
Caroline Collins
Trinity College , IrelandPresentation Title:
Advanced nurse led outpatient hysteroscopy, ambulatory gynaecology unit
Abstract
Ambulatory Gynae care is a model for assessing and treating women in a timely fashion, as an alternative to hospital admission. Advanced nurse practitioners can provide safe and effective out- patient hysteroscopy. Increased uptake on outpatient hysteroscopy. Decrease waiting list and increase in theatre space. Women led care- women in control, fully informed. Advanced nurse practitioner deliver a complete episode of care and contribute to the improvement of quality patient care and have substantial potential to optimize the health of women globally. The advanced nurse practitioner provides comprehensive assessment and investigations that historically would have required at least an overnight admission, with obvious financial and operational benefits. Patient and relative feedback has to date been very positive- feedback forms and data in presentation. Advanced nurse-led care is associated with informational, relational and management aspects of continuity of care interventions, and a range of improved patient outcomes. They are also linked to the key outcomes of fewer hospitalizations and readmissions, positive patient experiences and symptom and lifestyle improvement.
Biography
Caroline Collins
studied General Nursing in Kings College London. She complete her midwifery in
Trinity College Dublin and a Masters Clinical Education in The National
University Galway. She has recently completed Advanced Nurse Practitioner in
Trinity College Dublin and Diagnostic Hysteroscopy in Bradford University. Caroline works as an Advanced Nurse
Practitioner in the Ambulatory Gynaecology Unit Drogheda, Ireland.