Birmingham interview
Why Birmingham?
-City itself is one of the most diverse in the uk and that's something I'd love to experience, being from Plymouth -Excellent employability rate with over 99% of graduates working or studying within 6 months (7th in UK for employability) -The facilities are second to none: Such as at the recently extended city south campus there are real life hospital environments and simulation equipment to practise practical skills at all times (not just on placement) -I like the approach the university takes to my course -Opportunities to go abroad -Big paediatric hospital, potential for great placements
Typical ward shift
Plan and coordinate care if their patients Prioritise what's needed for who Supervise people working with you such as healthcare assistants nursing, associates and student nurses As a team you deliver the car patient needs including hygiene skin assessment, mobility assessment, help with mobilising, administering medications orally and intravenously, insuring infection control, help with food and nutrition, accurate documentation, making referrals
What does a nurse do sort form treat oatiebts
Plan patient care Consider psychological and social well being Liase with other members of the multidisciplinary team for the holistic approach to patient well being (pharmacy, social worker, physio, speech and language therapist, dietician, occupational therapy)
Element of nursing
Privilege to care for the vulnerable
Teamwork what is it and why is it important in nursing
Recognising the teams strengths so each patient gets the best care
NMC
Regulatory body that overseas nursing and midwifes stipulate training requirements and curriculum to become a nurse and sign off the uni courses. They say how many clinical hours you need (that's why 4 years)
Difference between empathy and sympathy
Understand patients perspective and treat how you'd like to be treated, balance between personal and professional -Jnder stress nurses may change their attitude, not sleep properly, develop bad habits (food), risk of making mistakes -If patient dies, change perspective of it being a privilege of making sure they were comfortable, pain free, end of life wishes respected.
What have you done to prepare yourself for a career in nursing
Work Work experience Using life experiences Going back to school, taking psychology and biology to help me prepare Saw my mum get a blood transfusion I've been reading around the subject of blood transfusions
What are your weaknesses?
Work experience saw safeguarding which could be upsetting
Course modules
Yr 1: What is Nursing, Providing and Evaluating Care, Intro to Leadership and Teamwork, Assessing Needs and Planning Care. Professional Practice 1 (pp1) Yr 2: Same + improve quality and safety in global context, leadership + coordinating care, PP2 Yr 3: Nursing care both fields, medicine management, applied psychology child + young ppl, deliverinh high quality care, PP3 Yr 4: Adult nursing care, med management + applied psych - adult, leadership + decision making - adult, high quality safe care - adult, PP3
6 cs
-Commit to giving care all day every day (hard shift patterns), strive to be better. Look afeter health and maintain code of conduct -Courage to stand up for those who cant communicate themselves and have the integrity to make sure that anything wrong is reported and corrected (yourself or colleague. Speak up if concerned -Communicate effectively with patient taking into account their development and specific needs and communicate for the patients who can't, needed for effective teamwork -Competence, update knowledge and skills regularly, know your limits. Keep up with training, evaluations + feedback, ensures highest standard of care for each patient -Deliver care to individual and community, defines nursing work, individual for every person and every stage of their life -Compassion, how care is given based on empathy, respect and dignity, intelligent kindness
Course- Additional
-Get personalised, field specific, academic + clinical support + learning sets to help research-informed evidence-based decisions -Placements either in hospital, within community or home environment setting (in West Midlands) will be supported, supervised + assessed -After can apply for jobs in the adult and child field
What do you know about the course
-In 1st 2 years learn about all fields of nursing (adult, child, mental health, learning disabilities). Develop confident and competence working with + caring for ppl of all ages across lifespan, with range of health needs -3rd+4th yr focused on dual award, taking adult and child specific modules with practise placements, to help build on prev. learning and improve proficiency. Develop as a leader + critical thinker to apply research-informed + evidence-based care, to plan coordinate and supervise other health professionals + gain confidence in the safe management of medication.
Nurses role in research
-Informed consent (witness sign in covid free area) -Data collection (placed in high risk biological sample bag -Drug delivery Research was key part in gov.s response to pandemic -Info from nursing times (clinical trials)
NMC code
-Prioritise people -Practise effectively -Preserve safety -Promote professionalism and trust
Research: REMAP-CAP trial
Aims to determine the treatments for severely ill patients admitted to intensive care units due to Covid-19. Evaluating: Different antiviral drugs Steroids to reduce inflammation Treatments that act on the immune system and are often used to treat other conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis The trial will investigate how these drugs work in combination, with additional treatments added over time
Why do you want to study this subject
Because i enjoy it I have always wanted to be a nurse but my interest in emergency medicine also developed daily early and I think this was due to my upbringing... In emergency medicine people of all ages are treated and I think that a dual qualification could be properly utilised there. I would like to become an advanced nurse practitioner in the future. Talk about work experience (children's ward and MAU) solidified my want to do both, saw skills that were similar and different in both, interested in child development and how people mature into adulthood
What are the 6 Cs
Care, compassion, competence, courage, communication, commitment
6 Cs examples
E.g for each of the 6 Cs Compassion (ncs fadsi) Commitment (studies) Competence (life guarding) Care (grandad) Communication (school tutoring) - grandad, change language for children Courage (climbing)
How support friends
Eating disorders
How would you spend £1 million
Enrich patients experience, having iPads available on wards so can FaceTime their families, specialist moving and handling equipment, mattresses to prevent pressure ulcers, sores My local trust costs £1million a day in patient care
What are your strengths
I don't have just one attribute to call my strength. I feel I have excellent communication and people skills, I can articulate myself clearly both verbally and in writing. I'm in good health, I work well with others and enjoy being part of a team. I can follow and take orders from my supervisor, I'm also self driven and can operate under minimal supervision with no problem and I can also be an effective leader. Additionally, through my experience as a lifeguard , I've developed the skill to act professional and make decisions in critical situations which I think is an essential skill.
Most proud achievement?
I used to be indecisive then I got my first a level results back and new I had to make a decision. I decided to go back to my school and commit to my studies and I am very proud of my final results
Why do you want to be a nurse?
I want an ever changing challenging career, where there will always be ways to improve and more things to learn. I want to make a meaningful positive impact to peoples lives
Why you?
I'm hardworking. I try to embody the 6 cs in my day to day life. I have had life experiences that have aided in my future for becoming a nurse. My life experiences have helped me become who I need to be as a nurse
Describe yourself
I've always wanted to be a nurse, and why -links to personal statement
What do you hope to achieve as a nurse
Make every patient interaction to matter, and for them to feel heard. Take an empathetic approach and consider what matters most to the patients in addition to what nursing care / treatment needs to be given.
Tell me about a piece of research that you've read about recently, recent developments in nursing?
Nurses have been re deployed to different area as where needed, a dual qualification would be very helpful in such emergency situations
Difference between empathy and sympathy,
Sympathy understanding (pity) with a bit of distance Empathy feel what they've felt
