CPD articles
Our continuing professional development (CPD) articles are designed to assist with your nursing skills and practice.
Chronic heart failure part 2: treatment and management
Chronic heart failure is a common and complex clinical syndrome that results from impaired...
11 Jan 2017
Chronic heart failure part 1: pathophysiology, signs and symptoms
Chronic heart failure is a common and complex clinical syndrome that results from impaired...
04 Jan 2017
Enabling patients to manage altered body image
The author presented a model in the 1990s to explain altered body image, which has been used...
14 Dec 2016
Raising concerns and reporting poor care in practice
This article considers the issue of poor care and how nurses should respond when they...
07 Dec 2016
Understanding mental capacity law and making best-interests decisions
The Mental Capacity Act 2005 was enacted with the aim of improving the protection provided...
30 Nov 2016
An overview of the management of patients with chronic pancreatitis
Chronic pancreatitis is a complex inflammatory condition characterised by irreversible...
23 Nov 2016
A practical overview of how to conduct a systematic review
With an increasing focus on evidence-based practice in health care, it is important that...
16 Nov 2016
Tinnitus: considerations for nursing practice
Tinnitus is a common condition characterised by a subjective, and less commonly objective,...
09 Nov 2016
Assessing acute and chronic pain in children and young people
Accurate assessment of pain in children and young people is an essential nursing skill that...
02 Nov 2016
Overactive bladder in women
Overactive bladder in women is a common chronic condition of urinary storage, affecting a...
26 Oct 2016
Assessment and management of patients with minor traumatic wounds
Patients with minor traumatic wounds are a common and universal presentation to emergency...
19 Oct 2016
Identifying different learning styles to enhance the learning experience
Identifying your preferred learning style can be a useful way to optimise learning...
12 Oct 2016
Therapeutic communication
As the population ages and the incidence of chronic diseases and lifestyle-related...
05 Oct 2016
Fibromyalgia: clinical features, diagnosis and management
Patients with fibromyalgia experience chronic widespread pain, with associated symptoms of...
28 Sep 2016
Using the British National Formulary effectively
Nursing students, nurses and other healthcare professionals involved in prescribing,...
21 Sep 2016
Effective design, implementation and management of change in healthcare
Changes in healthcare organisations are common, and their implementation is often complex...
14 Sep 2016
Identifying residents at risk of care complications in care homes
Care complications are common conditions which affect residents in care homes and often...
07 Sep 2016
Improving management of sepsis in the community
Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to...
31 Aug 2016