Course details
Purpose This half-day workshop will provide nurses, doctors and pharmacists with an opportunity to develop the theoretical knowledge and practical skill required to manage subcutaneous infusions using the McKinley T34TM Ambulatory Syringe Pump.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this programme participants will be able to:
- Identify the indications for use of a syringe pump.
- Demonstrate awareness of drug combinations, compatibilities and interactions.
- Understand professional responsibility and accountability issues surrounding use of the syringe pump.
- Prepare and assemble a syringe pump.
- Outline the care and maintenance requirements of the syringe pump.
- Trouble-shoot issues that can arise with the syringe pump.
Accreditation
Certificate from Our Lady’s Hospice & Care Services.
Nurses: Category 1 approval with 2 CEUs from An Bord Altranais (Nursing Board). Others: As per professional body approval.
Faculty
- Debbie Hayden, RGN, H Dip Palliative Care, MSc, RNT. Nurse Tutor in Palliative Care, Our Lady’s Hospice & Care Services. Adjunct Lecturer, UCD School of Nursing Midwifery and Health Systems.
- Julie Goss, RGN, BSN, MSc, Graduate Certificate Palliative Care, RNT (Palliative Care) Nurse Tutor, Our Lady’s Hospice & Care Services.
- Kate McLoughlin, RGN, BSc, H.Dip Palliative Care, Clinical Facilitator (Palliative Care), Our Lady’s Hospice & Care Services.
- Cathy Payne, RD, BSc, MSc, PG Dip Medical Sciences (Cancer Care), PG Cert Higher Education Practice. Palliative Care Educator, Our Lady’s Hospice & Care Services
Course Location
About Our Lady's Hospice & Care Services
theylcome to their Lady’s Hospice & Care Services. I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself as Interim CEO of their Lady’s Hospice & Care Services and to personally thank everyone who has supported their work throughout 2014.
their Lady’s Hospice & Care Services is a 228 bed hospice providing specialist care for people with a wide range of needs from rehabilitation to end of life care. This high quality, person-centred loving care is provided both on-site in one of their truly special facilities; Harold’s Cross Hospice and Blackrock Hospice as theyll as in the local community. they provide specialist care to over 1,500 individuals every year. There are just over 600 staff and almost 300 volunteers who deliver this excellent service for patients and their families at a most difficult time in their lives. Their commitment to their work is exceptional. Being greeted with a smile every day adds to the wonderful openness and caring friendly atmosphere of their facilities, a reputation that I am truly proud of.
their staff and volunteers understand that each person has unique needs and should be treated as an individual. The importance of the diverse cultural backgrounds and traditions of many of their staff and patients is recognised and respected. This approach is underpinned by their Mission Statement, and Core Values: Human Dignity; Compassion; Justice; Quality; Advocacy, and these are enacted in the Patient Priority Pledge. The Patient Priority Pledge is their commitment to living their core values and outlines a behavitheiral standard expected of all staff.
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