Practice Nurse
Management of chronic disease Identifying significant abnormalities Diagnosis, monitoring and development of individual management plans; agreeing these as appropriate with the patient and other health professionals Wound Care and management Assessing routine wounds including trauma Assessing [and prescribing] to support good wound management in complex situations Patient health checks Identifying significant abnormalities Obtaining appropriate information using a lifestyle questioning approach and identifying appropriate health promotion issues Working with patients to develop a management plan where health problems or potential health problems are identified Risk assessment Recognising issues and gathering sufficient information to refer (e.g. drugs; domestic violence; child protection; vulnerable adults; senior patients; social problems) Health screening Recognising issues and gathering sufficient information to refer (e.g. womens and mens health, sexual health, older people) Undertaking monitoring tasks (e.g. smears) and providing advice as appropriate Providing in-depth monitoring and advice as appropriate to the level of the post-holders specialty and working with the patient in deciding on management plans.
Travel health Administering injections and providing guidance in accordance with guidelines Identifying problems Provision of specialist and evidence-based support to the team. Immunisation (adult and child) Administering appropriate immunisation autonomously Working with patients with more complex immunisation issues.
Travel health Administering injections and providing guidance in accordance with guidelines Identifying problems Provision of specialist and evidence-based support to the team. Immunisation (adult and child) Administering appropriate immunisation autonomously Working with patients with more complex immunisation issues.
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