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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