Interpretation of blood results for nurses

A one day course for nurses that will enable them to gain confidence in interpreting specimen results.

Nurses have a responsibility to support the patients during investigation process and ensure that diagnostic processes are performed in a safe and timely manner. The nurses’ role in understanding and interpretation of blood tests and investigation is pivotal to the delivery of holistic care that is required. Knowledge and understanding of the blood results enable nurses toexplain those results to the patients and often request and carry out further test when necessary. Nurses have a responsibility to ensure that information given is true and appropriate and acknowledge their limitation in diagnosis making process. Confident correct interpretation and understanding blood test results enables nurses to take appropriate action and influence treatment that will benefit the patient.

Objectives:

-to discuss the reasons for requesting laboratory tests and investigations

-to discuss importance of safe identification of patient, filling forms appropriately and safe processing and handling of samples

-to discuss following blood tests: haematology, transfusion, coagulation, blood chemistry, cardiac enzymes and proteins, serum electrolytes, renal, liver, endocrine studies

-to understand normal values and variations that should be considered while interpreting blood results

-to understand patient factors that affect test results

-to discuss principles of specimen collection and handling sample

-to perform and understand urinalysis

-to understand ABG and analysis

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Who can attend?

All level of registered nurses and midwives

Nursing and medical students

Physiotherapists, social workers and allied healthcare professionals

Course Dates:

Venue:

Medical Education Training Suite, Junction 8, 1st Floor (opposite Acacia Ward)

WhippsCrossUniversityHospital, Barts Health NHS Trust

Leytonstone, London, E11 1NR

Price:

£100 per person

How to book?


MEDICAL EDUCATION TRAINING SUITE
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  • Course fees – Fees for staff not employed by WhippsCrossUniversityHospital Trust is £100 for the day. Please make your cheque payable to WhippsCrossUniversityHospital NHS Trust or complete the invoicing details
  • Please return application form with cheque made payable to ‘Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust Medical Education and Research Trust to Heather Philip, Postgraduate Programmes Co-Ordinator, Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust, Medical Education Center (MEC) Willow Lodge, Whipps Cross Road, Leytonstone, London E11 1NR
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