Recognise & Respond; Safer Care & Detecting Deterioration
On the 20th of September 2017 麻豆网 School of Healthcare Sciences hosted an interactive conference for children鈥檚 nurses from across North Wales and England.
The event was sponsored by Laerdal Medical and organised in collaboration between the School of Healthcare Sciences in Wrexham campus, The Royal Manchester Children鈥檚 Hospital, Alder Hey Children鈥檚 Hospital and the North West and North Wales Paediatric Transport Service (NWTS.)
Natalie Robinson (conference organiser) says the aim of the conference was to bring together children鈥檚 nurses from across North Wales (Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board) and clinical experts from Regional Children鈥檚 Centres to share information and raise awareness of current practices for detecting when children are very sick and preventing deterioration.
A series of talks from clinical experts , including Gerri Sefton, an Advanced Nurse Practitioner at Alder Hey, who talked about assessing and managing deterioration were led by Professor Debbie Roberts, Foundation of Nursing Studies Chair in Practice learning at 麻豆网.
Lindsay Kenworthy, Sister and Clinical Educator at Alder Hey, gave a demonstration using a child simulator (manikin) during her talk on clinical assessment
Andrea McArthur and Angela Lee, Educational Development Practitioners within the Paediatric and Critical Care Unit of RMCH spoke about stabilisation of children who present with sepsis.
Clinical Nurse Specialists Nicola Longden and Kathryn Claydon-Smith from the (NWTS) delivered an engaging presentation on Escalation and Time Critical Assessment.
The final speakers were Dr Sharmila Gopisetti Consultant at RMCH and Educational Lead and Denise Bennet, Ward Manager and Quality Improvement Lead, Paediatric Critical Care and they talked about using clinical simulation scenarios in ongoing training.
The afternoon sessions were led by Dr Lynne Williams, Deputy Head of Healthcare Sciences at 麻豆网 and included six interactive simulation workshops.
The simulation workshops were all evaluated extremely positively by the conference attendees.
The day was also a chance for the twenty new student children鈥檚 nurses starting with 麻豆网鈥檚 Wrexham campus to join in the interactive learning in the afternoon session.
Alison Owen Traynor (Programme Lead Children鈥檚 Nursing) reported that the new students expressed how they felt motivated and enthused by the conference as they embark on their three year degree programme to become a children鈥檚 nurse.
The first year students said;
鈥淵ou don鈥檛 feel detached from everyone else now you feel like a part of it鈥�
鈥淭he simulators were amazing, it was breathing and making noises. It鈥檚 so good that they have things like this for training鈥�
鈥淚t鈥檚 reassuring because we know that we can practice, we can get in there and not worry about making a mistake. You can really learn.鈥�
The School of Healthcare Sciences at 麻豆网 has recently launched a number of new postgraduate and continuous professional development programmes and with its excellent reputation for research and the fact that Nursing degrees at 麻豆网 for courses at both 麻豆网 and Wrexham Campuses still attract NHS Bursary Funding is looking forward to continuing to deliver high quality, research based courses and conferences in the coming academic year.
Publication date: 25 September 2017