Care Home Nursing: Changing Perceptions
Challenge your opinion of what it’s like to be a care home nurse and understand their importance and varied responsibilities.
Who is the course for?
This course is designed for anyone with a personal or professional interest in care home nursing. This includes registered nurses, nursing students, and care home workers, managers, and residents.
What topics will you cover?
The specialist and complex nature of care home nursing in a changing health and social care environment.
The range of nursing skills used with residents living in care homes, including Anticipatory Care Planning, Adults with Incapacity, managing emergencies, caring for clients with complex care needs and providing palliative and respite care.
The career development, leadership and management skills of Registered Nurses, as well as the caring skills of healthcare assistants.
Collaborative working with residents and families, the local community and primary and social care agencies
