Placement Overview
| Placement Title | Rumworth Team, 0-19/25 Children’s Services (Health Visiting and School Nursing) |
| Trust | |
| Your Placement Contact | Rachel McEwan, Alison Orlopp – Send Email |
| Placement Address | Alexandra Childrens Centre, Blackledge Street, Bolton. BL3 4BL |
| Placement City/Town: | Bolton |
| Placement Phone | 01204 337578 |
| Your University Contact: | Gaynor Fenton – Send Email |
About this placement
What is organised for students on commencement of placement?
IT access
Timetable
Allocation of mentor
What are the arrangements for mentors/assessors?
If placement is less than 8 weeks, the student will be allocated one mentor only.
If the placement is 8 weeks or over, the student will be given two mentors.
All members of the team will support the learning of the student.
What shift patterns are students allocated for learning?
Shift Notes:
Monday to Friday 9am till 5pm.
What patient care situations are available in this placement?
a) The health of the baby or young child
- Care of children and their families at home or in clinics.
- Care in GP surgeries
- Primary visits to new babies
- Continuing care visits – skin care, bowel care etc.
- Baby clinics
- Follow up visits to the home following hospital discharge
- Visits for feeding and weaning advice
- Immunisation discussion and advice
- Developmental reviews
- Parenting skills
- Care of children with special needs
- Support for single mothers
- Advice on teething, febrile conditions, sleep and behavioural problems
- Continence assessments
- Advice re- childcare, nursery placements, schooling
- Mother and toddler groups/ Support groups
- Housing problems review and advice
- Support for fathers, or expectant fathers
- Education regarding smoking
- Drug abuse work and continuing advice/referral to other agencies
- Family planning advice
b) Emotional well-being
- Bereavement counselling and help for families
- Care and monitoring of post natal depression
- Advice and support in unhappy relationships
- Advice and support regarding violent relationships
- Help and support during family break ups.
- Support and counselling when a child is terminally ill or disabled
- Advice to help cope with language and cultural changes
c) Help when caring for relatives or friends
- Assisting in arranging help from Social Services or outside agencies
- Advice regarding benefits and help to fill out the application forms
- Assisting in the maintenance of independence
- Advice in maintenance of healthy family dynamics
What nursing model is used for planning care?
Predominantly Newmans model and the Health Visiting Process.
What core clinical skills can be learnt?
- Weighing babies
- Growth monitoring
- Buccal swabs
- Developmental assessments
What additional clinical skills can be learnt?
- Behaviour management
- Sleep management
What resources are available to help students learning?
All areas have resource information available for students, full internet access and also access to the main healthcare databases e.g. CINAHL, following input of a password and code.
Many areas have their own area specific induction pack for students with information pertaining to the individual placement. All areas have some books, research articles, and a variety of appropriate literature.
Lever Chambers in the town centre has a health promotion centre where literature and resources are available.