NCD Operations M4 Principles of Health Education
Primary Care International (PCI)
Take a moment to think about the consultations you have daily with patients living with NCDs. Whether the NCD is diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease, or cancer, you will systematically go through diagnosis and management. But in order to properly manage your patients, you need to educate them abou....
NCD Knowledge & Skills M3 Diabetic Foot Assessment
Mr WCEA Administrator
Here we will look at how to conduct a diabetic foot assessment.
NCD Knowledge & Skills M1 Asthma
Primary Care International (PCI)
Here we'll explore how to diagnose and manage asthma.
PCM M6: Gynaecology Part 1
Primary Care International (PCI)
This learning unit will cover some common gynaecology disorders. You may find it helpful to have a pen and paper to take notes Guidance in this learning unit is based on the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines, along with others referenced at the end.
NCD Operations M4: Call and Recall
Primary Care International (PCI)
In this unit you will consider why having an appointment and call and recall system is important for NCD management. You will look at some examples of how appointment and call / recall systems can be implemented. Before you start this module find out about the appointment system and any call/ recall systems for missed appo....
Oral Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
Jhpiego and World Health Organization
The Oral PrEP eLearning Tool for Clinicians course provides instructions for managing PrEP services in accordance with the information in the WHO Implementation Tool for Pre-exposure Prophylaxis of HIV Infection. The course is for practicing clinicians around the globe who currently have a client population at high-risk for c....
Anti-Diabetic Therapy: NIDDM and Insulin Therapy in Diabetes Mellitus
Grainne Nicholson
The session covers the main classes of drugs used to treat both non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, as well as the use of insulin and the different formulations of insulin.
Antiepileptic Drugs (AEDs)
Jane Bembridge MB.ChB(Hons) FRCA
0.5 Hours
This session will classify antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) according to their mechanism of action and discuss their uses and interactions.
Tendon Transfer for Median Nerve Palsy
Rahil Naeem and Jill Webb
This session examines the pattern of median nerve injuries, the planning and preparation of tendon transfer surgery and postoperative rehabilitation providing details of tendon transfers for all causes of median nerve palsy in all age groups.
Image Interpretation - Gynaecological Ultrasound: The Ovaries and Adnexa
Regina Fernando
This session considers the sonographic appearance of the adult premenopausal ovaries and adnexa. It will include an overview of normal appearances and common pathology, and discuss common pitfalls to avoid. Tips on reporting will be offered.
Myelodysplastic syndromes: update and nursing considerations
Mary Kelly, Teresa Meenaghan, and Maura Dowling
1 Hours
This module provides nurses with an update on diagnosis, management and care of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), a complex group of disorders of the bone marrow. MDS has wide-ranging effects on patients’ lives. Understanding the effect of a diagnosis of MDS on patients’ quality of life is an important part of the n....
Chronic heart failure: pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment
Christopher Nicholson
Heart failure has significant prevalence in older people: the mean average age of patients with the condition is 77 years. It has serious prognostic and quality of life implications for patients, as well as health service costs. Diagnosis requires confirmatory investigations and consideration of causative processes. First-line t....
Promoting urinary continence in older women
Alison Bardsley
1 Hours
Continence promotion involves informing and educating the public and healthcare professionals that urinary incontinence is not an inevitable part of ageing, and can be treated or at least made more manageable. While awareness of urinary continence is improving slowly, the taboo around discussing incontinence remains. Women are a....
Promoting better care for stigmatised patients
Jessica Pottle and Jill Marotta
1 Hours
This learning module discusses the role of nurses and nurse leaders in the prevention and resolution of patient stigmatisation. The multiple nurse, patient and environmental factors that contribute to difficulties in nurse-patient interactions are outlined. The antecedents and consequences of patient stigmatisation are discussed....
Promoting professional practice skills for nurses
Winnifred Groves
1 Hours
Nurses work in a healthcare system in which different partners in care have different expectations of them. Demands to provide compassionate care that is patient-centred and responsive while adhering to budget constraints are contributing to 'compassion fatigue' and adversely affecting nurses' mood and effectiveness. This learni....
Prevention strategies for overseas travellers at risk of rabies
Jacqueline Pye
1 Hours
Rabies is a fatal viral disease that causes acute inflammation of the brain in humans. Transmission is usually through a bite or scratch or contact with the saliva of an infected animal. However, it is a vaccine preventable disease. It is important that those travelling to rabies-endemic countries are aware of the risk of rabies....
Assisting students to prepare for a clinical practice placement
Sam Louise Miller
1 Hours
All students undertaking a nursing programme are required to complete clinical practice placements. These placement hours are an essential component of the training necessary to join the Nursing and Midwifery Council register and to practise as a nurse. Clinical practice placements can be stressful for students, and this can com....
Promoting the 6Cs of nursing in patient assessment
Chris Clarke
1 Hours
Recognising the deteriorating patient is an essential nursing skill, and structured frameworks should be in place to assist effective patient assessment. The aim of this learning module is to encourage nurses to consider how to promote the 6Cs of nursing within such assessment. The module provides an overview of the Patient Asse....
Breaking bad news
Clare Warnock
1 Hours
The breaking of bad news was traditionally regarded to be the time when a doctor and nurse sat down with a patient and family members to provide information about, for example, a life-limiting diagnosis or a poor prognosis. However, breaking bad news is now generally accepted as a process, not a one-off event, and is considered....
Caring for older people experiencing agitation
Jane Caroline Pritchard and Ami Brighty
1 Hours
Agitation commonly affects older adults, particularly those living in care homes and in hospital settings. Agitation can be distressing to experience, may be associated with poorer health outcomes and can present a challenge to staff in keeping the person and those around them safe. This learning module examines why agitation ca....
Promoting mental health in men
Mark Haddad
1 Hours
Health promotion is essential to improve the health status and quality of life of individuals. Promoting mental health at an individual, community and policy level is central to reducing the incidence of mental health problems, including self-harm and suicide. Men may be particularly vulnerable to mental health problems, in part....
Caring for adolescents with Crohn's disease
Mick Cullen and Claire Barnes
1 Hours
Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory bowel condition that affects more than 115,000 people in the UK. This learning module focuses on Crohn's disease in adolescents. Management of the condition in this group should address adolescent-specific characteristics and treatment goals. Key elements include optimising growth, puber....
Progressive supranuclear palsy: clinical features, diagnosis and management
Anna Kent
1 Hours
Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), or Steele-Richardson-Olszewski syndrome, is a rare, progressive neurodegenerative condition with cognitive and motor involvement. Diagnosis can be challenging as some people do not display the classic symptoms of the condition and there are no specific investigations to confirm diagnosis. Ti....
Deep vein thrombosis: diagnosis and treatment
Lynda Bonner and Jacqueline Johnson
This learning module aims to give nurses an insight into proximal deep vein thrombosis (DVT). DVT is relatively common and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Complications such as post-thrombotic syndrome, venous leg ulcers, recurrent venous thromboembolism (VTE) - pulmonary embolism (PE) or DVT - and pulmon....