Advanced Clinical Skills - Online Course

Introduction

This course is suitable for nurse practitioners, non-medical prescribers, practice nurses, advanced clinical practitioners, paramedics and pharmacists, It can be used as a stand-alone course or as an adjunct to prescribing courses, clinical skills modules or nurse practitioner courses.

Course includes:

Video presentations from expert trainers.
Access to virtual classroom and associated evidenced-based resources.
Access to our online recorded course.
Quiz assessment to ensure knowledge and skill acquisition.#
Demonstrations of clinical skills.
Competency document.
Certificate of completion reflecting 14 hours of CPD.
Access to our App.

Learning Outcomes

Understand the drivers that have contributed to the development of advanced clinical practice.
Understanding of regulation and need for competencies.
Discussion of different strategies and content for history-taking depending on healthcare setting.
Have the ability to conduct a general examination and assess observations using the NEWS2 score parameters.
Be able to assess and diagnose a wide range of skin conditions and discuss possible treatment regimes.
Be able to conduct a cardiovascular examination relevant to clinical practice. Can recognise a heart murmur, three heart sounds and be able to measure a Jugular Venous Pressure.
Understand the reasons for both unilateral and bilateral ankle swelling.
Be able to perform a comprehensive respiratory examination. Can explain the added sounds and possible causes.
Understand the differences between asthma and COPD. Have some understanding of treatment.
Have the ability to conduct an abdominal examination and understand the common presentations partcurly in the elderly.
Understand the presentations of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism. Able to conduct an examination of the thyroid gland.
Be able to perform a screening neurological examination which will be relevant to clinical practice.
Be able to perform a basic locomotor examination.
Have the ability to document findings relevant to the practitioners own clinical practice i.e. Emis Web, hospital profoma.

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