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Corporate Scholarship Presentations
CS2.3 Paediatric Services 10:45 Room 228
Enhance Service Gap by Strengthening Paediatric Surgical Nurses Training from Overseas Programme and
Practice
Yam SWL
Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, United Christian Hospital, Hong Kong
Training programmes in paediatric surgery (PS) nursing are well established in major centres in USA and Europe. Since
2003, four regional hospitals from three recognised training centres in Hong Kong has been providing acute PS services as a
surgical and paediatric subspecialty. However, there is no official training programme and accreditation in this subspecialty
in Hong Kong recently.
This presentation will cover the recognised training programmes in some PS centres overseas, the current regional services,
and various training experiences and pathways for nurses in Hong Kong which is the presenter’s own personal journey.
As the Hong Kong Children’s Hospital will come into service in 2018, we will also look into the current strengths and potential
capacity in the region from a frontline Advanced Practice Nurse’s perspective, hoping to put the formal training programme
for PS as a nurse-subspecialty in the future.
Tuesday, 19 May
CS2.4 Paediatric Services 10:45 Room 228
HOSPITAL AUTHORITY CONVENTION 2015 Expanded Nurse Roles in Paediatric Cardiac Care
Cheung CK
Paediatric Cardiology Department, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong
The four-week training programme in Paediatric Cardiothoracic Nursing was organised by Royal Brompton & Harefield
NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom in July 2014. Its children cardiac nursing team consists of clinical nurse specialists
in foetal heart disease, cardiac care, electrophysiology and inherited cardiovascular disease. It also includes ward nurses
working for the children with cardio-respiratory problems.
Every nurse specialist is highly trained and experienced in caring for children with heart diseases, providing care from
the foetus to the children aged 16. The expanded nurse roles at various cardiac care clinics, particularly the Paediatric
Electrophysiology Nurse Specialist was indeed impressing. Nurse’s role is enhanced through non-medical prescribing
service at the nurse-led supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) clinic.
Moreover, ward nurses with proficient and expert level can expand their roles as practice educator, quality improvement
coordinator, clinical practice guidelines coordinator as well as coordinator in Simulated Paediatric Resuscitation Training
Team (SPRinT). They work collaboratively with doctors to maintain the quality service of paediatric cardiac team.
The expanded nurse roles practice of the training site is well worth learning. In addition to participating in educational and
quality improvement activities, paediatric cardiac nurses in Hong Kong can also expand their roles in health promotion and
health counselling at outpatient clinics. It is hoped that there will be a nurse-led clinic at Hong Kong Children’s Hospital in
future. However, it requires policy support and appropriate educational preparation for nurses to practise at an advanced
level.
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