Mais uma vez, estudantes de enfermagem da Universidade de Lancashire (UCLAN) estão respondendo ao pedido nacional de ajuda na luta contra o Covid-19. Funções de meio período, dependendo do número de teoria e horas práticas que eles já concluíram durante o programa de graduação. Os estudantes de enfermagem para emprestar suas habilidades aos hospitais locais enquanto lidam com casos recordes de Covid-19.
Nearly 300 final year nursing students are being deployed immediately to seven health trusts within the North West region to add extra manpower to the NHS frontline.
The undergraduates will spend up to 12 weeks in either full-time or part-time roles, depending on the number of theory and practical hours they have already completed during their degree programme.
During their deployment, they will undertake a range of nursing duties including taking blood, dressing wounds, monitoring heart and blood pressures rates, inserting catheters, giving injections and escorting patients to scans.
For some, it will be the second time they have answered the Health Secretary’s plea for nursing students to lend their skills to local hospitals as they deal with record cases of Covid-19.
Charlotte Campbell, de Stockport, já iniciou sua segunda implantação no Royal Preston Hospital. Durante a primeira onda, ela trabalhou na unidade de avaliação médica, mas desta vez foi colocada em uma enfermaria cirúrgica geral. Os controles de infecção serão necessários. ”
The 20-year-old, who has also gained experience from volunteering in UCLan’s on-campus Covid-19 testing centre, said: “Last time, none of us knew what we’d be facing and it was testing for everyone but this time around I feel more comfortable knowing what to expect, what the patients will be like and what PPE and infection controls will be required.”
Mais de 100 alunos serão baseados no East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust; Quase 80 nos hospitais de ensino de Lancashire NHS Foundation Trust; Mais de 40 em Lancashire e South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; 30 nos hospitais de ensino de Blackpool NHS Foundation Trust; Enquanto o restante será no Southport e no Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust; Wrightington, Wigan e Leigh NHS Foundation Trust; e Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. O Conselho de Enfermagem e Obstetrícia introduziu a regulamentação de emergência para garantir que os alunos possam trabalhar com segurança. As fileiras do NHS para ajudar com a primeira onda de casos Covid-19. Downtown in Business
Mandy Dunbar, UCLan’s Head of Work Based Learning, said: “Our students are going to be vital staffing resources for our local trusts as we battle through this pandemic. They will support the delivery of patient care to a very high level, it’s what they have all trained for, and we are really proud that so many have stepped forward.”
The Nursing and Midwifery Council has introduced emergency regulation to ensure the students can work safely.
Mandy added: “The trusts will deploy the students in areas where the need is greatest, but the safety and quality of care remains paramount so our students have had to pass stringent tests to ensure they can contribute.”
In April 2020, around 20 final year medical students and more than 300 final year nursing students from UCLan joined the NHS’ ranks to help with the first wave of Covid-19 cases.
Due to the large number of practical hours spent on the wards during that time, a number of those students have been able to graduate early and therefore start working as permanent qualified nurses.
