Educational programmes and services
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The RCN Institute of Nursing Excellence offers a range of educational programmes that promote lifelong learning and support your professional development. Browse programmes below.
Psychosocial intervention
Training mental health nurses (MHNs) to use psychosocial interventions and build strong relationships with patients, their families and carers.
Psychosocial Intervention Programme
This programme is designed to enhance the skills of the mental health nursing workforce.
Cultural ambassadors
Identify and explore issues of culture, behaviour, discrimination and cultural bias in your organisation through our innovative programme.
Cultural Ambassador Programme
This is an innovative RCN programme designed in collaboration with the West Midlands BAME Stakeholder Group.
CPD Programme with Academic Credits
- This programme is developed by the ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥ and accredited by Coventry University, it is available to members and non-members.
- Provides 20 academic credits at either level 6 (Bachelors) or level 7 (Masters).
- Offered via a fully online learning mode, including dedicated contact days plus study time.
- Costs £1,130 +VAT (without credits), £1,555 +VAT (with credits).
- RCN Foundation offers different types of education grants to support the funding of your professional development.
Infection Prevention and Control Programme
An introductory programme to infection prevention and control.
Online learning
Access your learning anytime, with a selection of online CPD courses that provide a variety of activities and resources to support you in your role.
First Steps
This free online learning tool for health care assistants covers essential topics to help get you started in your career as an HCA or to refresh your learning.
Skin Health Toolkit
The skin health toolkit provides you with a set of learning resources to support you with maintaining healthy skin.
Bite-sized online learning
Make your learning manageable with our selection of bite-sized courses that provide key principles and concepts.
End of Life Care and Nursing Wellbeing
This programme will provide resources to support the delivery of end-of-life care to the dying person, their family and carers.
Introduction to Prehabilitation
This looks at how we, as nurses and health care professionals, can support patients to be as healthy and fit as possible before they go into planned surgery or start cancer treatments.
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