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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Date of Learning: 22/12/2023

Time: 09:30-16:30

Title of learning activity: Complex care

Diary of Learning activity :

Today’s class was a bit different compared to the other’s, The session covered Scott & Paulette modules. The session happened via Teams rather than face to face. I thought was nice to receive a lecture from teams in proximity of Christmas holiday. The session started in time, Colin joined us at the beginning to wish us all Happy Christmas and reminded us that all the next sessions in January we will need to wear our uniforms. The topic of the day was looking at complex care and vulnerable group, keeping person centred care and shared decision making at the centre of the conversation. We looked into the understanding of complex care in different health settings and how the role of NA work within integrated care. We discussed the definition of home and the various definitions of vulnerability. I thought was very good that everyone had cameras on, and we all contributed sharing thoughts and experiences. It was sad to end the session because was the last class with Scott and Paulette and we all really enjoyed their time with us. At the end of the session, we also received the email announcing where the next placement will be. I will be based at the Royal Neuro Hospital. I am very looking forward to it because it will be a change of scenery for me.

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Date of Learning: 15/12/2023

Time: 09:30 – 16:30

Title of learning activity: Health and weel-being

Diary of Learning activity:

Today’s class started in time and due to the proximity to Christmas not all the cohort colleagues were there. The lecturer for the day was Paulette, even though the mood in general in class was slightly low she managed to run a very interesting and interactive lecture. The topic for the morning session was about promoting health for older people and the importance of physical activity. We discussed about the importance of aging and what can impact physical and mental health of individuals.  We all contributed sharing our experiences in our roles and was very pleasant because it is always interesting to get to know different point of view. The lesson stressed the importance of the activities that the community offers for the elderly. Via a group exercise we identified the challenges that elderly face on the day to day living and we worked together to identify how as nursing associates we can support. After Lunch we discussed how important physical activities are for the individuals in this age group and throughout the lifespan in general. Movement is key to keep the organism active and preserve it for longer. We also started to look at what the topic of next session will be. We identified who are the vulnerable group in life and started to touch base on the topic. It was very interesting especially because of Paulette’s experience on the field. So was very interesting to understand deeper about different vulnerable groups. The class overall was very good.

Date of Learning: 08/12/2023

Time: 09:00-16:30

Title of learning activity: Health and wellbeing – Long term conditions

Diary of Learning activity:

During today’s session we spent time with Paulette in the morning and with Colin in the afternoon. The session with Paulette was about sexual health. The session was run by an external lecturer, Kim, she’s a sexual health nurse in Brighton. The session was very interesting because gave us the opportunity to share our experience. I though was a very good session that stressed the importance of sexual screening and gave us a deeper understanding of the issue related to sexual health within the community. The afternoon session we spent time with Colin. Was nice to spend time with him because as always was very supportive and offered his help for our assignment. The topic discussed with him was part of Scott’s module. Using different example, we discussed how living with long term conditions can be challenging. Overall was another great day spent in a good learning environment and I enjoy sharing experiences with my colleagues.

Date of Learning: 24/11/2023

Time:09:30 – 16:30

Title of learning activity: Health and Well-being

Diary of Learning activity

Today’s class was focusing on the module Health and well being across the lifespan. We started the day in time at 09:30 AM. The topic of the morning session was mental health and mental illness. We met Paulette for the first time after placement, however the lecture was led by Hannah Cadogan, a palliative care nurse that came to share her personal experience about mental health. The lecture stressed the importance of the difference between mental health and illness. Throughout the class we all contributed sharing our experiences and via group exercises we explored the topic. I thought Hannah intervention was very valuable as she experienced herself mental illness and I though was very brave from her to share and explain how to seek for help and support. After the lunch break we still continued with the same module, but in this case we spent time with Colin. We started the session catching up , we talked about our placements and where we are at with our assignments. This time was very valuable, because Colin offered support to everyone regarding the exams. After catching up we discussed about campaign against smoking and drinking. We all contributed well on this topic and I thought was a great session because we all were able to give some insight on the topic.

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Date of Learning: 17/11/2023

Time: 09:30 – 16:30

Title of learning activity: Communication & How to care for people with mental health problems

Diary of Learning activity:

17/11/2023

Today’s class took place in a different room compared to the norm. Few of the cohort colleagues were missing and it was only 10 of us. We meet Scott at 09:30 AM. We started the class sharing feelings about our second clinical placement and felt like everybody’s placement went well. Moving on we discussed with Scott any possible concerns regarding the assignment. The topic for the day was Communication in nursing. We explored different types of communication skills that as nursing associates we are required to develop. It was a nice class because reinforced the concept of communication that we explored in Maria’s module few months ago. After lunch break the new topic was about caring for people with mental health conditions. I thought was a very interesting topic especially because I come from a different background of nursing. I feel I have learnt all new knowledge towards Mental health patients and the specific care we can offer to them. Overall, I had a very good day and it is always a pleasure to learn from my colleagues experiences.