Date of Learning: 12/01/2024
Time: 09:30-16:30
Title of learning activity: Care Delivery –
Diary of Learning activity :
Today’s class was covering the module Care Delivery. We spent all day with Colin.
We started the class slightly later than normal; it was submission day for the safe and effective care assignment and some of the students requested some time and support before to start the class. The topic discussed during the class was nutrition and bowel care. We all shared what we knew about nutrition based on our experiences in our trusts. We all discussed the tools in use to monitor food intake and discussed the importance of nutrition while patients are in hospital. In pairs of two we calculated each other’s BMI checking height and weight on each other’s. In the afternoon we moved to the clinical area where we discussed about the stool chart, and we experienced on suppository insertion technique. It was a great opportunity to review some anatomy and to practice on the mannequins. As always it has been a great learning experience and I feel always more confident in the class, and I feel every day I improve my knowledge and skills.
KSB addressed:
| K15 | Understand human development from conception to death, to enable delivery of person-centred safe and effective care |
| K16 | Understand body systems and homeostasis, human anatomy and physiology, biology, genomics, pharmacology, social and behavioural sciences as applied to delivery of care |
| K20 | Know how people’s needs for safety, dignity, privacy, comfort and sleep can be met |
| K21 | Understand co-morbidities and the demands of meeting people’s holistic needs when prioritising care |
| K22 | Know how to meet people’s needs related to nutrition, hydration and bladder and bowel health |
| K23 | Know how to meet people’s needs related to mobility, hygiene, oral care, wound care and skin integrity |
| S1 | Act in accordance with the Code: Professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses, midwives and nursing associates (NMC, 2018), and fulfil all registration requirements |
| S2 | Keep complete, clear, accurate and timely records |
| S5 | Safely demonstrate evidence-based practice in all skills and procedures required for entry to the register: Standards of proficiency for nursing associates Annex A & B (NMC 2018) |
| S17 | Protect health through understanding and applying the principles of infection prevention and control, including communicable disease surveillance and antimicrobial stewardship and resistance |
| S18 | Apply knowledge, communication and relationship management skills required to provide people, families and carers with accurate information that meets their needs before, during and after a range of interventions |
| S24 | Perform a range of nursing procedures and manage devices, to meet people’s need for safe, effective and person-centred care |
| S25 | Meet people’s needs for safety, dignity, privacy, comfort and sleep |
| S26 | Meet people’s needs related to nutrition, hydration and bladder and bowel health |
| S27 | Meet people’s needs related to mobility, hygiene, oral care, wound care and skin integrity |
| B1 | Treat people with dignity, respecting individual’s diversity, beliefs, culture, needs, values, privacy and preferences |
| B2 | Show respect and empathy for those you work with, have the courage to challenge areas of concern and work to evidence based best practice |
| B3 | Be adaptable, reliable and consistent, show discretion, resilience and self-awareness |