Mental Health Placements

Angelina is Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing a the University of Salford. She began her career as a general nurse in 1986, working in surgery. She later retrained as a mental health nurse and progressed into a variety of mental health nursing clinical and management roles within acute inpatient, older people and community practitioner areas. She moved into education as a training manager in an NHS Mental Health Trust, and then into higher education as a nurse lecturer in 2010. She is currently a module leader in the pre-registration degree nursing programme and teaches on both pre-registration and post graduate programmes. Her keen interest is around physical health in mental health. Angelina has published in a variety of nursing journals and textbooks.Elizabeth is Practice Education Facilitator in the Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. She began her career in nursing in 1977, qualifying as a State Enrolled Nurse working in surgery. She then retrained as a Mental Health Nurse in 1980 specialising in older adult nursing, predominantly dementia care. In 2003 she became involved in developing the assistant practitioner role across the Trust. She qualified as a lecturer / practice educator in 2005 and was heavily involved in teaching an in-house mentorship programme and supporting mentors in practice which has evolved into the implementation of the NMC Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment. Elizabeth is currently working to increase student capacity across the Trust.Maxine Womack is a Deputy Ward Manager in Greater Manchester Mental Health Foundation Trust. She started working in mental health in 2007. When she first started working in mental health Maxine was a domestic assistant in the private sector. She soon realised that working in mental health was what she wanted to do and so she then transferred her job role to a Support Worker. Maxine then commenced her Nurse Training in 2015. And qualified as a nurse in 2018. She currently works as a Deputy Ward Manager on a Male Rehabilitation Unit.

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• Getting there1. Preparing for placement2. Uniform3. Absence policy4. The NMC Code5. Person-centred care5.1 Least restrictive practice6. Consent, confidentialityand safeguarding6.1 Consent6.2 Confidentiality6.3 Safeguarding7. Guidance on using social mediaSettling there8. Induction and first day9. Working with those supervising your practice10. Common documentation11. Communicating with colleagues12. Communicating with patientsBeing there13. Personal safety13.1 De-escalation13.2 Hand hygiene13.3 Infection control and sharps policy13.4 Moving and handling14. Fundamental skills14.1 Assessment14.2 Drug administration14.3 Drug calculations14.4 Observations14.5 Skin assessment14.6 Urinalysis15. Basic Life Support16. Common medical emergencies16.1 Anaphylactic reaction16.2 Falls16.3 Sepsis16.4 Stroke16.5 Seizures17. Common groups of medications17.1 Antipsychotics17.2 Antidepressants17.3 Anxiolytics18. Pain assessment – pain toolsMoving on from there19. Reflection and action planning20. Common terminology21. Quick references22. Further reading