Adult Nursing and Social Care Diploma *Early Christmas Offer Only £24*

Learn the fundamental, practical skills needed for a career as a Nursing Assistant with the Adult Nursing and Social Care Diploma course.

Nursing is a noble and awarding profession. However, nursing to an adult is different from that of other types of nursing like nursing kids, nursing pregnant women, or nursing a new mother. The aim of the course is to guide you all the essential tricks for adult nursing so that you can work efficiently in the field. The course includes discussion on health and safety, hygiene, medication administration, understanding the immune system, mobility, and immobility, pain management and nutrition. Apart from these, the course helps you to understand your role while providing social care.

By the end of the course, you will gain enough information regarding your roles and responsibilities as an adult nurse. You will also able to work confidently and more professionally than before.

The demand for Adult Nursing and Social Care sectors has increased tremendously because of the alienated family relationship. The course is designed for the people who want to work in the changing environment of today’s modern social and healthcare service.

The course can be one of the best choices for the people who are interested in healthcare professions and want to enhance their skills in Nursing practices and procedures in adult patient care. Throughout the course, you will gain the skills and techniques related to advanced patient hygiene procedures, environmental health and safety awareness for the practice nurse and more. The course teaches you the procedures for ensuring patient safety and comfort in the adult care setting. The techniques of assessing the needs of the patient through acute and long-term illness, the proper ways of promoting health and wellbeing, and the efficient methods of communicate with professional colleagues, etc. will be covered in the course. Finally, you will learn how to provide sensitive support for the patient and their families at the time of difficulty.

Key features of the course:

• Lifetime access to the course
• No hidden fees, only pay the price of the course which includes exam fees.
• Recognised qualification upon successful completion of the course
• Study from anywhere, anytime, whenever it is convenient for you.
• Affordable and engaging e-learning study materials
• Study at your own pace from tablet, PC or smartphone
• Online tutor support when you are in need.

What Will You Learning?:

• Get a general introduction about adult nursing.
• Learn the necessary communicative skills in adult nursing.
• Know about the communication theories in nursing.
• You will learn how to maintain health and safety in nursing.
• Understand the psychology of the old people and learn about developmental psychology, gerontology, and more.
• The course helps you to understand what does it means by old age and what the meaning of ‘ageing’ is and when it starts.
• Gain information about the common stereotypes of older people and how these stereotypes affect the older people.
• Know the life stages and theories.
• Explore the mental health of the old people and understand some of the common memory-related diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and Dementia, Chronic illness and Disabilities, Substance abuse (addictions), etc.
• Master the strategies of improving the mental wellbeing and health.
• You will learn the importance of exercising for mental wellbeing.
• Explore the symptoms of Dementia and know the preventing ways.
• Learn how to care for a patient suffering from Dementia.
• Understand the impact of stigma and know how to deal with the patients.

Course Curriculum

Adult Nursing

• Introduction to Adult Nursing
• Communication in Nursing
• Communication Theories in Nursing
• Health and Safety in Nursing

Psychology of Older Age

• What is ‘Developmental Psychology’?
• What is ‘Gerontology’?
• What we consider as ‘old age’
• What is ‘ageing’ and how it happens
• Common stereotypes of older people
• How stereotyping affects older people
• Life stages and Theories
• What do we look forward to in our older age?

Mental Health and Old Age

• Memory-related issues
• Learning disabilities
• Alzheimer’s disease and Dementia
• Chronic illness and Disabilities
• Substance abuse (addictions)

Improving Health and Wellbeing

• The effects of exercising
• Is it worth eating ‘healthy’ in older age?
• What else affects ‘health’ and ‘wellbeing’?
• Caring for older people

Dementia Awareness

• Awareness and Misunderstanding
• Symptoms of Dementia
• Prevention and Treatment
• The Impact Of Stigma
• Caring for Dementia Victims
• Home Adaptations for People with Dementia

Assessment and Certification

The course is assessed online with a multiple-choice test, which is marked automatically. You will know instantly whether you have passed or not. Those who pass this test will have the qualification of Adult Nursing and Social Care Diploma. Certificate will be produced in PDF format at an additional cost and sent by email.

There is no experience or previous qualifications required for enrolment on this course. It is available to all students, of all academic backgrounds.