Symptom Control and Syringe Pump Management Training Day for Registered Nurses within Care Homes - 2021-2022

TARGET GROUP

Registered nurses working in Care Homes within the London Borough of Sutton.

COURSE OVERVIEW

By the end of the course the delegates will have:

• Gained the skill and confidence to use of a syringe pump
• Gained the ability to identify Common Palliative Care Symptoms
• Greater knowledge of conversions of oral to subcutaneous medication route
• Greater knowledge of background and breakthrough end of life care medication
• Improved skills and confidence on calculating volumes and compatibilities of end of life care medication
• Gained the knowledge to identify drugs most commonly used with Syringe pumps
• Greater knowledge of required record keeping and documentation involved in syringe pump use
• Gained the skill of setting up and maintaining of syringe pumps

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:

Due to Covid-19, to protect all the delegates, we have reduced the number of spaces.

It is also important that all delegates:

• Do not attend if not well
• Remember to wash hands regularly
• Bring in own syringe pump
• Practice respiratory hygiene measures
• Maintain social distancing
• Bring own PPE, gloves, masks, aprons and gel
• Bring own lunch