Training for Nurse Plus
This week, DDRC Professional Services delivered our first training session for Nurse Plus, a nursing agency which specialises in caring for people in their own homes and in care homes.
The session was on care and using PEG, RIG and nasogastric tubes. After a short PowerPoint presentation we all got gloves and aprons on to have a go. As you can see from the picture all 11 girls were raring to go and we had a fun session using the tubes and giving sets. It all got a bit messy when crushing and dissolving tablets but by the end of the session they had all had a go and felt far more confident. There were lots of questions and discussion especially around matters of medication administration and legal issues, then a quick tidy, informal chat and goodbyes.
We all enjoyed the session and look forward to more training sessions in the future including first aid, nebulisers, syringe drivers and tracheostomy care.
By Nurse Tracey McBride, for DDRC Professional Services (a not-for-profit trading subsidiary of the DDRC charity)