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Nursing and Long-term Conditions: An Introduction

Explore your role as a nurse in helping patients stay healthy and manage their long-term conditions.

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  • Duration

    2 weeks
  • Weekly study

    6 hours

Understand the impact of long-term conditions

The number of people living with one or more long-term conditions is on the rise. Nurses have responsibilities to reduce the risk of people developing long-term conditions and helping people manage the conditions they’re suffering from.

On this course, you will explore the impact of long-term conditions on both an international and national scale. You will examine the perspectives of patients, their families, and professionals and apply these insights to your own experiences as a nurse.

What topics will you cover?

  • The definition of long-term conditions
  • International policies
  • The incidence of long-term conditions across a lifespan
  • Actions taken to achieve targets in long-term conditions care
  • Reflections from patients’ and professionals’ experiences
  • The impact of long-term conditions on families
  • Implications of policy for local practice

Learning on this course

On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

  • Debate critically what is meant by long-term conditions and the role of the nurse in their management
  • Investigate the global impact of long-term conditions
  • Identify international measures to reduce the burden of long-term conditions

Who is the course for?

Coventry University MSc Nursing students.

Who developed the course?

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Coventry University

Coventry secured 5 QS Stars for Teaching and Online Learning in the QS World University Ranking 2020 and has received No. 1 in the world for Massive Open Online Courses in MoocLab’s World University Ranking 2021.

  • Established

    1992
  • Location

    Coventry

Learning on FutureLearn

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  • Learn through a mix of bite-sized videos, long- and short-form articles, audio, and practical activities
  • Stay motivated by using the Progress page to keep track of your step completion and assessment scores

Join a global classroom

  • Experience the power of social learning, and get inspired by an international network of learners
  • Share ideas with your peers and course educators on every step of the course
  • Join the conversation by reading, @ing, liking, bookmarking, and replying to comments from others

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  • Whenever you’re ready, mark each step as complete, you’re in control

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