Pre-Operative Assessment Course: Enhance Patient Safety and Surgical Outcomes
This exciting, bespoke, three-day course is designed to improve and standardise the pre-operative nurse’s patient assessment skills, by increasing their knowledge, competence and confidence. Which in return, will improve patient safety and reduce the number of ‘on the day’ surgery cancellations.
We aim to provide a good background knowledge of medical and surgical conditions that could affect their patient’s suitability for surgery, alongside an understanding of medications, an good knowledge of the tests and investigations available in pre-operative care and their results, that could affect the patient’s management or journey.
Who will benefit:
This three-day course is for pre-operative nurses.
*This course is invaluable for all pre-operative nurses, whether new or experienced and is one of the few, specialist post-graduate courses available for the speciality.*
Venue:
DREEAM, A Floor, West Block, QMC Campus, Derby Road, Nottingham, NG7 2UH.
For more advice on how to find us, please view our find us page HERE.
Start and finish times:
08:00 – 16:00 (breaks are built into the course timetable)
Refreshments:
Refreshments will be provided.
Sessions will include:
- History taking, assessment & red flags
- Medications
- Tests & investigations
- Decision making & risk management
- Classifications of surgery
- Anatomy & physiology
- Blood transfusion
Clinical skills sessions on:
- ECG recognition
- Heart & lung auscultation
Anaesthetist session by Consultant Anaesthetist
Body system sessions on:
- Cardiology
- Respiratory
- Haematology
- Endocrine
- Renal
The course is concluded with live simulation, using simulated persons, to enable participants to consolidate learnt theory and demonstrate their newly learnt knowledge.
Previous Course Feedback
"I found it refreshing and valuable. A very good systems overview and how to apply to pre op. Thank you for being friendly and informative" - Senior Pre-Op Nurse
“Very good course, I've already recommended it, the simulations are really useful in putting theory into practice, the facilitator puts you at ease and is very approachable”
“Fabulous course”
“Excellent course content, the ECG session was very informative and was delivered in a way I actually understood”
“Excellent 3 day course and the facilitator is amazing, she has a lovely manner”
“Well structured and very well delivered covering all relevant topics of pre-op nursing” - Senior Pre-Op Nurse
“Loved this course!”
"Kerry was an excellent course leader, very friendly, approachable and informative"
“Amazing course, I learnt so much”
"Kerry was a brilliant facilitator, always explained everything and was happy to explain it in a different way if we didn't understand it the first time round." - Senior Pre-Op Nurse
Timetable
Faculty
Your course educator is Kerry Laffan who teaches on many of our courses, including ECG, Cannulation and Venepuncture.
Bespoke Course
If you wish to discuss a bespoke course to fit your specific needs, please email us at nuhnt.dreeam.business@nhs.net
How to express an interest in this course
This course is currently not available for booking. If you would like to register your interest in attending this course, please click here.