Instructions
Placement Name
RVI Ward 46
Surgery
Placement Speciality
Educational Lead/Coordinator
Primary
Secondary
Name
Hayley Robinson
Beverley Knight
Email
[email protected]
[email protected]
Telephone
01912825646
Fax
Travel Information
Dress Code
Computing/Study Area
Public Transport - For further information, please visit the Nexus Journey Planner <a
href="http://www.nexus.org.uk/travel-information/journey-planner">www.nexus.org.
uk/travel-information/journey-planner</a>
Car Parking - The hospital has a car park which costs £1.10 an hour (or £7.70 a
day) to use with a 50% reduction on higher charge for weekend parking only;
• Uniforms
(University
tunic
trousers with
smart
shoes,
not trainers)
to be
students
are
not offered
anyand
concession.
There
are pay
& display
spacesare
available
worn
at
all
times
and
cannot
be
worn
outside
the
hospital
grounds.
in the area surrounding the hospital, though space is very limited and permit-based
•restrictions
Identification
be worn at all times.
aremust
in place.
• Jewellery must be kept to one plain wedding ring and wristwatches are not to be
worn in a clinical area.
• Earrings - one stud per ear only; no dangling earrings
• No tongue or facial piercing
available,
students
allowed
to use the ward computer to access
•Where
Hair should
be tied
back ifwill
notbeworn
short.
information
as stored
and
the Trust's
intranet.
•selected
It may be
advisablesuch
to keep
a sparearticles
uniform
in your
locker indispensable
in case one becomes
marked/soiled on shift
Students will have access to the library in Peacock Hall
Catering Facilities
Cafeteria and Shop in the New Victoria Wing open Mon - Fri, 0900 - 17.15 and Sat
& Sun, 08.30 - 15.30
Cafeteria, Coffee Shop and Newsagent in Leazes Wing
Snack bars in outpatients, open 8.30 - 01.00, 7 days a week but closed between
14.00 - 14.45 and 21.15 - 22.00.
Changing Facilities
The hospital has a central changing area where lockers are available; to request a
locker, you should go to Hotel Services, open Mon-Fri between 08:30 and 17:30.
You will need to pay a deposit of £10, which will be refunded when you return your
locker key.
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Description of client group/
Caseload
Our elective case load is colorectal (bowel) surgery. We deal with inflammatory
bowel disease and bowel cancers regularly some of which who will require surgery;
some will be palliative.
We also receive a high percentage of emergency admissions which makes for a
varied workload as this can range from appendicitis to cholecystitis to ruptured
spleens and can be unpredictable in nature.
Service Hours
We
a variety ofatage
groups
a variety-of
of stay.
We have
are operational
all times
to and
full capacity
24length
hours/day,
7 days/week all year
long.
Our usual shifts consist of 2 long days and 2 short days per week:
Early: 0730-1430 (15min break)
Shift Patterns (Please include all
start/finish times students may be Late: 1330-2030 (15min break)
Long day: 0730-2030 (2x 30min breaks)
expected to adhere to)
Night shift: 2000-0745 (60min break).
One long day and four short shifts can be requested if desired as long as this still
allows
student/mentor
time.
We areadequate
an exceptionally
busy ward
but pride ourselves on our high standard of
nursing care and good relationships with patients/relatives and the MDT.
Philosophy
We expect positive staff attitudes and have a great team which work together well
and are used to working under pressure.
We aim to address all patients' needs to a high standard.
We expect all staff to maintain a professional manner at all times.
We expect that the student follows our aims as outlined above and in particular
maintaining a professional manner.
Placement Expectations of
Student
We expect the student to show interest in the environment in which we work.
We do not expect the student to have an in depth knowledge of the speciality as
this can be overwhelming but a basic awareness of the digestive system and A&P
of the bowel will be useful to enhance their learning experience.
The student can expect to have an excellent learning experience as we deal with a
wide range of nursing issues and clinical skills.
Student Expectations of
Placement
They will become familiar with all the fundamentals of nursing care, to a high
standard and also learn clinical skills such as wound dressings, enteral feeds,
stoma care, catheter care, N/G care for example.
They will get experience of using MEWS score and the value of patient observation
including vital signs.
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Instructions for using this form
Thank you for taking the time to complete this form, which will be used to populate your area’s/team’s
Practice Environment Profile (PEP). Once uploaded to ARC’s PEP-Net system, your PEP information
will be visible to any student who has been allocated to your area/team to allow them to prepare
themselves for their impending placement. It is therefore important that all information provided is
correct and up-to-date.
You will note that we have tried to pre-populate information in an effort to save you time. With the
exception of the Placement Name field, all of the information we’ve included can be amended or added
to by clicking within the box it’s held in – some boxes will require that you click on the small plus-sign in
order to see everything written within them.
Whilst completion of all fields is not mandatory, we would ask that you provide as much additional
information in the remainder of the fields as you possibly can within the space provided; as the PEP is
designed to fulfil the role previously played by the Portfolio of Learning Opportunities (POLO) in
preparing students for entering your area/team, we’d like it to be as comprehensive as possible.
Notwithstanding this, we understand that some of the fields will not apply to your area/team – where
this is the case, please simply leave the field blank; blank fields will not be visible to students viewing
the PEP.
Once the form has been completed, please ensure you save it in the format PlacementName.pdf to
ensure that we are able to easily recognise and categorise it. The completed form should be sent via
e-mail to [email protected]
If you have any queries on completing this form, please don’t hesitate to contact Jonathon Devitt, ARC
PEP-Net Project Administrator, using the e-mail address quoted above, or by calling 0191 215 6474.
For more information about the ARC PEP-Net Project, additional copies of this form and more detailed
written and video guides to completing it, please visit the Project Team’s website www.northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/sches/programmes/placements/arcpepnetproject