Placement Overview
| Placement Title | Pre-Operative Assessment Clinic – PAOP 48 |
| Trust | |
| Your Placement Contact | Karen Higgins, Samantha Madden – Send Email |
| Placement Contact’s Role | Karen Higgins – Manager
Samantha Madden – PEL |
| Placement Address | Royal Oldham Hospital, Oral Surgery, Rochdale Road, Oldham, OL1 2JH |
| Placement City/Town: | Oldham |
| Placement Phone | 0161 627 8272 |
| Placement Web Site | www.pat.nhs.uk |
| Your University Contact: | Jennifer Klunder – Send Email |
About this placement
What is organised for students on commencement of placement?
IT access is arranged by the PEF Team e-mail PEF.Team@pat.nhs.uk.
Students are orientated to the unit area and introduced to all staff.
Fire and basic life support procedures are explained.
Students will spend their first day with their allocated mentor who will discuss placement outcomes and learning opportunities that are available during their stay in the pre op clinic.
What are the arrangements for mentors/assessors?
Each student will be allocated an assessor, but will work with other nurses within the department allocated by their assessor.
What shift patterns are students allocated for learning?
Early:
Late:
Night:
Shift Notes:
Day shifts 7.45- 16.45.
Half day 7.45-12.45
Notes: pre op clinic hours are 07.45-16.45 with one half day 7.45-12.45.
What patient care situations are available in this placement?
Clinical observations,
Pre-operative assessments,
Anaesthetic assessments,
Advanced communication and listening skills.
What nursing model is used for planning care?
Pre-operative assessment guidelines (NICE)
A number of trust protocols and policies for the care of pre operative patients.
What core clinical skills can be learnt?
Advanced listening and communication skills, individual/team work, hand hygiene, infection prevention and control, urinalysis/pregnancy testing, height, weight, BMI, clinical observations including manual BP where needed.
What additional clinical skills can be learnt?
Latex screening,
MRSA screening,
ANTT,
ECG
Peak Flow,
What resources are available to help students learning?
Internet and Intranet access and also Wi fi
On site library
Free hospital transport to allow students to attend spokes on other sites.
Inter-professional Teaching sessions
Path Lab Tour
Access to books/journals in lead nurse office
Pre op protocols and policies in all nurse offices,
Student notice board in pre op coffee room,
Access to computers as needed.
What research and practice development activities are being undertaken?
Enhanced recovery for colorectal patient
Various research projects.
Spoke Placements
Vascular nurses,
orthopaedic trauma nurse, Learning difficulties nurses,
Transfusions Nurses,
Pathology,
booking and scheduling,
endoscopy unit,
ward based placements of choice,
colorectal/stoma nurse
outpatients clinic
day surgery unit,
Theatres,
cardiology out patients (ECHO, ECG)
Research nurses,
If not listed placements of specific interest can be arranged on discussion with your mentor.
Additional Information
During this placement you will have full support of all nurses and staff on the unit.
You will have exposure to Sleep apnoea protocol, Pressure ulcer risk assessment, Learning disabilities patients and their care pre operatively including the use of Traffic Light assessment and referrals, Care of the dementia patient for surgery and the This Is Me document and referrals, Obese patient protocol, care of the anaemic patient needing surgery, Pre operative diabetic pathway, care of low BMI patients and exposure to the anaesthetic assessment clinic every Tuesday.