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Drug Calculations _ Avoiding Errors NEW!

JFN Member price £15

The second of the new releases and sure to be a hit. This programme is suitable for any healthcare practitioner who is involved in the administration of medicines.

Content

• 10 Steps to avoiding drug errors
• Basic Arithmetical Skills
• Interactive Exercises
• SI Units
  • Converting between units
• Drug Calculation formula
  • Worked examples
• Further reading
• Final Assessment

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The Chest X-Ray Demystified NEW!

JFN Member price £20

This new course is a great addition to the existing course list. It provide a useful and practical introduction to all Registered Nurses and Nurse Practitioners who need to develop skills in chest x-ray diagnosis.

Content

• Factors that determine technical quality
  • Penetration
  • Orientation
  • Rotation
• Systematic analysis of chest x-rays
• Features and appearance of a normal chest x-ray
• Chest x-ray features of clinical conditions
  • Acute Left Ventricular Failure
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  • Consolidation due to Pneumonia
  • Lung Cancer
  • Pleural Effusion
  • Pneumothorax
• Final Assessment

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Healthcare Associated Infections

JFN Member price £20

This 10 module course represents great value for money as well as being extremely topical.

Content

• Routes of transmission
• Hand hygiene
• Protective clothing
• Decontamination
• MRSA
• Clostridium difficile
• Infection control in IV therapy
• Infection control in enteral feeding
• Infection control in urinary catheterisation
• Safe sharps disposal
• Interactive assessment
• Final Assessment

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Interpretation of Coagulation Screen

JFN Member price £10

This course is suitable for any healthcare professional who is required to interpret the significance of coagulation screens.

Content

• Anticoagulation therapy
• The coagulation process
• Fibrinogen, Prothrombin Time, Partial Thromboplastin Time, INR and D-dimer
• Warfarin therapy
• Aspirin therapy
• Heparin therapy
• Warfarin and INR
• Interactive exercises
• Final Assessment

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Interpretation of Full Blood Count (FBC)

JFN Member price £15

This course is suitable for any healthcare professional who is required to interpret the significance of full blood count.

Content

• Classification of blood cells
• Red Blood Cells: Hb, RBCC, HcT
• Red blood cell indicies: MCV, MCH, RDW
• Classification of Anaemia
• Normocytic, microcytic and macrocytic cells
• ESR
• White blood cell classification
• Leukaemias
• Platelet counts
• Interactive exercises
• Final Assessment

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Online 12-Lead ECG Workshop

JFN Member price £20

This course is suitable for any healthcare professional who is responsible for the care of patients presenting with chest pain.

It will be of particular interest to Nurses working in acute Medical, Accident & Emergency and Cardiac depts. and also to Paramedics.

Content

• Overview of cardiac anatomy & physiology
• The coronary circulation
• Limb leads and chest leads
• Overview of the normal ECG complex
• Acute Coronary Syndrome - classification and pathophysiology
• ECG appearances in:
  • ST elevation Myocardial Infarction
  • Non-ST elevation Myocardial Infarction
  • Acute Myocardial Ischaemia
• Interactive assessment
• Final Assessment
• Includes free link to online cardiovascular risk factor programme on completion

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Peripheral Venous Cannulation

JFN Member price £20

This course is suitable for any healthcare professional who is involved with IV therapy and requires the skills to undertake the placement of peripheral intravenous cannulation.

A work manual will be issued that can be used to document episodes of supervised practice within the workplace. On completion of the course assessment of competencies should be arranged within the workplace.

Content

• Professional considerations
• Venous anatomy of the human arm
• Site selection
• Cannula selection
• Hand hygiene and microbiology
• Venous cannulation procedure
• Complications of venous cannulation
• Interactive assessment
• Final Assessment

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Venepuncture

JFN Member price £15

This course is suitable for any healthcare professional who is required to withdraw blood samples from patients.

Content

• Professional considerations
• Venous anatomy of the human arm
• Site selection
• Equipment available (evacuated systems)
• Hand hygiene and microbiology
• Venepuncture procedure
• Complications of venepuncture
• Interactive assessment
• Final Assessment

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