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Clinical Skills Training for Nurses templates

58 ready-made templates in Clinical Skills Training for Nurses, including Perioperative safety: Surgical checklist, sedation and airway, Recognising and escalating the deteriorating patient (NEWS2, sepsis and rapid response), Obstetric emergencies and newborn safety. Each one comes with a self-paced course, a live session deck and two surveys.

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Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Perioperative safety: Surgical checklist, sedation and airway
Theatre nurses
Covers:
- Run each phase of the surgical safety checklist
- Plan positioning that protects skin and pressure areas
- Keep the sterile field safe
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Recognising and escalating the deteriorating patient (NEWS2, sepsis and rapid response)
Registered nurses
Covers:
- Score a set of adult observations with NEWS2
- Recognise when infection could be sepsis, grade the risk with NEWS2
- Recognise signs of shock and the safe basics of fluid resuscitation
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Obstetric emergencies and newborn safety
Midwives
Covers:
- Recognise warning signs of pre-eclampsia and reduced fetal movements
- Recognise postpartum haemorrhage early
- Put the first steps of newborn life support in the right order
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Safe medication administration and error reporting
Registered nurses
Covers:
- Calculate a dose volume and an infusion rate
- Explain why insulin, anticoagulants, opioids
- Prepare and run an IV infusion safely, checking the line, the pump
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Blood transfusion safety: Bedside checks, reactions and anticoagulation
Registered nurses and midwives
Covers:
- Carry out the bedside pre-transfusion checks
- Recognise signs of an acute transfusion reaction
- Activate and support your major haemorrhage protocol without delay
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Safe handling and administration of systemic anticancer therapy
Oncology and haematology nurses
Covers:
- Name how staff can be exposed to cytotoxic drugs and use the controls
- Recognise a possible extravasation or infusion reaction
- Treat suspected neutropenic sepsis as an emergency
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Prehospital triage, haemorrhage control and safe patient moving
EMTs
Covers:
- Check scene safety, send an early scene report
- Control life-threatening limb bleeding with an escalating approach
- Apply avoid, assess, reduce to lifting and moving patients
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Radiation protection and MRI safety
Radiographers and assistant practitioners
Covers:
- Explain which imaging uses ionising radiation
- Describe who refers, justifies and carries out an exposure
- Use time, distance and shielding, wear protective equipment
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Stroke, falls, delirium and dementia care
Ward and care-home staff
Covers:
- Recognise a possible stroke using FAST
- Tell delirium from dementia, spot hypoactive delirium
- Use a person-centred approach to understand distress in dementia
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Pain, opioid safety and end-of-life care
Registered nurses
Covers:
- Choose a pain assessment approach that fits the person
- Recognise common opioid side effects and signs of toxicity
- Offer simple non-drug comfort measures alongside prescribed treatment
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
United Kingdom
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Insulin safety and managing hypo- and hyperglycaemia
Ward nurses
Covers:
- Name the main insulin types and give insulin safely
- Check capillary blood glucose and ketones
- Recognise signs of DKA and HHS and escalate straight away
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
ECG rhythm recognition for nurses and first responders
Telemetry
Covers:
- Place the electrodes for a standard 12-lead ECG
- Recognise a slow rhythm or heart block that needs escalation
- Sort a fast rhythm by narrow or broad QRS and regular or irregular
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Pre-analytical quality: Specimen collection, labelling and transport
Phlebotomists
Covers:
- Fill tubes in the correct order of draw and mix them correctly
- Prevent haemolysis and the other common reasons a sample is rejected
- Take blood cultures with the right volume and without contamination
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Antimicrobial stewardship: Start smart, review and talk about antibiotics
Doctors and non-medical prescribers
Covers:
- Explain why antimicrobial resistance matters
- Start antibiotics smartly
- Review antibiotics at 48 to 72 hours with a clear CARES decision
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
United Kingdom
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Long-term condition reviews in primary care: Blood pressure, inhalers and heart failure
Practice nurses
Covers:
- Take and record an accurate clinic blood pressure
- Check inhaler technique and run the core checks of an asthma review
- Coach a person with heart failure on self-care
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Dental and eye-care practice team essentials
Dental nurses
Covers:
- Put the instrument decontamination cycle in the right order
- Give consistent, evidence-based oral-health advice on toothbrushing
- Set up, run and close a clinic session safely
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Health promotion and disease surveillance for community health teams
Community health workers
Covers:
- Hold a very brief health promotion conversation that agrees a goal
- Deliver very brief advice on smoking and screen
- Involve community members in planning and running health initiatives
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Mental health first response: Risk conversations, substance use and naloxone
Front-line clinical staff
Covers:
- Recognise common signs of depression, anxiety, psychosis and delirium
- Ask directly and compassionately about suicide
- Treat sudden behaviour change as possibly physical
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
45 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Medical emergencies in clinics, dental practices and pharmacies (anaphylaxis, fainting and collapse)
Dental teams
Covers:
- Tell a simple faint from anaphylaxis or a more serious collapse
- Find, check and keep ready the emergency drugs and kit
- Call for help with clear directions and start CPR and the AED
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Clinical nutrition CPD for dietitians, nurses and care teams: Screening, feeding routes and counselling basics
Dietitians
Covers:
- Explain why nutritional screening is done
- Describe in plain words the difference between oral nutrition support
- Recognise why diet in conditions such as diabetes, heart disease
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Infection prevention and control: Hand hygiene, PPE and precautions for nurses and care staff
Registered nurses
Covers:
- Explain why standard precautions apply to every patient
- Identify the five moments for hand hygiene and choose between hand rub
- Choose PPE for the task and put it
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Pressure injury prevention and wound care competency for nurses and care staff
Registered nurses
Covers:
- Explain how pressure and shear damage skin
- Use the local risk assessment tool
- Carry out and record a prevention bundle
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Safe IV therapy, infusion pumps and vascular access care for nurses
Registered and enrolled nurses
Covers:
- Read and record fluid balance accurately and recognise
- Check and programme an infusion pump against the prescription
- Carry out the identification and pre-transfusion checks
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Safe medication administration and high-alert medicines for registered nurses
Registered nurses
Covers:
- Carry out the checks before every dose in the right order
- Read an order for missing or ambiguous parts and clarify before giving
- Explain what makes a medicine high alert
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Recognising and escalating the deteriorating patient: Early warning scores for nurses
Registered nurses
Covers:
- Explain why patients deteriorate and why signs are missed
- Take accurate vital signs, avoid common errors
- Use the local early warning score to decide the response
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Falls prevention and safe patient handling: Assessing risk, moving and transferring patients safely
Registered nurses
Covers:
- Explain why falls matter and name the main fall risk factors
- Use the local falls risk tool, re-assess at the triggers
- Choose the right handling equipment from a mobility assessment
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Perioperative safety: Time-out, counts, asepsis and fire risk for theatre nurses
Registered nurses
Covers:
- Carry out your part of sign-in, time-out and sign-out
- Describe when counts are done, what to do about a discrepancy
- Protect the sterile field and recognise and report an asepsis breach
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Oxygen therapy, tracheostomy care and blood gas interpretation: Safe practice for ward nurses
Registered nurses and healthcare assistants on acute wards
Covers:
- Assess breathing and recognise deterioration, and escalate
- Treat oxygen as a prescribed medicine
- Carry out routine tracheostomy checks, and in an emergency call for help
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Recognising and escalating obstetric emergencies and newborn deterioration: Perinatal competency for nurses
Registered nurses and midwives on labour, postnatal and neonatal units, preceptors
Covers:
- Recognise the warning signs of a woman or baby who is deteriorating
- Take the first safe actions in a suspected haemorrhage
- Monitor a woman receiving an oxytocic infusion
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Continence, catheter and stoma care in long-term and home settings: Safe practice for nurses
Registered and enrolled nurses
Covers:
- Assess continence and bowel function and record what you find
- Describe the principles of urinary catheter care that reduce infection
- Describe stoma care and how to protect the surrounding skin
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Cardiac rhythm recognition and haemodynamic monitoring competency for ward and critical care nurses
Registered nurses on telemetry, step-down, high dependency, recovery and cardiac wards
Covers:
- Set up continuous monitoring, prepare the skin
- Analyse a rhythm strip with a fixed routine
- Recognise a patient who is unstable or in cardiac arrest
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Preventing central line and urinary catheter infections: Bundle practice for nurses
Registered nurses
Covers:
- Explain how a care bundle works and why each element matters
- Describe the central line maintenance bundle
- Access a line safely, including scrubbing the hub
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Recognising delirium and supporting people with dementia: Person-centred care for nursing teams
Registered nurses
Covers:
- Tell delirium, dementia and low mood apart in broad terms
- Use the local screening tool and escalate suspected delirium promptly
- Communicate respectfully and support choice and consent in personal care
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Palliative and end-of-life nursing care: Competency validation for ward and care-home nurses
Registered nurses
Covers:
- Describe palliative care and end-of-life care, and who is involved
- Recognise that a patient may be dying, tell the responsible clinician
- Provide and escalate comfort care for common symptoms under local policy
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Emergency department triage: Safe, consistent acuity assignment for nurses
Registered nurses
Covers:
- Spot danger signs and time-critical presentations and act on them first
- Adapt triage to special populations and settings
- Describe the principles of mass-casualty triage
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Paediatric assessment and family-centred care: Evidencing safe practice for ward nurses
Registered nurses
Covers:
- Assess a child in an age-appropriate way
- Recognise developmental red flags
- Choose and document a pain tool suited to the child's age and ability
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Suicide risk assessment and therapeutic engagement for mental health nurses
Registered nurses and healthcare assistants
Covers:
- Use respectful, non-judgemental language
- Recognise risk and protective factors and warning signs
- Ask directly about suicidal thoughts
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Stroke recognition and neurological observations: Bedside competency for registered nurses
Registered nurses and newly qualified nurses on acute, medical, emergency and stroke wards
Covers:
- Recognise the signs of a suspected stroke, note the time last known well
- Know when to do neurological observations, what to record
- Score the Glasgow Coma Scale components
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Safe drug dosage and infusion rate calculation for nurses: Workplace competency
Registered nurses
Covers:
- Explain why calculation errors harm patients
- Convert between grams, milligrams, micrograms and millilitres safely
- Follow the steps for working out a dose from a prescription
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Nursing assistant and care aide competency checks: Daily living, vital signs and safe care
Nursing assistants
Covers:
- Describe your role, work within it and tell the nurse
- Give personal care with dignity, check skin and report changes
- Support eating and drinking safely
Last reviewed Oct 2026
By AhaSlides Official
40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Mood and anxiety disorders for nurses and care teams
Nurses and care staff
Covers:
- Describe the main types of depressive, bipolar and anxiety disorders
- Recognise warning signs that need prompt escalation
- Explain what nurses monitor and teach for antidepressants
Last reviewed Nov 2026
Adapted from Open RN
35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Enteral tubes: Placement checks, feeding and tube care for nursing teams
Registered nurses and care staff
Covers:
- Explain why tube placement must be verified
- Set up safe tube feeding
- Recognise and respond to blockage, misconnection, aspiration risk
Last reviewed Nov 2026
Adapted from Open RN
35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Chest tube drainage: Monitoring and troubleshooting
Registered nurses on acute wards
Covers:
- Describe what the collection, water seal and suction control chambers do
- Carry out start-of-shift and ongoing checks on a closed drainage system
- Recognise air leaks, lost drainage and heavy bleeding, and escalate
Last reviewed Nov 2026
Adapted from Open RN
40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Quality and evidence-based practice for nurses
Registered nurses
Covers:
- Give the ANA definition of quality
- Name the main ways quality is measured and rewarded
- Use the Plan, Do, Study, Act cycle on a simple problem such as falls
Last reviewed Nov 2026
Adapted from Open RN
35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Psychosis and personality disorders: Recognise and respond
Nurses and nursing students
Covers:
- Describe the three personality disorder clusters
- Recognise psychosis, delirium and schizophrenia and how they differ
- Explain what mental status findings to look
Last reviewed Nov 2026
Adapted from Open RN
35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Community health needs and vulnerable populations
Community
Covers:
- Describe community health nursing roles and common barriers
- Explain how social determinants of health
- Recognise which groups are vulnerable
Last reviewed Nov 2026
Adapted from Open RN
35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Psychotropic medicines: Classes, monitoring and safe administration
Nurses and nursing students
Covers:
- Name the main antidepressant classes and their key risks
- Recognise serotonin syndrome and hypertensive crisis
- Describe safe monitoring and teaching for lithium and benzodiazepines
Last reviewed Nov 2026
Adapted from Open RN
35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Patient safety fundamentals: Culture, reporting and everyday risks
Nurses and care staff
Covers:
- Define never events, sentinel events and near misses
- Explain just culture and the three types of behaviour
- Name the safety goals for nursing care centres and use two identifiers
Last reviewed Nov 2026
Adapted from Open RN
40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Caring for older adults: Ageism, SPICES, expected findings and teaching
Nurses
Covers:
- Recognise ageism and name ways to reduce it in your care
- Use the SPICES prompts to assess an older adult
- Tell expected ageing changes from findings to report
Last reviewed Nov 2026
Adapted from Open RN
35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Bedside skills: Manual blood pressure and mental status
Nurses and care staff
Covers:
- Describe what a blood pressure reading is and the main categories
- Take a manual blood pressure in the right sequence
- Assess level of consciousness, orientation
Last reviewed Nov 2026
Adapted from Open RN
40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Health care economics for nurses: Costs to staffing
Nurses
Covers:
- Explain why health care costs rise, using the trends named in the course
- Tell Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance and self-pay apart
- Describe fee-for-service and Pay for Performance
Last reviewed Nov 2026
Adapted from Open RN
35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Childhood, adolescent and eating disorders: Spotting concerns and supporting young people
Paediatric
Covers:
- Describe the key conditions covered
- Recognise signs and situations that need a closer look
- Explain the nurse's or care worker's role in building trust, responding
Last reviewed Nov 2026
Adapted from Open RN
35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Trauma, abuse and violence for nurses: Recognise and respond
Nurses and care staff
Covers:
- Describe adverse childhood experiences
- Use the principles of trauma-informed care in everyday interactions
- Recognise signs of child and older adult abuse and neglect
Last reviewed Nov 2026
Adapted from Open RN
35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Fluids and electrolytes for nurses: Spot the signs early
Ward
Covers:
- Explain how fluid moves between body compartments and what regulates it
- Describe how isotonic, hypotonic and hypertonic IV solutions behave
- Recognise signs of common electrolyte and acid-base imbalances
Last reviewed Nov 2026
Adapted from Open RN
35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Spiritual care in nursing: Assess, listen, support
Nurses
Covers:
- Define spirituality and spiritual distress in plain words
- Ask open spiritual assessment questions using the FICA or HOPE prompts
- Spot spoken cues of spiritual distress and decide
Last reviewed Nov 2026
Adapted from Open RN
35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Caring for people with sensory impairments: Vision, hearing and communication
Nurses and care staff
Covers:
- Explain how a sensation is received, perceived and reacted
- Recognise common vision and hearing impairments
- Spot sensory overload and sensory deprivation
Last reviewed Nov 2026
Adapted from Open RN
30 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
How medicines work: Kinetics, dynamics and the therapeutic window
Nurses and senior care staff
Covers:
- Describe absorption, distribution, metabolism
- Explain what agonist and antagonist drugs do at a receptor
- Use onset, peak and duration to think about
Last reviewed Nov 2026
Adapted from Open RN
35 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys
Global
Clinical Skills Training for Nurses
Medication law and ethics: Duties, controlled drugs and error prevention
Nurses and senior care staff
Covers:
- Link the ANA Code of Ethics provisions to everyday medicine tasks
- Place a drug in a controlled-substance schedule category
- Name the Joint Commission and CMS expectations for orders, five rights
Last reviewed Nov 2026
Adapted from Open RN
40 minCourse · Live deck · 2 surveys