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Revalidation: implications for senior nurses
Learn about the senior nurse’s responsibilities in supporting registrants through each stage of the Nursing and Midwifery Council's revalidation process in the UK.
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Cultivating compassionate care for patients, service users and residents
Discover the meaning of compassion and explore how it can be implemented in practice. This module discusses the key processes involved in enhancing compassion with self, patients and other healthcare professionals.
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An overview of communication, movement and perception difficulties after stroke
Learn about patients' communication, movement and perception difficulties following stroke, and the strategies nurses can use to help people cope with changes to their lives.
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Searching and critiquing research literature
This module provides advice on how to search and critique the research literature. Information on how to undertake a critical analysis of the available evidence is also provided.
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Supporting people with Parkinson's in later life
Adults with Parkinson’s disease benefit greatly from specialist, comprehensive old-age assessment and nursing care that is person-centred and understands how symptoms can affect health and wellbeing over time.
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Understanding the main principles of temperature monitoring
Increase your understanding of why correct technique and careful recording of temperature are essential when making accurate diagnosis and treatment decisions. Learn how to interpret single temperature recordings as well as sequential pattern recordings.
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Using the Newcastle Model to understand people whose behaviour challenges in dementia care
This module describes the Newcastle Model – a useful framework to understand behaviour that challenges, and provides a structure for effective interventions that keep people with dementia at the centre of care.
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Recognising and managing community-acquired pneumonia
Update your knowledge of the latest guidance on the diagnosis and management of community-acquired pneumonia
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An overview of appetite decline and management in older people
Learn about the consequences of poor appetite - a common problem in older people, and the strategies that can be used to promote better appetite and increase food intake in these patients.
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The importance of the arterial pulse in advanced cardiac examination
Discover the significance of the pulse in advanced cardiac examination and learn techniques for palpating radial, brachial and carotid pulses.