PDC -Continuing Professional Development for Nurses and Midwives

Welcome to the September issue of the INMO Professional Development Centre eight page pull out of professional development opportunities. The INMO believes that every nurse and midwife should have the opportunity to avail of continuing professional development, maintain and enhance their competence and develop their professional career. Continuing professional development and lifelong learning have become cornerstones of nursing and midwifery professional practice.

Part 11 of The Nurses and Midwives Act, 2011 places responsibilities on registrants, the Board and employers in relation to the maintenance of professional competence. Continuing professional development will form part of the professional competence schemes that the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) is required to develop. In a recent meeting with the NMBI it was confirmed that before a decision on the professional competence scheme or schemes is made, there will be engagement and consultation with specific stakeholders and stakeholder groups.

There is a difference between competence and continuing professional development. The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) defines competence as the ability of the registered nurse or midwife to practise safely and effectively, fulfilling his/her professional responsibility within his/her scope of practice (An Bord Altranais 2005 and 2007). Continuing or continued competence is usually demonstrated against a competency standard or statement. Continuing professional development (CPD) refers to any activity that contributes to professional development as a nurse or midwife. In addition to formal education programmes and CPD activities, there are many other activities that can be included under the heading continuing professional development, including but not limited to: audit of practice or workload; conference, and seminar attendance; developing policies and guidelines; membership of clinical groups (eg. INMO Sections); mentoring or preceptorship; policy development; peer review; presenting papers and posters; reflective writing activities (such as critical incident analyses); risk assessment activities; training on new equipment; or writing for in-house, regional, national or international publications, etc. (NCNM 2009). Therefore, it is important to keep a record of all of your activities that contribute to demonstrating your competence as required.

The new INMO Professional website inmoprofessional.ie, provides a one-stop-shop to customised, quality education programmes and research services that are tailored to meet your educational requirements. In addition to our flexible, affordable continuing education programmes you can access a full range of library services through the site. The inmoprofessional.ie website provides a facility to maintain your professional profile, supporting you to demonstrate evidence of your ongoing learning with your continuing education units (CEUs) accumulated automatically and certificates uploaded on completion. You can browse the programme content at anytime which includes outlines, objectives and reading lists. There is a safe and secure online booking system with discounts for booking via the website.

Education Programmes

Venue: INMO Professional Development Centre, The Whitworth Building, North Brunswick Street, Dublin 7
Tel: 01 664 0641/2.
Email: pdc@inmoprofessional.ie

Registration for most courses will take place at 9.45am unless otherwise stated.

All programmes have Category 1 approval from the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) with Continuing Education Units (CEUs) .

Courses are colour coded for ease of reference.

Green = 4 (CEUs)

Purple = 5 (CEUs)

Pink = 5.5 (CEUs)

Blue = 6 (CEUs)

Orange= 7 (CEUs)

Dark Green = 10 (CEUs)

CEUs = Continuing Education Units

Assessment and Care Planning in Residential Care Settings for Older People
This workshop is aimed at providing nurses working in this sector with the most up-to-date information regarding policy and standards in older person care and will focus on the need for comprehensive assessment, including risk assessment and care planning for older people in residential care settings.

Date: Sept 10, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 6

Assessment and Management of the Patient with Respiratory Conditions
The study day is designed to provide nurses from the hospital setting with the knowledge to manage patients with respiratory conditions. This is necessary as nursing services are now delivered in an environment involving greater complexity and increasing levels of technology. Nurses may have to intervene promptly in response to sudden changes in a patient’s respiratory status.

Date: Sept 11, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 5

Healthcare Provider CPR and AED
This Healthcare Provider Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automated External Defibrillation (AED) course provides the information, rationale and practical skills training for the 2010 CPR and ECC guidelines. Nurses and midwives are required to adhere to the two-year certification period for both basic and advanced life support, as recommended by International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation as the best practice standard. Limited to six participants per instructor. A fee of €50 will be charged if you wish to cancel your booking 10 days before the course begins. Time: 9.15-16.00

Date: Sept 12, 2014
Fee: €125 members; €195 non-members (including cost of book)
(CEUs) : 6

Introduction to Dementia Care
This one-day programme is designed to enhance the health care practitioner’s knowledge, strategies and skills that will improve quality of life for clients in their care with dementia. This interactive day, inclusive of case studies, DVD analysis and group work aims to enhance the participant’s knowledge, while providing practical strategies in promoting a person-centred approach to caring for a person with dementia.

Date: Sept 15, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 5

Non-Violent Crisis Intervention
This one-day programme is designed to assist staff to provide the best care, safety and security for staff working in healthcare environments. The programme identifies behaviours that contribute to the development of a crisis and outlines appropriate staff intervention for each response. It also identifies verbal and non-verbal techniques to de-escalate behaviour. In addition, the course outlines break-away techniques that can be adopted in a physical crisis situation while maintaining the care, welfare, safety and security of clients and staff. It also helps participants to identify the triggers and patterns of behaviour and, therefore, develop a person-centred care plan and a consistent approach in order to prevent the behaviour from reoccurring. Time: 9.15-17.00

Date: Sept 16, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 7

Wound Care Management
This programme will allow participants to ensure professional competency in the area of wounds as per NMBI’s Code of Professional Conduct and Scope of Practice for Nursing and Midwifery, which state that nurses/midwives must work within their competence. Furthermore, it will provide participants with continuing professional development to ensure that their practice is founded in the latest research and guidance as per the Health Service Executive National best practice and evidence-based guidelines for wound management.

Date: Sept 16, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 5

Competency-based Interview Training
This one-day course helps participants prepare for a competency-based interview. Competency-based interviews, which are based on the premise that past experience can predict future behaviour, are an increasingly common style of interviewing that enables candidates to show how they would demonstrate certain behaviours/skills in the workplace, by answering questions about how they have reacted to, and dealt with, previous workplace situations. This course is suitable for all levels of nurses/midwives.

Date: Sept 17, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 6

Nursing Management of Diabetes Complications
This one-day workshop aims to equip nurses/midwives who care for people with diabetes with the knowledge, skills and evidence base regarding diabetes complications. Both macrovascular and microvascular complications will be covered as well as lesser known complications. Risk assessment, screening tools, lifestyle management, optimising glycaemic control, treatments and nursing management will also be explored.

Date: Sept 17, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 5

Understanding Obesity and Weight Management
This one-day workshop aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the causes of obesity and knowledge of the physiological principles involved in the onset of obesity and associated illnesses. Lifestyle treatment options such as dietary, exercise and behavioural interventions will be covered in depth on the day, as well as non-pharmacological, pharmacological and surgical interventions.

Date: Sept 18, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 5

Chronic Pain Management in Elderly Care
This session is especially for nurses/midwives working in Nursing Homes/Community Units. 6.45pm-9.45pm. See pg 64 for more information.

Date: Sept 18, 2014
Fee: Free members; €65 non-members
(CEUs) : 5

Assertion Skills
This course is designed to help nurses and midwives to understand themselves in various situations and also to enable individuals to generate their own solutions to achieve what they want.

Date: Sept 22, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 5

Management Skills for Clinical Managers and Staff Nurses
This course is focused on the key competencies required for ward managers to be effective in their roles as leaders and managers in healthcare delivery. Clinical managers perform both managerial and leadership functions in order to provide effective healthcare delivery to patients. For this reason, this workshop explores both management and leadership functions and how these are applied in practice so as to promote quality and safety of care. It also highlights the importance of the role of ward manager in leading a team and its role in both national and international initiatives aimed at improving care.

Date: Sept 23, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 5

Leg Ulcer Study Day
This study day provides participants with information to best inform their practice in accordance with patients’ needs. Participants will learn to distinguish between the different causes of ulceration and associated pathophysiology and relate to epidemiology, risk factors and assessment.

Date: Sept 23, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 5

Principles and Practices of Infection Control
This study day has been developed in response to the many challenges nurses/midwives face regarding infection control. It is suitable for nurses/midwives working in acute care and community care settings. It is mandatory in most settings that staff attend hand hygiene sessions and maintain up-to-date knowledge of new trends in infection control. This programme will contribute to the successful fight against the spread of infection by providing current evidence-based knowledge and information to nurses/midwives.

Date: Sept 24, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non members
(CEUs) : 5

Advanced Diabetes Management
This one-day workshop is aimed at nurses and midwives who already have a very good understanding of basic diabetes management and who want to build on their knowledge. The workshop will focus on a number of key areas such as: injectable therapies for both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, carbohydrate counting for Type 1 diabetes, complications of diabetes, the nursing role and management of diabetes, as well as advances in the future of diabetes management.

Date: Sept 25, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 5

Falls: Prevention, Management and Review
The purpose of this programme is to promote a consistent approach to falls reduction for older people through assessment, individualised care planning and post-falls review. It promotes excellence amongst nurses who provide care to the patients at risk of falls, informed by current evidence. The main aim is to assist nurses to identify those patients or residents who are at risk of falls and to reduce that risk by providing knowledge on falls reduction techniques, improving patient safety and minimising injuries.

Date: Sept 25, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 5

Assessment and Management of the Patient with Sepsis
This study day is designed to provide an innovative academic opportunity to enable registered nurses/midwives to increase their knowledge, experience and clinical skills to meet the complex and varied needs of patients with sepsis. Sepsis can occur at any age and in any clinical situation. It is considered a medical emergency and continues to have a high mortality rate despite advances in treatment. This course assists nurses/midwives with the skills and knowledge to take the lead in the assessment and management of sepsis. Early identification of sepsis and the implementation of appropriate interventions in a timely manner can improve patient outcomes.

Date: Oct 8, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 5

Art and Science of Antenatal Education
This two-day workshop will prepare midwives to design an effective antenatal education programme for expectant mothers and fathers. The philosophy of this course is based on the principles of adult learning and on the belief that antenatal education is a health promotion activity. This course will prepare midwives to encourage expectant parents to see themselves as competent and able to make informed choices for themselves and for their baby.

Date: Oct 8-9, 2014
Fee: €150 members; €280 non-members
(CEUs) : 10

Academic Writing and Research Appraisal Simplified
This one-day course is aimed at nurses and midwives who are undertaking third-level academic programmes. This course will assist participants in completing their written assignments. The objective of the workshop is to help prepare the student for academic study which requires efficient literature searching, research critique and accurate referencing skills.

Date: Oct 10, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 5.5

Introduction to Clinical Audit
This one-day course is designed to equip participants with the necessary skills to implement Clinical Audit in their practice and to be able to deliver evidence of improved performance for safer and better care for patients. Participants will be provided with an overview of Clinical Audit and be taught about each stage in the Clinical Audit Cycle topic selection, standards development, data collection, data analysis, reporting, implementing changes and re-audit.

Date: Oct 13, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 5

Best Practice in Medication Management
This programme has been developed to support nurses in providing safe evidenced-based practice in the area of medication management. It supports nurses/midwives by ensuring that they are up to date and meet the requirements of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) and HIQA in the area of medication management.

Date: Oct 14, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 5

Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management
This course provides an informal learning environment for nurses/midwives to broaden their knowledge and understanding of pressure ulcer wound assessment and management. It allows participants to ensure professional competency in pressure ulcers, it also provides participants with continuing professional development to ensure that their best practice is founded in the latest research and guidance as per the Health Service Executive’s National Best Practice and Evidence-Based Guidelines for Wound
Management.

Date: Oct 14, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 5

Practical Skills in the Management of People with Diabetes
This course aims to provide nurses/midwives with understanding, knowledge and confidence when delivering care to individuals with diabetes. This course offers a practical approach to diabetes, whether based in the hospital or community setting. Many theoretical aspects of diabetes are covered such as: the different types of diabetes, national and international guidelines, how to offer lifestyle advice to patients, treatment options, and understanding blood results, as well as dealing with complications in diabetes.

Date: Oct 15, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 5

End of Life Thematic Inspections
The aim of this workshop is to outline the legal and professional requirements for end of life care in designated centres and to identify how to apply this to practice, so as to provide effective, evidence-based care to residents. HIQA standards, regulations and guidance will be used to prepare participants for thematic inspections.

Date: Oct 16, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 6

Food and Nutrition Thematic Inspections
This course is aimed at nurses working in residential care settings for older people. It aims to enable participants to implement national standards, regulations and professional guidance for meeting residents’ food and nutrition needs. During the course participants will learn how to apply these standards and regulations to assessment, care planning and monitoring of resident’s nutritional needs.

Date: Oct 17, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 5

Date: Oct 17, 2014
Fee: €125 members; €195 non-members (including cost of book)
(CEUs) : 6

Strategies for Managing Conflict
Conflict in the workplace can be incredibly destructive to good teamwork. Managed in the wrong way, real and legitimate differences between people can quickly spiral out of control. Conflict is not necessarily destructive; managing conflict effectively may result in positive outcomes such as new ideas and initiatives and the development of positive communication, active listening and problem solving skills. Developing and maintaining positive relationships and the ability to deal with difficult people and situations is essential within today’s diverse workforce. Therefore it is important that senior healthcare professionals have the knowledge, skills and confidence to be able to intervene at an early stage to resolve conflict situations before they escalate.

Date: Oct 20, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 6

How to Own and Manage your Career
The course aims to give a personalised system for continuous learning and growth at work and in the other domains of life. For more information please see pg 33.

Date: Oct 30, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 6

Management of Patients with Tracheostomy
This one-day interactive workshop will introduce nurses from the hospital and community setting to the importance of adapting an holistic and inter-disciplinary approach to the management of the patient with a tracheostomy. Participants will be given the necessary knowledge, skills and confidence to assess, manage and evaluate the nursing care of a patient with a tracheostomy.

Date: Nov 5, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 5

Recognising Pregnancy Complications
This one-day workshop will prepare midwives to listen to women’s concerns with a special focus on recognising the warning signs of possible pregnancy complications. Participants will be given an overview of pregnancy-related complications which can range anywhere from mild, to moderate, to life-threatening - and the midwife’s role in recognising early signs which can easily be missed in busy antenatal clinics and wards.

Date: Nov 11, 2014
Fee: €150 members; €280 non-members
(CEUs) : 5

Nursing the Cardiac Patient
This study day provides a forum to update nurses on national and international trends in the holistic management of patients with cardiac disease. A particular focus on the day is to ensure that presentations are based on current evidence-based practices within the field of cardiology. The day is designed to examine new developments in cardiac nursing, particularly in the area of medications and chronic heart failure. This reflects the diversity of, and challenge in, providing quality care which is individualised to cardiac patients. 9.15am-4.15pm.

Date: Nov 12, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 6

ECG Interpretation
This one-day workshop is aimed at enhancing the general nurse’s knowledge of cardiac electrophysiology. It will provide participants with knowledge of cardiac rhythms, rhythm analysis and ECG interpretation. It is advisable to complete the ‘Nursing the Cardiac Patient’ course prior to registering for this course. 9.15am-4.15pm.

Date: Nov 13, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 6

Date: Nov 19, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 6

INMO Safe Practice Workshops

The Professional Development Centre is providing a nationwide series of workshops in venues across the country. This programme provides safe practice tools to protect the nurse and midwife and patient within current healthcare settings.

This is an awareness session to ensure all staff have an understanding of the process involved regarding patient alerts, clinical incidents and thorough assessment, while remaining focused on patient and individual staff.

The programme addresses patient safety and staff safety and provides five key tools on areas of documentation, clinical incident reporting, safety statements, best practice guidelines regarding assessment, and communication practices in a complex multifaceted healthcare arena.

‘Tools for Safe Practice’ is Category 1 approved by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland and awarded with 4 CEUs.

If you would like to arrange this workshop in your area and can guarantee a minimum of 25 participants, please contact your IRO. Venues are available on our website inmoprofessional.ie To book a place please email Helen O’Connell at helen@inmo.ie or Tel: 01 664 0616

Fee: INMO members FREE; €150 non-members

Education programmes coming to the Cork Office, Sheraton House, Hartlands Avenue, Glasheen, Co Cork

Date: Sept 8, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 5

Medication Management in Diabetes
This course provides nurses/midwives with knowledge on how to use best clinical practice and reduce the amount of medication errors in relation to insulin use. Insulin is a high alert medicine and errors in its use can result in serious patient safety incidents. Nurses/midwives need to have knowledge about the actions and effects of medications as well as pharmacologic principles in order to safely and accurately administer medication. This course promotes excellence amongst nurses/midwives who provide care to the patient with diabetes, informed by current best evidence and practice-based learning.

Date: Oct 16, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 5

Date: Oct 20, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 5

Interview Skills
This one-day course increases participants’ self-awareness and self-knowledge so that they can best present themselves at an interview. It also highlights the level of preparation required for a selection interview and teaches participants how to develop competency-based answers.

Date: Nov 6, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 5

Date: Nov 17, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 6

Limerick Office, Unit 4B, Courtfields, Raheen, Limerick

Delegation and Clinical Supervision
This workshop explores the issues surrounding delegation and decision making, including appropriate clinical supervision for delegated functions. Participants will learn what is meant by delegation and how it differs from assignment of a task. The course also provides an understanding of the professional, legal and quality of care issues involved when deciding to delegate a function to a health care assistant.

Date: Oct 14, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 5

Date: Nov 12, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 6

Date: Nov 13, 2014
Fee: €80 members; €140 non-members
(CEUs) : 5

INMO Professional Development Centre – Library Services-Study smart – Tips for starting your first assignment

Assistant librarian Edel Reynolds outlines some tips and tools for working smarter when preparing your first assignment

Many of you will have recently been involved in formal study while some of you may be returning to education. Either way, the following tips may be useful for you to keep in mind when working on your first assignment.

Listen carefully to what your lecturers and tutors say when they are outlining an assignment. Ask questions even if you feel that you should already know the answer. It is likely that many of your classmates will have the same question in mind. It is always better to have any queries clarified as soon as possible rather than a couple of days before the assignment is due.

Read the question and guidelines carefully
Many students rush in and fail to understand what the question is really asking of them, before later realising that they are on the wrong track. What is the question asking you to do? There is a difference between being asked to outline, discuss, argue, compare, contrast, explain, justify or summarise, so ensure that you distinguish between these commands before you start writing. It is useful to re-read the question as you work through your assignment, this can help you to stay on target.

Time
As you know, there will often be more than one assignment due in around the same time. Try to divide your time evenly so that you don’t spend too long on one assignment and then not have enough time for another assignment. Keep in mind the proportion of marks that are allocated to each assignment, this will help you to plan the time available to you wisely.

Sourcing information
If your lecturer has mentioned specific readings for the assignment, they are a good starting point. As well as the reading lists provided by your lecturer, you may be required to source some further information on your topic. The INMO Library provides online access to over 400 nursing journals. As an INMO member, you can access these free of charge. To access, visit www.inmoprofessional.ie/Library and then click on Nurse2Nurse. If you then log on with your username and password and click on ‘N2N journals’, you will see links to our journals. To access Nurse2Nurse, you must register online with your INMO membership number and your name, as they appear on your membership card.

Another useful way to find suitable information is through databases such as Cinahl, Nursing@Ovid and Maternity and Infant Care. These databases allow you to search for articles on any topic by using keywords and subject headings. You have access to these databases through www.nurse2nurse.ie. From the very start, try to keep a record of all of the books, articles and reports that you use in your assignment, you will need this in order to compile your list of references.

Reliable resources:
Remember to avoid using unreliable sources such as magazines, and websites such as Wikipedia. Try to ensure that the sources that you use are reliable and up to date. Some good sources include:

Databases – Cinahl, Nursing@Ovid, PubMed, Cochrane, Maternity and Infant Care
Journals, eg. Journal of Advanced Nursing, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Midwifery
Government publications and those of official organisations eg. NMBI, HSE, HIQA, Department of Health
Textbooks especially those mentioned in lectures/included on your module reading list.

As well as marks for content, there may be marks granted for sticking to the guidelines – Have you used the right referencing system? Have you adhered to the word count?

Referencing
Students have to be very careful when writing assignments. Although you are encouraged to give your own examples and opinions, whenever you are discussing ideas that have been written about by another author, you must indicate so. You will have to indicate the sources of your information within the body of your assignment and also by including all of the sources used in a list of references at the end of your assignment. Most colleges in Ireland use the Harvard referencing system, however there are other systems such as the APA system, Chicago system and Vancouver system. Check with your lecturer to make sure that you are using the correct referencing system.

How we can help
If you need any help with registering with Nurse2Nurse, or sourcing journal articles, guidelines or reports, we can help. We also provide one-to-one training on using databases such as Cinahl and Nursing@Ovid. If you would like to avail of this service, contact us to arrange a suitable time. If you would like library staff to carry out a literature search on your chosen topic, we can do so and email/post you a list of suitable references (€6 fee). If you need further information or assistance from the Professional Development Centre Library, please call 01 664 0614 or Email: library@inmo.ie. Opening hours: Monday to Thursday: 8.30am- 5.00pm, Friday: 8.30am-4.30pm.

PDC -Continuing Professional Development for Nurses and Midwives