Learning Disability Nursing CPD Award
Provider's catalogue badge

Learning disability nursing within specialist inpatient settings

Pathway 1:
This pathway is designed to support practitioners working within any type of specialist learning disability inpatient provision. It combines the acquisition of clinical skills knowledge and experience, describing policy context and current service models, alongside describing the purpose and functions of effective specialist inpatient services. Using clinical scenarios, it provides the learner with the opportunity to apply learning content within their specific clinical area of practice.

Person-centred care and formulation

Therapeutic interventions in inpatient settings

Understanding and responding to risk

Addressing physical and mental health needs in inpatient settings

Applying the learning disability improvement standards in inpatient settings

Trauma-informed care in inpatient settings

Education and supervision in learning disability nursing

Cultures of care in inpatient settings

Becoming an empowered practitioner

Developing a service improvement project