Introduction to ORL and Head and Neck Cancer
Intended audience: Registered nurses who wants to grow their understanding in ORL Head and Neck conditions in order to provide safe and optimal nursing care to patient both pre and post operatively
Prerequisites: [state any prerequisites here and link to courses]
Duration: 8 hours
Course Contact: Kerlvin Ocado Surgical Nurse Educator
Method: Blended learning approach
About this course:
Kia ora! The overall aim of this course is for nursing staff to grow in their understanding of ORL Head and Neck conditions, providing safe and optimal nursing care for post-operative ORL/ Head and Neck patients admitted to the ward and PACU or seen through OPD and the community.
The learning objectives are:
- To grow and develop the nursing skill base in the area of patient contact with the patients of the ORL service and the ORL clinical team.
- To be able to provide appropriate and safe nursing care for any patient admitted to North Shore Hospital with ORL, Head and Neck related conditions both pre and post operatively.
- Editing Trainer: Kerlvin Ocado
- Editing Trainer: Amanda Robinson
Who is this for: Shift coordinators in Surgical wards
Prerequisites: Advancing Shift Coordinators E-learning
Duration: 4 hours
Course contact: Amanda Robinson
Method: face-to-face training
About this course:
This course is a workshop to compliment the Advancing Shift Coordinator E-Learning.
This workshop will continue to provide nurses in the Surgical Services who shift coordinate with knowledge and skills that will support them to advance their practice as shift coordinators. As well as raise awareness of how they contribute as a shift coordinator to WDHB, to help facilitate best outcomes for staff and patients.
There are many situations that arise that as the shift coordinator your colleagues turn to you to help resolve the issue. It is not possible to prepare you for all possible scenarios, however this course is aimed at some of those common situations that you may have to deal with whilst coordinating a shift.
We will discuss the shift coordinators role with the following moments:
Deteriorating patients and End of life care
The death of a patient and Coroner's cases
Prisoners & AWOL patients
- Editing Trainer: Kerlvin Ocado
- Editing Trainer: Amanda Robinson
Intended audience: Nurses who shift coordinate in Surgical Service
Prerequisites: None
Duration: 4.5 hours
Method: eLearning
About this course:
This course will provide nurses in the Surgical Services who shift coordinate with knowledge and skills that will support them to advance their practice as shift coordinators. As well as raise awareness of how they contribute as a shift coordinator to WDHB, to help facilitate best outcomes for staff and patients.
In this course we will also discuss the shift coordinators role with the following moments:
- The death of a patient & Coroners
- Missing patients & Prisoners
- Editing Trainer: Amanda Robinson
Wound Management Module 1 (Wound Care Foundation)
Intended audience: Registered nurses who wants to develop their knowledge and skills in assessing and managing wounds
Prerequisites: [state any prerequisites here and link to courses]
Duration: 8 hours
Course Contact: Kerlvin Ocado Surgical Nurse Educator
Method: Blended Learning Approach
About this course:
Kia ora! The overall aim of this course is provide a programme to assist nurses to develop their wound care foundation using best practice principles.
The learning objectives are:
- Demonstrate wound assessment, preparation and TIME principles
- Feedback at least one property and use for each dressing classification
- Complete documentation by using WDHB wound care assessment chart
- Be aware of issues beyond the wound that need addressing for successful wound healing (nutrition, pain management, District nurse liaison)
- Consider wound healing within a person-centred approach
- Course contact: Kerlvin Ocado
Upper GI and HPB
Intended audience: Registered nurses who wants to enhance their knowledge of caring for patients with upper gastrointestinal/hepatopancreatobiliary cancer pre and post surgery
Prerequisites: [state any prerequisites here and link to courses]
Duration: 8 hours
Course Contact: Kerlvin Ocado Surgical Nurse Educator
Method: Blended learning approach
About this course:
Kia ora! The overall aim of this course is to provide nurses with the skills and knowledge required in assessing and planning of care prior to and after surgery for patient with upper gastrointestinal/hepatopancreatobiliary cancer.
The learning objectives are:
- Apply anatomy and physiology knowledge to the patient with Upper GI cancer and the interventions e.g. surgical procedures
- Safely educate and care for patients post gastric stent insertion
- Safely care for patients with an obstruction
- Editing Trainer: Kerlvin Ocado
Wound Management Module 2 (Advance Wound Care)
Intended audience: Registered nurses who wants to advance their knowledge about wound care management particularly building their confidence in patient assessment and dressing selection for complex wounds
Prerequisites: [state any prerequisites here and link to courses]
Duration: 8 hours
Course Contact: Kerlvin Ocado Surgical Nurse Educator
Method: Blended Learning Approach
About this course:
Kia ora! The overall aim of this course is to provide nurses an opportunity to extend and reinforce wound care knowledge by improving the participants confidence in patient assessment and dressing selection for patient requiring simple to complex wound care management
Learning objectives are:
Be confident in assessing wounds and understand the importance of wound bed preparation
- Be able to discuss aseptic technique and utilise the principle in practice
- Identify different types of skin grafts, process and management
- Understand the difference between venous and arterial leg ulcers
- Identify the different types of compression
- Recognise a wound that is at risk of dehiscence and how to manage
- Identify products used to prevent wound dehiscence
- Gain a better understanding of fistulas & the management of fistulas
- Identify the principles that guide the use of modern wound dressings
- Course contact: Kerlvin Ocado
Diabetes in the Surgical Setting
Intended audience: Registered nurses who wants to enhance their knowledge of caring for patients with diabetes in the surgical setting
Prerequisites: [state any prerequisites here and link to courses]
Duration: 8 hours
Course Contact: Kerlvin Ocado Surgical Nurse Educator
Method: Blended learning approach
About this course:
Kia ora! The overall aim of this course is to provide nurses with the knowledge and skills required to deliver optimal care to patients with diabetes in the surgical setting.
The learning objectives are:
- Recognise the role of medication in managing diabetes
- Management of diabetic surgical patients e.g. GIK infusion
- Identify complications associated with diabetes
- Recognising the effect pancreatitis can have on blood glucose levels
- Identify potential foot care complications for the diabetic patient
- Editing Trainer: Kerlvin Ocado
Colorectal
Intended audience: Registered nurses who wants to enhance their knowledge of caring for patients with conditions of the lower GI who require conservative and surgical intervention
Prerequisites: [state any prerequisites here and link to courses]
Duration: 8 hours
Course Contact: Kerlvin Ocado Surgical Nurse Educator
Method: Blended learning approach
About this course:
Kia ora! The overall aim of this course is To provide nursing staff with the skills and knowledge associated in caring for patients with conditions of the small and large intestine, who require conservative and surgical intervention
The learning objectives are:
- To increase knowledge and skills when caring for Colorectal patients.
- To be able to mentor and provide support for your colleagues, caring for patients with these conditions.
- Editing Trainer: Kerlvin Ocado
