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Are you completing your nursing revalidation and looking for evidence to support your activities? We can help you to find sources to support: Reading and reviewing publications for CPD Your written reflective accounts Reflective discussion Try these resources: Evidently Cochrane – evidence for everyday nursing This resource is a blog. They post articles on a regular basis which discuss the latest evidence published, relating to nursing practice and issues. Some recent examples include: Venous leg Ulcers: evidence review Footcare for People with Diabetes: prevention of complications and treatment Rivastigmine reviewed: doubts about the dementia drug There is an A-Z list of categories that you can select from and a search option. The content presented is reasonably short and it is delivered in an easy to read format; references are included. You can follow the blog on twitter or facebook, where you’ll get notified of the latest articles. You can al...

The RCN provides lots of support to nurses going through the revalidation process. Here is an interesting article " The 10 most common myths about revalidation ", highlighting some of the myths about revalidation.

The Nursing & Midwifery Council offers a lot of support to nursing staff who are revalidating. You can find help easily laid out on their microsite at http://revalidation.nmc.org.uk/what-you-need-to-do/ Why not take a minute to check it out?

The NMC have produced a video giving you step-by-step instructions to completing your online revalidation application. You can find it on Youtube here .

Here is some help from the NMC about writing reflective accounts . Nurses need to write 5 reflective accounts during their 3 year revalidation period. You can also find help in the library. We have a range of books about reflective practice at classmark RT73 or you can check out the range of ebooks that we have.

If you are starting to complete the new nursing revalidation portfolio, you can download the NMC’s mandatory and recommended forms and templates . Forms include: Practice hours log CPD log Reflective Accounts form Reflective discussion form (with guidance sheet) There are also some examples of completed forms for you to have a look at.