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Registered nurses

CPD and mandatory training for registered nurses

For nurses and nursing associates on the NMC register, in any setting.

  • 9subjects on the list
  • 31.5CPD hours available here
  • Freefirst module of each

A registered nurse carries two training obligations at once. The employer's mandatory training matrix, much of it shared with support staff, and the NMC's revalidation cycle: 450 practice hours, 35 hours of CPD of which 20 must be participatory, five reflective accounts and the rest, every three years.

The subjects below serve both. Every course adds verifiable hours to your CPD record, and the revalidation toolkit turns the NMC's requirements from a source of background dread into a plan. If revalidation is what brought you here, start with the free revalidation planner.

The training list

SubjectWhat it is forTypical refresherLearn it
NMC revalidation, the complete toolkit Every requirement, and reflective accounts that pass first time. The cycle repeats every three years 2.0 hour course
Infection prevention and control Eight hours of IPC taught to the national manual, not a slideshow. Typically every year 8.0 hour course
Mental Capacity Act and DoLS Capacity assessment is a daily nursing act with a legal test behind it. Typically every three years 3.0 hour course
Safe administration of medicines Written for adult social care, valuable anywhere medicines are given. Typically every year 3.0 hour course
Dementia care that works Distinguishing delirium from dementia changes outcomes urgently. CPD, at your own pace 3.5 hour course
End of life care Anticipatory medicines, honest conversations and care after death. CPD, at your own pace 3.5 hour course
Phlebotomy and venepuncture, the knowledge half
Venepuncture competence is signed off in the workplace after supervised practice. This course says so on its face. 		Order of draw, haemolysis and nerve injury, before the supervised practice. Once, then workplace sign off 3.5 hour course
Conflict resolution De escalation, in the profession with the highest exposure to violence at work. Typically every three years 2.5 hour course
Moving and handling of people
The practical update is face to face; the reasoning behind it is taught here. 		Still the biggest cause of nursing injury and early retirement. Typically every year 2.5 hour course

Refresher intervals are the conventions carried in employer training matrices, not statutory periods. Your own employer's matrix is what an inspector reads. Figures for course length are our declared study hours.

Courses that cover this list

Specialist practice

End of life care

  • 2 modules
  • 3.5 CPD hours

Module 1 free typically about £75 elsewhere

Questions

Do these courses count towards my 35 CPD hours?

Yes, as individual learning hours: each completed course adds its declared hours to your CPD record with a verifiable certificate. Twenty of your 35 hours must be participatory, meaning learning with others: discussing what you learned here with colleagues, or presenting it at a team session, is the standard way to convert individual study into participatory hours, and the revalidation toolkit shows exactly how to log it.

What counts as participatory CPD?

Learning that involves interaction with other professionals: clinical supervision groups, case discussions, journal clubs, conferences, teaching a session yourself. Reading and e-learning alone are individual hours. The NMC cares that the interaction happened and that you can evidence it; the toolkit's templates cover the evidencing.