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Future Nurses Count on the Phlebotomy Courses Organized by Baylor Black Sea Foundation
The health crisis caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus affected the students of the health schools and the students of the medical faculties as well : they could no longer carry out the internships in hospitals their educational institutions partner with . Baylor Black Sea Foundation offered them a solution to improve their practical skills through one-onone work sessions with experienced medical staff . “ NEW METHODS OF EDUCATION AND MEDICAL PRACTICE BASED ON SIMULATION ALLOW GAINING CORRECT MEDICAL SKILLS AND ATTITUDE . THAT ’ S WHY WE WILL CONTINUE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FUTURE GENERATION OF NURSES . FROM THE MOMENT WHEN WE IDENTIFIED THE TRAINING NEED AND DEVELOPED THE TWO MODULES , THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL , THE SUSTAINABILITY COMPONENT WAS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION . IT IS IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT WE HAVE FOUND SOLUTIONS TO BE ABLE TO CARRY OUT THE COURSE DURING THE PANDEMIC , WHICH ALLOWED THE “ TRAINING ” OF FUTURE MEDICAL STAFF IN A SPECIAL HEALTH CONTEXT . THE COMPLETE PHLEBOTOMY COURSE FACILITATES THE GAIN OF SKILLS AND CONFIDENCE , AND THESE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO INCREASING THE SAFETY OF THE MEDICAL ACT AND THE SAFETY OF THE PATIENTS .” We continued during 2020 to organize phlebotomy courses , answering this way to the interest of the students of the medical schools in mastering the right phlebotomy technique . A team of two skilled professionals , Cristina Pătrașcu , GP with certified competencies in emergency medicine and Negivan Septar , head nurse , aims to further develop the course methodology and the material base . This way , they aim to ensure that absolutely all participants in the course will become , from the first day at their new job , medical staff with thorough theoretical and practical training .
Baylor Black Sea Foundation continues to contribute to improving the general quality of medical care in Constanța County . “ The idea of the program came from a need felt directly by Baylor Black Sea Foundation : we found out how difficult it is to find specialists who master the phlebotomy technique when we wanted to recruit staff for our own testing centers . The solution found for the organization ’ s own problems proved to be , in fact , the answer for a large number of future medical staff or people at the start line in their medical careers .” - Maria Pătrașcu , GP with certified competencies in emergency medicine “ For the safe conduct of phlebotomy courses , we conducted online theoretical and assessment sessions , through a teleconference platform . Afterwards , we waited for the students at the headquarters of the Center of Excellence to go through the practical module , in groups of only two , up to four , based on a prior appointment . We made sure this way that we could control down the risk of infection with the new coronavirus .” - Negivan Septar , Head Nurse To learn the phlebotomy technique , students have access to the following equipment :
• Simulator for venous access – infants ;
• Life-size venous access simulator – adult arm ;
• Individual simulators for performing intravenous injections and blood transfusions ( i . e . individual kits consisting of simulator pillows , fixed on the forearm ).
• Deep veins visualizing device .
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