They were developed in collaboration with the QNI Care Home Nurse Network and focus mainly on care homes for older residents who require nursing care.
Sharon Aldridge-Bent, director of nursing programmes (leadership) at the QNI, who leads the care home nurse programme of work, said: There has been a realisation across the health and care sector that nursing staff working in care homes support a unique area of practice and a very high level of responsibility in delivering care in settings that are complex and can involve multiple issues of physical and mental health dependency among residents.
Sharon Aldridge-Bent
“This has been brought into even sharper focus by the pandemic and we have seen a greater focus on care homes than ever before in the past year.