Whilst on the placement, I had outreach placement at GP surgery with nurse. In this outreach, I got an opportunity to see patients with different needs. GP practice nurse are responsible for the delivery of practice nursing services, working together with multidisciplinary team, delivering care within their scope, identify manage and support patient at risk of develop long-term conditions, provide routine nursing care to the patients as required in accordance with clinical based evidence, provide vaccination, wound care, referring patients to specialist care as required, chaperone patients where necessary, assist GPs with minor surgery when required.

This outreach with GP was very insightful as I got an opportunity to develop my skills such as taking bloods, management of the wound dressing, removal of the sutures, doing ECG, giving vacancies and injections such as B12 under direct supervision. Before doing each procedure introduced myself and my role to the patient, consent was gained and privacy and dignity was maintained and act professionally all the time.

I also got an good chance to observe how the smears test was done, and also attended minor surgery clinic where skin tags, cysts, ingrowing toe nails, skin mole were been removed under local anaesthesia.