First Steps

Mapped to a range of National Occupational Standards, First Steps covers the key aspects of assisting nursing practice.

Watch our short clip below to hear all the things you can expect to learn:

 

As you can see, topics vital to the HCA role are covered – such as:

• the safeguarding of vulnerable people
• recording and accessing nursing and medical records
• the principles surrounding accountability and delegation
• the legal requirements of confidentiality, consent, and capacity
• infection prevention and control

And lots more! Whilst there’s plenty to learn – you can progress at your own pace, by dipping in and out as suits your schedule. You could use it in your own time for independent learning – or as part of your wider workplace induction.

We recommend that when using First Steps, as with all your learning, you keep a record of your reflections. To help you do this, a reflective template is included. If you’re maintaining a learning portfolio, your reflections will form a valuable addition. Why not encourage your colleagues to enhance their own professional development too by letting them know about our unique learning tool?

As an RCN member, you’ll receive a certificate to show that you have successfully completed the learning. 

If you’re not yet a member and would like to join today, you can do so here. 

Non-members can still complete First Steps but will need to sign up for a free ‘contact’ account here.

If you have already signed up to First Steps, you can access it here.

It’s a good idea to bookmark this page to easily come back to it. When accessing First Steps, please use the Google Chrome internet browser. 

The RCN value your feedback on our resources and would appreciate you filling in the short evaluation form at the end of the programme. This will enable to add relevant practice based content to the resource and ensure updates for to provide the most current evidence based educational resources.