CPD articles
Our continuing professional development (CPD) articles are designed to assist with your nursing skills and practice.
Infant feeding issues related to gastrointestinal conditions: assessment and management
Developing positive relationships with parents and working in partnership with them
Long term conditions: three ways to give patients the confidence to self-care
Teaching self-care can be woven into the routine conversations nurses have with patients
Role of the community nurse in supporting person-centred end of life care
Some of the challenges that community nurses may experience and how to address them
Identifying and supporting women at risk of, or experiencing, violence and abuse
Enhance your understanding of the forms of violence and abuse women and girls may experience
Recognising and managing non-tuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease
An explanation of the epidemiology, risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of NTM-PD
The menopause: symptoms, treatments and implications for women’s health and well-being
Enhance your knowledge of treatments and strategies available to manage menopausal symptoms
Identifying and managing patients with disease-related malnutrition in primary care
Clinical consequences and potential health and social care costs of untreated malnutrition
Applying public health theory to practice in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
Learn about the six essential elements of public health theory and practice
Nurse prescribing: developing confidence, autonomy and collaboration
Nurse prescribing can benefit patients, prescribing clinicians and healthcare systems
How nurses can promote well-being in personalised care
Harnessing the strengths, skills and resources of people and communities to improve health
How to discuss the human papillomavirus infection with patients in primary care
An overview of HPV, including its types, transmission, links to cancer and testing
Supporting people with dementia who mobilise excessively around and outside of the home
People with dementia who mobilise around and outside the home can present challenges