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Rheumatology for specialist nurses
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Overview
This course focuses on the clinical skills and knowledge required for specialist nurses to provide excellent care within rheumatology.
Date
10 February 2022
Venue
Online
CPD
5 hours
Introductory-to-intermediate level, ideally suited to early-career clinical nurse specialists and allied health professionals in rheumatology.
Taught through interactive lectures, offering clinical and non-clinical skills. The programme focuses on rheumatoid arthritis and topics include assessments and scoring, interpreting blood tests, clinical history and communication skills.
Learning objectives
Recognise key clinical, social and economic drivers behind early arthritis treatment strategies
Employ effective communication skills in various relevant clinical settings, including virtual environments
Demonstrate practical abilities in the assessment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis for the monitoring of disease progression and long-term complications
Interpret abnormal blood tests encountered in common clinical encounters for rheumatology nurses and, dependent on experience, formulate initial management strategies for patients with abnormal blood tests
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Book your place now on our Rheumatology for Specialist Nurses course
Registration payments can be made by card only. Invoices are not accepted.
Pricing
Members
Non-members
Level 3: health professionals and nurses
£50
+VAT
Level 3: health professionals and nurses
£75
+VAT
2022 programme
Morning sessions
TIME
SESSION
SPEAKERS
09:30-09:45
Overview of day/how to use the platform
09:45-10:30
Early inflammatory arthritis
10:30-11:15
Assessment in rheumatoid patients, DAS scores and annual reviews
11:15-11:45
Break
11:45 -12:30
Biologics and DMARDs
12:30-13:30
Lunch
Afternoon sessions
TIME
SESSION
SPEAKERS
13:30-14:30
Communication skills
14:30-14:45
Break
14:45-15:45
Case-based learning session
15:45-16:00
Break
16:00-16:45
Keynote lecture
16:45
Summary and goodbyes