Placement Profile– Endoscopy Suite, Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Placement Profile– Endoscopy Suite, Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Placement Profile– Endoscopy Suite, Glasgow Royal Infirmary
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<strong>Placement</strong> <strong>Profile–</strong> <strong>Endoscopy</strong> <strong>Suite</strong>,<br />
<strong>Glasgow</strong> <strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Infirmary</strong><br />
Type of placement<br />
<strong>Placement</strong> location<br />
<strong>Endoscopy</strong> <strong>Suite</strong><br />
Surgical & Medical Out- Patients<br />
Surgical & Medical In-Patients<br />
40 pts/day for Investigation/Treatment of<br />
Digestive Disease<br />
<strong>Endoscopy</strong>, Endoscopic ultrasound,<br />
Endoscopic bronchial ultrasound,<br />
Colonoscopy, Sigmoidoscopy,<br />
Bronchoscopy, Enteroscopy, PEG Tube<br />
Insertion, Emergency Treatment of Acute<br />
Haemorrhagic Patient<br />
Lower Ground Floor, Queen Elizabeth<br />
Building<br />
<strong>Glasgow</strong> <strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Infirmary</strong><br />
Alexandra Parade,<br />
<strong>Glasgow</strong>. G31 2ER<br />
Telephone number 0141 211 5044<br />
Senior Charge<br />
Nurse/Area Manager<br />
Key learning<br />
opportunities and<br />
experience to be gained<br />
Additional learning<br />
opportunities linked to<br />
placement:<br />
Mary Docherty<br />
• Communication Skills<br />
• Admission/Discharge/Checking<br />
Procedure<br />
• Infection Control Procedures<br />
• Decontamination of Equipment<br />
Procedure<br />
• Completing Documentation<br />
• Recording of Vital Signs<br />
• Cardiac Monitoring<br />
• Therapeutic Intervention/Treatment<br />
• Care of patient after<br />
Sedation/Anaesthesia<br />
• Multidisciplinary Team Working<br />
Theatre Visit, Breath Tests, Dieticians<br />
Visit Ward 8, Visit Ward 32<br />
Cancer Nurse Specialist<br />
<strong>Endoscopy</strong> Nurse Specialist<br />
Additional Information:<br />
Suggested reading:<br />
Hours:- Mon – Fri,<br />
Shifts predominately the same as mentor<br />
or co-mentor<br />
Relevant resource material available in<br />
placement area<br />
Last updated: April 2008
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