Placement Overview
| Placement Title | Tissue Viability Dept |
| Trust | |
| Your Placement Contact | Emma Foy, Rachael Franco – Send Email |
| Placement Contact’s Role | |
| Placement Address | Tissue Viability Services, Out of Hours Community Office, 4th Floor, Ladywell Building, Salford Royal Hospital. M6 8HD |
| Placement City/Town: | Salford |
| Placement Phone | 0161 206 2033 |
| Your University Contact: | Dr Melanie Stevens, Susan Walker – Send Email |
About this placement
What is organised for students on commencement of placement?
- Orientation
- Mentor assignment
- Introduction to Tissue Team
- Discussion of aims for placement
- Experience of all aspects of wound care assessment/treatment.
What are the arrangements for mentors/assessors?
One mentor for full placement.
What shift patterns are students allocated for learning?
Early:
Late:
Night:
Shift Notes:
What patient care situations are available in this placement?
- Pressure sores/ diagnosis, grading, treatment.
- Leg Ulcers/ diagnosis, treatment.
- Assessment and selection of pressure reducing equipment.
- Consultants clinics.
- New patients clinic-nurse led service.
What nursing model is used for planning care?
What core clinical skills can be learnt?
Dressing and technique, dressing section – appropriate dressing for wound, wound assessment, appropriate selection of pressure reducing equipment.
What additional clinical skills can be learnt?
Pharmacology re wound care, 4 – layer bandaging, Doppler assessment.
What resources are available to help students learning?
Powerpoint presentations, Library of wound care books/journals/articles.
What research and practice development activities are being undertaken?
Trial of short stretch bandaging and 4 – layer bandaging.
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