New to the role: school nurses

🏷️ From £175
🎧 School Nurses and Health Practitioners
📍 Online

Course outline:

This virtual seminar is an introduction for new Nurses entering the world of day and boarding independent school nursing and for practising School Nurses to broaden their knowledge. The day will offer the opportunity to meet other Nurses working in similar settings as well as learning where and how to access key guidance and information to run a Medical Centre within a school. 

The content is specific to the independent school environment and focuses on life outside NHS or private medical provision. Attending this training will help Nurses moving into the environment familiarise themselves with processes, procedures and responsibilities unique to the sector. 

Training topics will include:

• Safeguarding
• Roles and responsibilities
• Policies and protocols (medicines management)
• Confidentiality and consent
• Relevant Standards for Boarding Inspections and the wider role.

Learning outcomes:

• To understand nursing and the role of nurses in the school setting 
• To promote high standards of care for all children 
• To work within the guidance required in the UK. 

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This event will be held jointly with:

Speaker:

Louise Howel Nurse Advisor, HIEDA

Louise is a paediatric nurse and worked as a Health Visitor for 10 years before moving to independent school nursing, working in boarding and day schools for 11 years, currently Health and wellbeing Nurse at Westonbirt School, Gloucestershire.

Louise has been working as a Nurse advisor for HIEDA since September 2023 involving giving advice, training and consultancy support. Alongside this, Louise is also a First aid and Mental Health first aid trainer.