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Practice Nurse Careers

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WORK ENVIRONMENT:-

Practice nurses review, test, treat and guide all the community sections, from babies to the elder people. They work in the GP practice to assist the doctors provide medical and nursing care.

Being a practice nurse, your tasks can include:

  • Carrying out everyday process like dressing, ear syringing and treating wounds
  • Giving special information and guidance on the matters like weight control, avoiding smoking and blood pressure
  • Set up and operate the clinics for situations like diabetes, skin disorder, asthma and heart conditions

  • Providing suggestion on contraception and family planning
  • Giving vaccinations, infant injections and immunizations
  • Guiding the patients on long term nursing and medical requirements

In the big GP surgeries you might work along with other practice nurse and have the chance to focus, for instance in the requirements of specific group of clients.

QUALIFICATION, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:-

For working as practice nurse you should:

  • Have 2 years post-qualifying experience
  • Be registered nurse, basically in the adult or child branch

To meet the requirements as a nurse you should finish a Higher Education Diploma in Nursing and Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) recognized degree. Check the associated nursing career profile for all the information on considered changes to nurse education.

You can also have the benefit if you are have worked with the patients in the areas like:

  • Cervical cytology
  • Wound dressing,
  • Childhood vaccination
  • Chronic disease management (like asthma or diabetes)
  • Phlebotomy

Some of the employers will wish that you should concentrate on general practicing nursing and finish with a community specialist practitioner program (check the training and development sections for more information).

TRAINING DETAILS:-

If you are not having a post graduate diploma (concentrating on general practice nursing) or community specialist practitioner degree, it might help your profession to work for this.

Courses include academic study with work experience across a variety of public health service (several comprise training in nurse prescribing). For the listing of courses, check the site of NMC.

Courses will normally take around 12 to 18 months full-time or two to three years part-time to finish. Course providers can give suggestion regarding the finance options, which might be offered through your regional strategic health authority (or you might require funding yourself). You will also need the clearance of CRB when you make an application for the course.

SKILLS and KNOWLEDGE:-

  • Awareness of public health issue and child protection
  • A adjustable and adaptable attitude to work
  • Persistence and compassion
  • Ability to work individually and excellent team working skills
  • Ability to motivate, faith and self-confidence
  • Capability of working with all background and age people
  • Outstanding organizational skills
  • Knowledge of infection control procedures
  • Brilliant listening and communication skills
  • Essential IT skills
  • Ability to maintain the records accurately

SALARY AND OTHER BENEFITS:-

Practice nurses can be paid between $ 25,500 and $ 34,200.

WORKING CONDITIONS:-

You will have to work for at least 37 hours in the week, from Monday to Friday. You might also be working occasionally on weekends and evenings, for instance, if you are operating a health promotion clinic. Recreational hours and job division are frequently presented.

This work can be challenging both emotionally and physically and you might work with the customers who are anxious and experiencing a long term sickness.

DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES:-

You can work with the local health centers or GP practices as primary care team part which will include dietitians, other nurses and pharmacists. The practice nurse position is expanding and you might merge your community task, for instance with prison nursing.

With your experience and knowledge you can advance to the position of practitioner nurse, which will involve handling your own patient's caseload.

You can also run clinics or workshop on the matters like women's health prevention of vaccination and coronary heart disease or get involved in the health promotion. You can also focus on health issues such as asthma or diabetes or chronic disease management.

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