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Fundamentals of Care: Surgical Nursing

Course overview

Building on our already successful Trust Preceptorship Programme –this course aims to ensure that each nurse is equipped with the most important skills and attitudes to be able to care for surgical patients safely and compassionately. As a streamlined approach to promote staff development, the course offers an educational programme, underpinned by workplace-based competence assessments, clinical supervision and learning support to guide nurses in their early career and progression.

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The module is designed for experienced nurses with at least one year post-registration experience and evidence of successfully studying at Level 6.

 

  1. Develop knowledge of common surgical conditions, care and skills to enhance care delivery within acute surgical
  2. Critically evaluate patient outcomes and clinical decisions based on care, assessment, and interventions  to promote recovery and rehabilitation.
  3. Critically analyse their own leadership, accountability, responsibility and limitations in their scope of practice drawing on professional codes for the provision of safe, quality, multi-professional and compassionate care within the surgical environment.
  4. Critically appraise their own role, learning and development and its impact on service delivery employing  references to current practice and quality, evidenced-based resources. 
  5. Manage patients as determined by the standards for safe care based upon national and profession

 

 

 

 

 

This 12 months programme aims to equip staff with fundamental knowledge required to deliver safe and outstanding care throughout the surgical patient’s journey. Our individualised approach to learning, integrates several teaching modalities such as face-to-face, online-learning sessions, blended learning activities, simulations and skills-based workshops to enhance clinical decision-making and leadership skills. To further encourage learners to achieve their highest level of success, assessment tutorials and customised support have been embedded in this programme.

Accredited at 30 credits (on-going)

Assessment method:

Formative: Present work in progress in poster form (eg. in a style that can be placed on a wall to read – on a flip chart or printed pages) for peer and tutor feedback.

Summative assessment:

Part A:

A 20-minute case presentation about your evolving role in surgical care and a 1500-word essay on your learning journey as a surgical practitioner

Part B:

Completion of Programme Competency Handbook 

Sheen Tampani - Sheencarmelae.tampani@nhs.net

Pre course Reading:

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng125/resources/surgical-site-infections-prevention-and-treatment-pdf-66141660564421

Assessment method:

Formative:

 Present a case study of a managing a deteriorating surgical patient

 Summative assessment:

 

Part A:

 500-word essay about your leadership and clinical-decision making in managing deteriorating surgical patients

 

 Part B:

 Completion of Programme Competency Handbook

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