Pars Plana Vitrectomy student Pack

1. Staff Nurse Tracy Culkin
1

Pars Plana Vitrectomy
General Anaesthetic
Learning Pack

For Student Nurses

2. Staff Nurse Tracy Culkin
2

Practice Learning Opportunities

Please complete the following information during your placement today

Learning
Opportunities in
practice

Reflect on the following below

Date/signed

Anatomy and
physiology of the eye

1. What is a Pars Plana Vitrectomy?




2. Why do patients need this operation?







Pre Operative
Assessment check










What Information do we check before we admit a General Anaesthetic patient?

3. Staff Nurse Tracy Culkin
3



Patient Admission
What questions do we ask patients during their admission? (list below)









Common eye drops
used


What eye drops do we instil before pars plana patients go up to theatre?








Safety Checks
What safety Checks do we carry out before a patient goes up to theatre?









Discharge planning

What is meant by discharge planning?

4. Staff Nurse Tracy Culkin
4

Post Operative
Assessment


What information do we give Pars Plana General anaesthetic patients Post-Op?













Moving and handling

Why is it important to assess each patients moving and handling ability on admission?












Safe use of equipment

Why is it important to use equipment safely?

5. Staff Nurse Tracy Culkin
5



Fundamental Caring Skills
Learning
Opportunities in
practice

Briefly Describe Below what you have learnt about the following
Date/signed

Manual blood pressure
taking






Observation monitoring
using (EWS)






Fluid balance monitoring
&
nutrition





Adult physical
measurements

6. Staff Nurse Tracy Culkin
6


Administration of
medicines
&
oxygen administration






Promoting
patients continence






Collecting & measuring
specimens







Blood glucose
monitoring






Catheter care

7. Staff Nurse Tracy Culkin
7


Assisting patients to the
toilet






Aseptic technique






urinalysis






Assessment of skin
integrity & prevention of
pressure sores






Patient hygiene & oral
care needs

8. Staff Nurse Tracy Culkin
8


Common Eye Drops


Eye drop

Use

Find out what we use the following
drops for and put your comments in
the boxes below
Oxybuprocaine hydrochloride 0.4%
Tetracaine 1%

Local Anaesthetics



Lidocaine hydrochloride 4% &
Fluoroscein sodium 0.25%
Fluoroscein sodium 1% & 2%


Combined local anaesthetics and
stains


Atropine sulphate 1%
Cyclopentolate 1% & 0.5

Mydriatics and cycloplegics


Phenylephrine 10% & 2.5%
Tropicamide 1% & 0.5 %

Mydriatics


Chloramphenicol 0.5%
Antibacterials

Dexamethasone sodium phosphate 0.1%
Prednisolone sodium phosphate 0.5%

Steroids


Pilocarpine nitrate 2%
Saline 0.9 %
Artificial Tears 0.35% + 0.44 %
Diclofenac

0thers

9. Personal Learning Reflection

A small piece of written work preferably reflective is expected from you the student, on
this page. It can be a good/or bad experience you have come across during your time with
us.

10. Staff Nurse Tracy Culkin
10

Feedback Sheet

“Please note, all elements of this learning pack must be completed
by yourself before handing it back to your mentor.”

Student Evaluation

Agree

Disagree

Not applicable

Did you find the information in
this learning pack useful?



Did you discuss your learning
needs with your mentor (If not
why)?


Did you find the information in
this learning pack aided your
development in practice?


Do you think this learning pack is
a good tool to use for other
students visiting our department?



If any changes needed to be
made to this pack, what would
you like to see and why?












Thank you for your support hope to see you again

11. Staff Nurse Tracy Culkin
11