Revalidation for nurses

In April 2016 the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) changed the requirements that nurses and midwives must meet when they renew their registration every three years. Registrants need to undertake 40 hours of continuous professional development (CPD) (of which 20 hours need to be participatory). CPD can include reading and reflecting on professional reading. Our library guide includes useful resources to support the revalidation process.

How the library can help

Library staff can help with finding suitable articles, guidelines or reviews from resources from healthcare databases available at the Knowledge and Library Hub, or Cochrane Library. We can also source articles that aren’t available online.

All NHS staff are entitled to register for an NHS OpenAthens account at https://openathens.nice.org.uk/  which provides access to NHS funded information resources including e journals and articles on many healthcare topics.

Our Outreach Librarians can train you to search the databases and locate articles. Contact us to arrange training for your team or a personal session.