February 2017

Registered Nurse training sessions

These sessions provide professional learning and development opportunitiesfor Registered

Nurses working in care homes across County Durham andDarlington. Enabling Registered

Nurses to update their proficiencyandunderpinningknowledge and understanding of specific

areas of care.

Full day sessions are £40 (plus VAT) per person and half day sessions £20 (plus VAT) per

person. Thesecharges are used to cover venue costs, any remainingfunds will be used forfuture

training.

Sessions available in February 2017:

  • End of life care (full day)
  • Long term conditions (epilepsy) (half day)
  • Long term conditions (COPD) (half day)
  • Subcutaneous fluids and syringe drivers (half day)
  • Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeds (half day)
  • Continence -including supra-pubic, male and female urethral catheterisation and UTIs(full day)
  • Tracheostomy (half day)
  • Venepuncture (half day)

Further information on each session is provided overleaf.

Modes of delivery

A range of teaching and learning strategies are utilised to ensure the benefits ofthese sessions

including seminars, experiential learning, scenarios, problembased learning, case study work,

simulations and discussion.

Sessions are facilitated by Teesside University and take place in County Durham.

Eligibility

  • Registered Nurses employed by a care home in County Durham and Darlington (full time, part time or bank).
  • Registered Nurses employed by a nursing agency that regularly work in care homes in County Durham and Darlington.

End of life care
Includes national policy and best practice, the practicalities of Deciding Right (Advance Care Planning, CPR decisions, advance decisions to refuse treatment, emergency health care plans, end of life care registers), legal aspects of Deciding Right, implementation of the Mental Capacity Act, symptom management and managing bereavement.
(If there are any issues that you would particularly like covered please advise when booking.)
2nd February / 09.30am till 4.30pm / Memorial Room, Spennymoor Town Hall, Spennymoor, County Durham, DL16 6DG
Long term conditions
Half day sessions on specific long term conditions - epilepsy and COPD in February.
7th February
(Epilepsy)
7th February
(COPD) / 09.30am till 12.30pm
1.30pm till 4.30pm / Refreshment Room, Spennymoor Town Hall, Spennymoor, County Durham, DL16 6DG
Refreshment Room, Spennymoor Town Hall, Spennymoor, County Durham, DL16 6DG
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeds
Half day sessions to develop practitioner’s knowledge and understanding of this widely used and very important intervention. A client centred approach underpins content, we will be exploring the reasons for insertion and use, best practice guidelines for the management and care of PEG tubes when administering nutrition, fluids and medications will be covered. Potential problems associated with the use of PEG tubes will be addressed from a proactive perspective.
8th February
28th February / 1.30pm till 4.30pm
1.30pm till 4.30pm / Artist Studio, Spennymoor Leisure Centre, High Street, Spennymoor, County Durham DL16 6DB
Memorial Room, Spennymoor Town Hall, Spennymoor, County Durham, DL16 6DG
Subcutaneous fluids and syringe drivers
Half day session includes rationale and indications for administration and discontinuing subcutaneous fluids and syringe-driver medication. Ethical issues will be considered and how shared decision-making is fundamental to ensuring a person-centred approach. Also advantages and disadvantages of the subcutaneous route, acceptable subcutaneous cannula insertion sites, information on most common drugs given subcutaneous as this informs care considerations.
(If there are any issues that you would particularly like covered please advise when booking.)
8th February
28th February / 09.30am till
12.30pm
09.30am till 12.30pm / Refreshment Room, Spennymoor Town Hall, Spennymoor, County Durham, DL16 6DG
Memorial Room, Spennymoor Town Hall, Spennymoor, County Durham, DL16 6DG
Continence - supra-pubic, male and female urethral catheterisation, UTIs
Includes urinary tract infections, identifying when a catheter is necessary and when a catheter needs changing, correct type and size of catheter to use, insertion of a urethral catheter, removal and replacement of a supra-pubic catheter, potential hazards and complications, taking urine samples, trial without catheter.
9th February / 09.30am till 4.30pm / Refreshment Room, Spennymoor Town Hall, Spennymoor, County Durham, DL16 6DG
Tracheostomy
Half day session to familiarise people with the reasons for tracheostomy and the care and management of a tracheostomy.
15th February / 1.30pm till 4.30pm / Artist Studio, Spennymoor Leisure Centre, High Street, Spennymoor, County Durham DL16 6DB
Venepuncture
Half day sessionat the end of the session practitioners should be able to: describe what venepuncture is and why it is undertaken, demonstrate the anatomy and physiology of the vein, identify the appropriate sites for performing venipuncture, list the complications which can occur whilst carrying out venipuncture, discuss the standard precautions undertaken throughout the procedure, demonstrate and practice venepuncture on a dummy arm.
17th February / 09.30am till 12.30pm / D2.16, Darlington Campus, Teesside University, Vicarage Road, Darlington DL1 1JW

Additional information

  • Certificates will be provided to support continuing professional development.
  • If a person is unable to attend and they have organised for a colleague who meets the eligibility criteria to attend please contact the training administrators to inform them of this.
  • If you need to cancel a place we require 48 hours’ notice so we have time to fill the place.
  • Sorry we are unable to provide lunch;attendees need to provide their own when they are attending any of the full day sessions.

To book a place on any of these sessions please complete the booking form and return to

For further information please contact Karen Kennedy on 0191 3713225