Placement Overview
| Placement Title | Children’s Community Nurse |
| Trust | |
| Your Placement Contact | Karen Stanton, Jade Stott – Send Email |
| Placement Contact’s Role | Paediatric Nurse Practitioner and children’s community nurses |
| Placement Address | Callaghan House Cross Street Off Green Lane Heywood OL10 2DY |
| Placement City/Town: | Rochdale |
| Placement Phone | 01706 676777 PNP duty phone 07541693262 CCNT duty phone 07976040294 |
| Your University Contact: | Nicky Fishburn – Send Email |
About this placement
What is organised for students on commencement of placement?
- Student pack
- Mentor and associate mentor allocated
- Induction to the placement e.g. (working hours, contact details, uniform)
- Meet the team information
- Spoke placements including: Childrens Asthma and Diabetes services, Special schools, School nurses, Various MDT members and services available to children and families in the borough of Heywood Middleton and Rochdale
What are the arrangements for mentors/assessors?
Students will be allocated a staff support group of 4 supervisors and allocated a assessor prior to placement
What shift patterns are students allocated for learning?
Early:
Late:
Night:
Shift Notes:
Staff do long days 8-8 x 3 per week Full time staff do a 4th week of 4 long days
Short shifts can be facilitated. E- 8-4 L- 12-8
Notes: Please on your initial email send preferences so off duty can be done and sent out when you contact team.
What patient care situations are available in this placement?
A variety of clinical conditions both acute and complex that allow children to be treated at home and facilitate early discharge from hospital.
. * wound care
* asthma
* oncology
* home IV therapy
* epilepsy
* diabetes
* skin conditions
* constipation
* children with complex needs and those who require enteral feeding.
The student will spend time undertaking home visits as well as clinic situations.
What nursing model is used for planning care?
Adapted Caseys partnership in care.
What core clinical skills can be learnt?
Nursing Assessments
Caseload management
Time management
Communication
Problem solving
MDT working.
What additional clinical skills can be learnt?
Wound care/ ANTT
Burns
Nutrition (enteral feeding)
Care of the child with diabetes, asthma, complex needs, ventilated children, childhood cancers, chronic constipation, enuresis and transitional care
Administration of medication
What resources are available to help students learning?
Student files with case studies and common conditions seen in CCNT.
Signposting to various online resources
Internet
journals
books
teaching packs
information files and knowledge from the team members
other professionals
spoke placements
study days.
What research and practice development activities are being undertaken?
Clinical audits, developing evidence based guidance.
Spoke Placements
Child development unit.
Diabetes nurse specialist
Palliative care nurse specialist
Epilepsy nurse specialist.
Paediatric dieticians.
Paediatric physio and OT
Additional Information
Please note:- if you have a child in the catchment area of this Health Visiting or School Nursing team you may not be able to attend due to a conflict of interests, please email Angela Mehr in the Clinical Placements Unit asap to clarify.We are also a teaching practice for medical students.
We would like you learn as much as possible during you community placement, and have therefore provided a package for you to complete during quieter periods or office time.
It would also be advisable for you to keep a reflective diary for your daily learning activities, this will help you complete your mid point and final assessments, and consolidate your learning experience with the team.
As a team we really appreciate your comments and would like your constructive feedback in order to improve our learning environment, so at the end of your placement, please take a few moments to complete the student evaluation sheet also enclosed in your package, and hand it in to your mentor.
We look forward to meeting you from the children’s community team.