RCN accredited events and conferences
The RCN accredits a range of events which contribute to your professional development. RCN accreditation ensures the event has been rigourously assessed and meets the RCN's quality standards, promotes best practice and provides effective education outcomes. The following list gives details of RCN accredited events. These events are NOT developed or delivered by the RCN but by external organisations.
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Training courses on teaching life enrichment and exercise to older people
Location: Poole, Dorset
Date: 06 January 2010 to 30 June 2010
This course will provide the knowledge, skills and understanding required to promote the health and well-being of older people by helping to meet their physical, psychological, cognitive, social and spiritual needs.
Sexual Health Skills Course
Location: World Wide Web / Internet
Date: 11 January 2010 to 16 April 2010
Sexual health matters! Developing practice & life-long learning
Law and medical ethics
Location: This course is taken online
Date: 18 January 2010 to 26 March 2010
An online course exploring the legal and ethical aspects of contemporary health care
Life enrichment facilitator for older people training course and teaching evidence based exercise to older people
Location: St Swithun's Centre, Bournemouth
Date: 26 January 2010 to 15 December 2010
This course will provide the knowledge, skills and understanding required to promote the health and well-being of older people by helping to meet their physical, psychological, cognitive, social and spiritual needs.
Information rights and responsibilities: data protection and freedom of information
Location: This course is taken online
Date: 01 February 2010 to 19 March 2010
An online course to update your knowledge of data protection and freedom of information
Practice nurse: allergy and food intolerance training
Location: Edinburgh/Inverness/Hawick
Date: 08 March 2010 to 23 April 2010
Training in food clinics to coach and mentor patients with food problems to isolate food problems and develop sustainable individual food strategies
Deteriorating patient
Location: RCN, 20 Cavendish Square, London
Date: 23 March 2010 to 23 March 2010
This one day conference will include a series of presentations providing a practical guide to recognising and responding to the deteriorating patient improving the reliability of patient observations and benchmarking practice to ensure the safety of acutely ill patients on the wards.
Improving patient safety through case note review
Location: 76 Portland Place, London
Date: 24 March 2010 to 24 March 2010
Through a variety of presentations and case studies from leading patient safety and healthcare professionals, including representatives from the National Patient Safety First Campaign, and the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, you will hear about the use of Case Note Reviews as a patient safety tool, including using Case Note Reviews to identify and reduce unnecessary harm and training, education and coaching staff to undertake Case Note Reviews.
Distraction therapy and guided imagery workshop
Location: Weston House, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust
Date: 08 April 2010 to 08 April 2010
Single-day training workshop on relaxation and guided imagery for pain in children
Distraction therapy and guided imagery workshop
Location: Weston House, Great Ormond St Hospital for Children NHS Trust
Date: 12 April 2010 to 12 April 2010
This single-day workshop is specifically aimed to meet the needs of health professionals who are interested in advancing their knowledge and skills in managing pain in children. Participants will deepen their understanding of the psychology and neurophysiology of pain and fear and they will learn how to use Focussed Breathing, Relaxation and Guided Imagery as interventions that can be combined with pharmacological approaches to managing pain.