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Health, Sports & Psychology
Walking the walk: improving death and dying spaces
Have you ever considered how the location and spaces in end-of-life care impact on a carer’s experience? Let's look at how attention to detail can make a huge difference.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Practice supervision and assessment in nursing
Being able to supervise and assess in the workplace are core skills needed by those supporting learners. In the context of this development, this free course, Practice supervision and assessment in nursing, has been designed to support practitioners working with students in workplace settings across nursing provision. Core to these resources are...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
My career goal: Health and science
Whether your interest is in pharmaceuticals, disease treatment or chemical research, you can help break new discoveries and improve our scientific understanding. This page has info on career options from food science to forensics, and working for the NHS.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Not intervening as a form of care
Learning from palliative and end of life care.
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Society, Politics & Law
Is ‘fake news’ still a problem for society?
Disinformation is a defining feature of our time. Why has it become such a problem, and what can we do about it?
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Could you work in end of life care?
Have you ever wondered what it's like to work in end of life care as a health care professional supporting dying patients and their families? Working with people who are dying can be both rewarding and emotionally draining.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
COVID-19: Social work and social care - learning to help you in practice
If you're returning to social work or social care practice, or want more knowledge and support to help you in a new setting working with those impacted by COVID-19, OpenLearn has a range of free courses available for you to refresh your knowledge and skills.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
COVID-19 nursing and healthcare: learning to help you in practice
If you're returning to practice to support the NHS, NHS in Scotland, NHS Wales or Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland, OpenLearn has a range of free courses available for you to refresh your knowledge and skills.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Death is inevitable: But do you need to plan for it?
For many, this question may at first seem like an odd one. It may be something you have never thought about – thinking about what the end of life may be like. For others, dying may not seem like something you can ‘plan for’, preferring to presume it is down to fate. And you might be wondering why question something you might have very little ...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Who makes the difficult decisions about children’s treatment?
Who has the right to decide on whether a child needs to undergo a surgical procedure? The child, the parents or a medical professional? The answer isn't always clear...
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Health, Sports & Psychology
An overview of wound care
This information is a review of wound care. It contains information to help you feel more confident in supporting people managing in their needs and rehabilitation. As with all clinical information, you should seek out and follow local policy.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Perilous past-time of poison
We look back on the perilous pastime of poison and the evil ways the convicted have tried to hide their wares.