Practical updates in long-term conditions
12 Jun 2025, 12:00 - 16:00
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This session aims to deliver practical, up-to-date learning for Independent Health and Social Care nursing team staff. It focuses on long-term condition oversight and management to enhance clinical knowledge, professional confidence, and patient outcomes.
Nursing professionals working in independent, health, and social care settings often face significant barriers to accessing continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities. Limited time, funding constraints, and a lack of targeted education mean these staff members may miss vital updates on managing complex and evolving healthcare needs. With long-term conditions accounting for a significant portion of health service demand, ensuring these teams have access to evidence-based knowledge and skills is crucial.
Overview of the session
Draft agenda, to be confirmed:
- Respiratory Care: Best practices for inhaler techniques and effective breathlessness management.
- Diabetes Care: Practical Updates in Oral Medication and Introduction to Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM).
- Bowel Care: Recognising, monitoring and managing constipation.
- Colostomy Care: Identification of deterioration and “red flag” symptoms.
- Bladder Health: Avoiding overprescribing antibiotics and clarifying the appropriate use of urinalysis.
This session is designed to deliver practical, evidence-based learning to enhance your professional knowledge.
Learning outcomes
- Enhance Clinical Knowledge: Improve participants' understanding of managing long-term conditions, including respiratory care, diabetes management, bowel care, colostomy care, and bladder health, using evidence-based practice.
- Develop Practical Skills: Equip nursing team staff best practices for delivering safe and effective care in Independent Health and Social Care settings.
- Improve Clinical Decision-Making: Strengthen the ability to identify and respond to critical "red flag" symptoms, prescribe antibiotics appropriately, and utilise diagnostic tools like urinalysis effectively.
- Promote Patient Safety and Outcomes: Ensure high standards of care that lead to improved patient outcomes through safe and effective clinical interventions.
- Encourage Engagement with the Royal College of Nursing (RCN): Increase awareness of RCN resources, support networks, and professional development opportunities for nursing staff working outside NHS settings.
This is a virtual event hosted by MS Teams.
Project team
Callum Metcalfe-O’shea
Leanne Hume
Michelle Raddings
Melissa Stanton
For any queries about this event please contact Callum Metcalfe-O’Shea, UK Professional Lead for Long Term Conditions, Leanne Hume - leanne.hume@rcn.org.uk or Michelle Raddings - michelle.raddings@rcn.org.uk
Callum Metcalfe-O’shea
callum.metcalfe-o'shea@rcn.org.uk
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