band 6 presentation

[cesca g]

hi, i have a band 6 presentation and i need some advice how to answer it...

You are in charge of 28 patients, one person calls in sick.you have a nurse who cant do iv's and 3 other nurses who do iv's.how do you run the shift safely?

any help would be appreciated!

[JustBeachyNurse, LPN]

There are quite a few current threads in the UK forum regarding preparing for band 6 interviews as this is UK specific. If you go under the "world" section in the yellow navigation bar then select "UK nursing" there are 3 or 4 threads on band 6 interviews at the top of the forum list. Good luck

[cesca g]

I was thinking about the staff safety matrix. .im not sure on patient to staff ratio..any ideas? :-)

[Silverdragon102, BSN]

I would divide the patients equally between the staff and inform the RN that doesn't have her IV certificate that if she has a patient that requires IV that I would do it. The RN that doesn't have IV can still do all the other work and where possible could pick up something from you that they could do so you can free some time up when doing IV's.

You don't really mention what area you are looking at as well as how many IV's there could be.

[cesca g]

Thanks its medical elderly care :')

[pinx84]

Hi

Im absolutely petrified!!

i have just been invited for interview for a band 6 position and i have to do a 10 minute presentation!!!

please help

presentation topic:-

AS A BAND 6 WHAT MEASURES WOULD YOU TAKE TO ENSURE STAFF & PATIENT REMAIN SAFE

[XB9S, BSN, MSN, EdD, RN, APN]

What ideas have you already got, it may help to know what speciality as well.

Start with thinking about risk management, assessments, care planning etc

Infection control

Medicines management

Falls risk

Violence and aggression

Manual handling

How does your trust manage risk, reporting and investigation

Look at RIDDOR

Just a few ideas for starting points.