NUNAVUT - Agency Nurse Orientation Training Program
Attività settimanale
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Nunavut Orientation Overview
Welcome to CHCA's orientation to practice in Nunavut.
CHCA Nurses working in Nunavut will have already completed the Contract Nurse Training Program offered upon initial hire to our agency. This comprehensive orientation program prepares nurses for practice in remote nursing stations in Canada's north.
This Agency Nurse Orientation Training Program (ANOTP) provides nurses with additional Nunavut and Inuit-specific information, in order to practice safely and effectively, and provide the highest possible quality of care for the Inuit people.
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Government of Nunavut - Community Health Nursing Manual
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Required Pre-Reading:
- NU - CHN Manual - 08 Diagnostics
- NU - CHN Manual - 11 Clinical Procedures
- COURSE - Transportation of Dangerous Good (PHAC)
Agency Nurses have sound working knowledge of all lab requisitions and how to complete them correctly. They will determine the need for the appropriate laboratory or diagnostic tests and how to processes each test. Agency Nurses will prioritizes specimen processing to ensure accuracy and avoid multiple collections and take steps to ensure that lab and diagnostic equipment are available and operational when needed; by performing daily/ weekly/ monthly quality assurance testing.
Agency Nurses will understand how to perform venipuncture on clients across the lifespan and perform the correct specimen collection appropriate to treatment settings. They will learn to interpret diagnostic laboratory or diagnostic results and respond appropriately. Agency Nurses will identify all available point-of-care tests, understand how to provide and interpret the results, in order to guide treatment and management of the patient. They will demonstrate sound decision-making skills related to lab testing and ongoing screening and lab or diagnostic testing. Agency Nurses will come to understand scope of practice in relation to all laboratory and diagnostic testing and able to refer and consult as appropriate. They will take steps to ensure that equipment is available and operational e.g., Glucometer, HemoCue
Agency Nurses will demonstrate understanding of the following: use of the centrifuge, procedures for Point of Care testing (POCT): Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate; Stat Haemoglobin; Urine HCG; Fecal Occult Blood Testing and Interpretation; Urinalysis, 24 hour urine collection, urine for microbiology; Haematology and Chemistry Specimen Processing.
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The CHCA Student enrolment key can be obtained from Angeline Goldsworthy.
Please email: angeline@chc-a.ca
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