Surgical Care - Perioperative Practice

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

This course is designed to help health practitioners working in the perioperative environment, who work in the operating theatre, or who are wishing to extend their knowledge and skills in caring for patients undergoing surgical procedures.

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

You will have 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.

In order to apply for this course you must be a registered practitioner working in the appropriate clinical environment.

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Subjects

  • Surgery
  • Patient
  • Safety
  • Comfort and dignity
  • Leadership
  • Surgical phase
  • Care Planning
  • Holistic care
  • Health
  • Safety needs
  • Infection prevention

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 include:

  • The holistic care and management of patients during the surgical phase
  • Care planning to meet the patients' health and safety needs (positioning etc)
  • Infection prevention
  • Environmental safety
  • Preparing for specimens and management of implants
  • Role of the scrub and circulating practitioner in the perioperative team
  • Preparation and maintenance of the sterile field
  • Complications of surgery
  • The disease process (anatomy and physiology related to surgery)
  • Complex patient care (trauma or non-scheduled surgery)

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Surgical Care - Perioperative Practice

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