Essential Skills Clusters for Nurses: Theory for Practice

1 An introduction to Communication.

2 Communicating with Children and Young People.

3 Communicating with People with Learning Disabilities.

4 Communicating with People with Mental Health issues.

5 Communication and loss.

Section Two: Organisational Aspects of Care.

6 Values based Practice.

7 Management of Care and Self.

8 Promoting Health and Wellbeing.

9 Ethical and Legal Principles for Healthcare.

Section Three: Infection Prevention and Control.

10 Principles of Infection Prevention and Control.

Section Four: Nutrition and Fluid Management.

11 Principles of Nutrition.

12 Principles of Fluid Management.

Section Five: Medicines Management.

13 Principles of Pharmacology.

14 Principles of Medicine Management