Management of Perioperative Care

Programme title:	Management of Perioperative Care
Apply:	direct to the University via the NHS Business Unit
Start (pt):	September
Mode:	part-time
Duration:	1 semester
Location:	Luton campus and Partner Institutions
Faculty:	Faculty of Health & Social Sciences

Summary

Building upon your skills and knowledge gained from your previous perioperative experience, this unit will enable you to utilise your knowledge, skills and practice to promote and develop integrated patient care within the perioperative care pathway.

You will explore critically the care environment, assess professional, organisational and management issues, and evaluate their impact on patient care and working practices within the perioperative environment.

You will conduct risk assessments and apply health and safety policies in a critical and evaluative manner.

You will be encouraged to develop a critical approach to professional enquiry and to apply current perioperative and management theories to practice.

Teaching/learning methods and strategies

Building upon your skills and knowledge gained from your previous perioperative experience and through a student centred approach to learning, this unit encompass the use of face to face, a synchronistic and online delivery.

Recommended reading

Essential

Avidan M, Harvey A, Ponte J, Wendon J, Ginsburg R (2003) Perioperative Care, Anaesthesia, Pain Management and Intensive Care. Edinburgh. Churchill Livingstone.

Davey A and Ince C (2000) Fundamentals of Operating Department Practice. London. Greenwich Medical Media Limited.

Hind M and Wicker P (2000) Principles of Perioperative Practice. Edinburgh. Churchill Livingstone.

Manley K and Bellman L (2000) Surgical Nursing: Advancing Practice. Edinburgh. Churchill Livingstone.

Ince, C., Davey, A. (2004) Clinical Operating Department Practice. Greenwich Medical Media.

Dimond B (2001) Legal Aspects of Nursing 3rd Ed London Prentice Hall.

Entry requirements

Available only to registered practitioners within an appropriate setting.

Fees, Bursaries, Scholarships, Costs

Contact NHS Business Unit for fees.

Attendance

See Unit Delivery Schedule for dates.

Find out more

For further information about this unit, please contact the Lecturer: Philip Beckwith

T: 01582 743812
E: philip Beckwith@beds.ac.uk

How to apply:

Please contact the NHS Business Unit or download an application form from the website.

E: nhs-business-unit@beds.ac.uk
T: 01582 743048
F: 01582 743704

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