Nursing Care for Long-Term Illness Patients Training

Learning Outcomes

• Apply principles of person-centred care to develop individualised care plans for patients with long-term illness.
• Demonstrate effective communication techniques to educate patients and families about disease management and lifestyle adjustments.
• Analyze common complications associated with long-term illnesses and implement preventive nursing interventions.
• Evaluate the psychological and social impact of chronic illness on patients and their support systems.
• Implement strategies to maintain patient dignity, independence, and quality of life throughout the illness trajectory.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary care and referral pathways to address the comprehensive needs of long-term care patients.

Target Audience

Enrolled nurses, care workers, and healthcare assistants working in hospitals, clinics, home-based care, or residential facilities who support patients with chronic or long-term conditions.

Prerequisites

None — open enrollment

Course Outline

Practicals

Overview

Practical sessions provide hands-on experience in comprehensive assessment, symptom management, and care planning for patients with long-term illness. Learners will practice clinical skills, use assessment tools, and simulate patient education and multidisciplinary communication.

Practical Activities

• Practical 1: Comprehensive Nursing Assessment — Learners perform a full nursing assessment on a simulated patient with a chronic condition, including history taking, physical examination, and functional assessment. (4h)
• Practical 2: Symptom Management Interventions — Learners practice non-pharmacological symptom management techniques and administer medications using correct protocols in a simulated setting. (4h)
• Practical 3: Patient Education and Self-Management Support — Learners conduct a patient education session on self-management (e.g., glucose monitoring, inhaler technique, diet) and use motivational interviewing to address barriers. (4h)
• Practical 4: Care Coordination and Discharge Planning — Learners participate in a simulated multidisciplinary team meeting and develop a discharge plan for a patient with complex chronic needs. (4h)

Summatives

Each delegate is assessed continuously throughout the course via daily exercises, scored practical assignments, and a final summative test at the end.

Practical Assignments — 30%

Practical assignments are observed and scored against a rubric during the practical sessions. Each delegate's practical mark is averaged into a single 100% score and contributes 30% to the final total.

Daily Exercises — 20%

Every training day ends with a multiple-choice exercise scored out of 100%. The scores from each daily exercise are averaged across the duration of the course to produce a Daily Average mark, which contributes 20% to the final total.

Final Test — 50%

On the last day a final summative test is written. It is a multiple-choice paper with multiple-answer questions: each question may have more than one correct option, and a single wrong selection on a question marks the entire question wrong — no partial credit. The final test is scored out of 100% and contributes 50% to the overall mark.

Final Total

Component	Out of	Weight
Practical Assignments (rubric-scored)	100%	30%
Daily Average (multiple choice)	100%	20%
Final Test (multi-answer multiple choice)	100%	50%
Final Total	—	100%

All marks are recorded on the AATICD LMS and visible to each learner under their account.

Certificate

How it works

• Certificates are auto-generated on the AATICD LMS as soon as the marks pass the 50% threshold.
• Each certificate is a branded PDF with the delegate's name, the course title, the unit standard ID, NQF level, credits, and the date of issue.
• You can download or print your certificate from your LMS dashboard at any time after issue — there's no reissue fee and no expiry date.
• If you scored under 50% you can sit the final test again at the next scheduled session at no extra cost.

Where to find it

Sign in to the LMS, open your dashboard, and your certificates appear under My Certificates. Each entry has a View / Download button and a print option.

Training Discounts

Group discounts apply automatically — the more delegates you enrol, the greater the saving. Discounts are calculated at 3% per 5 delegates, scaling up to 40% off for 100+ delegates.

Delegates	Discount
5	3% off
10	6% off
15	9% off
20	12% off
25	15% off
30	18% off
50	30% off
75	35% off
100	40% off

3% discount per 5 delegates, up to 40% off for 100+ delegates. Contact us for a custom group quote.