Unfortunately, during this class, I was absent due to sickness. This learning log will reflect my time spent reviewing the topic discussed during class on my own time. The class was mostly based on the placement organisation and on the ePAD sections to be completed for the final placement. To review the ePad requirements I have accessed the moodle page and reviewed from the slides. I made sure I was aware of all the requirements to be completed, OAR forms, episodes of care summative and formative and medicine management. I understood the importance of getting feedbacks from peers and service users in order to complete the epad.

During the final class back at university we spent the day with Colin. Colin won’t be our academic assessor for the next year, and he told us who will be taking over, and he gave us an overview of the next modules. During this session we discussed about Prevent strategies, which help us to prevent major incidents in the workplace. This topic is crucial for understanding my role in safeguarding vulnerable individuals from radicalization and extremism. The Prevent strategy is a key component of the UK’s counter-terrorism efforts, aiming to identify and intervene early with individuals who may be at risk of being drawn into terrorism. We were all back from placement and Colin made us share our experiences to the rest of the group. We discussed positives and negatives aspects of the placement. It was good to hear that even if for some of us has been challenging, the overall outcome was positive. In the afternoon we finalised few things that were outstanding to complete all the documentation of the first year. Overall class was good and as always, a safe place was to share experiences and concerns and a professional environment.

Date of Learning: 19/01/2024

Time:09:30 – 16:30

Title of learning activity: Care Delivery

Diary of Learning activity

Today’s class was focusing on the module Care Delivery. We started the day in time at 09:30 AM. We started the day with the lecturer Luke and the topic discussed during the day was assessment tools. Assessment tools are designed to evaluate our knowledge, skills, and competencies in various aspects of nursing practice. Luke split us in four groups and allocated to each one of us a scenario, we had to work collaboratively to identify all the tools needed to assess the patients. In detail the tools we looks at were NEWS2, MUST, A to E , Wound care, water low., Pain , Risk of falls, Asking I thought it was a great activity because we had the opportunity to analyse all the assessment tools in the specific. After lunch we met Michelle, she has been a district nurse for many years but now she’s a lecturer for Roehampton University. The topic we discussed was wound care. Wound care is a crucial aspect of nursing practice, involving the management and treatment of various types of wounds to promote healing and prevent complications. We discussed the different types of wounds and all the types of dressings needed to care for them. She stressed the importance of using aseptic technique while looking after patients with wounds. She made clear the principles of ANTT and when to apply them to clinical procedures. I thought it was a great session, even because she started to check our knowledge making us complete a questionnaire to understand where our knowledge was at.

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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.

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Date of Learning: 01/12/2023

Time: 09:30-16:30

Title of learning activity:  Self Directed learning

Diary of Learning activity :

This learning log will be slightly different from the others. This is because unfortunately during the class I was off sick. I have invested some hours to go through the slides provided. The topic of the day was Health promotion for babies and children. They had a guest lecturer running the theme. Going through the slides I have understood the importance of the role of Health visitor and School Nurse. I understood how important the input of these roles is on improving lives of babies, children and young people; and how they help them to reach their full potential. I gained knowledge of how government public health initiatives are implemented to promote health and wellbeing in antenatal care, provision for new-borns, through childhood and adolescence. I have understood how parental decision can impact long term health outcomes. Finally I have gained knowledge on how health literacy is important from early stages of life.

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