Apprenticeship Learning Log
Date of Learning: 18.06.2025
Time: 0930 – 16.30
Title of learning activity: Sexual Health and Health Promotion. PREP (Pre-exposure prophylaxis)
This was taught by an external teacher who talked us through STIs, signs and symptoms and treatment available. We spoke about HIV and PREP medicine, and the reasoning as to why it is effective in the control of HIV. Anyone who is diagnosed with HIV must manage to obtain a trackable history of sexual partners so that we can test them too. Some trusts will test for HIV routinely when a blood test is taken. You do have the choice to opt out of this, but as stated, most of the cases nowadays are people who do not know they have been at risk of contracting the disease. We discussed who was suitable for PREP and who wasn’t, and when using contraception such as condoms would be sufficient.
K1: Understand the Code: Professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses, midwives and nursing associates (NMC, 2018), and how to fulfill all registration requirements
K2: Understand the demands of professional practice and demonstrate how to recognise signs of vulnerability in themselves or their colleagues and the action required to minimise risks to health
K3: Understand the professional responsibility to adopt a healthy lifestyle to maintain the level of personal fitness and well-being required to meet people’s needs for mental and physical care
K4: Understand the principles of research and how research findings are used to inform evidence-based practice
K6: Understand and apply relevant legal, regulatory and governance requirements, policies, and ethical frameworks, including any mandatory reporting duties, to all areas of practice
K7: Understand the importance of courage and transparency and apply the Duty of Candour
K9: Understand the aims and principles of health promotion, protection and improvement and the prevention of ill health when engaging with people
K10: Understand the principles of epidemiology, demography, and genomics and how these may influence health and well-being outcomes
K11: Understand the factors that may lead to inequalities in health outcomes
K12: Understand the importance of early years and childhood experiences and the possible impact on life choices, mental, physical and behavioural health and well-being
K13: Understand the contribution of social influences, health literacy, individual circumstances, behaviours and lifestyle choices to mental, physical and behavioural health outcomes
K14: Understand the importance of health screening
K16: Understand body systems and homeostasis, human anatomy and physiology, biology, genomics, pharmacology, social and behavioural sciences as applied to delivery of care
K26: Understand where and how to seek guidance and support from others to ensure that the best interests of those receiving care are upheld
K27: Understand the principles of safe and effective administration and optimisation of medicines in accordance with local and national policies
K29: Understand the different ways by which medicines can be prescribed
K30: Understand the principles of health and safety legislation and regulations and maintain safe work and care environments
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
S13: Apply the aims and principles of health promotion, protection and improvement and the prevention of ill health when engaging with people
S14: Promote preventive health behaviours and provide information to support people to make informed choices to improve their mental, physical, behavioural health and wellbeing
S15: Identify people who are eligible for health screening
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
S22: Take personal responsibility to ensure that relevant information is shared according to local policy and appropriate immediate action is taken to provide adequate safeguarding and that concerns are escalated
S23: Work in partnership with people, to encourage shared decision making, in order to support individuals, their families and carers to manage their own care when appropriate
S25: Meet people’s needs for safety, dignity, privacy, comfort and sleep
S30: Recognise when a person’s condition has improved or deteriorated by undertaking health monitoring, interpreting, promptly responding, sharing findings and escalating as needed