Venepuncture
The course has been designed to support nursing staff with theoretical and practical training in venepuncture.
Description
Course Content:
- Relevant policies
- Accountability
- Introduction to venepuncture
- Consent
- Anatomy if the veins
- How to select a suitable vein
- Indications and contraindications
- Technique
- Order of the draw
- Documentation
- To swab or not to swab
- Needlestick injuries
- Haemolysis
- Haematomas
- First aid phlebotomy
- Theory assessments
- Practical assessments