article to understand the role of a mental state assessment
Understanding nurses’ responsibilities in promoting equality and diversity
Empowering nurses to recognise and challenge discrimination
Managing the effects of cancer and cancer treatments on patients’ nutritional status
Familiarise yourself with nutritional interventions that can support individuals
Recognising the importance of language in effective pain assessment
How language can assist nurses in understanding the patient’s pain experience
Understanding the causes, symptoms and effects of young-onset dementia
Improve your knowledge of the condition and its distinct challenges
Understanding equality and diversity in nursing practice
Increase awareness of forms of discrimination that may be experienced by staff and patients
Understanding the relevance of human rights in healthcare and nursing practice
Learn about the function of human rights, and its relationship with nursing care
Management of haemorrhage and haemorrhagic shock
Learn about their pathophysiology to ensure prompt recognition and treatment
Care of patients undergoing the removal of an indwelling urinary catheter
Know the associated complications and how these can be prevented and managed
Understanding the elements of a holistic wound assessment
Enhance your awareness of factors that affect wound healing and management
Early diagnosis and effective management of sepsis
Learn about prompt early treatment using care bundles such as the ‘sepsis six’
Assessment, diagnosis and management of constipation
The common causes and types of constipation, and the interventions available