Making Waves October 07 - James Paget University Hospitals

Editorial
Welcome to the October edition
of Making Waves. This has been a
great edition to put together
because we’ve had so many
contributions from across the
Trust. Clearly Making Waves is
becoming THE magazine to get
published in, so remember, if you
want to tell people about
something, this is the best way to
do it! I keep being told how
much people enjoy reading it,
and learning about what’s going
on around the Trust, so do keep
your contributions coming in!
In this issue we say thank you
to everyone who supported the
25th anniversary celebrations. The
general view seems to be that we
got it just right, and the two
major events, the conference and
the fete, were celebrated
successes. Thank you to everyone
who helped make the anniversary
such a success. Next year it’s the
60th anniversary of the NHS (I’m
sure most of us still remember the
50th!) so our fete may well have
a commemorative theme.
You can also read about some
major clinical developments at
the Trust, from a support from for
families living with diabetes, to
fast track surgery and improved
services in outpatients. And the
new IPM PAS and ICM Order
Comms are coming! Don’t know
what they are? Read all about
them on Page 6 and get the
chance to win yourself a digital
camera!
Happy reading, and remember
the deadline for the Christmas
issue of Making Waves, out in
December, is Friday 16th
November.
Rebecca Driver
Head of Communications and
Foundation Secretary ext. 2269
2 October 2007 Making Waves
Student nurses celebrate
graduation in new curriculum
Jason Lee, one of our recently qualified nurses, tells Making Waves
how students found the new course.
The latest group of student nurses have successfully completed the new curriculum
with a Diploma in Higher Education Nursing from Suffolk College. This has seen them
develop an enhanced awareness of the holistic approach to modern nursing, with
greater emphasis on applying theory to practice during their training.
Rigorous assessment of keys skills has been made possible by completion of written
assignments, practical assessments, examinations, seminars, portfolio of evidence and
practical demonstrations under the supervision of the programme leader Bob Payne.
The clinical practice facilitators here at the James Paget University Hospital have
developed specific clinical skills programmes to meet the demanding needs of the
students whilst training, helping the students to analyse and apply theoretical and
conceptual applications to nursing practice. This has substantially helped the students
value the importance of delivering a consistently high standard of tailored individual
care to help achieve the requirements of the Trust’s vision statement.
Lisa Healy, clinical educator for pre-registration students has supported their
achievement, ensuring they meet the NMC standards of proficiency for entry to the
register and are prepared for lifelong learning.
Support has been ‘valued very highly’ by both students and mentors in the major
review conducted at Suffolk College by the QAA in 2005 ensuring students are fully
prepared for their future careers. Pictured below are the students. Jason is the tallest at
the back!
Pictured: The students. Jason is the tallest at the back!
ICU Fire
All staff will know about the fire which occurred in our Intensive Care
Unit on Wednesday 19th September. The fire alarm sounded at 15.36hrs,
and the fire service was on site within minutes. The fire was caused by an
overheated air extractor, fitted to the ceiling in ICU. Wards 4 and 5 and
of course ICU were evacuated, and all staff involved have been praised
by the fire service and the Board of Directors for their quick, calm and
efficient approach to this incident. Patients were well cared for and
reassured throughout, and the 57 patients who had their operations
cancelled were rebooked by 8th October. What was most impressive was
getting ICU open again just 48 hours after the fire occurred.
Wendy Slaney, Medical Director, and David Hewer, Head of Risk
Management and Governance, are leading a full review of the event.
This will make sure that all staff’s views about what went well and what
could be improved are captured and used to learn from the ICU fire. The
findings of the review will be shared widely.
Timescales for publishing Making Waves made it impossible to put
more details into this edition, but we will be covering the incident in full,
with interviews with key staff involved, in the December issue.
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