Placement Overview
| Placement Title | STU Ward T5/T6 |
| Trust | Northern Care Alliance |
| Your Placement Contact | Dawn Humphreys, Shigufta Mehboob – Send Email |
| Placement Contact’s Role | Practice Educator Leads |
| Placement Address | Royal Oldham Hospital, Rochdale Rd, Oldham, OL1 2JH |
| Placement City/Town: | Oldham |
| Placement Phone | T5: 0161 627 8429T6: 0161 627 8253 |
| Your University Contact: | Sarah Owens – Send Email |
About this placement
What is organised for students on commencement of placement?
Introduction to staff and ward area
First 1/2 weeks off duty
What are the arrangements for mentors/assessors?
Students will be allocated Assessor and Supervisor prior to commencing placement.
What shift patterns are students allocated for learning?
Shift Notes:
Long days – 07:30 – 20:00 (1hr break)
Nights – 20:00 – 08:00 (1hr break)
What patient care situations are available in this placement?
Caring for patients pre-and-post operatively
Wound care Management.
Medication Management
Assisting with personal hygiene
Insertion of catheters
Removal of sutures/clips/drains/catheters
What nursing model is used for planning care?
Roper, Logan, and Tierney
What core clinical skills can be learnt?
Admission and Discharge process
Wound care
Physiological Observation Monitoring/ NEWS2 / critical care outreach
Urinary Catheter care inc irrigation
Nasogastric Insertion, Management.
Care of Peripheral Lines
Enteral Feeding: Total Parental Nutrition
Post Operative Management of a Surgical Patient
What additional clinical skills can be learnt?
Triage process – Admission, Evolve and transferring patients.
Venipuncture/cannulation – if training is completed.
Nursing documentation
What resources are available to help students learning?
Access to computer systems
All relevant resource systems
What research and practice development activities are being undertaken?
Continuous clinical improvement
IPAAS action plans
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