Write a summary of your understanding of Blood Pressure procedure and the skills you will need to become competent in performing this
- Write a summary of your understanding of Blood Pressure procedure and the skills you will need to become competent in performing this
- I have read the article: Fallon N. (2015) “The challenge of measuring blood pressure accurately” British Journal of Cardiac Nursing 10 (3): 132-139.
Write a summary of the key points raised in this article:
3. Outline here occasions when you would need to perform vital signs for a patient (you do not need to discuss BP at this time
4. Reflection on vital signs and blood pressure
What you achieved during the simulation (consider communication and clinical skills) What you would do differently next time – how would you improve your performance?
- Identify aspects of care from this simulation you could develop on your next clinical placement
- Write a summary of the procedure for oral mouth care
- Write a summary of your understanding of the procedure for nutrition screening
- Write a summary of the procedure for assisted eating and drinking
- Write a summary of your understanding of the Essence of Care Benchmark document on food and drink.
- Write a summary of your understanding of the Dignity in care action pack on assisted eating
- 9. Student Reflection, Action Plan and reflections on Malnutrition article: Reflective write-up on what you achieved in this workshop, identifying areas you need to develop, you can also add this to your Pebble Pad Portfolio.
- Action plan based on feedback and learning from simulated practice. Think about how you might find opportunities to practice the skills learnt in this session.
Read the article: Holder, H (2020) Malnutrition in the elderly: a public health concern – link on blackboard and note down factors relevant to your future practice
9 Student Reflection, Action Plan and read/reflect on article above: Read The article: Gluyas. H (2018) Understanding the human and system factors involved in medication errors. Nursing Standard. doi: 10.7748/ ns.2018.e11176 . Reflective write-up on what you achieved in this session, identifying areas you need to develop
10. Summarise the role of the nurse in preparing a patient for theatre
11. I have read the article: Liddle C (2012) Preparing patients to undergo surgery. Nursing Times; 108: 48, 12-13.
Write a summary of the key reading points of this article
12: Summary of: key learning points about giving a bed bath
13. Summary of: rationale for frequency of monitoring of post- operative patients and interpretation of abnormal results i.e.
‘drop in BP a sign of’ ?
- 14. Reflective write-up on what you achieved in this session, identifying areas you need to develop, you can also add this to your Pebble Pad Portfolio
- Look at the Nice Guidelines (2020) on blackboard for perioperative care in Adults
- Develop an Action plan based on learning from simulated practice and reading. Think about how you might find opportunities to practice the skills learnt in this session. Record below:
14. Write a brief summary of the purpose of aseptic procedures and when this would be used in clinical practice How does this differ from: a clean procedure? (give an example) & a sterile procedure? (give an example)
15. Write a brief summary of the key principles of ANTT . Why would you assess a wound before commencing a dressing procedure?
16. Mahoney, K. (2020) ‘Part 1: Wound assessment’, Journal of Community Nursing, 34(2), pp. 28–35
Write a brief summary of the key points from your reading of this article
17. Read the article Read and understand: Palmer, S. J. (2019) ‘Practising asepsis during dressing changes in community settings’, British Journal of Community Nursing, 24(12), pp. 600–603. doi: 10.12968/bjcn.2019.24.12.600 Write a brief summary of the key points from your reading of this article
- Reflective write-up on what you achieved in this session, identifying areas you need to developAction plan based on feedback and learning from simulated practice. Think about how you might find opportunities to practice the skills learnt in this session
Read the following journal article: Little et al. (2009) An overview of techniques used to measure wound area and volume. Journal of Wound Care. Vol 18 ( 6) pp. 250 – 253. Reflect on your learning.
19. I am familiar with falls risk assessment documentation and the risk factors associated with falls
What factors increase a person’s risk of falling? At home & In hospital
- Reflective write-up on what you achieved in this session, identifying areas you need to develop, you can also add this to your Pebble Pad Portfolio
Action plan based on feedback and learning from simulated practice. Think about how you might find opportunities to practise the skills learnt in this session
20 Write about some of the possible barriers to raising safeguarding issues in elderly patients
Which other professionals might be involved in the safeguarding of at-risk groups or individuals
- Reflective write-up on what you achieved in this session (Community Assessment of Elderly Patient Risk Assessment: Safeguarding )(, identifying areas you need to develop,
- Action plan based on feedback and learning from simulated practice. Think about how you might find opportunities to practice the skills learnt in this session.
21. Write a brief summary of the key features of the Mini- Cog screening tool, outlining why and how it should be used
22. read Nazarko L (2014) Cognitive assessment: a guide for community nurses. Write a short summary of the main points from this article. (you could also consider some of the strengths and weaknesses of the article)
i What are the differences between screening tools and assessment tools?
ii What is meant by the term “reliability” in relation to instruments or tools?
iii What is meant by the term “validity” in relation to instruments or tools?
iv What does the term “sensitivity” mean in relation to a screening test or tool?
v What does the term “specificity” mean in relation to a screening test or tool? eaknesses of the article)
Reflective write-up on what you achieved in this session (Assessing physical and cognitive status of a patient in their own home)
- , identifying areas you need to develop,
- Action plan based on feedback and learning from simulated practice. Think about how you might find opportunities to practice the skills learnt in this session. Document below:
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