Community Placements

A Pocket Guide

AvLesley McKinlay,Georgios Tsigkas

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

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Beskrivning

A handy, pocket-sized guide designed to help student nurses make the most of their community nursing placements.Community placements can be daunting – you’ll be working in a variety of settings, caring for a range of individual people and families with different needs, often in their own homes. There are new colleagues to work with, and newly learned nursing theory to put into practice. This pocket guide is designed to make your placements much more enjoyable and less stressful.From absence policy to palliative care, via home visiting, it’s full of practical detail, hints and tips.Written by experienced lecturers with the input of current nursing students – this guidance is really produced with you inmind.Pocket-sized format – carry it with you at all times.Space to make your own notes – be it uniform policy, observations about the community you’re supporting, or just the names of your new colleagues!Reduce your stress and make the most of your community placement by having this book to hand from the start.Pocket Guides is a series of handy, pocket-sized books designed to help students make the most of their practice learning experiences.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2018-11-30
Mått:105 x 148 x 5 mm
Vikt:80 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Lantern Publishing
Antal sidor:80
Förlag:Lantern Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781908625557

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Georgios graduated as a Registered General Nurse in Athens, Greece, before moving to Cardiff in 2014 and completing his master’s degree in Advanced Practice Education for Health Professionals. His clinical experience is in acute medical admission wards and emergency departments across Greece and the UK. He is a lecturer in nursing and also a doctoral candidate at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. His teaching activities include nursing skills and procedures.Caroline Dickson has been a Registered Nurse since 1985 and has considerable experience within community nursing, particularly district nursing, general practice nursing and practice development. In 2003 she moved into higher education at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh where she is Senior Lecturer in Community Nursing and Programme Leader for the PGDip Person-centred Practice (District Nursing). She also contributes to the undergraduate nursing programme from a community nursing perspective and is an Honorary District Nurse in NHS Borders and in clinical practice one day per month.Caroline is currently Chair of the RCN District Nursing Forum and a member of the Association of District Nurse Educators. She was a member of the Steering Group that developed the Queen’s Nursing Institute voluntary standards for District Nurse Education and Practice (2016). She also been a member of a variety of national groups developing district and community nursing services in Scotland and the UK. She is a member of the International Practice Development Collaborative. She regularly reviews papers for a number of journals including the British Journal of Community Nursing, International Practice Development Journal, Journal of Nursing Management and the International Journal of Older People, and she has held External Examiner positions in various universities throughout the UK.

Recensioner i media

Great little guide‘This has really helped me in my community placement, I no longer have to carry my big community books with me as this has all the basic information needed to have a quick reference.’Amazon reviewer

Innehållsförteckning

Getting there1. Preparing for community placement2. Uniform3. Absence policy4. Professionalism4.1 The NMC Code4.2 Raising concerns4.3 Consent and confidentiality4.4 Social media5. Person-centred practiceSettling there6. Induction / first day7. Key colleagues you will be working with7.1 Health Visitors7.2 District Nurses7.3 General Practice Nurses7.4 School Nurses8. Getting to know your community9. Working with your mentorBeing there10. Home visiting11. Interpersonal skills12. Communicating with colleagues12.1 Nursing handover12.2 Answering the telephone13. Health and safety13.1 Infection control13.2 Manual handling13.3 Lone working14. Community emergencies14.1 Falls in the community14.2 Infections and the risk of sepsis14.3 Basic Life Support (BLS)14.4 Violence and aggression15. Documentation15.1 Incident reporting15.2 Yellow Card Scheme16. Caring and supporting people across the lifespan16.1 Childhood development16.2 Long-term conditions16.3 Palliative and end of life care16.4 Following a death in the community17. Opportunities for learning17.1 Practice assessment documentationMoving on from there18. Reflection19. Completion of your practice assessment documentation20. Transferable skills21. Further reading