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Mental health in later life
Increase your awareness of the mental health issues experienced by older people and how the multi-professional nature of care for older people requires working in a collaborative way in order to improve mental well-being.
Updated: 8 October 2024 -
Information, data and media literacies
Find out what is meant by media, data and information literacies, and how to demonstrate these in your role.
Updated: 8 October 2024 -
Multiple Sclerosis
Read more about Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and the symptoms and find out how many people in the UK are affected by the long-term condition. Here you can also find out where to get more information and support when caring for people with MS.
Updated: 8 October 2024 -
Obesity
Here you can learn more about the role nurses and midwifery staff play in identifying those at risk from weight gain and obesity and how to support people – and yourself – to achieve a healthy weight and lifestyle.
Updated: 8 October 2024 -
Stroke
Expand your knowledge on what a stroke is, why someone may be more at risk of having one, and the role of nurses in stroke care. Find out about the signs and symptoms and understand the different types of stroke and why they may happen.
Updated: 8 October 2024 -
Physical activity
Increase your awareness and understanding of the importance of taking up regular physical activity and how it can prevent as well as treat diseases – in your role as a health care practitioner, but also when looking after your own health and wellbeing.
Updated: 8 October 2024 -
Technical proficiency
In this part of the digital skills framework, explore technical proficiency with regards to the level of understanding and confidence you need to demonstrate when working with digital technologies.
Updated: 8 October 2024 -
Bereavement
Increase your knowledge of how to support people who are experiencing bereavement – not just in the context of someone dying, but where they may be grieving the loss of a limb or breast or coping with a loved one being diagnosed with a life limiting illness.
Updated: 8 October 2024 -
Effective safeguarding
Increase your understanding of how safeguarding is relevant to all of nursing practice, in all settings — whether with children or adults — and what principles effective safeguarding is underpinned by.
Updated: 8 October 2024 -
Parkinson's disease
Increase your understanding about Parkinson’s disease, the symptoms and statistics over the number of people affected in the UK. Find out more about how the activities the RCN’s Neuroscience forum has been undertaking relating to the condition.
Updated: 8 October 2024
