Clinical Education Programme [CP]
This Clinical Programme (CP], formerly known as AFEN, is available following purchase and registration for our Education Bundle
This programme has been developed for all registered nurses working in emergency care settings including Type 1 and Type 3 EDs, ED SDEC, UTC, MIUs etc.
The programme supports nurses new to the specialism as well as those that are experienced wishing to update or upskill the clinical component of their practice.
The programme can be used for both
- Continuing Professional Development (CPD) AND
- Education for our 120 credit Level 6 Diploma in Emergency Nursing (FEN) Qualification (equates Level 10 Scotland and Level 8 in Ireland) or any of its eight units. This equates to an enhanced level of Practice.
The programme consists of more than 90 recorded webinars Plus a live webinar is normally provided at 19.00h on the first Tuesday of the month with the exceptions of January and August. Live sessions will either present a new topic or an updated version of a previous webinar.
The curriculum has been specifically designed into blocks of lectures to support a nurse new to the specialism systematically gaining competencies and capabilities. Anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology and the variance for different age ranges are normally built into the content of each webinar.
Experienced Emergency Nurses may prefer to choose a topic that they want to update themselves on rather than follow any particular order to the sessions and acceptable and understandable.
Information including costs correct on 13/12/2024.
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Q: When should I start the Clinical Programme [CP]? You can start at any time, today, tomorrow, next week or next month, the programme is flexible.
Q: If I wish to do the qualification what do I need to know:
- You will need to be able to access the Education Bundle for the duration of your study -£40 per year.
- Full Qualification cost: £60 registration fee plus £940 for full qualification (payable when units are submitted for accreditation) OR
- Single Unit Cost: £20 registration fee plus £295 for 20 credit unit or £500 for 60 credit unit.
- How will I be assessed? you will develop a clinical portfolio of evidence which will include evidence such as case reviews, demonstration of procedural skills, and mini-consultation evaluation examinations (mini-cex).
- What happens if I fail? As this is a vocational qualification there are no failures. you simply have to supply evidence that is valid, authentic, reliable, current and sufficient to demonstrate each of the assessment criteria – so we may ask for more evidence to support sign-off.
- How Long will it take me to complete? normally we would expect individuals to complete within two to three years but this is dependant on how much evidence you already have that you can use against the assessment criteria. FEN has not set deadlines for submission for the qualification however we would expect you, supported by your line manager and/or assessor to establish deadlines to avoid slippage.
- Who assesses my Evidence and Signs me off? An experienced Emergency Nurse within your own workplace will assess and sign-off the clinical portfolio for each unit – so you should have an agreed assessor before signing up. On sign-off the unit will be submitted to FEN for Quality Assurance. FEN quality assure the work of the assessor, making sure that assessments between assessors is standardised. Our FEN awarding body then externally examine the assessments made by FEN.
Our qualifications will provide academic credits on the Credit & Qualifications Framework for Wales (CQFW) and Ofqual which is mapped – like other European Countries – to the European Qualifications Framework (EQF). To see how qualifications can cross boundaries across the UK and Ireland the following link may be helpful: qccb-web-oct-2019.pdf (scqf.org.uk)
European Quality Framework: Level 6
National equivalents:
Irish National Framework of Qualifications: Level 7/8
Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework: Level 10/9
Outside of UK & Ireland
If you are from outside of the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, you are welcome to join the Faculty and access our training programme. Should you wish to complete the clinical portfolio for accreditation please contact us.
The content of the Clinical Programme includes the following webinars
| Introduction to the programme, including: what is expected of you how lectures will work legal foundations ethical principles | Heads – anatomy & physiology |
| ABCDE assessment | Head injuries |
| Chest – injuries (part 1) | Brain pathology |
| Chest – illnesses (part 1) | Airway assessment – plans A – D |
| Chest – injuries (part 2) | Sedation |
| Chest – illnesses (part 2) | Mental health – common presenting symptoms |
| Risk assessments – Infection control | Psychotic illness |
| Hearts – ECG interpretation methods | Anxiety-related presentations |
| Hearts – Arrhythmias | Mental health prioritisation scales |
| Hearts – Blocks | Overdoses – drugs used and treatment options |
| Hearts – Acute Coronary Syndrome (part 1) | Poisoning |
| Hearts – Acute Coronary Syndrome (part 2) | Mental Capacity assessment |
| Hearts – congenital abnormalities | Legal detention of mentally ill people |
| Hearts – injuries and infections | Health and Safety risk assessments |
| Risk assessments – pressure areas | Communicable diseases |
| Limbs – arm injuries | End of life |
| Limbs – hand injuries | Sudden death |
| Limbs – hip injuries | Sudden bereavement |
| Limbs – lower leg and foot injuries | Manual handling in Emergency Care |
| Risk assessments – Safeguarding (initial) | Eye assessment (1) |
| Pain assessment | Eye assessment (2) |
| Non-pharmaceutical pain relief | Eye treatments |
| Pharmaceutical pain relief options | Ear problems |
| Wound assessment | Nose problems |
| Wound cleaning and closure | Throat problems |
| Local anaesthetics for wound exploration and closure | Major incident planning |
| Wound dressings | Major incident implementation |
| Risk assessments – Safeguarding (secondary) | Major incident – Communication structures |
| Structuring Emergency Care | Clinical governance in Emergency Care |
| Prioritising in Emergency Care | Human Factors in Emergency Care |
| Burns – assessment | Handover/transfer of care |
| Burns – treatment | Pregnancy in a nutshell |
| Major burns | Delivering a baby |
| Explosion injuries | Resuscitation of the newborn |
| Auditing Emergency Care | PV bleeds |
| Normal childhood progression | Kidney injury |
| Adolescents – physical changes | Kidney pathology |
| Adolescents – cognitive changes | Domestic Abuse |
| Adolescents – legal changes | Sepsis |
| Adolescents – transition | Cognitive impairment |
| Normal ageing progression | Adjusting care to the individual patient |
| Abdominal pain – assessment | Violence and aggression – prevention and management |
| Abdominal injuries | Shock |
| Abdominal pathology | Consent |
| Risk assessment – Falls | Managing unpredictable patients |
| Diabetes (1) | End of course – summary and evaluation |
| Diabetes (2) |
Course fee
£40 for the Education Bundle for a year; this includes the CPDme electronic portfolio (worth £24.99/year). The education bundle includes access to own CPDme e-portfolio, live weekly zoom webinars and a LMS of all past recordings of webinars. PLUS
£1000 for full qualification: Agored Cymru Level 6 Diploma in Emergency Nursing (120 credits)
£520 for a Level 6 single 60 credit age-related unit
£315 for a level 6 single 20 credit unit.
The Clinical Programme can be completed as a CPD opportunity i.e. no necessity to complete our regulated accredited qualification:
Apart from Care of the Child (20 credit ) Unit, Emergency Nurses can choose to complete a single unit or the full qualification – both of which award academic credits.
For the qualification four units must be completed:
Compulsory Units, both must be completed
| Title |
| Core Competencies for Working in Emergency Care Settings |
| Psychological Care of Patients in Emergency Care Settings |
Age- Related Units – Choose one
| Title |
| Care of Adults and Older People in Emergency Care Settings |
| Care of Children and Younger People in Emergency Care Settings |
Optional Units: Choose one
| Title |
| Care of Patients with Non-Life/Non-Limb Threatening Injuries |
| Care of Patients with Major Trauma |
| Care of Patients in the Pre Hospital Care Environment |
| Care of Patients in a Major Incident |
If the Care of Adult and Older person in Emergency Care Settings is Completed , then another Option is the 20 credit Care of the Child
Clinical assessment must be undertaken in the workplace. A portfolio of practice must be developed which will include workplace based assessments, case based discussions, annotated clinical notes, audits of notes and other evidence to demonstrate the necessary assessment criteria.
Once complete portfolios should be submitted to the Internal Quality Assurance Board for verification and award of qualification
As soon as you have registered for FEN, you will automatically be able to access all the webinars and educational resources. you will need to complete another registration form to access CPDme.
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