Placement Overview
| Placement Title | Day Surgery Unit – SRFTP 5 |
| Trust | |
| Your Placement Contact | Jennifer Leech, Natalie Rigby – Send Email |
| Placement Contact’s Role | PEL |
| Placement Address | Day Surgery/ Surgical admission, Hope Hospital, Stott Lane, Salford, M6 8HD |
| Placement City/Town: | Salford |
| Placement Phone | 0161-206-5375 |
| Your University Contact: | Mark Mitchell – Send Email |
About this placement
What is organised for students on commencement of placement?
Orientation to department, currently over 2 floors and 4 clinical units
Introduction to Assessor/ Supervisor
Pare documentation to be completed with 24 hours of commencing placement
What are the arrangements for mentors/assessors?
Students are allocated an Assessor and supervisor prior to commencing placement
Please email the PELs prior to commencing placement for further information
What shift patterns are students allocated for learning?
What shift patterns are students allocated for learning?
2 X 7.00 -19.30 shifts.
1 x 7.00 -21.30 shift
Working over 3 days Monday – Friday
Notes:
The opens at 07.00 and closes at 21.30
Staff complete their shifts over 3 days.
We do not work nights, weekends, or Bank Holidays
What patient care situations are available in this placement?
Emergency lists
Trauma lists
Elective lists
Pre and post operative care and discharge planning as a nurse led unit
Caring for patient with learning disabilities, mental health conditions
Paediatric
Adult
What nursing model is used for planning care?
Orems Model used
What core clinical skills can be learnt?
Consent
Admission, discharge planning
Pain management/Post op nausea and vomiting management
NEWs
ANTT technique
Importance of thorough Pre-op assessment
Documentation
Communication and multidisciplinary team working
What additional clinical skills can be learnt?
Insight into PGD and Nurse-led Discharge
What resources are available to help students learning?
Intranet
Internet
Resource file
Staff Knowledge and Link roles
Access to Trust library
Learning packages
Patients
Spoke placements
What research and practice development activities are being undertaken?
Infection control audit
Patient feed back survey
Student evaluation after placement
Development of teaching packs
Spoke Placements
Pre-op assessment
Theatre/ Anaesthetics
Recovery
Additional Information
Student welcome packs are available by email. Please contact the ward providing an email address so that you can print a copy off and bring to placement.
As a student nurse you will remain supernumerary whilst on placement
Please contact the ward in advance for your off duty and pre-placement visit if you wish
Listed below are a few house keeping rules to consider prior to and whilst on placement:
Punctuality: Please be punctual for the start time of your shift and always ask the nurse in charge before leaving at the end of your shift
Uniform: Please adhere to the university uniform policy foir student nurses.
Please do not attend with acrylic nails or wearing nail varnish.
Watches are not to be worn.
Please always keep your ID badge with you
PEF email: PEFTeam@nca.nhs.uk