Student Orientation Pack

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Student Orientation Pack Nethertown Surgery
Elliot Street, Dunfermline
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• General Information
• Address
• Nethertown Surgery
• Elliot Street
• Dunfermline
• KY11 4TF
• Contact Details
• Surgery [phone]
• District Nurses [phone]
• Health Visitors [phone]
• Hours of Work
• You will be expected to work between
• 0830 and 1700 Monday to Friday
• unless otherwise requested by your mentor
• Dress Code

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• Contents
• Welcome to Nethertown Surgery
• Nursing Philosophy of Care
• Placement Objectives
• Introduction to the role of community nursing
• The District Nursing team at Nethertown
• Learning opportunities District nursing Team
• The Health Visitor team at Nethertown
• Learning opportunities Health Visitor Team

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• Welcome to Nethertown Surgery, Dunfermline.
• Nethertown Surgery has seven GP partners and one
  Associated
• Partner (the nurse practitioner).
• The surgery covers the Dunfermline area,
  including Townhill,
• Wellwood, Kingseat, Halbeath, Rosyth, Crossford
  and Cairneyhill.
• The team at Nethertown also consists of a Triage
  and Minor
• Illness nurse, two practice Nurses,
  phlebotomists, District Nurses,
• Health Visitors, a Practice Manager and a team of
  clerical and
• admin staff.
• Other members of the multidisciplinary team who
  provide
• sessions in the surgery include Clinical
  Psychologists, a
• Midwife, a podiatrist, a dietician and a smoking
  cessation
• Specialist.
• Together this forms a primary health care team
  whose job is not
• only to treat illness as it arises but, where
  possible, to prevent

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• Nursing Philosophy of Care
• It is the aim of the community nursing team at
  Nethertown
• surgery to provide high quality patient centred
  care to all
• housebound patients by utilising a holistic
  approach to care
• within the community.
• This is to maximise the health potential of not
  only the individual
• patient but also address the wider health and
  social care needs of
• various client groups and carers.
• All members of the community nursing team shall
  endeavour to
• work together and alongside all members of the
  multidisciplinary
• team in a respectful, supportive way to ensure
  the creation and
• maintenance of a professional safe working
  environment.

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• Placement Objectives
• To provide every opportunity for advancement of
  student learning
• including developing core nursing skills
  and focusing on
• providing learning experiences centred on
  the students particular
• requirements.
• To provide support and assistance in the
  development of student
• non clinical skills such as communication
  and reflection.
• To provide a more holistic learning experience
  through providing
• opportunities to spend time with the multi
  professional team.
• To provide opportunities for student to access
  and utilise all
• relevant local and national guidelines and
  standards that
• are required to ensure delivery of high
  quality evidence based care.
• To ensure all students feel welcome and fully
  supported throughout
• their learning experience and to feel part
  of the team.

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• Introduction to the role of Community nursing
• Nethertown surgery provides all service users
  with holistic,
• patient centred care to ensure all health
  requirements and
• expectations are met.
• the Community nursing team at Nethertown are an
  integral part
• of this care delivery service.
• To ensure all housebound patients receive the
  most efficient and
• effective care the community nursing team strive
  to
• provide all patients with care that is not only
  effective but also
• evidenced based and safe.
• continually involve all members of the
  multidisciplinary team to
• ensure all patients receive holistic,
  patient focused care.
• ensure all patients are treated fairly and with
  respect ensuring

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• The District Nursing team at Nethertown
• Darren Karrim District charge nurse
• Sheena Mulhern Community staff nurse
• Dianne McDonald - Community staff nurse
• Dawn Michie - Community staff nurse
• Sarah Park - Community staff nurse
• Norma Williamson Healthcare Assistant

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• Learning opportunities District Nursing Team
• During your time with the District Nursing team
  at Nethertown
• You will have many learning opportunities,
  including
• Wound management
• Medication administration and injection technique
• Management of chronic long term conditions
• Diabetes management
• Palliative care
• Health promotion
• Catheterisation

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• The Health Visitor team at Nethertown
• Kay Beaumont public health nurse
• Jenny McKenzie public health nurse
• Melanie Ferguson Staff nurse
• Julia Goodwin Support worker

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• Learning opportunities Health Visitor Team
• During your time with the Health Visitor team at
  Nethertown
• You will have many learning opportunities,
  including
• Antenatal and post natal care
• Childhood immunisation
• Child protection
• Baby clinics
• Breast feeding support
• Health promotion
• Child developmental checks

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• The Practice Nurses at Nethertown
• Lorna Laurenson Practice Nurse
• Isla Drylie Practice Nurse
• Suzanne Cluness Nurse Practitioner
• Laura Angeloni

• Learning opportunities
• One to one learning experience
• Immunisations/ travel health
• Health promotion
• Wound management
• Sexual health
• Family planning
• Chronic disease management
• Alongside many other diverse opportunities

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• The multidisciplinary Team
• During this placement you will have the valuable
  opportunity to see
• how every patients holistic care requirements are
  supported by
• spending quality time with various members of the
  Multidisciplinary
• team at Nethertown.
• There will be opportunities to spend time with a
  GP, midwife,
• Podiatrist, smoking cessation specialist and
  specialist cardiac nurse
• alongside many other supporting roles that ensure
  every aspect of
• the patients health needs are provided for.

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• On arrival to Nethertown surgery
• On the first day of your placement you can expect
  to be
• introduced to your mentor/ associate mentor
• oriented to the surgery including emergency
  procedures
• introduced to the community nursing team and
  other members of
• the multidisciplinary team.
• You will also spend time with your mentor/
  associate mentor and

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• And Finally
• It is the aim of the community nursing team
  alongside everyone else
• at Nethertown surgery to make your time with us
  as rewarding and
• enjoyable as possible.
• We hope that at the end of your placement here
  you will have not
• only further developed your own skills and
  knowledge but also
• gained new insight into the role of community
  nursing and its key
• position within the modern, ever evolving
  national health service.
• If you have any suggestions to enable us to
  improve the nursing
• students learning experience at Nethertown please
  dont hesitate
• to let us know.
• Thank you.