Recovery - Postoperative Care in the Peri-operative Environment

Bucks New University

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In High Wycombe

£ 1,900 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Level

    Intermediate

  • Location

    High wycombe

  • Duration

    20 Weeks

  • Start date

    February

Health practitioners working in the perioperative environment in the post anaesthetic care unit, who wish to extend their knowledge and skills in caring for patients that have had surgery and an anaesthetic.

Facilities

Location

Start date

High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire)
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High Wycombe Campus, Queen Alexandra Road, HP11 2JZ

Start date

FebruaryEnrolment now open

About this course

This module provides you with the skills and knowledge required to provide patient-focused care in the Post Anaesthetic Care Unit (PACU) or Recovery phase of the perioperative journey. There will also be the opportunity to reflect on and analyse the care offered, and use evidence to increase your understanding of the service provision, professional issues, and teamwork in this specialty area.

hold a registered professional qualification (e.g. nursing)
have 60 credit points at level 5 or be able to demonstrate competence to work both clinically and academically at the level
a minimum of one year experience in the perioperative environment i.e. anaesthetics, theatre or recovery
the support of your manager or team leader to allow time for anaesthetic clinical experience
a suitably qualified recovery mentor.

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Subjects

  • Surgery
  • Patient
  • Safety
  • Dignity
  • Leadership
  • Care Planning
  • Health
  • Healthcare
  • Health Practice
  • Health screening
  • Health Care
  • Physiology

Course programme

Key themes of the module include:

  • Patient, safety, comfort and dignity
  • 6Cs
  • Leadership
  • Key drivers and contemporary issues in practice

Skills and Knowledge for Practice:

  • Care planning to meet the patient's health and safety needs
  • Structured assessment and management of changing physiology
  • Advanced respiratory support
  • Specialist and advanced practice in an acute recovery area
  • The holistic care and management of a patient during the recovery phases of the perioperative journey
  • Anaesthesia and its effects
  • Pharmacology relating to recovery
  • Understanding and managing pain
  • Management of postoperative nausea and vomiting
  • Achieving and maintaining normothermia
  • Identification and management of complications arising from anaesthesia and surgical interventions
  • Transferring of patient between clinical environments
  • Management of intravascular devices
  • Anatomy and physiology related to surgery and anaesthesia
  • Role of the recovery practitioner in the perioperative team

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Recovery - Postoperative Care in the Peri-operative Environment

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