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Pars Plana Vitrectomy
General Anaesthetic
Learning Pack
For Student Nurses

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Practice Learning Opportunities
Please complete the following information during your placement today
Learning
Opportunities in
practice
Reflect on the following below
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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?

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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?

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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?

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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

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Administration of
medicines
&
oxygen administration
Promoting
patients continence
Collecting & measuring
specimens
Blood glucose
monitoring
Catheter care

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Assisting patients to the
toilet
Aseptic technique
urinalysis
Assessment of skin
integrity & prevention of
pressure sores
Patient hygiene & oral
care needs

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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
Dexamethasonesodium 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.

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Feedback Sheet
“Please note,all elements of this learning packmustbe 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

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