Nurse revalidation knowledge guide

A case study from April 2016 about creating a knowledge guide for nurse revalidation.

Who wrote this case study?

Jackie McGuire [email protected] at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (2016).

Who asked?

Practice Development Matron.

What did they say?

Can you support us with nurse revalidation?

What did you do?

• Created a “Knowledge Guide” on the Intranet.
• Attended nurse revalidation sessions to find out a bit more.
• Agreed to help staff with any information technology (IT) support and/or search skills training they needed.
• Created a leaflet for nurses revalidating and handed these out at meetings and made available in the libraries.
• Created displays in the libraries.

How did it help?

The Knowledge Guide provided resources which were linked to the nurse revalidation Intranet pages so everything was in one place.

Displays in the libraries promoted reflective practice books and put them in one place for nurses to see what was available.

We provided support to nurses with their portfolios although this proved to be easier than was first envisaged.

Having a point of contact where all nurses going through the process can go was important to the Practice Development Matron. We have provided that and are seen as an important part of the process.

The guide was mentioned in the Revalidation Steering Group (February 2015) and was consequently added to the staff bulletin. The below content was added to the bulletin.

How the Library can help you with Revalidation?

The library has a dedicated revalidation webpage, packed with useful information including online resources, journals, books, knowledge guides and information about reflection.

Library staff can help you to find articles, guidelines or reviews from resources such as the NHS Healthcare Databases, Cochrane Library or National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Evidence.

You can also request articles that aren’t available online.

We also have study space which you can use for reading and reflection, and PCs for e-learning.