QUASIC (Nursing Care)

An interactive programme designed to revitalise and refresh the basic standards of nursing care, addressing practice and performance issues. QUASIC is designed around 6 modules: Quality, Understanding, Assessment, Inter/Intrapersonal Skills, and Communication, reflecting the standards, roles and responsibilities outlined in the KSF. QUASIC is supported by training passports, virtual mentorship and an online support site.

Length of Course

• Tailor made to meet individual organisational needs

Sample of Content

• Direction setting for teams and individual team members
• Understanding policy and professional accountability
• Mental Health Assessment skills
• Transactional Analysis
• The Art of Good Questions
• Listening and Empathy skills
• Basic contemporary Inter / Intrapersonal skills

Return on investment

• Staff will be able to set baseline standards on attitude, personal presentation, timekeeping and practice
• Integrated working and opening a dialogue for the MDT
• Increase in 1:1 time with service users (evidence on request)
• Role clarification (KSF)
• Role definition (Team)
• Improved system, structure and practice of handovers (evidence on request)
• 50% increase MDT meeting (evidence on request)