Welcome to the clinical skills repository site for Nursing and Midwifery at Sheffield Hallam University.

Please note that this site is a work in progress and some pages are not yet complete. Please bear with us while we complete the remaining pages.

This site has been created as an easy access area to find resources relating to clinical skills or 'proficiencies' you might be expected to become familiar with in order to meet the requirements of your nursing course and placements. You might find the site particularly useful for proficiencies that you are having difficulty getting 'signed off' on placement, as engaging with the resources here will help you to demonstrate what you have done to work towards certain proficiencies. Alternatively, you may simply find this site useful to find learning materials to help you in developing your knowledge, skills and understanding relating to clinical skills that you might be expected to perform as a nurse.  

Use the menu bar on the left of the page to jump to the clinical skill you wish to look at. The skills are listed in alphabetical order. If the page has a drop down arrow this indicates that there is separate child information available (click the arrow to open the child nursing page), if not the skill is a generic skill for an adult or child patient.  On each page you will find useful items including: 

• links to materials you might want to read

• links to illustrated procedural guides on ClinicalSkills.net 

• videos that you might find useful to watch to help you familiarise yourself with undertaking the skill

• procedural checklists that you can use either online (if you want to use these on an iPad or copies you can print out)

• interactive resources

• quizzes to test your knowledge

• other useful resources

Make sure you keep evidence of the activities you complete whilst using the resources on this site, including logging any videos, reading or other materials you engage with. This will help you when you present your evidence to your Practice Assessor, to demonstrate your work towards meeting elements of the nursing procedures contained in Annexe B of the NMC Standards of Proficiency for Registered Nurses, and will therefore help your Practice Assessor to be able to sign you off where required if you have met the necessary criteria. 

Reflecting on your activities is also really important and good evidence to show what you have learnt from undertaking the activities - and how this will impact on your practice or yourself as a developing nurse. 

For writing a reflection you may wish to use a template within the MYEPAD document itself (if you use this) or the Reflective Accounts Form from the NMC which can be found at the following link: http://revalidation.nmc.org.uk/download-resources/forms-and-templates.html. Alternatively, you may have your own template that you prefer to follow. 

All content is accurate at time of publication and aims to follow best practice guidance. However, we acknowledge that changes to practice occur with evolving research and evidence as well as guidance from other relevant stakeholders. As such all content will be reviewed on a regular basis and the review date for each page can be found at the bottom of each page of the repository. It remains the user of the site's responsibility to ensure that their practice remains current and contemporaneous as per their responsibilities conveyed by their governing bodies and their duty of care. The content of this site is intended as an aid to learning and does not convey of confirm competence. All students are required to follow Sheffield Hallam University, placement area and employer's policy when undertaking any skills or practice associated with this site.