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Health, Sports & Psychology
Dyscalculia, maths anxiety and numerophobia in nursing practice
Students, Nursing Associates and registered nurses can experience dyscalculia, maths anxiety and numerophobia, but they can be reassured that effective support is available.
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Tricky Topics in Nursing
Nasogastric tube insertion, chest auscultation, intramuscular injection and oxygen administration are all demonstrated in these videos suitable for nurses and other healthcare professionals.
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Caring for adults
Caring for adults is an introductory course for anyone in a caring role, either paid or unpaid. It builds on what you already know to give you a better understanding of your role as a carer. It also supports your own well-being by giving you some ideas and information about looking after yourself and dealing with stress.
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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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Blood and the respiratory system
‘Don’t hold your breath’ is an expression you’ve probably heard many times, but may not have thought too much about. In this free course, Blood and the respiratory system, you’ll study why respiration is so important for life, including how air enters and leaves the lungs, how oxygen is transported in the blood, the many dynamic factors that ...
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Understanding mental capacity
This free course, Understanding mental capacity, covers the principles and criteria underpinning the assessment of mental capacity and decision making in the UK.
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Introducing ageing
Everyone is ageing, whatever their current age, and we live in a world where many people are living much longer than previous generations. This is often seen as a problem. But is it? This free course, Introducing ageing, will help you to think about this issue by introducing you to some key ideas in studying later life.
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Introducing public health
This free course, Introducing public health, presents some key elements of public health and health promotion. It considers the scope and focus of public health and how it is subject to change and located within the wider global context.
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Raising awareness and support for men
Wondering why we need a men’s awareness day? This article explores why we need to extend empathy to men who may be struggling and looks at some of the support available.
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What’s wrong with how nurses are portrayed in the media?
How nurses are portrayed in the media does not reflect what is involved in the profession. Improving this can potentially improve recruitment to nursing programmes.
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Self-managed abortion in the UK
Self-managed early abortion in the UK is becoming increasingly common. This allows privacy and home comforts, but better pain management and support are needed to improve experiences.
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From dreams to reality: becoming a nurse and educator
Mel shares her journey from leaving school with no GCSEs to becoming a nurse and later practice and staff tutor at The Open University.