Clinical skills stations:
- Administration of Inhaled Medication (AIM)
- Blood Glucose Monitoring
- Basic Life Support
- Fine-bore NG Tube
- Nasopharyngeal Suctioning
- Oxygen Therapy
- Peak Expiratory Flow Rate (PEFR)
- Removal of Urinary Catheter (ROC or RUC)
- Subcutaneous Injection
Professional values stations
- Bullying
- Concealment of bed status
- Confidentiality
- Drug error
- False representation
- Falsifying Observations m
- Falsifying timesheets
- Hospital food
- Impaired performance
- Laboratory results
- Possible abuse
- Professional confrontation
- Racism
- Social media
- Witnessed abuse
Evidence-based practice stations
- Ankle sprain
- Asperger’s syndrome
- Bedside handover
- Cervical screening
- Cranberry juice and urinary-tract infections (UTIs) m
- Dementia and music
- Diabetes
- Female myocardial infarction (MI)
- Fever in children
- Pressure ulcer prevention
- Restraint
- Saline versus Tap water
- Smoking cessation
- Use of honey dressing for venous leg ulcers
APIE stations- Children Nursing
- Assessment- A scenario-based station including an Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, Exposure (ABCDE) Scenario’s are pen portraits of patients with specific illnesses such as asthma.. A completion of an observation chart for example: Paediatric Early Warning Score (PEWS).
- Planning- A silent written station. Identify and document 2 relevant Nursing needs/problems chosen by the Candidate, related to the Assessment station.
- Implementation- Medication Managemen.
- Evaluation- SBAR Tool (Verbal Communication) . Document notes concerning a patient transfer to ward or discharge home. These notes are to assist the Candidate and are not marked by the Assessor. Verbal Situation Background Assessment Recommendations handover to a health professional or Assessor.
Scenarios:
- Post-Tonsillectomy Bleed
- Asthma
The training and assessment is on alignment of the international nurse’s skills to the Test of Competence handbook and the NMC blueprints/children nursing.
