G1 – General Medical Unit (GMU) – PAOP 13

Placement Overview

Placement Title G1 – General Medical Unit (GMU) – PAOP 13
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Your Placement Contact Christie Sammon, Francesca Morrissey, Meranda Henri, Catherine Hives – Send Email
Placement Contact’s Role PEL
Placement Address Royal Oldham Hospital, Rochdale Rd, Oldham, OL1 2JH
Placement City/Town: Oldham
Placement Phone 0161 627 8137
Your University Contact: Dilla Davis – Send Email

About this placement

What is organised for students on commencement of placement?

Students will recieve a Welcomme Pack and their off duty.

Student will be allocated a locker for use during their placement.

What are the arrangements for mentors/assessors?

Each student will be allocated an assessor and is encouraged to follow their off dute.

Students are expected to work with their assessor as much as possible.

What shift patterns are students allocated for learning?

Early:

07:30am – 15:30pm

Late:

12.30 – 20.30

Night:

20.00 – 08.00

Shift Notes:

Long Day:- 07.30 – 20.30

What patient care situations are available in this placement?

There is a lot of leadership and management issues, G1 Ward is a nurse led unit.

All students will learn how to plan a good discharge, communication is very important on G1 Ward and lounge.

What nursing model is used for planning care?

The Single Assessment Document.

What core clinical skills can be learnt?

Basic nursing care

Catheter care

Ensuring nutritional needs are met

Pressure area care

Mouth care

Occasionally PEG, IV therapies

What additional clinical skills can be learnt?

Management and leadership

Discharge planning

Exposure to safeguaring including DOLS

What resources are available to help students learning?

Student notice boards

Student pack

Teaching packs

What research and practice development activities are being undertaken?

All aspects of dishcarge planning

Working closely with all MDT members

Ongoing collaberations ie PJ Paralysis, Red Cross, Age UK

Spoke Placements

OT

SW

Bed manager

Discharge co-ordinator

RAID

Additional Information

We are a very busy discharge unit and are dementia friendly.

We have a dementia garden, memory boxes , old Oldham photo’s etc

We are currently promoting the Pj Paralysis Collaberation