COURSE INFORMATION
This education unit aims to enable nurses and other health care professionals to acquire the knowledge and skills
to place and manage peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) safely and effectively.
It should be emphasised that the course is not designed to assess practical competence
(this is the responsibility of the participants' employing authority), neither does successful completion of the
course guarantee competence in PICC placement and/or management.
The selection of mentors to ensure their competency and the assessment of participants' practical competence are
the responsibility of participants' employing authorities not the responsibility of the Course Team.
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Participants will be qualified, practising nurses or other health care professionals (e.g. doctors, radiographers)
who meet the following conditions:
- They must be able to demonstrate competence in performing peripheral IV cannulations with a variety of different cannula sizes.
- The performance of peripheral IV cannulations is an integral part of their role, is specified in their job description, is part of their normal workload and they have been in this role for a minimum of six months.
- Their future role in the delivery of quality patient care could benefit from the ability to place PICCs.
- They have the support of their employers and line managers to undertake the education unit and place PICCs. This support is essential as a required element of the unit is the placement of a 10 PICCs under the supervision of a competent mentor, in accordance with Trust policy.
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Stage 1 distance learning includes criteria for selecting venous access devices, legal and professional issues,
safe systems of work and anatomy and physiology. It requires about 15 hours of study.
In view of the specialised skill-based nature of this education unit, before embarking on Stage 1 you should check
the availability of the Stage 2 workshop in your clinical area.
Just email: administrator@masterclassplus.co.uk
Stage 2 is a locally delivered workshop which includes selecting PICCs, care and management of PICCs, potential complications and practical skills development in PICC placement. The workshop lasts about six hours and there is a follow-up activity lasting about two hours.
Stage 3 includes critical appraisal of supervised practice in placing 10 PICCs in adult patients, clinical problem-solving, education of patients and carers, team work and audit. Stage 3 requires about 140 hours of study involving on-line learning activities and a formal assessment at the end. The assessment comprises a practice-based written assignment, 3000 words in length.
Participants can choose to work through Stage 1 (distance learning) and Stage 2 (workshop and follow-up activities) only, and use the study hours for the purposes of PREP/CPD. They can also opt to complete all three stages, in which case the study hours they accumulate will far exceed the minimum PREP(CPD) requirement of 35 hours in three years.
Successful completion of the whole education unit means you will be awarded 30 credits at level 3. Credits can be submitted to the University of Greenwich for advanced standing towards one of its awards, or to any other higher education institution that recognises such credits.
The credits gained for successful completion of this Masterclass plus unit are higher education credits that can be used towards a diploma or degree.
COURSE TUTOR
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Janice Gabriel
MPhil, Postgraduate Dip Research Methodologies, BSc (Hons), Cert Managing Health Services, Oncology Nursing Cert, City & Guilds Further Education Teachers Cert, RN (Adult)
Janice is Consultant Nurse in Cancer Care, Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester.
In the early 1990s she recognised the value of suitably skilled UK nurses expanding their practice to include the
placement of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs).
She was the first nurse in the UK to place a PICC and her pioneering work has improved the quality of venous access for countless patients.
Janice has extensive clinical experience in PICC placement and has numerous related publications.
She has taught about venous access on undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses and given many presentations at national
and international conferences.
For her current PhD studies, Janice is generating an evidence base related to the nurse's role in intermediate to long-term venous access.
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