Further learning

The following list of links will take you to extended learning about this topic. Please note that some of the links will take you to information external to the RCN website.

Learning Zone

• Dignity in health care
• Making sense of patient safety
• Supporting people's nutritional needs

RCN Website

• Nursing practice issues - Diabetes
• Patient safety and human factors 
• Principles of Nursing Practice

Open University

• Diabetes care (free OpenLearn module)
• Diabetes complications (free OpenLearn module)
• Living with diabetes (free OpenLearn module)
• Understanding cardiovascular diseases (free OpenLearn module)
• Factors that influence health: (free OpenLearn module)
• Understanding health (Y158 - Openings module - enquire about fee discounts available to RCN members)
• Introduction to health and social care (K101 - enquire about fee discounts available to RCN members)
• Communication in health and social care (K309 - undergraduate module, enquire about fee discounts available to RCN members)
• Promoting public health: skills, perspectives and practice (K311 - undergraduate module, enquire about fee discounts available to RCN members)

 Other sites

• The Healthcare e-Academy -  a range of health and social care online training courses including diabetes are available to buy.